2012 Citroen C3 PICASSO Rear rh light

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COMFORT
The objects observed are, in re-
ality, closer than they appear.
Take this into account in order
to correctly judge the distance
of vehicles approaching from
behind.

MIRRORS

Door mirrors

The mirror glass is electrically adjustable.
A lamp located under the mirror shell
provides lighting for the driver's and
front passenger's entry and exit.
This exterior lighting comes on when the
vehicle is unlocked or a door is opened
and stays on for a timed period.

Folding


)
From outside: lock the vehicle using
the remote control or the key.

)
From inside: with the ignition on, pull
the control A
in the central position
rearwards.
The folding and unfolding of the
door mirrors using the remote
control can be deactivated by a
CITROËN dealer or a qualifi ed
workshop.
Never fold or unfold the electric
folding mirrors manually.

Adjustment

Unfolding


)
From outside: unlock the vehicle us-
ing the remote control or the key.

)
From inside: with the ignition on, pull
the control A
in the central position
rearwards. If the mirrors are folded using
control A
, they will not unfold
when the vehicle is unlocked.
Pull again on control A
.


)

Move control A
to the right or to the left
to select the corresponding mirror.

)
Move control B
in all four directions
to adjust.

)
Return control A
to the central posi-
tion.

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ACCESS

Deactivating the rear window and
door controls Always remove the key from the
ignition when leaving the vehicle,
even for a short time.
In the event of contact during
operation of the windows, you
must reverse the movement of
the window. To do this, press the
switch concerned.
When the driver operates the
passenger electric window
switches, they must ensure that
no one is preventing correct
closing of the windows.
The driver must ensure that the
passengers use the electric win-
dows correctly.
Be aware of children when ope-
rating the windows. Reinitialisation

In the event of a malfunction you must
reinitialise the operation of the electric
windows:


)
release the switch and pull it again
until the window closes completely,

)
hold the switch for approximately
one second after closing,

)
press the switch to lower the win-
dow automatically.

The safety anti-pinch function is not
active during these operations.



)
For the safety of your children, press
switch 5
to prevent operation of the
rear windows irrespective of their
position.
With the indicator lamp on, the rear con-
trols are deactivated.
With the indicator lamp off, the rear con-
trols are activated.
When the function is activated, this
warning lamp lights up on the in-
strument panel for a few seconds.
This control also deactivates the
interior rear door controls (see
"Child safety - § Electric child
lock").

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ACCESS
PANORAMIC SUNROOF
System which consists of an area of
panoramic tinted glass to increase the
light and visibility in the passenger com-
partment. It is fi tted with 2 independent
manual blinds to help maintain a com-
fortable temperature.

Closing


Rear blind


)
Pull the blind forwards until it locks in.


Front blind


)

Pull the blind rearwards until it locks in.

Opening

Each blind is fi tted with a roller
which stores it once you release it.

)
Raise the blind's handle and re-
lease.

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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 driver's
visibility progressively according to cli-
matic 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.



Additional lighting

Other lamps are installed to fulfi l the
requirements of particular conditions of
visibility:


- a rear foglamp to be seen from afar,

- front foglamps for even better for-
ward vision.



Programming

Various automatic lighting control modes
are also available according to the fol-
lowing options:


- guide-me-home lighting,

- automatic illumination of 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.

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 indica-
tor lamp in the instrument panel confi rms
that the lighting selected is on.

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VISIBILITY


Model with rear foglamp only
Rear foglamp


)
To switch on the foglamp, turn the
ring C
forwards.
When the lighting is switched off au-
tomatically (with AUTO model), the
foglamp and the dipped beam head-
lamps will remain on.


)
To switch off all of the lighting, turn
the ring C
rearwards.

In good or rainy weather, by
both day and night, the front fo-
glamps and the rear foglamp are
prohibited. In these situations,
the power of their beams may
dazzle other drivers.
Do not forget to switch off the
front foglamps and the rear fo-
glamp when they are no longer
necessary.

Lighting on audible warning
When the ignition is switched
off, all of the lamps switch off
automatically, unless guide-me-
home lighting is activated.
If the lighting is switched on
manually after switching off the
ignition, there is an audible sig-
nal when a front door is opened
to warn the driver that they have
forgotten to switch off the vehi-
cle's lighting, with the ignition
off.


Model with front foglamps and a
rear foglamp Front and rear foglamps
Rotate and release the ring C
:


)
forwards a fi rst time to switch on the
front foglamps,

)
forwards a second time to switch on
the rear foglamp,

)
rearwards a fi rst time to switch off
the rear foglamp,

)
rearwards a second time to switch
of the front fog lamps.








