2012 CITROEN C6 wiper

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CONTENTS
DRIVING
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IN BRIEF
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Exterior.................................................r4
Opening.............................................5-6
Interior..................................................r7
Dashboard.........................................8-9
Getting started.............................10®12
Visibility..............................................13
Ventilation ........................................... 14
Monitoring ....................................15-16
Ensure the safety of passengers........17
Driving .........................................18®20
Eco-driving....................................21-22
Remote control..............................23-24
Keys....................................................25
Anti-intrusion alarm.......................26-27
Steering lock - Ignition - Starter.........r28
Driving – Starting the engine.............29
Instrument panel.........................30®36
Warning lamps ..............................31-32
Head-up display ............................37-38
Multifunction displays..................39®43
Tr i p c o m p u t e r..............................r44®49
Signalling .....................................50®52
Xenon dual-function directional
headlamps .......................................
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Wipers...........................................54-55
Windows .............................................56
Steering column adjustment -
Seat belt height adjustment .............57
Front seats....................................58-59
Memorisation......................................60
Seat belts warning lamp.....................61
Rear view mirrors........................62®64
Gearbox.......................................65®68
Cruise control................................69-70
Speed limiter.................................r71-72
Electronic stability programme ..........73
Brakes .................................................74
Electric parkin
g brake...................75 -76
Speed sensitive rear spoiler...............77
Parking assistance........................78-79
Lane departure warning system........80
Diesel particle fi lter............................r81

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1. Head-up display cavity
2.Steering column adjustment
3. Controls - Lighting/Direction indicators/
Rear foglamps/Voice recognition
4.Instrument panel
5.Horn
6. Controls - Wipers
7.
Front passenger's airbag deactivation
8. Driver's seat adjustment controls and memories
9. Controls - Windows/Rear view mirrors/Child
safety
10. Driver's airbag
11. Controls at the steering wheel - Speed limiter and
Cruise control
12. Electric parking brake
13. Suspension controls - Ground clearance
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justment/Sport mode
14. Automatic gearbox SPORT/SNOW mode controls
15.
Head-up display controls
16.
Oddments tray
17. Fuel fl ap control
18. Ignition switch
19. Controls - Radio controls under the steering wheel
DASHBOARD

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IN BRIE
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LIGHTING
Ring A
Sidelamps.
Dipped beams/
main beams. Lam
ps off.
Pull the controlstalktowards you
to change between dipped beamand main beam.Front
foglamps and
rear foglamps on.
Front foglamps on.
Switching off
First action rearwards, rear foglamps off.
Second action rearwards, front and
rear foglamps off.
Ring BWIPER
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Control positions2. Rapid wipe.1. Normal wipe.I.Intermittent wipe.0. Off.
One press downwards:AUTO:Automatic wipe activated.
Single wipe.
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VISIBILITY

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TRIP COMPUTER
OPERATION
For selection and display of the
various types of information, giveshort presses on the end of the
windcsreen wiper stalk.
Pr
ess on the"TRIP" button on theradio panel, for permanent displayof the trip computer information.
To reset the trip computer infor-mation to zero,keep the end of
the control stalk pressed for a fewseconds when you see the rele-
vant information displayed.
The trip computer gives you access to:Three types of instantaneous information:
Range.
Instantaneous consumption.Distance remaining to be travelled.Three types of information for two Journeys 1 and 2:The distance travelled.Average consumption.Average speed.The JourneysJourneys1and2are independent of each other but identical in use. For example you can allocate Journey1to daily calculations and Journey 2 to monthly calculations.Resetting a Journey to zeroWhen the desired Journey is displayed, givea long presson the endof the wiper control stalk.
Information concerning your vehicle:
The oil temperature (for NaviDrive display only).The coolant temperature.The tyre pressures.

