2011 Citroen DS3 child seat

SAFETY DRIVING FITTINGS CHILD
SAFETY
15 6 Parking brake
157 Manual gearbox
15 8 Gear shift indicator
15 9 SensoDrive gearbox
162 Automatic gearbox
166 Stop & Start
169 Speed limiter
171 Cruise control
173 Rear parking sensors 14 0 Direction indicators
14 0 Hazard warning lamps
141 Horn
141 Emergency or assistance call
142 Braking assistance systems
14 3 Trajectory control systems
14 5 Front seat belts
14 8 Airbags 128 Child seats
13 4 ISOFIX child seats 120 Interior fi ttings
124 Boot fi ttings
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19Familiarisation
Passenger safety



1.
Open the glove box.

2.
Inser t the key.

3.
Select position:
"ON"
(activation), with front passenger or
"for wards facing" child seat,

"OFF"
(deactivation), with "rear facing" child seat.

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


Front passenger's airbag




14 9



A.
Front seat belts not fastened or unfastened
warning lamp.:




Front seat belts and
passenger's front airbag



15 0



Customise your vehicle

These styling stickers are treated to give good
resistance to ageing and tearing.
They have been designed to allow you to
customise your vehicle's bodywork.
Available also as accessories, we recommend
that you have them fitted by a CITROËN dealer
or a qualified workshop.

Using expressive stickers

When using a high pressure jet wash,
keep the end of the lance at least
30 centimetres from the stickers
B.
Front passenger's airbag deactivation
indicator lamp.

C.
Front passenger's airbag activation
indicator lamp. 14 5

33Monitoring






Foot on the
brake pedal


fixed. The brake pedal must be pressed. With the SensoDrive gearbox, press the brake pedal
to star t the engine (lever in position N
).
With an automatic gearbox, with the engine running,
press the brake pedal before releasing the parking
brake, to unlock the lever and come out of position P
.
If you wish to release the parking brake without
pressing the brake pedal, this warning lamp will
remain on.

flashing. With a SensoDrive gearbox, if you
hold the vehicle on an incline using
the accelerator for too long, the clutch
overheats. Use the brake pedal and/or the parking brake.






Automatic wiping


fixed. The wiper control is pushed
downwards. Automatic front wiping is activated.






Passenger's
airbag system
fixed. The control switch, located in the
glove box, is in the " ON
" position.
The passenger's front airbag is
activated.
In this case, do not install a rear-
facing child seat. Turn the control switch to the " OFF
" position to
deactivate the front passenger's airbag.
In this case you can install a rear-facing child seat.

Warning lamp



is on



Cause



Action/Observations

Deactivation indicator lamps

If one of the following indicator lamps comes on, this confirms that the corresponding system has been switched off intentionally.
This is may be accompanied by an audible signal and a message on the multifunction screen.



Warning lamp



is on



Cause



Action/Observations








Passenger's
airbag system


fixed. The control, located in the glove box,
is set to the OFF
position.
The passenger's front airbag is
deactivated.
In this case you can install a "rear
facing" child seat. Set the control to the ON
position to activate the
passenger's front airbag.
In this case, do not fit a child seat in the rear-facing
position.





ESP/ASR


fixed. The button, located at the bottom
left of the dashboard, is pressed. Its
indicator lamp is on.
The ESP/ASR is deactivated.
ESP: electronic stability programme.
ASR: anti-skid regulation. Press the button again to manually reactivate the ESP/
ASR. Its indicator lamp goes off.
From approximately 30 mph (50 km/h), the system is
reactivated automatically (except for the 1.6 litre THP
150 and R ACING engines).
The ESP/ASR system is activated automatically when
the vehicle is star ted.

007
Child safety


This section describes all of the possibilities for the installation of a child
seat and the precautions to take to ensure optimum safety, the various
recommended child seats, the ISOFIX mountings and the approved
ISOFIX child seat.

General points relating to child seats

Although one of CITROËN's main criteria when designing your vehicle, the safety of your children
also depends on you.

CITROËN recommends
that children
should travel in the rear seats
of your
vehicle:


- "rearwards-facing"
up to the age
of 2,

- "forwards-facing"
over the age of 2. For maximum safety, please obser ve the
following recommendations:


- in accordance with European regulations,
all children under the age of 12 or less
than one and a half metres tall must
travel in approved child seats suited to
their weight
, on seats fitted with a seat
belt or ISOFIX mountings * ,

- statistically, the safest seats in your
vehicle for carr ying children are the
rear seats,


- a child weighing less than 9 kg must
travel in the "rearwards-facing" position
both in the front and in the rear.



*
The rules for carrying children are specific to
each country. Refer to the current legislation
in your country.

129Child safety
Child seat in the front


"Rearwards-facing"

When a "rear wards-facing" child seat is
installed on the front passenger seat
, it
is essential that the passenger airbag is
deactivated. Otherwise, the child would
risk being seriously injured or killed if the
airbag were to inflate
.


"Forwards-facing"

When a "for wards-facing" child seat is installed
on the front passenger seat
, adjust the
vehicle's seat to the intermediate longitudinal
position with the seat back upright and leave
the passenger airbag activated.


Intermediate longitudinal
position

Passenger airbag OFF


Refer to the advice given on the label present
on both sides of the passenger's sun visor.

To assure the safety of your child, you must deactivate the passenger's front airbag when
you install a child seat in the rear wards facing position on the front passenger's seat.
Other wise, there is a risk that the child could be seriously injured or killed if the airbag were
deployed.