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FAMILIARISATION
  SEEING CLEARLY 
   
Lighting 
 
 
Ring A 
  Lighting off. 
   
Ring B   Sidelamps. 
  Dipped/main beam headlamps.  
  Rear foglamp. 
  or 
  Front and rear foglamps.    Automatic illumination of head-
lamps. 
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Direction indicators 
 
Raise or lower the lighting stalk passing 
the point of resistance; the correspond-
ing direction indicators will fl ash for as 
long as the stalk remains in this position. 
   
"Motorway" function 
  Press the lighting stalk up or down once, 
without 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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Wipers 
 
 
Stalk A: windscreen wipers  
   
Switching on "AUTO" 
   
 
 ) 
  Press the stalk down and release it.  
 
   
Switching off "AUTO" 
   
 
 ) 
  Push the stalk up and return it to po-
sition  "0" 
.  
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Ring B: rear wiper 
  Park. 
  Intermittent wipe. 
  Wash-wipe. 
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Optimise the use of your 
gearbox 
   
With a manual gearbox, move off gen-
tly, change up without waiting and 
drive by changing up quite soon. If 
your vehicle has the system, the gear 
shift indicator invites you to change up; 
it is displayed in the instrument panel, 
follow its instructions.  
   
With an automatic or electronic gear-
box, stay in Drive  "D" 
 or Auto  "A" 
, ac-
cording to the type of gearbox, without 
pressing the accelerator pedal heavily 
or suddenly.  
 
 
 
Drive smoothly 
 
 
Maintain a safe distance between vehi-
cles, use engine braking rather than the 
brake pedal, and press the accelerator 
progressively. These practices contrib-
ute towards a reduction in fuel consump-
tion and CO
2 emissions and also helps 
reduce the background traffi c noise.  
   
If your vehicle has cruise control, make 
use of the system at speeds above 
25 mph (40 km/h) when the traffi c  is 
fl owing well.  
 
 
 
Control the use of your electrical equipment 
 
 
Before moving off, if the passenger 
compartment is too warm, ventilate it by 
opening the windows and air vents be-
fore using the air conditioning. 
  Above 30 mph (50 km/h), close the win-
dows and leave the air vents open. 
  Remember to make use of equipment 
that can help keep the temperature in 
the passenger compartment down (sun 
roof and window blinds...). 
  Switch off the air conditioning, unless 
it has automatic digital regulation, as 
soon as the desired temperature is at-
tained. 
  Switch off the demisting and defrosting 
controls, if not automatic. 
  Switch off the heated seat as soon as 
possible.     
Switch off the headlamps and front 
foglamps when the level of light does 
not require their use.  
   
Avoid running the engine before moving 
off, particularly in winter; your vehicle will 
warm up much faster while driving.  
   
As a passenger, if you avoid connecting 
your multimedia devices (fi lm,  music, 
video game...), you will contribute to-
wards limiting the consumption of elec-
trical energy, and so of fuel. 
  Disconnect your portable devices be-
fore leaving the vehicle.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ECO-DRIVING 
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Eco-driving is a range of everyday practices that allow the motorist to optimise their fuel consumption and CO2 emis-
sions.  

 
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INSTRUMENTS and CONTROLS
   
Operation indicator lamps 
  If one of the following indicator lamps comes on, this confi rms that the corresponding system has come into operation.  
 
   
 
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. 
   
 
  
 
 
Front 
foglamps 
 
    
fi xed.    The front foglamps are 
switched on.   Turn the ring on the stalk rearwards twice to 
switch off the front foglamps. 
   
 
  
 
 
Rear 
foglamps 
 
    
fi xed.    The rear foglamps are 
switched on.   Turn the ring on the stalk rearwards to switch off 
the rear foglamps.  

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VISIBILITY
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIGHTING CONTROLS 
 
System for selection and control of the 
various front and rear lamps providing 
the vehicle's lighting. 
   
Main lighting 
 
The various front and rear lamps of 
the vehicle are designed to adapt the 
lighting progressively in relation to the 
climatic conditions and so improve the 
driver's visibility: 
   
 
-   sidelamps, to be seen, 
   
-   dipped beam headlamps to see 
without dazzling other drivers, 
   
-   main beam headlamps to see clearly 
when the road is clear, 
   
-   directional headlamps for improved 
visibility when cornering.  
 
 
 
Additional lighting 
 
Other lamps are installed to fulfi l  the 
requirements of particular driving con-
ditions: 
   
 
-   a rear foglamp to be seen from a 
distance, 
   
-   front foglamps for even better visibility, 
   
-   daytime running lamps to be seen 
during the day.  
 
 
 
Programming 
 
Various automatic lighting control modes 
are also available according to the fol-
lowing options: 
   
 
-  guide-me-home lighting, 
   
-  automatic lighting, 
   
-  directional headlamps.  
    
 
Model without AUTO lighting  
 
   
 
Model with AUTO lighting  
    
 
 
 
 
Automatic illumination of 
headlamps. 
   
Manual controls 
 
The lighting is controlled directly by the 
driver by means of the ring  A 
 and the 
stalk  B 
. 
   
A. 
 Main lighting mode selection ring: 
turn it to position the symbol re-
quired facing the mark. 
  Lamps off.  
  Sidelamps only. 
   
B. 
  Stalk for switching headlamps: pull 
the stalk towards you to switch the 
lighting between dipped and main 
beam headlamps. 
  In the lamps off and sidelamps modes, the 
driver can switch on the main beam head-
lamps temporarily ("headlamp fl ash")  by 
maintaining a pull on the stalk. 
  Dipped headlamps or main 
beam headlamps. 
   
Displays 
 
Illumination of the corresponding indi-
cator lamp in the instrument panel con-
fi rms that the lighting selected is on.