2009 CITROEN DS3 air condition

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Comfort
It is possible to adjust one or more functions manually while leaving the other functions in automatic mode.
The "AU TO "
symbol switches off.
To return to automatic mode, press the
"AU TO "
button.
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4. Air conditionin
g on/o
ff

For maximum cooling or heating o
f the
cabin, it is possible to go beyond the minimum
14 or maximum
28 values.
) Press the blue button
2 until
"LO"
is displayed or the red button
2until
"HI"

is displa
yed.
Pr
ess
this button to switch off the air
conditioning.

Stopping the air conditioning may cause
some problems
(humidity, misting
).

Automatic operation of the air conditioning is resumed when the button is pressed again. The
symbol "A /C
"is displayed.
5. Air in
take/Air r
ec
ircu
lation
Press
thi
s button for recirculation of
t
he inter
ior a
ir. The a
ir rec
ircu
lation
sym
bol 5 is displaye
d.

Air rec
ircu
lation ena
bles t
he
passenger compartment to be isolated from
exterior odou
rs and smoke.
Press this button again or press the
"AUTO"
button to resume automatic mana
gement of the
intake o
f air. The air recirculation s
ymbol
5is
switched off.
Avoid prolonged recirculation o
f interior
air
(risk o
f condensation or deterioration
of the air quality).
Switching to manual mode may not besuitable
(temperature, humidity, odour,
condensation) and does not provide optimum comfort.

Pressing this button several times in succession enables the air
flow to be
directe
d in turn towar
ds:
- the windscreen and the side windows
(demisting or defrosting),
- the windscreen
, side windows and air
vents
,
- the windscreen
, the side windows
, the air
vents and the footwells
,
- t
he w
indscreen, t
he s
ide w
indows an
d the
footwells,
- the footwells, - the air vents and the footwells, - the air vents.
Avoid drivin
g for lon
g periods with the
air conditionin
g switched o
ff (risk o
f
mistin
g and reduction o
f the air qualit
y
in the cabin
).

Press
the "full fan"
button to
increase the air
flow.
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The air flow s
ymbol, the fan, fills pro
gressivel
y
accor
ding to t
he va
lue requeste
d.

Press
the "empt
y fan" button to
decrease the air
flow.
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Press
the air flow "empt
y fan"7 until
the
fan s
ymbol disappears.
Thi
s action switches off all of the functions of
t
he a
ir con
ditioning system.
Thermal com
fort is no longer controlled.
A slight
flow o
f air resulting
from the movement
of the vehicle, remains perceptible however.
Pressing the air flow
"full fan
" button 7or on
"AUTO" reactivates the system with the values set before it w
as switched off.

Fittings

Component which protects against sunlight from the front or the side, also equipped with an illum
inate
d courtes
y mirror.
)
With the ignition on, raise the concealing flap; the mirror is lit automaticall
y.

Thi
s sun v
isor
is a
lso e
quipp
ed with a t
icket
holder.
Sun visor

Illuminated glove
box
Thi
s can be used
to hold a water bottle.
Its lid has a location for storin
g the vehicle's
handbook pack.) To open t
he glove
box, ra
ise t
he handle.
It is lit when t
he lid is o
pene
d.
It houses the
front passenger airbag
deactivation switch A .
If the vehicle is fitted with air conditioning, it
provides access to the ventilation nozzle
B,
distributin
g the same conditioned air as the
vents in the passen
ger compartment.
Centre armrest Storage )
For access to the closed stora
ge box, lift
the lever to open the lid.
) For access to t
he open stora
ge box below
the armrest, li
ft the com
plete armrest
towar
ds the rear.
These can be used
for portable devices
(mobile
phone, MP3 player ...) which can be connected
to the USB port /Jack socket or charged from
th
e 12 V soc
ket in th
e centre console.
Comfort and stora
ge s
ystem for the driver and
front passen
ger.

Checks Battery Air filter and passen
ger compartment filte
r

Oil filter Particle emission filter (Diesel
)

It is im
perative that the maintenance o
f the
particle emission filter is carried out by a
CITROËN dealer.
Followin
g prolon
ged operation o
f the
vehicle at ver
y low spee
d or at
idle,
you ma
y, in except
iona
l circumstances,
notice the emission o
f water va
pour at
the ex
haust on acce
lerat
ion.
Thi
s does
not affect the behaviour of the vehicle or th
e envir
onm
ent.
Unless other wise indicated, check these components in accordance with the Maintenance and Warant
y Guide and accordin
g to
your en
gine.
Other wise, have them checked by a CITROËN dealer.
The battery does not require anymaintenance.

However, check that the terminalsare clean and correctly tightened, particularly in summer and winter.
When carrying out work on the battery, refer to the "Practical information" section for details of
the precautions to be taken be
fore disconnecting
the batter
y and
followin
g its reconnection.
Refer to the Maintenance and Warranty Guide for details of the replacement intervals
for these
com
ponents.
Depending on the environment
(e.g. dusty
atmosphere) and the use of the vehicle (e.g. city driving
), replace them twice as often if
necessar
y (refer to the "Engines" paragraph).
A clogged passenger compartment
filter may
have an adverse e
ffect on the
performance
o
f the air conditioning system and generate
undesirable o
dours. Replace the oil filter each time the
en
gine o
il is changed.
Re
fer to the Maintenance and Warrant
y
Guide
for details o
f the re
placement
interval
for this com
ponent.

Changing a fuse
Insta
lling e
lectr
ica
l
accessor
ies
Your ve
hicle's e
lectr
ical system
is
designe
d to operate w
ith stan
dard or
optional e
quipment.

Before installing other electrical equipment or accessories on you
r
vehicle
, contact a CITROËN dealer.

CITROËN will not accept responsibility for the cost incurred in repairing your vehicle or for rectif
ying malfunctions
resultin
g from the installation o
f
accessor
ies not su
ppli
ed an
d not
recommended b
y CITRO
ËN and
not
insta
lled in accor
dance w
ith its
instruct
ions,
in particular w
hen t
he
combined consumption of all of the additional equipment connected exceeds
10 milliamperes.
The extraction pliers and the spare fuse
storage locations are fitted to the back of the dashboard fuse box cover.For access
to them:
)
unc
lip the cover
by pu
lling on t
he s
ide,
)
remove the cover completely,
)
remove t
he pliers.
Access to the tools
Before changing a fuse, the cause of the failure
must be identifi
ed and rectified.
) Identif
y the fault
y fuse b
y checkin
g the
condition of its filament.

Changing a
fuse
Correct Incorrect
) Use the special pliers to extract the fusefrom its housin
g.
)
Alwa
ys replace the
fault
y fuse with a
fuse
of the same ratin
g.
) Check the corres
pondence between the
num
ber etc
hed on t
he box, t
he rat
ing
etched on the fuse and the tables below.

Fuse
N°
Rating
Functio
ns
F820 A
Multi
function screen, audio s
ystem, navi
gation radio, alarm
contro
l un
it, a
larm s
iren.
F
9
30 A
12 V socket, portable navigation support supply.
F10
15 A
Steering wheel controls.
F11
15 A
Ignition,
diagnost
ic soc
ket, automat
ic gear
box contro
l un
it.
F12
15 A
Rain/bri
ghtness sensor, trailer rela
y unit.
F
13
5 A
Main stop switch, engine relay unit.
F14
15 A
Parking sensors control unit, airbag control unit, instrument
panel, di
gital air conditionin
g, USB Box, Hi-Fi amplifier.
F15
30 A
Lockin
g.
F
16
-
Not used
.
F
17
40 A
Rear screen and door mirrors demisting/defrosting.
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-

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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.