Safety

Front seat belts

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The front seat belts are fitted with a pretensioning and force limiting system.

The front seat belts are fitted with a pretensioning and force limiting system. This system improves safety in the front seats in the event of a front or side impact. Depending on the severity of the impact, the pretensioning system instantly tightens the seat belts against the body of the occupants. The pretensioning seat belts are active when the ignition is on.

The force limiter reduces the pressure of the seat belt on the chest of the occupant, so improving their protection.

Fastening

Fastening

Pull the strap, then insert the tongue in the buckle.
Check that the seat belt is fastened correctly by pulling the strap.

Unfastening

Press the red button on the buckle.
Guide the seat belt as it reels in.

Height adjustment (5-door)

Height adjustment (5-door)

To lower the attachment point, squeeze the control A and slide it downwards.
To raise the attachment point, slide the control A upwards.

Seat belt not fastened / unfastened warning lamp in the instrument panel

switched on, this warning lamp comes on in the instrument panel if the driver and/orWhen the ignition is switched on, this warning lamp comes on in the instrument panel if the driver and/or the front passenger has not fastened their seat belt.

From approximately 20 km/h this warning lamp flashes for two minutes accompanied by an audible signal of increasing volume. Once these two minutes have elapsed, this warning lamp remains on until the driver and/or the front passenger fastens their seat belt.

Test yourself

A quick Peugeot 208 quiz: every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the manual page.