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This system, also called automatic emergency
braking, aims to reduce the speed of impact or avoid a frontal collision by your vehicle (between 3 and 87 mph (5 and 140 km/h) where the driver fails to react. Using a radar and a camera, this system acts on the vehicle's braking system.
Active Safety Brake
The driver can take back control of the vehicle at any time by sharply turning the steering wheel and/or pressing the accelerator pedal.
Operation of the system may be felt by slight vibration in the brake pedal. If the vehicle comes to a complete stop, the automatic braking is maintained for 1 to 2 seconds. If your vehicle has a manual gearbox, in the event of the automatic emergency braking bringing the vehicle to a complete stop, the engine may stall.
If your vehicle has an automatic gearbox, in the event of the automatic emergency braking bringing the vehicle to a complete stop, the vehicle will move off again; press the brake pedal.
If automatic emergency braking is not activated, you are alerted by the fixed display of this warning lamp accompanied by a message.
The point at which braking is triggered may be adjusted according to the reaction from the driver, such as movement of the steering wheel or pressing the accelerator pedal.
If the radar and the camera have confirmed the presence of a vehicle or a pedestrian, this warning lamp flashes when the system is operating.
Important : if operation of the automatic emergency braking is triggered, you should take back control of your vehicle and brakewith the pedal to add to or finish the automatic braking.
Intelligent emergency
braking assistance
If the driver does not brake sufficiently to avoid an accident, this system will complete the braking. This emergency braking system will not act if you press the brake pedal.
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Deactivation / Activation of
the alert and the braking
By default, the function is automatically activated at every engine start. The deactivation or activation of the function is done in the vehicle configuration menu.
With the audio system
In the " Personalisation-configuration " menu, activate/deactivate " Auto. emergency braking ".
With the touch screen
In the vehicle settings menu, activate/deactivate " Collision risk alert and automatic
braking ".
In the event of a fault, you are alerted by the illumination of this warning lamp, accompanied by an audible signal and a message. Contact a CITROËN dealer or a qualified workshop.
Operating fault
There may be interference in the operation of the camera or it not work at all in the following situations: - poor visibility (inadequate street lighting, falling snow or rain, fog, ...), - dazzle (headlamps of an approaching vehicle on the other side of the road, low sun, reflection on a wet road, leaving a tunnel, alternating between light and shade, ...), - the area in front of the windscreen: dirty, misty, frosty, snow-covered,
damaged or covered by a sticker. The operation of the radar, located in the front bumper, may be disturbed in certain weather conditions: with accumulations of snow, ice, mud, ...
Clean the front bumper, removing the snow, mud, ...
If one of the two sensors (camera or radar) is masked or its visibility is reduced, while the other sensor is able to work normally, the system still operates, but at a lower level of per formance. This is not indicated by a message or a warning lamp. To ensure correct operation of the radar radar, do not paint over the paintwork on the vehicle's bumper.
Keep the windscreen in front of the camera clean. Do not allow snow to accumulate on the bonnet or roof of the vehicle as this could mask the camera's view.
