2009 CITROEN DS3 Owners Manual

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Practical information

Engine compartment fusebox The fuse box is placed in the enginecompartment near the battery (left-hand side).
Access
to the fuses
)
Unclip the cover.
) Change the fuse (see corresponding
paragraph).
)
When you have finished, close the cover carefull
y to ensure the sealin
g of the fuse
box.

Fuse ta
ble
Fuse N°
Rating
Functions
F
1
20 A
Engine control unit supply, cooling
fan unit control relay,
multifunction engine control main relay, injection pump
(Diesel).
F2
15 A
Horn.
F
3
10 A Front
/rear wash-wi
pe.
F4
20 A
LED lamps.
F5
15 A
Diesel heater
(Diesel
), particle
filter additive pump
(Diesel
),
air
flow sensor
(Diesel
), blow-by heater and electrovalves
(VTi).
F
6
10 A
ABS/ESP control unit, secondar
y stop switch.
F7
10 A
Electric power steerin
g, automatic
gearbox.
F8
25 A
Starter control.
F
9
10 A
Switching and protection unit (Diesel).
F10
30 A

Fuel heater (Diesel), blow-by heater (Diesel), fuel pump
(VTi), injectors and ignition coils (petrol).
F11
40 A H
eater blower.

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Practical information
Fuse
N°
Rating
Functio
ns
F12
30 A

Windscreen wipers slow/fast speed.
F13
40 A
Built-in s
ystems inter
face suppl
y (ignition positive
).
F14
30
A

Valvetronic suppl
y (VTi
).
F
15
10 A

Right-hand main beam headlamps.
F16
10 A

Left-hand main beam headlam
ps.
F17
15 A

Left-hand di
pped beam headlam
ps.
F1
8
15 A
Righ
t-hand dippe
d beam
headlamps.
F19
15 A

Oxygen sensors and electrovalves (VTi), electrovalves (Diesel), EGR electrovalve (Diesel).
F20
10 A

Pumps, electronic thermostat (VTi), timimg electrovalve (THP), water in fuel sensor (Diesel).
F21
5 A

Fan assembl
y control suppl
y, AB
S/ESP, turbo pump
(THP
).

Tab
le of m
axi-f
uses

Fuse
N°
Rating
Functio
ns
MF1*
60 A
Fan assem
bly.
MF2*
30 A
ABS/ESP pum
p.
MF3 *
30 A

ABS/ESP electrovalves.
MF4 *
60 A
Built-in Systems Interface (BSI) supply.
MF
5 *
60 A
Built-in
Systems Inter
face
(BSI) supply.
MF6 *
20 A
Additional coolin
g fan unit
(THP
).
MF7
*
-
Dashboard fusebox.
MF8 *
-
Not used.
* The maxi-fuses provide additional protection for the electrical s
ystems. All work on the maxi-fuses must be carried out b
y a CITROËN dealer.

Practical information

Battery
Procedure for charging your battery when it is flat or for starting the engine using another battery.
The battery is located under the bonnet.
To gain access to it: )
open the bonnet using the interior release lever, then the exterior sa
fety catch,
)
secure the bonnet stay,
)
remove the plastic cover by pulling on itsgrip for access to the two terminals,
)
unclip the
fusebox to remove the battery, i
f
necessary.
Access to the battery
)
Connect the red cable to the
positive
terminal (+) of the flat battery A
, then to the
positive terminal (+) of the slave battery
B.
Starting using another batter
y
) Connect one end o
f the green or black
cable to the negative terminal (-) of the
slave battery
B .
) Connect the other end of the green or black cable to the ne
gative terminal
(-) of the flat
batter
y A.
) Start the slave vehicle.
) Operate the starter of the broken down vehicle and let the engine run.
) Wait until the engine returns to idle and disco
nnect th
e cab
les.

Charging the battery usinga batter
y char
ger
Batteries contain harm
ful substances
such as sulphuric acid and lead. Theymust be disposed of in accordance with re
gulations and must not, in an
y
circumstances, be discarded with household
waste.

