2017 CITROEN DS3 CABRIO Handbook (in English)

111
display in the instrument panel
n. Neutral
R. Reverse
1 2 3 4 5 / 6.
 G

ears
 i
n
 m
anual
 m
ode.
AUTO.
   Th

is
 c
omes
 o
n
 w
hen
 a
utomated
 m
ode
 is s

elected.
 I
t
 g
oes
 o
ff
 w
hen
 c
hanging
 to m

anual
 m
ode.
Moving off
F Select position n.
F Pr ess t he b rake p edal f ully.
F
 St

art
 t
he
 e
ngine.
n a

ppears
 i
n
 t
he
 i
nstrument
 p
anel.
If
 t

he
 e
ngine
 d
oes
 n
ot
 s
tart:
-
 If 

n 
i
s
 f
lashing
 i
n
 t
he
 i
nstrument
 pa

nel,
 m
ove
 t
he
 g
ear
 s
elector
 t
o
 pos

ition A, then to position
n. F
 Se
lect a utomated m ode ( position A
), ma
nual m ode ( position M ) o r r everse (p

osition
 R).
AUT

O
 a
nd
 1,

1 or R appear in the
instrument
 pane

l.
F
 Re

lease
 t
he
 p
arking
 b
rake.
F
 Pr

ogressively
 t
ake
 y
our
 f
oot
 o
ff
 t
he
 b
rake
 peda

l.
Depending
 o

n
 t
he
 t
ype
 o
f
 e
lectronic
 ge

arbox,
 t
he
 v
ehicle
 m
ay
 m
ove
 o
ff
 o
n
 it

s
 o
wn.
For
 m

ore
 i
nformation,
 r
efer
 t
o
 t
he
 "C

reep
 f
unction"
 s
ection.
Do
 n

ot
 p
ress
 t
he
 b
rake
 a
nd
 c
lutch
 pe

dals
 s
imultaneously.
 T
his
 c
an
 c
ause
 ra

pid
 c
lutch
 w
ear.
F
 Ac

celerate
 a
way.
-
 If t

his
 w
arning
 l
amp
 co

mes
 o
n,
 a
ccompanied
 by a

n
 a
udible
 s
ignal
 a
nd
 th

e
 di
splay
 of a me
ssage,
 pr

ess
 f
irmly
 o
n
 t
he
 b
rake
 peda

l.
driving

Creep function
(depending on equipment)
This function allows the vehicle to be
manoeuvred more e asily a t l ow s peeds ( when pa

rking,
 i
n
 t
raffic
 j
ams...).
With
 t

he
 g
ear
 s
elector
 i
n
 p
osition
 A,

M or R,
the vehicle moves as soon as you take your
foot off the brake pedal ,
 a

t
 l
ow
 s
peed
 a
nd
 wi

th
 t
he
 e
ngine
 a
t
 i
dle.
Automated mode
AUTO and the g ear e ngaged a ppear in t
he i nstrument p anel.
The
 g

