2012 CITROEN C6 service

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IN BRIE
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SEAT BELTS WARNING LAMPTYRE DEFLATION DETECTION
This function warns you of tyres that are defl ated or punctured.
Tyre defl ation alert:TheSERVICEwarning lamp comes on and a vehicle
outline is displayed.
"Puncture": The"STOP"and tyre(s) punctured warning lamps light up,
and a vehicle outline is displayed.
Colour screen CNaviDrive colour display
Display of tyres in good condition
Tyre very defl ated
Tyre defl ated
"Puncture"
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The driver's and the front and rear passengers' seats have sensors
that detect non-fastening/unfas-
tening of the seat belts.
The fastened
/non-fastened status
of the seat belts for each type of seat is indicated by the illumination
or fl ashing of the warning lamps 1,2 and 3.
MONITORING
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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 vehi-
cle and reduce wind resistance
(roof bars, roof rack, bicycle car-
rier, trailer...). Use a roof box in
preference. Remove roof bars
and roof racks after use.
At the end of winter, remove
snow tyres and refi t your summer
tyres.
Observe the recommendations
on maintenance
when cold, referring to the label in the door aperture, driver's side.
Carry out this check in particular:-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 serviced regu-
larly (engine oil, oil fi lter, air fi lter...)
and observe the schedule of oper-
ations recommended by the manu-
facturer.When refuelling, do not continue
after the 3rd cut-off of the nozzle
to avoid any overfl ow.
At the wheel of your new vehicle,
it is only after the fi rst 1 800 miles
(3 000 kilometres) that you will
see the fuel consumption settle
down to a consistent average.

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INSTRUMENT PANEL
WARNING LAMPS
These warning lamps may be accompanied by a message and/or a sound signal
ESP/ASR
Operatin
g
If either of the ESP or ASR systems is active, the warning lamp fl ashes.
For a malfunction
When the vehicle is moving, the lighting of this warning lamp indi-cates a system malfunction.
Contact a CITROËN dealer or a qualifi ed workshop.
Deactivation
The lighting of the warning lamp and of the button ESP indicates
that the system is deactivated.
Electric parkingbrake
When the engine is running,
this warning lamp lights up
to indicate a malfunctioning of the electric parking brake. The brake is not working properly. Place the gearbox in the Park position (P).
Contact a CITROËN dealer or a qualifi ed workshop as soon as possible.
ABS
The ABS warning lamplights up when you switchon the ignition: it should goout after a few seconds. If it doesnot go out, there could be a sys-
tem malfunction. See "Brakes".
Puncture(s)
If this warning lamp comes
on, it indicates a punctureon one or more wheels.
The screen displa
ys an imagewhich shows you which wheelis affected. Contact a CITROËNy
dealer or a qualifi ed workshop.
Door open
If this warning lamp comes
on while the engine is run-ning, it tells you that one of
the doors and/or the boot is open.
Electric parking brake,brake fl uid level,braking distributionmalfunction
With the engine running, the lighting
of this warning lamp indicates that
the parking brake is on or not pro-
perly released, that the brake fl uid level is low or that the braking sys-
tem is malfunctioning.
If the warning lamp remains on although the parking brake is released, stop as soon as it is safe to do so and contact a CITROÀN ,p
dealer or a qualifi ed workshop.
See "Brakes".
SERVICE
This warning lampstays on fi xed for a
major fault. Contacta CITROËN dealer or a qualifi edj
workshop as soon as possible.
This warning lamp stays on tem-porarily for minor faults. Contacta CITROËN dealer or a qualifi edpy
workshop if necessary.
To learn the ori
gin of the corres-
ponding alert, refer to the log of
alerts (See chapter "Multifunction
displays" or NaviDrive).
STOP warning lamp
If this warning lamp comes on, it is impe-rative to stop the vehicle and to switch the engine off. The warning lamp is accompanied by the STOP symbol on the screen as well as
on the Head-up display.
Alert a CITROËN dealer or a quali-fi ed workshop as soon as possible.

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INSTRUMENT PANEL
MAINTENANCE INDICATOR
It informs you when the next routine service is due in accordance with the vehicle servicing schedule in theMaintenance and Warranty Guide. This information is dependent on two parameters: the mileage covered, and the
time elapsedsince the last visit.
Operation
From switching on the ignition and
for a few seconds, the spanner
symbolising maintenance ope-rations lights up; the instrumentpanel tells you the distance remai-ning to the next service.
Example:there remain up to thenext service:
A few seconds after this, the engine
oil level indicator is displayed, then
the total mileage recorder resumesits normal role. The instrumentpanel gives the total and tripmileages.
Operation if the distance tothe next service is less than
600 miles
Each time you switch on the igni-
tion and for 5 seconds, the span-
n
er and the distance fl ash.
Example: there remain up to
the next service: 500 miles. On
switching on the ignition and for 5 seconds, the instrument panel
indicates:
A few seconds after this, the engine oil level indicator is displayed, then
the total mileage recorder resumes its normal role and the mainte-
nance symbol remains lit up.
This is a warnin
g to you that a service must be carried out at the earliest opportunity.
The instrument panel
gives the
total and trip mileages.
Operation if the service
interval has been passed
Each time you switch on the igni-
tion, the maintenance symbol andthe distance covered (preceded bya minus) beyond the recommen-ded interval fl ash.
Example:Yo u have exceeded theservice interval by 300 miles.
The routine service on your vehi-cle needs to be carried as soon aspossible.
A few seconds after switching on
the ignition, the total mileage recor-der resumes its normal role andthe maintenance symbol remainslit up.

