2011 Citroen DS4 fuel

Eco-driving

Eco-driving is a range of everyday practices that allow the motorist to optimise their fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.


Optimise the use of your
gearbox

With a manual gearbox, move off gently,
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 gearbox,
stay in Drive "D"
or Auto "A"
, according to
the type of gearbox, without pressing the
accelerator pedal heavily or suddenly.



Drive smoothly


Maintain a safe distance between vehicles, use
engine braking rather than the brake pedal,
and press the accelerator progressively. These
practices contribute towards a reduction in fuel
consumption and CO
2 emissions and also helps
reduce the background traffic noise.

If your vehicle has cruise control, make use of
the system at speeds above 25 mph (40 km/h)
when the traffic is flowing 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 before
using the air conditioning.
Above 30 mph (50 km/h), close the windows
and leave the air vents open.
Remember to make use of equipment
that can help keep the temperature in the
passenger compar tment down (sun roof and
window blinds...).
Switch off the air conditioning, unless it has
automatic digital regulation, as soon as the
desired temperature is attained.
Switch off the demisting and defrosting
controls, if not automatic.
Switch off the heated seat as soon as
possible.

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Limit the causes of excess
consumption

Spread loads throughout the vehicle; place the
heaviest items in the bottom of the boot, as
close as possible to the rear seats.
Limit the loads carried in the vehicle and
reduce wind resistance (roof bars, roof rack,
bicycle carrier, trailer...). Use a roof box in
preference.
Remove roof bars and roof racks after use.

At the end of winter, remove snow tyres and
refit your summer tyres.



Observe the recommendations
on maintenance

Check the tyre pressures regularly, when
cold, referring to the label in the door
aperture, driver's side.
Carry out this check in par ticular:


- before a long journey,

- at each change of season,

- after a long period out of use.
Don't forget the spare wheel and the tyres on
any trailer or caravan.

Have your vehicle ser viced regularly (engine
oil, oil filter, air filter...) and obser ve the
schedule of operations recommended by the
manufacturer.



When refuelling, do not continue after
the 3 rd cut-off of the nozzle to avoid any
over flow.

At the wheel of your new vehicle, it is only
after the first 1 800 miles (3 000 kilometres)
that you will see the fuel consumption settle
down to a consistent average.

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 (film, music, video
game...), you will contribute towards limiting
the consumption of electrical energy, and so
of fuel.
Disconnect your portable devices before
leaving the vehicle.

Familiarisation

Customisable colour instrument panel with audio system



1.
Rev counter (x 1 000 rpm or tr/min).

2.
Gear shift indicator with manual gearbox
or gear lever position and gear for the
electronic gearbox system.

3.
Analogue speedometer (mph or km/h).

4.
Cruise control or speed limiter setting.

5.
Digital speedometer (mph or km/h).

6.
Engine oil level indicator.


Dials and screens
Control buttons


7.
Ser vice indicator
(miles or km) then,
total mileage recorder.
These two functions are displayed
successively on switching on the ignition.
Lighting dimmer setting (when making an
adjustment).

8.
Trip mileage recorder (miles or km).

9.
Fuel gauge and associated low fuel
warning lamp.

10.
Range (miles or km).


A.
Dial COLOUR: customisation of the
background colour of the dials.

B.
Screen COLOUR: customisation of the
background colour of the screens.

C.
Lighting dimmer (available in night mode).

D.
Reminder of the servicing information
Reset the service indicator or the trip
mileage recorder.

39Monitoring


1.
Rev counter (x 1 000 rpm or tr/min).

2.
Gear shift indicator with manual gearbox
or gear lever position and gear for the
electronic gearbox system or automatic
gearbox.

3.
Speedometer (mph or km/h).

4.
Central colour screen associated with the
satellite navigation system.

Dials and screens


5.
Fuel gauge and associated low fuel level
warning lamp.

6.
Trip mileage recorder (miles or km).

7.
Ser vice spanner (if a ser vice is due or
missed),
total mileage recorder.
(miles or km)



Control buttons




















Customisable colour instrument panel associated with
the satellite navigation system


A.
Dial COLOUR: customisation of
the background colour of the dials.

B.
Screen COLOUR: customisation of
the background colour of the screens.

C.
Lighting dimmer (in night mode).

D.
Star t a manual test (procedure for checking
the status of systems and display of vehicle
alerts).
Reset service indicator or trip mileage
recorder.