Take used remote control batteries and vehicle batter
ies to a s
pecial co
llect
ion
point.It is a
dvisable to
disconnect t
he batter
y
if the vehicle is to be left unused for more than one month.
Do not
disconnect t
he term
inals w
hile the en
gine
is runn
ing.
Do not char
ge the batteries without disconnectin
g the terminals
first.
)
Disconnect the batter
y from the vehicle.
)
Follow the instructions
for use provided b
y
the manu
facturer o
f the char
ger.
)
Reconnect start
ing w
ith the negat
ive
terminal
(-).
)
Check that the terminals and connectorsare clean. If they are covered with sulphate
(whitish or greenish deposit), remove them and clean th
em.
Be
fore disconnectin
g
the batter
y
Wait 2 minutes a
fter switchin
g off the
ignition be
fore disconnectin
g the batter
y.
Close the windows and the doors be
fore
disconnect
ing the batter
y.

Followin
g reconnection o
f
the batter
y

Followin
g reconnection o
f the batter
y,
switch on the i
gnition and wait 1 minute
before startin
g to permit initialisation o
f
the electronic s
ystems. However, i
f mino
r
problems persist
following this operation,
contact a CITROËN dealer.
Referring to the corresponding section,you should yourself reinitialise: - the remote control ke
y,
- the
GPS satellite navi
gation s
ystem.

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Practical information

Load reduction mode System which manages the use of certainfunctions accordin
g to the level of char
ge
remaining in the battery. Wh
en t
he ve
hicle is being driven, t
he load
reduction function temporarily deactivates certain functions, such as the air conditioning,the heate
d rear screen...

The deactivated functions are reactivated
automatically as soon as conditions permit.

Energy economy mode
This period ma
y be
greatl
y reduced i
f
the batter
y is not
fully char
ged.
A flat batter
y prevents the en
gine
from
startin
g (refer to the correspondin
g
paragraph
).
If the telephone is bein
g used at
the same t
ime on t
he MyW
ay au
dio
navigat
ion system,
it will be interrupte
d
after 10 minutes.
System which manages the period of use o
f
certain f
unctions to conserve a sufficient l
evel
o
f char
ge in the batter
y.

After the en
gine has stopped,
you can still
use
functions such as the audio e
quipment,
windscreen w
ipers,
dipp
ed beam
headlam
ps,
courtesy lamps, etc.
for a maximum combined
period of thirty minutes.Switchin
g to econom
y mode
Once this period has elapsed, a messa
ge
appears on the multi
function screen indicatin
g
that t
he ve
hicle has sw
itched to econom
y mo
de
and the active
functions are put on standb
y.

Exiting economy mode
These functions are reactivated automaticall
y
th
e next tim
e the vehicle is driven.
)
In
order to resu
me the use
of these
functions immediatel
y, start the en
gine and
let it run
for a
few minutes.

The time ava
ilable to you w
ill then
be double
the period for which the engine is left running.
However, this period will always be between five and thirty minutes.

Changing a front or rear wiper blade Procedure for replacing a worn wiper blade with a new one without the use of tools.Be
fore removing a
front
w
iper
bl
ade
)
Within one minute a
fter switchin
g off the
ignition, operate t
he w
iper sta
lk to pos
ition
the w
iper blades
in the vert
ical position.
Thi
s position must
be use
d in or
der to avo
id
damaging the wiper blade and the bonnet.Remova
l
)
Raise t
he correspon
ding wiper arm.
)
Unclip the w
iper blade an
d remove
it.

Fitting) At the front, check the size of the wipe
r
blade
as the shorter blade
is fitt
ed to the
passen
ger side of the vehicle.
) Put t
he correspon
ding new w
iper
blade in
place an
d clip it.
)
Fold down the wiper arm care
fully.

After fittin
g a front wipe
r
blade ) Switch on the ignition.
) Operate the wiper stalk again to park the wiper blades.