earbox
 t
hen
 o
perates
 i
n
 a
uto-adaptive
 mo

de,
 w

ithout
 a
ny
 a
ction
 o
n
 t
he
 p
art
 o
f
 t
he
 dr

iver.
 I

t
 c
ontinuously
 s
elects
 t
he
 m
ost
 s
uitable
 ge

ar
 t

aking
 a
ccount
 o
f:
-
 op

timisation
 o
f
 f
uel
 c
onsumption,
-
 dr

iving
 s
tyle,
-
 ro

ad
 c
onditions,
-
 ve

hicle
 l
oad.
For
 o

ptimum
 a
cceleration,
 w
hen
 ov
ertaking
 an

other
 v

ehicle
 f
or
 e
xample,
 p
ress
 t
he
 ac

celerator
 p
edal
 f
ully
 d
own,
 b
eyond
 t
he
 p
oint
 of r

esistance. You
 c

an
 c
hange
 m
ode
 a
t
 a
ny
 t
ime
 b
y
 mov

ing
 t
he
 g
ear
 s
elector
 f
rom
 A
to M or
the
 o

ther
 w
ay
 r
ound.
The
 c

reep
 f

unction
 m

ay
 b

e
 t

emporarily
 un

available
 i

f
 t

he
 c

lutch
 t

emperature
 i

s
 to

o
 h

igh
 o

r
 t

he
 s

lope
 t

oo
 s

teep.
Do
 n

ot
 l

eave
 c

hildren
 u

nsupervised
 in

side
 t

he
 v

ehicle
 w

hen
 t

he
 e

ngine
 i

s
 ru

nning. F
Selec

t position A
.
Never
 s
elect
 n
eutral
 (
position
 
n
) w
hen
 mov

ing.
Temporary control of gear
changing
You can temporarily take over control of gear ch anges u sing t he s teering m ounted " +" a nd "-"
control
 p

addles:
 i
f
 t
he
 e
ngine
 s
peed
 a
llows,
 t
he
 ge

ar
 c
hange
 i
s
 c
arried
 o
ut.
This function allows you to anticipate certain
situations
 su

ch
 as ove
rtaking
 an
other
 ve
hicle
 or ap

proaching
 a b
end.
After
 a f

ew
 m
oments
 w
ithout
 a
ny
 a
ction
 o
n
 t
he
 pa

ddles,
 t
he
 g
earbox
 r
esumes
 c
ontrol
 o
f
 g
ear
 chan

ging
 au
tomatically.

11 3
The gear change requests are only carried out if the e ngine s peed p ermits.
It is not necessary to release the accelerator
pedal
 d

uring
 g
ear
 c
hanges.
When
 b

raking
 o
r
 s
lowing
 d
own,
 t
he
 g
earbox
 ch

anges
 d
own
 a
utomatically
 s
o
 t
hat
 t
he
 v
ehicle
 pi

cks
 u
p
 i
n
 t
he
 r
ight
 g
ear.
Under
 f

ull
 a
cceleration,
 t
he
 c
hange
 u
p
 w
ill
 n
ot
 ta

ke
 p
lace
 u
nless
 t
he
 d
river
 o
perates
 t
he
 g
ear
 se

lector
 o
r
 s
teering
 m
ounted
 c
ontrol
 p
addle
 (u

nless
 t
he
 e
ngine
 i
s
 c
lose
 t
o
 i
ts
 m
aximum
 spe

ed).
Reverse
To engage reverse, the vehicle must be immobilised w ith y our f oot o n t he b rake.
F
Selec

t position R .
Stopping the vehicle
Before switching off the engine:
- ch ange t o p osition  n t o be in neutral,
or
- le

ave
 t
he
 v
ehicle
 i
n
 g
ear;
 i
n
 t
his
 c
ase
 t
he
 ve

hicle
 c
annot
 b
e
 m
oved.
Manual mode
F Select position M.
T he
 g
ears
 e
ngaged
 a
ppear
 i
n
 su

