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Hi all.

I've just bought an R reg, 406, 2.1diesel GLX. These may sound like daft questions , but if anyone can help, I would be most grateful.

1. On the remote key, there are 2 buttons, what does the smaller one do?
2. On the left of the dash instruments, is a guage. When I start car, it goes up, after a few sec's drops down again, what's this for?
3. Cigarette lighter has no power, where can I locate fusebox?
4. On wiper stalk, there is an 'auto' setting, what and how does this work?
5. Where can I get an 'operating manual' from?
6. What is the service interval for cam-belt changes?

Can't think of anything else at the moment, but to say it's an amazing car to drive and thank you for any help provided.

Regards

John

johnfoss wrote:1. On the remote key, there are 2 buttons, what does the smaller one do?

Press it immediately after locking the car using the big button and you'll get a 'clunk' sound and a long flash of the lights. That's the deadlocking.

2. On the left of the dash instruments, is a guage. When I start car, it goes up, after a few sec's drops down again, what's this for?

Oil level

3. Cigarette lighter has no power, where can I locate fusebox?

Under the headlamp adjuster by the drivers knee will be a pull-down section - either a keypad or a little storage area. With this open you'll see a black plastic screw at the top (do this while kneeling on the floor outside the car). The lighter socket fuse is F1 which is the top-left one. It's 10A.

Additionally, if you have a button by the headlamp adjuster that looks like a dot with growing brackets coming from it (near the cigarette lighter socket on some models), it's the alarm disable button. Hold for a few seconds after you kill the ignition until it lights up, and it'll disable the interior ultrasonic alarm sensors, although the other alarm triggers (such as opening the doors with the key) will still be active. The button is capable of completely disabling the alarm too, but I can't remember how. It's all in the manual.

4. On wiper stalk, there is an 'auto' setting, what and how does this work?

It's there instead of an intermittent wiper setting. When the rain sensor detects rain it'll activate the wipers, either a single stroke, slow or fast dependent on how much water's hitting the rain sensor (behind the rearview mirror). The 'auto' setting deactivates itself when the ignition's turned off so it doesn't burn out the motor if you start the car with a few inches of snow on the windscreen, so you need to turn it off and on when you want to use it. Some people find it too insensitive though.

5. Where can I get an 'operating manual' from?

Either get one from a Peugeot dealer (or ebay), or sign up to http://public.servicebox.peugeot.com (free) and you can download one in pdf format. Somewhere.

6. What is the service interval for cam-belt changes?

Pass. You'll find a service interval guide if you follow the servicebox link, or there's one in the manual.

Can't think of anything else at the moment, but to say it's an amazing car to drive and thank you for any help provided.

Regards

John[/quote]

mjb: u kno your s**t!

My dad (retired) thought it would be a good idea to retrieve a rouge Mint Imperial from the lighter socket of his Mundano using some Metal tweezers it was only when the TomTom went flat some time later he got me involved.

Not a nice job fitting fuses in a Mondeo

Carry on...........

Actually the first two questions he asked were the exact same two I put in my first ever post to the forum. I added info on the alarm disable button because that was also in my first post ;)

All sorted, thanks for advice mjb

John

can I also add that the small button on the remote key pad if you leave your windows or sunroof open then lock the car normally then press this button it will set the deadlock and close any windows you may have open. magic!

stoneysaxo1982 wrote:can I also add that the small button on the remote key pad if you leave your windows or sunroof open then lock the car normally then press this button it will set the deadlock and close any windows you may have open. magic!

I think you've got to have the alarm for the auto shut of the windows with the deadlock.

teamster1975 wrote:

stoneysaxo1982 wrote:can I also add that the small button on the remote key pad if you leave your windows or sunroof open then lock the car normally then press this button it will set the deadlock and close any windows you may have open. magic!

I think you've got to have the alarm for the auto shut of the windows with the deadlock.

The V6 Exec has an alarm, but no auto shutting (grrr - going to leave it with an open window one day because of this!)

I'm still trying to work out what actually causes the auto-shut. I'm guessing it's going to be yet another wire-missing-from-the-loom jobbie... Funnily enough if you leave a door open and try to deadlock it, the V6 will beep loudly at you whereas my tubby didn't

mjb wrote:The V6 Exec has an alarm, but no auto shutting (grrr - going to leave it with an open window one day because of this!)

That's really weird, I thought the V6 Exec was the top of the range with all the toys!

In my manual the cambelt interval is 80K miles. But I wouldn't leave it that long. I would get it done about 60 or 70 at the most.

ooo and thats interesting about the dead bolt/windows up thing! I hope mine does that. only had it a few weeks and still learning new things!

teamster1975 wrote:

mjb wrote:The V6 Exec has an alarm, but no auto shutting (grrr - going to leave it with an open window one day because of this!)

That's really weird, I thought the V6 Exec was the top of the range with all the toys!

you need all four windows too be one touch like the drivers, quite rare

teamster1975 wrote:That's really weird, I thought the V6 Exec was the top of the range with all the toys!

No trip computer, keypad, adjustable suspension, brembo brakes, traction control (D9-only?), rear wiper or jbl sound system either. AND NO EFFING CUP HOLDERS!!! All in all, pretty much the same as the exec tubby except the keypad's switched for cruise control.

Wonder if anyone else has got their retro-fitted trip computer to work with the fuel gauge sender intercept like mine...

mjb wrote:Wonder if anyone else has got their retro-fitted trip computer to work with the fuel gauge sender intercept like mine...

What do you mean? I just followed the haynes diagram plus 1368 which I found out about somewhere else... Everything worked apart from the miles remaining flashing when it got to 50 (or 30? Can't remember?)

teamster1975 wrote:

mjb wrote:Wonder if anyone else has got their retro-fitted trip computer to work with the fuel gauge sender intercept like mine...

What do you mean? I just followed the haynes diagram plus 1368 which I found out about somewhere else... Everything worked apart from the miles remaining flashing when it got to 50 (or 30? Can't remember?)

Cutting the wire between the instrument cluster and the fuel gauge sender and making it go via the trip computer. Everything I've read on the retro-fit process misses this step...