2012 Citroen C5 RHD Owner's Manual

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Quality of the fuel used for
petrol engines

The petrol engines are perfectly
compatible with E10 type petrol
biofuels (containing 10 % ethanol),
conforming to European standards
EN 228 and EN 15376.
E85 type fuels (containing up to 85 %
ethanol) are reserved exclusively for
vehicles marketed for the use of this
type of fuel (BioFlex vehicles). The
quality of the ethanol must comply
with European standard EN 15293.
For Brazil only, special vehicles are
marketed to run on fuels containing
up to 100 % ethanol (E100 type).














Quality of the fuel used for
Diesel engines

The Diesel engines are perfectly
compatible with biofuels which con-
form to current and future European
standards (Diesel fuel which com-
plies with standard EN 590 mixed
with a biofuel which complies with
standard EN 14214) available at the
pumps (containing up to 7 % Fatty
Acid Methyl Ester).
The B30 biofuel can be used in cer-
tain Diesel engines; however, this
use is subject to strict application
of the special servicing conditions.
Contact a CITROËN dealer or a
qualifi ed workshop.
The use of any other type of (bio)fuel
(vegetable or animal oils, pure or
diluted, domestic fuel...) is strictly
prohibited (risk of damage to the en-
gine and fuel system).


















MISFUEL PREVENTION
(DIESEL) *

Mechanical device which prevents
fi lling the tank of a Diesel vehicle
with petrol. It avoids the risk of en-
gine damage that can result from fi ll-
ing with the wrong fuel.
Located in the fi ller neck, the misfuel
prevention device appears when the
fi ller cap is removed.


Operation

When a petrol fi ller nozzle is intro-
duced into the fuel fi ller neck of your
Diesel vehicle, it comes into contact
with the fl ap. The system remains
closed and prevents fi lling.

Do not persist but introduce a
Diesel type fi ller nozzle.


It remains possible to use a fuel
can to fi ll the tank; this must be
done slowly.
In order to ensure a good fl ow of
fuel, do not place the nozzle of the
fuel can in direct contact with the fl ap of the misfuel prevention device.

*
According to country of sale.

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EXTERIOR LIGHTING
CONTROLS
Control stalk for the selection and con-
trol 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 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.



Additional lighting

Other lamps are fi tted to fulfi l the re-
quirements of particular driving con-
ditions:


- a rear foglamp to be seen from a
distance,

- front foglamps for even better
forward vision,

- directional headlamps for im-
proved visibility when cornering,

- daytime running lamps to be
seen during the day.



Programming

Various automatic lighting control
modes are also available depending
on options:


- guide-me-home lighting,

- automatic illumination of head-
lamps,

- directional lighting.



Manual controls

Lamps off.





Automatic illumination of
headlamps.
Sidelamps only.
Dipped headlamps or
main beam headlamps.

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 indi-
cator lamp in the instrument panel con-
fi rms that the lighting selected is on.
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.
In some weather conditions (e.g.
low temperature or humidity), the
presence of misting on the inter-
nal surface of the glass of the
headlamps and rear lamps is nor-
mal; it disappears after the lamps
have been on for a few minutes.

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C.
Foglamps selection ring.
The foglamps operate with the side-
lamps and the dipped and main
beam headlamps.


-
1 st turn forwards: rear foglamps on.


- 1 st turn rearwards: rear foglamps off.




- 1st turn forwards: front foglamps on.


- 2nd turn forwards: rear foglamps on.


- 1st turn rearwards: rear foglamps off.


- 2nd turn rearwards: front foglamps
off.



Model with rear foglamps
only
Model with front and rear
foglamps





In good or rainy weather, both day
and night, use of the front foglamps
and the rear foglamps is prohibited.
In these situations, the power of their
beams may dazzle other drivers.
They should only be used in fog or
falling snow.
In these weather conditions, it is
your responsibility to switch on the
foglamps and dipped headlamps
manually as the sunshine sensor
may detect suffi cient light.
Do not forget to switch off the front
and rear foglamps when they are
no longer needed.

Lighting left on
When a front door is opened with
the ignition off and in manual ligh-
ting mode, an audible signal warns
the driver if the vehicle's lighting is
still on.
In this case, switching off the ligh-
ting stops the audible signal.
With the ignition off, if the dipped
headlamps remain on, they will
switch off automatically after thirty
minutes to prevent discharging of
the battery.

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*
According to country.







Daytime-running lamps

System which switches on special
lamps at the front, to make the ve-
hicle more visible by day.
They light up automatically and per-
manently, when the engine is run-
ning, if:


- The function is activated * in the
"Main Menu" of the instrument
panel screen.

- The lighting control is at position 0

or AUTO
.

- All the headlamps are off.
You can deactivate * this function
using the "Main Menu" of the instru-
ment panel screen.






Manual guide-me-home
lighting
Temporarily keeping the dipped
beam headlamps on after the vehi-
cle's ignition 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.














