2017 CITROEN DS3 CABRIO wipers

The vehicle's front and rear wipers are designed t o i mprove t he d river's v isibility pr

ogressively
 a
ccording
 t
o
 t
he
 w
eather
 con

ditions.
Wiper controls
Programming
You can modify the settings for the following functions:
-
 au

tomatic
 ra
in
 sens
itive
 wi
ndscreen
 wi
pers,
-
 re

ar
 w
iping
 o
n
 e
ngaging
 r
everse
 g
ear.
Model with AUTO wiping
The wiper commands are issued directly by the driver b y m eans o f t he s talk A a nd t he r ing B.
Manual controls
Windscreen wipers
A. Wiping s peed s election s talk.
Single
 w
ipe
 (
press
 d
own
 a
nd
 re

lease).Automatic,
 t

hen
 s
ingle
 w
ipe.
Fast
 (

heavy
 r
ain).
Normal
 (

moderate
 r
ain).
Intermittent
 (

proportional
 t
o
 t
he
 sp

eed
 o
f
 t
he
 v
ehicle).
Of f.
or
Model without AUTO wiping
Refer to the corresponding section.

Automatic rain sensitive
windscreen wipers
The windscreen wipers operate automatically, without a ny a ction o n t he p art o f t he d river, i f ra

in
 i
s
 d
etected
 (
sensor
 b
ehind
 t
he
 r
ear
 v
iew
 mi

rror),
 a
dapting
 t
heir
 s
peed
 t
o
 t
he
 i
ntensity
 o
f
 th

e
 r
ainfall.
Activation
This is controlled manually by the driver by push ing st alk A t o the "AUTO" pos ition.
It is accompanied by the illumination of this indicator l amp i n t he i nstrument p anel a nd a m

essage
 i
n
 t
he
 m
ultifunction
 s
creen.
Switching off
This is controlled manually by the driver by moving s talk A u pwards, r eturning i t t o pos

ition
"
0".
It
 i

s
 a
ccompanied
 b
y
 t
he
 i
ndicator
 l
amp
 in t

he
 i
nstrument
 p
anel
 g
oing
 o
ff
 a
nd
 a me

ssage
 i
n
 t
he
 m
ultifunction
 s
creen.The a
utomatic w iping m ust b e re
activated i f t he i gnition h as b een o ff fo

r
 m
ore
 t
han
 o
ne
 m
inute,
 b
y
 p
ushing
 st

alk
 A d
ownwards.

147
Operating fault
If an automatic wiping fault occurs, the wipers will o perate i n i ntermittent m ode.
Have
 i

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

alified
 wo
rkshop.
To retain the effectiveness of the flat
wiper
 b

lades,
 i
t
 i
s
 a
dvisable
 t
o:
-
 ha

ndle
 t
hem
 w
ith
 c
are,
-
 cl

ean
 t
hem
 r
egularly
 u
sing
 s
oapy
 wat

er,
-
 no

t
 u
se
 t
hem
 t
o
 h
old
 a s
heet
 o
f
 ca

rdboard
 a
gainst
 t
he
 w
indscreen,
-
 re

place
 t
hem
 a
t
 t
he
 f
irst
 s
igns
 o
f
 w e

a r.
Do
 n

ot
 c
over
 t
he
 r
ain
 s
ensor,
 l
inked
 wi

th
 t
he
 s
unshine
 s
ensor
 a
nd
 l
ocated
 i
n
 th

e
 c
entre
 o
f
 t
he
 w
indscreen
 b
ehind
 t
he
 re

ar
 v
iew
 m
irror.
Switch
 o

ff
 t
he
 a
utomatic
 w
iping
 w
hen
 us

ing
 a
n
 a
utomatic
 c
ar
 w
ash.
In
 w

inter,
 i
t
 i
s
 a
dvisable
 t
o
 w
ait
 u
ntil
 t
he
 wi

ndscreen
 i
s
 c
ompletely
 c
lear
 o
f
 i
ce
 be

fore
 a
ctivating
 t
he
 a
utomatic
 w
iping.This
 p

osition
 a
llows
 t
he
 w
iper
 b
lades
 t
o
 be l

ifted
 f
or
 w
inter
 p
arking,
 c
leaning
 o
r
 re

placement
 w
ithout
 d
amaging
 t
he
 b
onnet.
In
 t

he
 m
inute
 f
ollowing
 s
witching
 o
ff
 o
f
 t
he
 ig

nition,
 a
ny
 a
ction
 o
n
 t
he
 w
iper
 s
talk
 p
ositions
 th

e
 w
ipers
 v
ertically.
To
 p

ark
 t
he
 w
ipers
 a
fter
 t
his
 h
as
 b
een
 d
one,
 sw

itch
 o
n
 t
he
 i
gnition
 a
nd
 o
perate
 t
he
 w
iper
 s
talk.
Vertical windscreen wiper
position
Visibility

V
Ventilation ....................................1 4, 85, 86, 88
Voice r ecognition .................................. 323, 3 27
W
U
Under-inflation (d etection) ............................15 4
U nlocking ........................................................ 60
U
nlocking
 f
rom
 t
he
 i
nside
 ...............................71
Up

dating
 r
isk
 a
reas
 ....................................... 293
U

pdating
 t
he
 d
ate
 ............................................ 53
Up

dating
 t
he
 t
ime
 ............................................ 53
URE

A
 .................................................... 19

6, 197
USB
 ......................................................

306,
 3
52
USB
 B

ox
 .......................................................... 98
U

SB player
 ...................................................... 98
To

wing
 a
nother
 v
ehicle
 .................................
237
T
raction
 c
ontrol
 (
ASR)
 ..................................
159
T
raffic
 i
nformation
 (
TA)
 ........................ 29
5,
 3
49
Traffic
 i
nformation
 (
TMC)
 ..............................
294
Tr
a i l e r
 ............................................................
23
9
Trajectory
 c
ontrol
 s
ystems
 ............................
159
T
rip
 c
omputer
 ...................................... 45
,
 5
4-57
Trip
 d
istance
 r
ecorder
 .....................................
40
Ty
r e s
 ................................................................
14
T
yre
 u
nder-inflation
 
d
etection
 .......................
32,
 1
54,
 1
56,
 1
57,
 2
07Warning
 a
nd
 i
ndicator
 l
amps
 ..............
22
, 26, 27
Warning
 l
amp,
 D
iesel
 e
ngine
 p
re-heater
 .......
24
War
ning
 lamp
s
 ................................................
27
W
arning
 l
amp,
 S
CR
 e
missions
 c
ontrol
 sy

stem
 ...........................................................
34
W
arning
 l
amp,
 S
ervice....................................
27
Washing
 (ad
vice)
........................................... 2 41
Weights
 .................................................
263,
 2
67
Wheel, spare
 ................................................. 208
W
indow
 c
ontrols
 .............................................
68
Wip
er
 bla
des
 (c
hanging)
 ....................... 14
7,
 2
36
Wiper, rear ..................................................... 145
Wipers
 ................................................... 14 4
, 146
Wipers,
 a
utomatic
 r
ain
 s
ensitive
 ...........
14 4
, 146