ccession
 i
n
 t
he
 i
nstrument
 p
anel.
You
 c

an
 c
hange
 m
ode
 a
t
 a
ny
 t
ime
 b
y
 mov

ing
 t
he
 g
ear
 s
elector
 f
rom
 A
to M or
the
 o

ther
 w
ay
 r
ound.
Never
 s

elect
 n
eutral
 (
position
 
n
) w
hen
 mov

ing. There
 i

s
 a
n
 a
udible
 s
ignal
 o
n
 engag

ement
 of re
verse.For
 a

ll
 p
arking
 s
ituations,
 y
ou
 m
ust
apply the parking brake
 t

o
 i
mmobilise
 th

e
 v
ehicle.
When
 i

mmobilising
 t
he
 v
ehicle
 w
ith
 t
he
 en

gine
 r
unning,
 y
ou
 m
ust
 p
ut
 t
he
 g
ear
 se

lector
 i
nto
 t
he
 n
eutral
 (
position
 
n
).
Be

fore
 d
oing
 a
nything
 u
nder
 t
he
 bo

nnet,
 e
nsure
 t
hat
 t
he
 g
ear
 s
elector
 is i

n
 n
eutral
 (
position
 
n
) a
nd
 t
hat
 t
he
 pa

rking
 b
rake
 i
s
 a
pplied.
At
 l

ow
 s
peed,
 i
f
 r
everse
 g
ear
 i
s
 r
equested,
 th

e

n 
w
arning
 l
amp
 f
lashes
 a
nd
 t
he
 g
earbox
 go

es
 i
nto
 n
eutral
 a
utomatically.
To
 e

ngage
 r
everse,
 p
ut
 t
he
 g
ear
 s
elector
 i
nto
 pos

ition
n, th
en to position R.
driving

Operating fault
With the ignition on, if this warning lamp c omes o n a nd AU TO flashes,
accompanied
 b

y
 a
n
 a
udible
 s
ignal
 a
nd
 a me

ssage
 i

n
 t
he
 m
ultifunction
 s
creen,
 t
his
 in

dicates
 a g
earbox
 f
ault.
Have
 i

t
 c

hecked
 b
y
 a C
ITROËN
 d
ealer
 o
r
 a qu

alified
 wo
rkshop.
Reinitialisation
(5-speed electronic
gearbox)
In exceptional circumstances, the ge arbox m ay n eed a n a utomatic re

initialisation:
 s
tarting
 a
nd
 g
ear
 ch

anging
 a
re
 n
o
 l
onger
 p
ossible.
AUTO
 a

nd
 - -
appear in the
instrument
 pane

l.
AUTO
 a

nd
 - -

appear in the
instrument
 pane

l.
F
Selec

t position
n.
F Pr

ess
 t

he
 b

rake
 p

edal.
F
 Wa

it
 f

or
 a

round
 3

0
 s

econds
 u

ntil
 

n
o

r a
gear
 a

ppears
 i

n
 t

he
 i

nstrument
 p

anel.
F
 Mov

e
 t

he
 g

ear
 s

elector
 t

o
 p

osition
 A , t

hen
to position
n.
F Wi

th
 y

our
 f

oot
 s

till
 o

n
 t

he
 b

rake
 p

edal,
 s

tart
 the engi

ne.
The
 g

earbox
 i

s
 o

perational
 a

gain.
Following d
isconnection o
f t
he b
attery, i
t i
s ne
cessary t
o r
einitialise t
he g
earbox.
F
 Sw

itch
 o

n
 t

he
 i

gnition.
Follow
 t

he
 p
rocedure
 d
escribed
 a
bove.

11 5
Four-speed automatic gearbox which offers a choice b etween t he c omfort o f f ully a utomatic op

eration,
 e
nhanced
 b
y
 s
port
 a
nd
 s
now
 pr

ogrammes,
 or man
ual
 ge
ar
 chan
ging.
Two
 d

riving
 m
odes
 a
re
 a
vailable:
-
 au

tomatic operation with electronic
management
 o

f
 t
he
 g
ears
 b
y
 t
he
 g
earbox,
 wi

th a sport
 p
rogramme
 f
or
 a m
ore
 dy

namic
 s
tyle
 o
f
 d
riving
 a
nd
 a s
now
programme
 t

o
 m
ake
 d
riving
 e
asier
 w
hen
 gr

ip
 i
s
 p
oor.
-
 man

ual
 o
peration
 f
or
 s
equential
 c
hanging
 of t

he
 g
ears
 b
y
 t
he
 d
river.
Automatic gearbox
1. Gear selector k nob.
2. Bu tton "S" (spor t) .
3.
B

utton "T " (snow) .
gear selection gate
P. Park.
- Im mobilisation o f t he v ehicle, p arking b rake on o

r
 o
ff.
-
 St

arting
 t
he
 e
ngine.
R.
 Re

verse.
-
 Re

versing
 m
anoeuvres,
 v
ehicle
 s
tationary,
 en

gine
 a
t
 i
dle.
n. Ne

utral.
-
 Im

mobilisation
 o
f
 t
he
 v
ehicle,
 p
arking
 b
rake
 on.
- St

arting
 t
he
 e
ngine.
d. Au

tomatic
 opera
tion.
M + / -.
 

