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ECO-DRIVING
Eco-driving is a range of everyday practices that allow the motorist to optimise their fuel consumption and CO2emis-sions.
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 gearbox, stay in Drive "D"
or Auto "A", according to the type of gearbox, without pressing the accelerator pedal heavily or sud-denly.
Drive smoothly
Maintain a safe distance between ve-hicles, use engine braking rather than the brake pedal, and press the accel-erator progressively. These practices contribute towards a reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions and also helps reduce the background traf-22
fi 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 itby opening the windows and air ventsbefore using the air conditioning.
Above 30 mph (50 km/h), close thewindows and leave the air ventsopen.
Remember to make use of equipmentthat can help keep the temperaturein the passenger compartment down(sun roof and window blinds...).
Switch off the air conditioning, unlessit has automatic digital regulation, assoon as the desired temperature is at-tained.
Switch off the demisting and defrost-ing controls, if not automatic.
Switch off the heated seat as soon aspossible.
Switch off the headlamps and frontfoglamps when the level of light doesnot require their use.
Avoid running the engine before mov-ing off, particularly in winter; your ve-hicle will warm up much faster whiledriving.
As a passenger, if you avoid connect-ing your multimedia devices (fi lm, mu-sic, video game...), you will contributetowards limiting the consumption of electrical energy, and so of fuel.
Disconnect your portable devices be-fore leaving the vehicle.
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INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING LAMPS
Warning lamp
is on
Cause
Actions/
Observations
Left-hand
direction
indicator
Flashing
with
audible
warning This fl ashes when you
press the lighting stalk
down. If this indicator lamp fl ashes abnormally quickly, this
could indicate that the bulb of one of the direction
indicators has blown. Change the bulb or contact a
CITROËN dealer or a qualifi ed workshop.
Right-hand
direction
indicator
Flashing
with
audible
warning This fl ashes when you
push the lighting stalk up. If this indicator lamp fl ashes abnormally quickly, this
could indicate that the bulb of one of the direction
indicators has blown. Change the bulb or contact a
CITROËN dealer or a qualifi ed workshop.
Main beam
headlamps
Fixed This comes on when
you pull the lighting stalk
towards you. Pull the stalk to return to dipped beam
headlamps.
Sidelamps
Fixed This comes on when the
lighting stalk is in the
"Sidelamps" or "Dipped
beam headlamps"
position. Turn the stalk to the desired position.
Front foglamps
Fixed This comes on when you
use the front foglamps. Turn the ring on the stalk forwards to switch on
the foglamps.
Rear foglamps
Fixed This comes on when you
use the rear foglamps. Turn the ring on the stalk forwards to switch on
the foglamps.
Cruise control
Fixed This comes on when the
mode is active. Press the "ON/OFF" button to activate/
deactivate the mode.
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LIGHTING STALK
Additional lighting
Other lamps are installed to fulfi l the re-
quirements of particular driving conditions:
-
rear foglamps to be seen from a distance,
- front foglamps for even better visibility,
- daytime running lamps to be seen
during the day.
Certain functions of the lighting stalk
(automatic illumination of headlam-
ps, sensitivity) can be confi gured
via the colour screen "Equipment"
menu.
Manual controls
The lighting is controlled directly by the
driver by means of the ring A
and the
stalk B
. Lamps off.
Automatic illumination of head-
lamps.
Sidelamps.
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
headlamps temporarily ("headlamp
fl ash") by maintaining a pull on the
stalk.
Displays
Illumination of the corresponding indica-
tor lamp in the instrument panel confi rms
that the lighting selected is on.
A.
Main lighting mode selection ring:
turn it to position the symbol re-
quired facing the mark.
Dipped headlamps or main
beam headlamps.
Main lighting
The various front and rear lamps of the
vehicle are designed to adapt the driv-
er's visibility progressively in relation to
the climatic conditions:
- sidelamps, to be seen,
- dipped beam headlamps to see
without dazzling other drivers,
- main beam headlamps to see clearly
when the road is clear.
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Front and rear foglamps
C.
foglamps selection ring.
The foglamps operate with the dipped
and main beam headlamps.
front and rear foglamps
)
To switch on the front foglamps, turn
the ring C
forwards once.
)
To switch on the rear foglamps, turn
the ring C
forwards twice.
)
To switch off the rear foglamps, turn
the ring C
rearwards once.
)
To switch off the front foglamps, turn
the ring C
rearwards twice.
The ring C
returns to its initial position
automatically.
The front foglamps are switched on au-
tomatically when you switch on the rear
foglamps.
The rear foglamps are switched off
automatically when you switch off the
dipped/main beam headlamps or the
front foglamps.
On vehicles fi tted with daytime run-
ning lamps, the rear foglamps can be
switched on even if the lighting stalk is
in the "OFF" position.
In good or rainy weather, both
day and night, the front fo-
glamps and the rear foglamps
are prohibited. In these situations,
the power of their beams may dazzle
other drivers.
Do not forget to switch off the front fo-
glamps and the rear foglamps when
they are no longer necessary.
Lighting on reminder
An audible signal when the driver's
door is opened warns the driver if the
vehicle lighting is on, with the ignition
off.
Switching off the lighting stops the
audible signal.
If condensation is present, switch the
headlamps on for a few minutes in
order to clear it.
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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CHANGING A BULB
Handle the bulbs using a dry
cloth.
Do not clean the headlamps using
a dry or abrasive cloth, or using
detergent or solvent products,
use
a sponge and soapy water. In some weather conditions (e.g. low
temperature or humidity), the presence
of misting on the internal surface of the
glass of the headlamps and rear lamps
is normal; it disappears after the lamps
have been on for a few minutes.
Front lamps
1.
Direction indicators
(PY21W - 21 W).
2.
Dipped beam headlamps
(H11 - 55 W)
or xenon bulb (D2S - 35 W).
3.
Sidelamps (W5W - 5 W).
4.
Main beam headlamps
(H7 - 55 W).
5.
Front foglamps
(H11 - 55 W).
WARNING: RISK OF
ELECTROCUTION
Xenon bulbs must be replaced by a
CITROËN dealer or a qualifi ed work-
shop.