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TRIP COMPUTER
TYRE DEFLATION DETECTION
This function warns you of tyres that are defl ated or punctured, by means of sensors that continuously monitor thestatus of the vehicle's wheels, giving you this information on the screen (press the end of the wiper control stalk or on
the"TRIP" button for a permanent display).
Colour screen CNaviDrive colour display
Display of tyres in good condition
Status from the sensors in the course
of initialisation

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SIGNALLING
LIGHTING CONTROL STALK
All vehicle lamps off
Sidelam
ps on
Dipped beams/main beams on
Rotate the ring Aforwards.
Rotate the ring Aforwards.
AUTOMATIC LIGHTING OF
HEADLAMPS
Sidelamps and dipped beams come on automatically in poor
ambient light, or if the wipers are
in continuous operation. They go out as soon as the ambient light
again become suffi cient or when
the wipers cease to operate.
Activation/deactivation of this
function is possible in the menu
"Personalisation/Confi guration" in
the "Main menu".
Note: Activation of this function is immediate while deactivation requi-res the ignition to be switched off.
In fo
g or snow, the light sensor may detect enough light. The lights will therefore not come on automatically.
Take care not to cover the bright-
ness sensor, which is visible from
outside the windscreen, behind
the interior rear view mirror.
GUIDE-ME-HOME LIGHTING
This function switches on your headlamps, to light your way whenyou wish to walk from a carpark,for example.
Thi
s function is activated:Manually by pulling thecontrolA towards you,
with the ignition switched off.Automatically, provided:
The automatic lighting of headlamps is activated.To activate the guide-
me-home lighting function, select in the "Main menu",
then in "Personalisation/Confi guration", the sub-menu
for lighting and signalling,
then activate the function.
See "Multifunction displays".
Note: It is possible to modify the dura-tion of the guide-me-home lighting (approx. 60, 30 or 15 seconds) inthe menu "Personalisation/Confi gu-ration".


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Dipped beams/main beams dipswitch
Pull the control stalk towards you
to change between dipped beamand main beam.

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WIPERS
CONTROL POSITIONS2: Rapid wipe.
1: Normal wipe.I: Intermittent wipe.
0: Off.
One press downwards:AUTO:Automatic wipe activated.
Single wipe.


Position I: The wipe speed adjusts automatically to the speed of the vehicle.
Positions 1 and 2: When the vehicle is stationary, the speed of the wipers
will reduce automatically.
For safet
y, the wiper system is deactivated when the ignition is swit-ched off.
When you switch the ignition on again, to reactivate the function:
Return to position 0, then go to the desiredposition.
Activation of the function is confi rmed by one sweep of the wipers.
Automatic wipe: To activate automatic wipe, place the control stalk on
position 0, then press it downwards. The wipe speed will adjust according to
the intensity of the rain.Note: One press downwards produces a single wipe, without deactivating automatic wipe.
Deactivation of automatic wipe:Go to position I, then return to position0.
Or stop the engine.
WARNING
Do not cover the rain detectorwhich is located behind the interior rear rview mirror and visible from outside the windscreen.
If washing the vehicle, with ignition on for example in an automatic car
wash, deactivate the wiper system.


For safety, the wiper systemis deactivated when the igni-tion is switched off.

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WIPERS
CHANGING THE WIPER BLADES
If you have toreplace them, the wiper blades have to be parked in themaintenance position. For this, switch off theignition and then within one minute move the wiper control stalk. The wipers stand up in a vertical position.
After replacement, switch on the ignitionandmove the wiper control stalk so that the wipers resume their normalposition.Note:this action places the Piloted Defl ector in the maintenance position.
WINDSCREEN WASH
To operate the windscreen wash, pull the wiper stalk towards you.
The screen wash is accompanied by a timed wipe of the windscreen, the
headlamp wash also activates if the dipped beams are on.
The displa
y of a message indicates that there is only approx. one litre of
screen wash fl uid remaining.
In freezing conditions, always check that the wiper blades are free to operate.
Remove any accumulation of snow at the base of the windscreen.