Warning lamp



is on



Cause



Action/Observations






Anti-lock Braking
System (ABS)


fixed. The anti-lock braking system has
a fault. The vehicle retains conventional braking.
Drive carefully at reduced speed and contact a
CITROËN dealer or a qualified workshop without delay.





Dynamic stability
control
(ESP/ASR)


flashing. The ESP/ASR regulation is active. The system optimises traction and improves the
directional stability of the vehicle.

fixed. Unless it has been deactivated (button
pressed and its indicator lamp on), the
ESP/ASR or hill star t assist system
has a fault. Have it checked by a CITROËN dealer or a qualified
workshop.


Engine
autodiagnosis
system


flashing. The engine management system has
a fault. Risk of destruction of the catalytic conver ter.
Have it checked by a CITROËN dealer or a qualified
workshop.

fixed. The emission control system has a
fault. The warning lamp should go off when the engine is star ted.
If it does not go off, contact a CITROËN dealer or qualified
workshop without delay.






Low fuel level


fixed. When it first comes on there remains
approximately 6 litres of
fuel
in the
tank. You must refuel as soon as possible to avoid running
out of fuel.
This warning lamp will come on every time the ignition
is switched on, until a sufficient addition of fuel is
made.
Fuel tank capacity: approximately 60 litres.
Never continue to drive until you run out of fuel as
this could damage the emission control and injection
systems.

System allowing cer tain screens to be switched
off for night driving.
The instrument panel remains on with the
vehicle speed, electronic or automatic gearbox
gear selected, cruise control or speed limiter
information, if in use, and the low fuel alerts as
appropriate.
If there is an aler t or a change in a function
or to a setting, the black panel mode is
interrupted.






Black panel (black screen)


Activation



)
With the vehicle lighting on, press this
button again to activate the black panel.

)
Press once more to illuminate on the
various screens again.

In the instrument panel, you can change the
colour of its dials (button A
) independently from
that of the screens (button B
).
There are five colour variants, from white to
blue.


)
press the appropriate button as many times
as needed to obtain the desired colour.








Customising the instrument
panel colours

69Multifunction screens

Vehicle parameters

This menu is used to activate or deactivate
cer tain driving and comfor t systems, classified
in different categories:


- "Access to the vehicle"
(see "Access" section):


●
"Plip action" (Selective unlocking of the
driver's door),

●
"Unlocking only boot"
(Selective unlocking of the boot).



- "Driving assistance":


●
"Parking brake automatic" (Automatic
electric parking brake; see "Driving"
section),

●
"Rear wipe in reverse gear" (Rear wiper
coupled to reverse gear; see "Visibility"
section),

●
"Speeds memorised" (Memorising
speeds; see "Driving" section).



- "Vehicle lighting" (see "Visibility" section):


●
"Directional headlamps" (Main/additional
directional lighting),

●
"Daytime lights" (Daytime running
lamps).



- "Interior lighting" (see "Visibility" section):


●
"Follow-me-home " (Automatic timed
operation of headlamps),

●
"Welcome lighting" (Interior/exterior
welcome lighting).




Display confi guration

This menu is used to configure:


- the display language of the central colour
screen, from a pre-defined list,

- the units: temperature (°Celsius ou
°Fahrenheit) and fuel consumption
(l/100 km, mpg or km/l),

- the colour schemes of the central screen.



Choice of sounds

This menu allows you to choose a family of
polyphonic sounds from the four available.
These sounds are grouped together in a family
and are adapted to suit the situation and
context (alert, confirmation, rejection, direction
indicators, lighting left on, key in ignition...).

Tr i p c o m p u t e r







Monochrome screen C


Information displays

You can choose between two types of display
by pressing button A
:


- the trip computer information appears
temporarily above the audio information,
displayed permanently in full screen,
or

- the trip computer and audio information
both appear permanently in a shared
screen.

)
Press the button, located at the end of
the wiper stalk
, to display the various trip
computer tabs in succession.
System that gives you current information on your journey (range, fuel consumption…).