 
Ma
nual
 o
peration
 w
ith
 s
equential
 ch

anging
 o
f
 t
he
 f
our
 g
ears.
F
 Pu

sh
 f
or wards
 t
o
 c
hange
 u
p
 t
hrough
 t
he
 ge

ars.

or
F Pu

ll
 b
ackwards
 t
o
 c
hange
 d
own
 t
hrough
 th

e
 g
ears.
gear selector positions
driving

When you move the selector in the gate to select a p osition, t he c orresponding i ndicator i s di

splayed
 i
n
 t
he
 i
nstrument
 p
anel.
P.
 Par

k
R.
Re

verse
n. Ne

utral
d. Dr

ive
 (
Automatic
 d
riving)
S.
Sp

ort
 prog
ramme
T .
S

now
 prog
ramme
1 2 3 4.
  Ge

ars
 e
ngaged
 d
uring
 m
anual
 opera

tion
-.
 In

valid
 v
alue
 d
uring
 m
anual
 o
peration
displays in the instrument panel
Foot on brake
F Press the b rake p edal w hen t his in
dicator l amp i s d isplayed i n t he in

strument
 p
anel
 (
e.g.:
 s
tarting
 the engi

ne).
Moving off
If position n is selected inadvertently while d riving, a llow t he e ngine t o re

turn
 t
o
 i
dle
 t
hen
 s
elect
 p
osition
 
d
t
o
accelerate.
If
 t

he
 a
mbient
 t
emperature
 i
s
 be

low -23°C,
 t
he
 e
ngine
 s
hould
 b
e
 l
eft
 at i

dle
 f
or
 f
our
 m
inutes,
 t
o
 e
nsure
 t
he
 co

rrect
 o
peration
 a
nd
 l
ife
 o
f
 t
he
 e
ngine
 and ge

arbox. When
 t

he
 e
ngine
 i
s
 r
unning
 a
t
 i
dle,
 w
ith
 th

e
 b
rakes
 r
eleased,
 i
f
 p
osition
 R
, d o
r
M
 i
s
 s
elected,
 t
he
 v
ehicle
 m
oves
 e
ven
 wi

thout
 t
he
 a
ccelerator
 b
eing
 p
ressed.
When
 t
he
 e
ngine
 i
s
 r
unning,
 n
ever
 le

ave
 c
hildren
 i
n
 t
he
 v
ehicle
 w
ithout
 supe

rvision.
When
 c
arrying
 o
ut
 m
aintenance
 w
ith
 th

e
 e
ngine
 r
unning,
 a
pply
 t
he
 p
arking
 br

ake
 a
nd
 s
elect
 p
osition
 P
.
F
 Ap
ply
 t
he
 p
arking
 b
rake.
F
Selec
t position P or
n.
F St
art
 t
he
 e
ngine.
If
 t

his
 p
rocedure
 i
s
 n
ot
 f
ollowed,
 t
here
 i
s
 a
n
 au

dible
 s
ignal,
 a
ccompanied
 b
y
 t
he
 d
isplay
 o
f
 an w

arning
 m
essage.
F
 Wi
th
 t
he
 e
ngine
 r
unning,
 p
ress
 t
he
 b
rake
 peda

l.
F
 Re
lease
 t
he
 p
arking
 b
rake.
F
Selec
t position R
,
d o
r M
.
F
 Gr
adually
 r
elease
 t
he
 b
rake
 p
edal.
The
 v

ehicle
 m
oves
 o
ff
 i
mmediately.

