2009.5 Citroen DS3 Owner's Manual

Seeing clearly
Lighting
Ring A
Ring B
Wipers
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Control stalk A: windscreen wipers
2. Fast wipe. 1. Normal wipe. Int Intermittent wipe. 0. Park.
AUTO  Automatic wiping or single wipe. Wash-wipe: pull the stalk towards you.
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Switching on "AUTO" mode
 Push the stalk downwards and release it.
Switching off "AUTO" mode
 Push the stalk upwards and return it to
position "0" .
Ring B: rear wiper
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Lighting off.
Automatic illumination of headlamps.
Sidelamps.
Dipped/main beam headlamps.
Front and rear foglamps.
Park. Intermittent wipe. Wash-wipe.

17Familiarisation
Ventilation
Advice on interior settings
I require...
Heating or Manual air conditioning
Air distributionAir flowAir recirculation / Exterior air intakeTemperatureManual A /C
HEAT
COOL
DEMISTINGDEFROSTING
Digital air conditioning: use of the fully automatic mode by pressing the "AUTO" button is preferable.

Monitoring
On switching on, the dial needles go to the extent of their travel then return to 0. A. With the ignition on, the fuel gauge bars for the fuel remaining should light up. B. With the engine running, the associated low level warning lamp should switch off. C. With the ignition on, the oil level indicator should display "OIL OK" for a few seconds. If the levels are not correct, top up the level
which is low.
Instrument panel
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1. With the ignition on, the orange and red warning lamps come on. 2. With the engine running, these warning lamps should switch off. If a warning lamp remains on, refer to the page concerned.
Warning lamps
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Lighting of the indicator lamp indicates the state of the corresponding system. A. Deactivation of interior volumtric protection.
Switch panel
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B. Deactivation of the ESP/ASR system.
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Familiarisation
Passenger safety
1. Open the glove box. 2. Inser t the key. 3. Select position: "ON" (activation), with front passenger or "for wards facing" child seat, "OFF" (deactivation), with "rear facing" child seat. 4. Remove the key keeping the switch in the new position.
Front passenger’s airbag
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A. Front seat belts not fastened or unfastened warning lamp.:
Front seat belts and
passenger’s front airbag
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Personalise your vehicle
These styling stickers are treated to give good resistance to ageing and tearing. They have been designed to allow you to personalise your vehicle’s bodywork. Available also as accessories, we recommend that you have them fitted by a CITROËN dealer.
Using expressive stickers
When using a high pressure jet wash,
keep the end of the lance at least 30 centimetres from the stickers
B. Front passenger’s airbag deactivation indicator lamp.
C. Front passenger’s airbag activation indicator lamp.
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Driving safely
1. Selecting/Switching off speed limiter mode. 2. Decrease the programmed value. 3. Increase the programmed value. 4. Speed limiter on/off. The values must be set with the engine running.
Speed limiter "LIMIT"
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1. Selecting/Switching off cruise control mode. 2. Decrease the programmed value. 3. Increase the programmed value. 4. Cruise control Off/Resume. In order to be programmed or activated, the vehicle speed must be higher than 25 mph (40 km/h), with at least four th gear engaged on a manual gearbox (second gear on an automatic gearbox).
Cruise control "CRUISE"
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The cruise control or speed limiter mode appears on the instrument panel when it is selected.
Display in the instrument panel
Cruise control
Speed limiter

Petrol - Diesel instrument panels, manual or automatic gearbox
Provided with permanent back-lighting, the instrument panel groups together the vehicle's dials and indic ator and warning lamps.
1. Rev counter. Indicates the speed of rotation of the engine (x 1 000 rpm).
2. Vehicle speed. Indicates the current speed of the moving vehicle (mph or km/h). 3. Engine coolant temperature. Indicates the temperature of the engine coolant liquid (° Celsius).
Dials
7. Lighting rheostat button. Adjusts the level of the instrument and controls illumination and the interior mood
lighting.
4. Display screen.5. Fuel level. Indicates the quantity of fuel remaining in
the tank. 6. Display management button Alternates display between range and trip mileage recorder. Ser vicing information. Resets the selected function to zero (trip distance recorder or ser vice indicator).
For more information, refer to the paragraph relating to the button or function and its associated display.

25Instruments and controls
Screen
E. Ser vice indicator (miles or km), then Total mileage recorder These two functions are displayed successively when switching on the ignition F. Engine oil level indicator Appears a few seconds after switching on the ignition, then disappears.
A. Speed limiter (mph or km/h) or Cruise control.B. Gear change indicator.C. Automatic gearbox information.D. Range (miles or km) or Trip mileage recorder.

Visual indicators informing the driver that a system is in operation (operation or deactivation indicator lamps) or of the occurrence of a fault (warning lamp).
Indicator and warning lamps
When the ignition is switched on
Certain warning lamps come on for a few seconds when the vehicle's ignition is switched on. When the engine is started, these same warning lamps should switch off. If they remain on, before moving off, refer to the information on the warning lamp concerned.
Associated warnings
The switching on of cer tain warning lamps may be accompanied by an audible signal and a message on the multifunction screen.
The warning lamps may come on continuously (fixed) or flash. Cer tain warning lamps may come on in two different modes. Only by relating the type of lighting to the operating status of the vehicle can it be ascer tained whether the situation is normal or whether a fault has occurred.
The passenger airbag system operation lamp stays on for about a minute after switching on the ignition, even after the engine has star ted.