C.
Foglamp selection ring.
The foglamps operate with the dipped
and main beam headlamps. When the lighting is switched off auto-
matically (with AUTO model) or when
the dipped headlamps are switched off
manually, the foglamps and sidelamps
will remain on.


)
Turn the ring rearwards to switch
off the foglamps, the sidelamps will
then switch off.

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VISIBILITY
Manual guide-me-home lighting
Temporarily keeping the dipped beam
headlamps on after the vehicle's igni-
tion has been switched off makes the
driver's exit easier when the light is
poor.

Switching on


)
With the ignition off, "fl ash" the
headlamps using the lighting stalk.

)
A further "headlamp fl ash" switches
the function off.


Switching off
The manual guide-me-home lighting
switches off automatically after a set
time.


On vehicles fi tted with daytime run-
ning lamps, the dipped beams come on
when the vehicle is started.

*
According to country. This warning lamp comes on in
the instrument panel.
Automatic illumination of
headlamps
The sidelamps and dipped beam head-
lamps are switched on automatically,
without any action on the part of the
driver, when a low level of external light
is detected or in certain cases of activa-
tion of the windscreen wipers.
As soon as the brightness returns to a
suffi cient level or after the windscreen
wipers are switched off, the lamps are
switched off automatically.

Activation


)
Turn ring A
to the "AUTO"
position.
The automatic illumination of head-
lamps is accompanied by a mes-
sage in the multifunction screen.


Deactivation


)
Turn ring A
to a position other than
"AUTO"
. Deactivation is accompa-
nied by a message in the multifunc-
tion screen.
The instruments and controls (instru-
ment panel, multifunction screen, air
conditioning control panel, etc.) are not
illuminated, except on switching to the
automatic lighting mode or when the
lighting is switched on manually.
This function can be activated/deactivat-
ed by a CITROËN dealer or a qualifi ed
workshop. 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.

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VISIBILITY
In fog or snow, the sunshine
sensor may detect suffi cient
light. Therefore, the lamps will
not come on automatically.
Do not cover the sunshine sen-
sor, linked with the rain sensor
and located in the centre of the
windscreen behind the rear view
mirror; the associated functions
would no longer be controlled.

Linked with the Guide-me-home
lighting
Association with the automatic illumina-
tion of headlamps provides the guide-
me-home lighting with the following
additional options:


- automatic activation of guide-me-
home lighting when automatic illu-
mination of headlamps is switched
on (in the vehicle parameters of the
multifunction screen confi guration
menu),

- selection of the duration of main-
taining of the lighting for 15, 30 or
60 seconds in the vehicle param-
eters of the multifunction screen
confi guration menu (except for
monochrome screen A
where this
is preset).


Operating fault
In the event of a malfunction
of the sunshine sensor, the
lamps come on, this warn-
ing lamp is displayed in the
instrument panel and/or a message ap-
pears in the multifunction screen, ac-
companied by an audible signal.
Contact a CITROËN dealer or a quali-
fi ed workshop.
HEADLAMP ADJUSTMENT

The initial setting is position "0"
. To avoid causing a nuisance to other
road users, the height of the halogen
headlamps should be adjusted accord-
ing the load in the vehicle.

0.
1 or 2 people in the front seats.

-.
Less than 5 people.

1.
5 people.

-.
5 people + maximum authorised load.

2 - 3.
Driver + maximum authorised load.

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VISIBILITY
COURTESY LAMPS
Selection and control of the various
passenger compartment lamps.


1.
Front courtesy lamp


2.
Map reading lamps


3.
Rear courtesy lamp


Front and rear courtesy lamps

Map readin
g lamps



)
With the ignition on, press the cor-
responding switch.
In permanent lighting mode, differ-
ent lighting times are available:


- with the ignition off, approxi-
mately ten minutes,

- in energy economy mode, ap-
proximately thirty seconds,

- with the engine running, un-
limited.
In this position, the courtesy
lamp comes on gradually:
Permanently off.
Permanent lighting. It switches off gradually:


- when the vehicle is locked,

- when the ignition is switched on,

- 30 seconds after the last door is
closed.

- when the vehicle is unlocked,

- when the key is removed from the
ignition,

- when a door is opened,

- when the remote control locking
button is pressed, in order to locate
your vehicle.


Footwell lighting

These lamps come on at the same time
as the courtesy lamps.