11 7
Automatic operation
F Select position d for automatic chan ging of t
he f our g ears.
The
 g

earbox
 t
hen
 o
perates
 i
n
 a
uto-adaptive
 mo

de,
 w
ithout
 a
ny
 i
ntervention
 o
n
 t
he
 p
art
 of t

he
 d
river.
 I
t
 c
ontinuously
 s
elects
 t
he
 m
ost
 su

itable
 g
ear
 a
ccording
 t
o
 t
he
 s
tyle
 o
f
 d
riving,
 th

e
 p
rofile
 o
f
 t
he
 r
oad
 a
nd
 t
he
 l
oad
 i
n
 t
he
 ve

hicle.
For
 m

aximum
 a
cceleration
 w
ithout
 t
ouching
 th

e
 s
elector,
 p
ress
 t
he
 a
ccelerator
 p
edal
 d
own
 fu

lly
 (
kick
 d
own).
 T
he
 g
earbox
 c
hanges
 d
own
 au

tomatically
 o
r
 m
aintains
 t
he
 g
ear
 s
elected
 un

til
 t
he
 m
aximum
 e
ngine
 s
peed
 i
s
 r
eached.
On
 b

raking,
 t
he
 g
earbox
 c
hanges
 d
own
 au

tomatically
 t
o
 p
rovide
 e
fficient
 e
ngine
 br

aking.
If you release the accelerator sharply, the
gearbox
 w

ill
 n
ot
 c
hange
 t
o
 a h
igher
 g
ear
 f
or
 sa

fety
 r
easons.
Never select position
n w

hile the
vehicle
 i

s
 m
oving.
Never select positions P or R unless
the
 v

ehicle
 i
s
 c
ompletely
 s
tationary.
Sport and snow programmes
These two special programmes supplement the automatic o peration i n v ery s pecific c onditions of u

se.
Sport programme "S"
F Press button "S" , a fter s tarting t he e ngine.
The g earbox a utomatically f avours a d ynamic st

yle
 o
f
 d
riving.
S
 a

ppears
 i
n
 t
he
 i
nstrument
 p
anel.
Snow programme "T"
F Press button " T" , a fter s tarting t he e ngine.
The g earbox a dapts t o d riving o n s lippery ro

ads.
This
 p

rogramme
 i
mproves
 s
tarting
 a
nd
 d
rive
 wh

en
 t
raction
 i
s
 p
oor.
T
 a

ppears
 i
n
 t
he
 i
nstrument
 p
anel.
Return to standard
automatic operation
F At any time, p ress t he b utton s elected ag
ain t o q uit t he p rogramme e ngaged a nd re

turn
 t
o
 a
uto-adaptive
 m
ode.
driving

There is a risk of damage to the gearbox:
- if y ou p ress t he a ccelerator a nd br

ake
 p
edals
 a
t
 t
he
 s
ame
 t
ime,
-
 if y

ou
 f
orce
 t
he
 m
ovement
 o
f
 t
he
 se

lector
 f
rom
 t
he
 P
position to
another position when the battery
is
 f

lat.
To
 r

educe
 f
uel
 c
onsumption
 w
hen
 a
t
 a p

rolonged
 s
tandstill
 w
ith
 t
he
 e
ngine
 ru

nning
 (
traffic
 j
am...),
 p
ut
 t
he
 s
elector
 in t

he
n
 
p
osition
 a
nd
 a
pply
 t
he
 p
arking
 br

ake.
If the selector is not in position P
,
when
 t

he
 d

river's
 d

oor
 i

s
 o

pened
 o

r
 ap

proximately
 4

5
 s

econds
 a

fter
 t

he
 ig

nition
 i

s
 s

witched
 o

ff,
 a w

arning
 me

ssage
 a

ppears
 i

n
 t

he
 s

creen.
F
Re

turn the selector to position P ;
 th

e
 m

essage
 d

isappears.
When
 d

riving
 o

n
 f

looded
 r

oads
 o

r
 w

hen
 cr

ossing
 a f

ord,
 p

roceed
 a

t
 w

alking
 pa

ce.
Operating fault
Manual operation
When the ignition is on, the lighting of t
his w arning l amp, a ccompanied by a