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INSTRUMENT PANEL
Maintenance intervals
If you use your vehicle in particu-larly diffi cult conditions, it is essen-
tialto use the service schedule for "severe conditions" comprisingshorter intervals between services.See "Maintenance and WarrantyGuide".
Reset to zero
It is reset by your CITROËN dealer
or a qualifi ed workshop after eachservice. However, if you do your
own servicing, the procedure for resetting to zero is as follows:1. Switch off the ignition.2. Press on button A and keep it pressed.3. Switch on the ignition.4. Keep buttonA pressed down until the screen indicates"=0"
and the maintenance symboldisappears.
Note:If the maximum time between two oil changes is reached before the mileage has been covered, the mainte-nance spanner lights up and the instrument panel indicates "0".
MILEAGE RECORDER
Display
When the driver's door is opened or the vehicle is unlocked with
the remote control, for around
30 seconds there is display of the mileage recorders and sometimes
the maintenance spanner.
Trip mileage recorder reset
This can operate when the ignition is switched on.
With a long press on the zero
reset buttonA, the trip mileage dis-
played resets to zero.
FUEL GAUGE
From the time the low fuel warninglamp is on continuously on levelground, accompanied by an audi-
ble signal, there remains around8 litresof fuel in the tank.
When the second-to-last bar disap-pears, you still have approx. 5 l of
fuel.
REV COUNTER
When you approach maximumengine speed, crossing into the redzone indicates the need to engage
a higher gear.

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HEAD-UP DISPLAY
CONTENT OF THE HEAD-UPDISPLAYA"Fuel low" alertB"STOP" warning lampC "ESP" warning lampDNavigation instructionsE "SERVICE" warning lampFMain beams warning lampG Vehicle speed
To be aware of the signifi cance of
the information projected on thescreen, see "Warning lamps".
Note: when navigation is in ope-
ration, direction arrows will fl ash.See the NaviDrive chapter.
To suspend display of acertain type of information:Press button 4.
Rotate the control1 to select
the type of information you
wish to suspend.
Press button 1.
The information fl ashes; it will no longer be displayed.
To
quit the selection mode, press button4.Note: The vehicle speed informa-tion, the "STOP" warning lamp and
the "ESP" warning lamp cannot be "suspended.
To restore display of a type of information:Press button 4.
Rotate the control to select theinformation you wish to restore,
which fl ashes.
Press button 1.
The information stops fl ashing: it
will be displayed.
To quit the selection mode, press
button4.






ADVICE
The windscreen of the vehicleguarantees that the Head-up
display operates correctly. It
is recommended that it be changed by a CITROËN dealer
or a qualifi ed workshop.
No ob
ject must ever be placed
in or over the cavity situated on
top of the dashboard between
th
e windscreen and the rear of
the dashboard.To clean the glass, use anon-abrasivecloth.
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Note: All the adjustments and selections you made before stop-ping the engine are retained whenyou restart. If there is a change of
driver, check whether these adjust-ments are suitable, alter them if necessary.
You are advised to adjustthese controls only whenthe vehicle is stationary.

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MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAYS
NAVIDRIVE COLOUR DISPLAY
1Outside temperature.2Folder.3Date.4Telephone.5Time.
When the outside temperature
is between +3 °C and –3 °C, the
temperature display fl ashes (risk
of ice).Note:The outside temperature
displayed may be higher than the
actual temperature if the vehicle is stationary in bright sunlight.
The driver is advised not to ope-
rate the controls described below
while the vehicle is moving.
CONTROLSA Access to the "Main menu" of
the display.BScroll through display menus.CSelection in the menus of the function chosen or value to
modify.Scroll through display menus.
DCancellation of the operation or return to the previous display.
Air conditioning
Refer to the explanations given in the section "Auto-
matic air conditioning".
Traffi c information
See chapter "NaviDrive"
Navigation - Traffi c
information
See chapter "NaviDrive"
Audio
See chapter "NaviDrive"
Main Menu
Press on buttonAto bring up the "Main menu" of the multifunc-
tion display. This menu gives you
access to the following functions:
Telephone andtelematic services
See chapter "NaviDrive"
Confi guration, to activate/deactivate the guide-me-home lighting, automatic lighting of headlamps etc. as
well as to adjust the various parameters (time, date etc.). See chapter "NaviDrive".
Map
See chapter "NaviDrive"
Video
See chapter "NaviDrive"
Vehicle diagnosis
See chapter "NaviDrive"