2012 CITROEN C-ELYSÉE Owners Manual

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Familiarisation
Monitoring
A.With the ignition on, the bars representingthe fuel level should come on. B.With the engine running, the associated
low level warning lamp should go off.

Instrument panel
With the ignition on, the orange and red warning lamps come on.
With the engine running, these warning lamps
should go off.
If a warning lamp remains on, refer to the pageconcerned.
Warning lamps
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Illumination of the lamp indicates the status of
the corresponding function.

Switch panel
102
A.Deactivation of the ESP/ASR system.
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B.Opening the boot (depending on version).
C.Alarm warning lamp.
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Familiarisation
1. Open the glove box.2.
Inser t the key.3.Select position:
"ON"
(activation), with front passenger or "forwards facing" child seat,
"OFF"
(deactivation), with "rear facing" child seat.4.
Remove the key keeping the switch in the new position.
Front passenger's airbag
107

Passenger safety
A.
Driver's seat belt not fastened or unfastened / front passenger's seat belt unfastened warning lamp.B.
Airbag fault warning lamp.


Front seat belts and
passenger's front airbag
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C.
Front passenger's airbag deactivation
warning lamp.
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Familiarisation
Driving safely


Electronic gearbox


Five-speed electronically controlled gearbox
offering the choice of the comfor t of automated
operation or the pleasure of manual gear changing.1. Gear lever.

Display in the instrument panel
The gear engaged or the driving mode selected appears in the instrument panel screen. N.Neutral.R.
Reverse.
1 to 5. Gears engaged. AUTO.Automated mode.


Moving off
)
Select position N.)
Press firmly on the brake pedal. )
Start the engine.)
Select the automated mode (position A
) Aor manual mode (position M ) by moving
the gear lever 1,
or
engage reverse by pushing the gear
lever 1 to position R . )
Release the parking brake. )
Progressively take your foot off the brake
pedal: the vehicle moves off.
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Familiarisation
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Driving safely
Automatic gearbox
Four-speed gearbox offering the choice of the comfor t of automatic operation or the pleasure
of manual gear changing.1. Gear lever.2."S"
(sport) button.3."7"
(snow) button.


Display in the instrument panel

The gear engaged or the driving mode selected
appears in the instrument panel screen.P.Park. R. Reverse.
N.Neutral.D.Drive (automatic forward drive).
S.Sport programme. 7Snow
programme.
1 to 4. Gears engaged.-.
Invalid value in manual operation.


Moving off
)Apply the parking brake. )Select position P
or N.)Start the engine.)Press the brake pedal. )Release the parking brake. )Then select position R
, D
or M
. )Progressively take your foot off the brake pedal: the vehicle moves off.

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Familiarisation
Driving safely
1.
Selection of limiter mode. 2.Reducing the programmed value. 3.Increasing the programmed value. 4.
Limiter On / Off.


Speed limiter "LIMIT"
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1.Selection of cruise control mode.
2. Reducing the programmed value.3.
Increasing the programmed value.4.
Cruise control On / Off.
Cruise control "CRUISE"
87 The cruise control or speed limiter mode
appears in the instrument panel when selected.

Display in the instrument
panel
Cruise control
S
peed limiter
The settings must be made with the engine running.To be programmed or activated, the speed of
the vehicle must be above 25 mph (40 km/h),with at least 4thengaged for a manual gearbox (2 nd for an electronically controlled or automatic gearbox).

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Eco-driving
Eco-driving is a range of everyday practices that allow the motorist to optimise their fuel consumption and CO2emissions.
Optimise the use of your
gearbox
With a manual gearbox, move off gently,change up without waiting and drive by changing up quite soon.
With an automatic or electronic gearbox, stay in Drive "D"or Auto "A"
, according to the type of gearbox, without pressing theaccelerator 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 CO2 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 byopening 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 canhelp keep the temperature in the passenger compartment down (window blinds...).
Switch off the air conditioning as soon as the desired temperature is attained.
Switch off the demisting and defrostingcontrols, if not automatic. Switch off the heated seat as soon as possible.


Switch off the headlamps and foglamp whenthe level of light does not require their use.

Avoid running the engine before moving off,particularly in winter; your vehicle will warmup much faster while driving.

As a passenger, if you avoid connecting your multimedia devices (film, music, videogame...), you will contribute towards limitingthe consumption of electrical energy, and soof fuel.
Disconnect your por table devices beforeleaving the vehicle.

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Familiarisation
Limit the causes of excess
consumption
Spread loads throughout the vehicle; placethe 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 inpreference.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 aper ture, 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 onany trailer or caravan.
Have your vehicle ser viced regularly (engine oil, oil filter, air filter...) and obser ve the
schedule of operations recommended by themanufacturer.


When refuelling, do not continue after the3 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 settledown to a consistent average.

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Instrument panel for petrol - Diesel
1.
Rev counter (x 1 000 rpm). 2.
Screen. 3.Speedometer (km/h).
A.Electronic or automatic gearbox
information.B.Time.C.Range (km) or
Tr i p d i s t a n c e r e c o r d e r.
D. Fuel gauge.E.
Ser vice indicator (km) then,

total distance recorder.
These two
functions are displayedsuccessively when switching on the ignitionF.Speed limiter or cruise control settings.
4.Reminder of service information
Reset the selected function to zero (trip
distance recorder or ser vice indicator)
Adjust the time.
Dials

Screen