2013 Citroen DS5 HYBRID4 Owner's Manual

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Visibility
1.Front - rear cour tesy lamp2.Front map reading lamps 3.Rear map reading lamp s4.Interior mood LEDs









Courtesy lamps
In this position, the cour tesy lamp comes on gradually:
Front - rear courtesy lamps


Take care to avoid leaving anything in contact with the cour tesy lamps.
With the "permanent lighting" mode, the lighting time varies according to the circumstances:- with the ignition off, approximatelyten minutes,- in energy economy mode, approximately thirty seconds,
-with the hybrid system active, unlimited.

- when the vehicle is unlocked,
- when the electronic key is removed from
the reader,
- when opening a door,
- when the remote control locking button is
activated, in order to locate your vehicle.
It switches o
ff gradually:
- when the vehicle is locked,
- when the i
gnition is switched on,
- 30 seconds after the last door is closed.
Permanentl
y off.
Permanent lighting.


Front - rear map reading
lamps
)
With the ignition on, press thecorresponding switch.

Interior mood lighting The dimmed passenger compar tment lighting improves visibility in the vehicle when the light is poor.

At night, the interior mood lighting comes onautomatically when the sidelamps are switched
on ( for example, a source of light in the roof console illuminates the middle of the centre console).
The interior mood lighting switches off automatically when the sidelamps are switched off. Lamps on: there are 7 levels o
f brightness.
The level of brightness increases progressively
with each press of the button, returning to zero after the maximum level is reached.
A long press gives maximum brightness.
This adjustment is used to set the mood lighting level for the interior lamp, as well as for the
door opening controls and the storage locations(depending on version).





Foot well lighting


Activation

Its operation is identical to that of the cour tesy
lamps. The lighting comes on when one of the
doors is opened. The so
ft lighting provided by the footwell lamps
improves visibility in the vehicle when the light
is poor.
Switching on
Adjusting the brightness of
the courtes
y lamp

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Child safety

General points relating to child seats
For maximum safety, please obser ve the following recommendations:
- in accordance with European regulations,
all children under the age of 12 or less
than one and a half metres tall must
travel in a
pproved child seats suited to
their weight , on seats fitted with a seat
belt or ISOFIX mountings * ,-
statistically, the safest seats in your
vehicle for carrying children are the rear seats,-a child weighing less than 9 kg must
travel in the "rearwards-facing" position both in the front and in the rear.
CITROËN recommends that childrenshould travel in the outerrrear seatsof your vehicle:-"rearwards-facing"up to the age of 2, - "forwards-facing"
over the age of 2.
Although one of CITROËN's main criteria when designing your vehicle, the safety of your children
also depends on you.

*

The rules for carrying children are specific to each country. Refer to the legislation in force
in
your country.

173Child safety
Child seat in the front


"Rearwards-facing"

When a "rear wards-facing" child seat is installed on the front passenger seat
, itis essential that the passenger airbag is
deactivated. Otherwise, the child wouldrisk being seriously injured or killed if the
airbag were to inflate .
"Forwards-facing"
When a "forwards-facing" child seat is installedon the front passenger seat, adjust the
vehicle's seat to the fully back and highest position with the seat back upright and leave
the passenger's airbag activated.
Passenger seat in the fully back and
highest position.
Ensure that the seat belt is correctly tensioned.

Passenger airbag OFF

For more information on deactivatingthe airbag, refer to the "Safety" section then "Airbags".
Re
fer to the advice given on the label present
on both sides of the passenger's sun visor. To assure the safety of your child, you must deactivate the passenger's front airbag when you install a child seat in the rear wards facing position on the frontpassenger's seat.Otherwise, there is a risk that the child could be seriously injured or killed if the airbag were deployed.