n
 a

udible
 s
ignal
 a
nd
 a m
essage
 i
n
 t
he
 mu

ltifunction
 s
creen,
 i
ndicates
 a g
earbox
 f
ault.
In
 t

his
 c

ase,
 t
he
 g
earbox
 s
witches
 t
o
 b
ack-up
 mo

de
 a

nd
 i

s
 l
ocked
 i
n
 3
rd
 g
ear.
 Y
ou
 m
ay
 f
eel
 a s

ubstantial
 k
nock
 w
hen
 c
hanging
 f
rom
 P

to R
 a

nd
 f

rom
 
n
t
o R.
 T

his
 w
ill
 n
ot
 c
ause
 a
ny
 da

mage
 t

o
 t
he
 g
earbox.
Do
 n

ot
 e

xceed
 6
0
 m
ph
 (
100
 k
m/h),
 l
ocal
 s
peed
 res

trictions
 pe
rmitting.
Contact
 a C

ITROËN
 d
ealer
 o
r
 a q
ualified
 wo

rkshop
 a

s
 s
oon
 a
s
 p
ossible.
F Selec
t position M for sequential chan
ging of t
he f
our g
ears.
F
 Pu

sh
 t

he
 s

elector
 t

owards
 t

he
 + s

ign
 t

o
 ch

ange
 u

p
 a g

ear.
F
 Pu

ll
 t

he
 s

elector
 t

owards
 t

he
 - s

ign
 t

o
 ch

ange
 d

own
 a g

ear.
It
 i

s
 o

nly
 p

ossible
 t

o
 c

hange
 f

rom
 o

ne
 g

ear
 t

o
 an

other
 i

f
 t

he
 v

ehicle
 s

peed
 a

nd
 e

ngine
 s

peed
 pe

rmit;
 o

ther wise,
 t

he
 g

earbox
 w

ill
 o

perate
 te

mporarily
 i

n
 a

utomatic
 m

ode. This
 s

ymbol
 i

s
 d

isplayed
 i

f
 a g

ear
 is n

ot
 e

ngaged
 c

orrectly
 (

selector
 be

tween
 t

wo
 p

ositions).
d d

isappears
 a

nd
 t

he
 g

ears
 en

gaged
 a

ppear
 i

n
 s

uccession
 i

n
 t

he
 ins

trument
 pane

l.
Stopping the vehicle
Before switching off the engine, you can engage pos ition P or n  t
o p lace t he g earbox i n n eutral.
In
 b

oth
 c
ases,
 a
pply
 t
he
 p
arking
 b
rake
 t
o
 im

mobilise
 t
he
 v
ehicle.
Invalid value during manual
operation
If the engine speed is too low or too high, the gear s elected f lashes f or a f ew s econds, t hen th

e
 a
ctual
 g
ear
 e
ngaged
 i
s
 d
isplayed.
It
 i

s
 p
ossible
 t
o
 c
hange
 f
rom
 p
osition
 
d

(

automatic)
 t
o
 p
osition
 M (
manual)
 a
t
 a
ny
 t
ime.
When
 t

he
 v
ehicle
 i
s
 s
tationary
 o
r
 m
oving
 ve

ry
 s
lowly,
 t
he
 g
earbox
 s
elects
 g
ear
 M1
au

tomatically.
The
 s

port
 a
nd
 s
now
 p
rogrammes
 d
o
 n
ot
 op

erate
 i
n
 m
anual
 m
ode.