2010.5 Citroen C3 Owner's Manual

FAMILIARISATION
SITTING COMFORTABLY
Door mirrors
Adjustment

A. Selecting the mirror.

B. Adjusting the position of the mirror.

C. De-selecting the mirror. Rear view mirror
Manual day/night type

1. Selecting the "day" position of the
mirror.

2. Adjusting the mirror.


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 58 Automatic day/night type Front seat belts

A. Fitting the belt.

B. Fastening.

C. Check that the belt is correctly fas-
tened by pulling on the belt webbing.


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1. Automatic detection of day/night
mode.

2. Adjusting the mirror.


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Other functions...
Folding/Unfolding.

FAMILIARISATION
SEEING CLEARLY
Lighting
Ring A
Ring B


 73 Lighting off.
Automatic illumination of head-
lamps.
Sidelamps.
Dipped/main beam headlamps.
Rear foglamps.
or
Front and rear foglamps. Wipers

2. Fast wipe.

1. Normal wipe.

Int. Intermittent wipe.

0. Park.

AUTO 
Automatic rain sensitive wipers
or single wipe.


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 78 Park.
Intermittent wipe.
Wash-wipe.
Stalk A: windscreen wipers
Wash-wipe: pull the stalk towards you.
Switching on "AUTO" mode

 Push the stalk downwards and re-
lease it.
Switching off "AUTO" mode

 Push the stalk upwards and return it
to position "0" .
Ring B: rear wiper


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FAMILIARISATION
VENTILATION
Advice on interior settings

Digital air conditioning: use of the fully automatic mode by pressing the "AUTO" button is recommended.

I require...
Heating or Manual air conditioning

Air distribution Air fl ow
Air recirculation
/

Exterior air intake
Temperature Manual A/C

HEAT

COOL

DEMISTING

DEFROSTING

FAMILIARISATION
MONITORING
Instrument panel

A. With the ignition on, the fuel gauge
bars for the fuel remaining should
come on.

B. With the engine running, the associ-
ated low level warning lamp should
go off.

C. With the ignition on, the oil level in-
dicator should display "OIL OK" for
a few seconds.
If the levels are not correct, top up the
level which is low.


 19 Warning lamps

1. With the ignition on, the orange and
red warning lamps come on.

2. With the engine running, these
warning lamps should go off.
If a warning lamp remains on, refer to
the page concerned.


 21, 26 Switch panel
Lighting of the indicator lamp indicates
the status of the corresponding function.

A. Activation of the electric child lock.


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B. Deactivation of the ESP/ASR system.
or
Deactivation of the interior volumet-
ric alarm.

C.
Deactivation of the Stop & Start system.


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FAMILIARISATION
PASSENGER SAFETY
Front passenger’s airbag

1. Open the glove box.

2. Insert the key.

3. Select position:
"ON" (activation), with front passen-
ger or "forwards facing" child seat,
"OFF" (deactivation), with "rear fac-
ing" child seat.

4. Remove the key keeping the switch
in the new position.


 101 Front seat belts and
passenger’s front airbag

A. Front seat belts not fastened or un-
fastened warning lamp.


 102 Electric child lock
The lighting of the indicator lamp indi-
cates the status of the corresponding
function.

A. Deactivation of the rear door controls.
or

B. Deactivation of the rear door and
rear electric window controls.


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B. Front passenger’s airbag deactiva-
tion indicator lamp.

C. Front passenger’s airbag activation
indicator lamp.


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FAMILIARISATION
DRIVING SAFELY
Stop & Start
Going into engine STOP mode The "ECO" warning lamp comes
on in the instrument panel and
the engine goes into standby:
- with a manual gearbox; at speeds
below 12 mph (20 km/h), put the
gear lever into neutral, then release
the clutch pedal.
In certain circumstances, STOP may
not be available; the "ECO" warning
lamp fl ashes for a few seconds, then
goes off.


 113 Going into engine START mode
The "ECO" warning lamp goes
off and the engine restarts:
- with a manual gearbox; depress
the clutch pedal.
In certain circumstances, START mode
may be invoked automatically; the

"ECO" warning lamp fl ashes for a few
seconds, then goes off.


 114 Deactivation/Reactivation
You can deactivate the system at any
time by pressing the
"ECO OFF" button;
the warning lamp in the button comes
on.
The system is reactivated auto-
matically every time the engine
is started with with the key.
Before refuelling or doing any-
thing under the bonnet, you
must switch off the ignition with
the key.


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FAMILIARISATION Speed limiter "LIMIT"

1. Selecting/Switching off speed limiter
mode.

2. Decrease the programmed value.

3. Increase the programmed value.

4. Speed limiter on/off.


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DRIVING SAFELY
Cruise control "CRUISE"

1. Selecting/Switching off cruise con-
trol mode.

2. Decrease the programmed value.

3. Increase the programmed value.

4. Cruise control Off/Resume.


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The values must be set with the engine
running. Display in the instrument panel
The cruise control or speed limiter mode
appears in the instrument panel when it
is selected.
In order to be programmed or activated,
the vehicle speed must be higher than
25 mph (40 km/h), with at least fourth
gear engaged on a manual gearbox
(second gear on a "SensoDrive" or au-
tomatic gearbox). Cruise control
Speed limiter

1
MONITORING
Panel grouping together the vehicle operation indication dials and warning lamps.
PETROL - DIESEL MANUAL GEARBOX INSTRUMENT PANELS

5. Display management button
Servicing information.
Adjust the time and choose units.
Reset the service indicator.

6. Instrument panel lighting button.
Adjusts the brightness of the lighting of the instruments and controls.
For more information, refer to the
section on the button or function
and its associated display.
Dials

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. Fuel level.
Indicates the quantity of fuel remain- ing in the tank.

4. Screen.
A. Ambient temperature.
(°Celsius or °Fahrenheit)

B. Gear
effi ciency
indicator.

C. Time.

D. Engine oil level indicator.
Appears a few seconds after switching
on the ignition, then disappears.

E. Trip computer.

F. Service indicato
r.
(miles or km) then,
Total mileage.
These two functions are displayed successively when switching on the
ignition.
Screen