Automatic illumination of
headlamps
The sidelamps and dipped beam
headlamps are switched on automati-
cally, without any action on the part of
the driver, when a low level of external
light is detected or in certain cases of
activation 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 message in the instrument panel screen.



Deactivation


)
Turn ring A
to a position other
than "AUTO"
. Deactivation is
accompanied by a message in
the instrument panel screen.

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Linked with the automatic
"Guide-me-home" lighting
The link with the automatic illumi-
nation of headlamps provides the
"guide-me-home" lighting with the
following additional options:


- selection of the duration of ligh-
ting for 15, 30 or 60 seconds in
the vehicle parameters on the in-
strument panel screen confi gu-
ration menu,

- automatic activation of "guide-
me-home" lighting when auto-
matic illumination of headlamps
is in operation.


Operating fault
In the event of a fault with the sun-
shine sensor, the lighting comes on
and a message appears in the instru-
ment panel screen, accompanied by
an audible signal.
Contact a CITROËN dealer or a
qualifi ed workshop.
In fog or snow, the sunshine sen-
sor may detect suffi cient light.
Therefore, the lighting will not
come on automatically.
Do not cover the sunshine sen-
sor, linked with the rain sensor and
located in the centre of the wind-
screen behind the rear view mirror;
the associated functions would no
longer operate.







MANUAL HEADLAMP
ADJUSTMENT
To avoid dazzling other road users,
the height of the halogen bulb head-
lamps must be adjusted according
to the load in the vehicle.

0.
1 or 2 people in the front seats.

-. 3 people.

1.
5 people.

-. Intermediate setting.

2.
5 people + maximum authorised
loads.

-. Intermediate setting.

3.
Driver + maximum authorised
loads.
Initial setting is position "0"
.












AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT
OF DIRECTIONAL
HEADLAMPS
Do not touch the xenon bulbs.
Contact a CITROËN dealer or a
qualifi ed workshop. If a fault occurs, this
warning lamp comes
on in the instrument
panel, accompanied by an audible signal and a
message in the instru-
ment panel screen.
The system then places your head-
lamps in the lowest position. To avoid causing a nuisance to other
road users, this system corrects
the height of the xenon headlamp
beams automatically and when sta-
tionary, depending on the load in the
vehicle.

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DIRECTIONAL LIGHTING


without cornering lighting


with cornering lighting




"Cornering lighting" function

With dipped or main beams, this
function provides additional lighting
for the inside of a bend, when the
vehicle speed is below 25 mph
(approx 40 km/h).
This lighting is most useful when
travelling at low and medium speed
(urban driving, winding road, inter-
sections, parking manoeuvres...).

Activation
This function is activated:


- when the direction indicator is
activated,

- from a certain angle of rotation of
the steering wheel.
Deactivation
This function is deactivated:


- below a certain angle of rotation
of the steering wheel,

- when stationary or at very low
speed,

- when reverse gear is engaged,

- when the directional headlamps
are switched off.

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Programming
The function is activated or deac-
tivated via the instrument panel
screen "Main Menu".
To do this, select "Vehicle parameters\
Lighting\Directional headlamps".

Operating fault
If a fault occurs, this warning
lamp fl ashes in the instru-
ment panel, accompanied
by a message in the multi-
function screen.
Contact a CITROËN dealer or a
qualifi ed workshop.
When stationary or moving at very
low speed or when reverse gear is
engaged, the function is inactive.
The status of the function remains
in the memory when the ignition is
switched off.










Directional headlamps
function
When the dipped or main beam
headlamps are on, this function, as-
sociated with the "cornering lighting"
function, enables the light beam to
follow the direction of the road.
The use of this function, linked with
the xenon headlamps only, consid-
erably improves the quality of your
lighting when cornering.

with directional lighting

without directional lighting

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WIPER CONTROLS

System for selection and control of
the various front and rear wiping
modes for the elimination of rain and
cleaning.
The vehicle's front and rear wipers
are designed to improve the driver's
visibility progressively according to
the climatic conditions.

Programming

Various automatic wiper control
modes are also available according
to the following options:


- automatic rain sensitive wind-
screen wipers,

- rear wiping on engaging reverse
gear.



Manual controls

The wiper commands are issued di-
rectly by the driver by means of the
stalk A
and the ring B
.












Rear wiper (Tourer)

B.
rear wiper selection ring:
park,
intermittent wipe,
wash-wipe (set duration). fast (heavy rain),
normal (moderate rain),
intermittent (proportional to
the speed of the vehicle),
automatic, then single
wipe (see following
page). park,

single wipe (press down and
release),
Windscreen wipers

A.
Wiping speed selection stalk:





or
If a signifi cant accumulation of
snow or ice is present, or when
using a tailgate bicycle carrier, de-
activate the automatic rear wiper
via the instrument panel screen
confi guration menu.