2010.5 Citroen C3 PICASSO Owner's Manual

FAMILIARISATION SITTING COMFORTABLY
Door mirror adjustment
This operates with the ignition on.
From the driver’s seat, select the mirror
by moving the control 1 , to the left or to
the right, then adjust the mirror in the
four directions by moving the control 2 .
The demisting - defrosting of the mirrors
is linked with that of the rear screen. Rear view mirror adjustment

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

2. Mirror adjustment. Front seat belt

1. Fastening.

2. Height adjustment.


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Folding the mirrors
When parking, the mirrors can be folded
manually or electrically.


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FAMILIARISATION
SEEING CLEARLY
Lighting

Ring A

Ring B Raise or lower the lighting stalk passing
the point of resistance; the corresponding
direction indicators will fl ash for as long
as the stalk remains in this position.
Direction indicators

Switching on "AUTO"

 Press the stalk down and release it.

Ring B: rear wiper


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Lighting off.
Automatic illumination of head-
lamps.
Sidelamps.
Dipped/main beam headlamps.
Rear foglamp.
or
Front and rear foglamps.
Park.
Intermittent wipe.
Wash-wipe.

Stalk A: windscreen wipers


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Wipers

Switching off "AUTO"

 Push the stalk up and return it to
position "0" .


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"Motorway" function
Push the lighting stalk up or down, with-
out passing the point of resistance; the
corresponding direction indicators will
fl ash three times.
This function can be used at any speed,
but it is particularly useful when chang-
ing lane on high-speed roads.

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FAMILIARISATION
Digital air conditioning: we recommend use of the fully automatic mode by pressing the "AUTO" button, after selecting the
desired level of comfort. VENTILATION
Recommended interior settings

I require...
Heating or Manual Air Conditioning

Air distribution Air fl ow
Air recirculation/
Intake of outside air
Temperature Manual A/C

HOT


COLD

DEMISTING

DEFROSTING

FAMILIARISATION
MONITORING
Translucent digital instrument panel Switch panel

A. With the ignition on, the level of fuel
remaining is displayed in the digital
instrument panel.

B. 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
levels which are low. Illumination of the indicator lamp indi-
cates the status of the corresponding
function.

A. Deactivation of the ESP/ASR system.


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B. Deactivation of the rear parking sen-
sors.


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C. Central locking.
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With the ignition on, the orange and red
warning lamps come on.
With the engine running, these warning
lamps should go off almost immediately,
with the exception of warning lamp
C
(passenger's front airbag activated) which
goes off after approximately one minute.
If warning lamps remain on, refer to the
relevant page.
Warning lamps


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FAMILIARISATION PASSENGER SAFETY
Passenger’s front airbag Electric child lock

1. Insert the key.

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

3. Remove the key keeping the switch
in the new position. Illumination of the indicator lamp
A indi-
cates that the electric child lock is on.

A. Front and/or rear seat belts not fas-
tened/unfastened warning lamp.

B. Front left seat belt warning lamp.

C. Front right seat belt warning lamp.

D. Rear right seat belt warning lamp.

E. Rear centre seat belt warning lamp.

F. Rear left seat belt warning lamp.

G. Passenger’s front airbag deactivat-
ed warning lamp.

H. Passenger’s front airbag activated
warning lamp.
Seat belts and passenger’s front airbag


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 100

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FAMILIARISATION
DRIVING SAFELY
Speed limiter "LIMIT" Display in the instrument panel

1. Limiter mode Selection/Off.

2. Decreasing the programmed value.

3. Increasing the programmed value.

4. Speed limiter On/Off. The cruise control or speed limiter mode
appears in the instrument panel when it
is selected.

1. Cruise control mode Selection/Off.

2. Programming a speed/Decreasing
the programmed value.

3. Programming a speed/Increasing
the programmed value.

4. Cruise control Off/Resume.
Cruise control "CRUISE"


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 105 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 the manual gearbox.
The values must be set with the engine
running.

Cruise control

Speed limiter

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MONITORING
PETROL - DIESEL INSTRUMENT PANEL
Panel grouping together the digital indicator, the multifunction screen and the
vehicle operation indicator lamps.

1. Rev counter.
Indicates the speed of rotation of the engine (x 1 000 rpm).

2. Rev counter zone indicating that you
must change up a gear.

3. Speed limiter
or
Cruise control.
(mph or km/h)

4. Electric child lock indicator lamp.
Indicates, for a few seconds, the activation of the electric child lock
(deactivation of the rear windows
and doors).
Translucent digital instrument panel
This screen groups together the warn-
ing and information messages.
Multifunction screen
Indicator lamps display zone
This zone groups together the vehicle
operation indicator lamps.
Display zero reset button
This permits resetting of the function
selected to zero (trip distance recorder
or service indicator).
Instrument panel lighting button
This adjusts the brightness of the light-
ing of the instruments and controls.
For more information, refer to the
paragraph relating to the button or
function and its associated display.

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

6. Vehicle speed.
Indicates the current speed of the moving vehicle (mph or km/h).

7. Trip distance recorder.
(miles or km)

8. Service indicator.
(miles or km) then,
Distance recorder.
(miles or km)

9. Engine oil level indicator.

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MONITORING
Certain 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 ascertained whether the situ-
ation is normal or whether a fault
has occurred.
Indicator and warning lamps
Visual indicators informing the driver that a system is in operat
ion (operation or deactivation indicator lamps) or of the
occurrence of a fault (warning lamp).
Associated warnings
The switching on of certain warning lamps may be accompanied b y an audible
signal and a message on the multifunction screen.
The warning lamps may come on continuously (fi xed) or fl ash.
Operation indicator lamps
If one of the following indicator lamps comes on, this confi rms that the corresponding
system has come into operation.
When the ignition is switched on
Certain warning lamps come on for a few seconds wh
en the vehicle's ignition is switched on.
When the engine is started, these same warning lam ps should switch off.
If they remain on, before moving off, refer to the information on the warning lamp concerned.

Warning lamp is on Cause Action/Observations

Left-hand
direction
indicato
r fl ashing with
buzzer. The lighting stalk is pushed
down.


Right-hand
direction
indicator fl ashing with
buzzer. The lighting stalk is pushed
up.


Sidelamps fi xed. The lighting stalk is in the
"Sidelamps" position.

Dipped beam
headlamps fi xed. The lighting stalk is in the
"Dipped beam headlamps"
position.

Main beam
headlamps fi xed. The lighting stalk is pulled
towards you. Pull the stalk to return to dipped beam headlamps.