sport mode Citroen DS4 2012 1.G Owner's Manual

Driving safely
Automatic gearbox
This six-speed gearbox offers the choice of the ease of automatic operation or the pleasure of manual gear changing.1.
Gear lever.2.
"S" (sport)button.3."7" (snow)
button.




Display in the instrument panel

the driving mode selected and/or the gear engaged appear in the left hand screen in the
instrument panel.
P.Park.R. Reverse.N.Neutral. D.Drive (Automatic). S.
Sport programme. 7.
Snow programme.
1 to 6.Gears engaged. -. Invalid value in manual operation.


Moving off
)Foot on the brake, select position P
or N . )Star t the engine.)Then select position R , D
or M.)Ta k e your foot off the brake pedal, then press the accelerator medal to move off.

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Automatic gearbox


Gear selection gate
Six speed automatic gearbox which offers a
choice between the comfor t of fully automatic
operation, enhanced by spor t and snow programmes, or manual gear changing.
Four driving modes are offered:-automatic
operation for electronic
management of the gears by the gearbox,-sport
programme for a more dynamic style
of driving,
-
snowprogramme to improve driving when
traction is poor,

- manualoperation for sequential changing
of the gears by the driver.
1.
Gear lever. 2.Button "S"(sport).
3.Button "7"(snow).
Gear lever
P.Park.
- Immobilisation of the vehicle, parking brakeon or off.
- Starting the engine.R.
Reverse.
- Reversing manoeuvres, vehicle stationary,
engine at idle.
N.Neutral.
- Immobilisation of the vehicle, parking brakeon.
- Starting the engine.D.
Automatic operation. M +/-. Manual operation with sequentialchanging of the six gears.)
Press for wards to change up through thegears. or )
Press rear wards to change down through
the gears.



Displays in the instrument panel

When you move the lever in the gate to select
a position, the corresponding indicator is
displayed in the instrument panel. P. ParkR.Reverse
N.
NeutralD.Drive (Automatic driving) S.Sport
programme 7. Snowprogramme
1 to 6. Gear engaged during manual operation -.
Invalid value during manual operation

Driving

Manual operation
)
Select position Mfor sequential
changing
of the six gears. ) Push the lever towards the +sign to change up a gear.
)
Pull the lever towards the -
sign to change
down a gear.
It is onl
y possible to change from one gear to
another if the vehicle speed and engine speed
permit; otherwise, the gearbox will operate
temporarily in automatic mode.
Ddisappears and the gearsengaged appear in succession in the
instrument panel.
I
f the engine speed is too low or too high, the
gear selected flashes for a few seconds, then
the actual gear engaged is displayed.
It is possible to chan
ge from position D(automatic) to position M
(manual) at any time.
When the vehicle is stationary or moving
very slowly, the gearbox selects gear M1automatically.
The spor t and snow programmes do not operate in manual mode.

Sport and snow programmes


Sport programme "S"
)Press button "S"
, after star ting the engine.
The gearbox automatically favours a dynamicstyle of driving.
S
appears in the instrument panel.


Snow programme "7
"
)Press button "7", after star ting the engine.
The gearbox adapts to driving on slipperyroads.
This programme improves star ting and drive
when traction is poor.
7appears in the instrument panel.

Return to automatic
operation
)
At any time, press the button selected
again to quit the programme engaged andreturn to auto-adaptive mode.
These two special pro
grammes supplement the
automatic operation in very specific conditions of use.