lock CITROEN C3 2009 Owners Manual

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FAMILIARISATION
Remote control key Fuel tank

1. Opening the fuel fi ller fl ap.

2. Opening and hooking the fuel fi ller
cap.

A. Unfolding/Folding the key.

B. Unlocking the vehicle.


 55


 66

A. Interior control.

B. Exterior control.

C. Bonnet strut.


 111
Bonnet
OPEN

Other functions...

C. Normal locking of the vehicle
or
Deadlocking of the vehicle.
Vehicle location. Tank capacity:
- approximately 50 litres (petrol),
- approximately 45 litres (Diesel).

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FAMILIARISATION
INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS

1. Audio equipment steering wheel
controls.

2. Steering lock and ignition.

3. Wipers/wash-wipe/trip computer
controls.

4. Instrument panel.

5. Scented air freshener.

6. Driver’s airbag.
Horn.

7. Gear lever.

8. Parking brake.

9. Central armrest with storage.

10. Exterior mirror controls.
Electric window controls.
Rear doors and electric windows deactivation control.

11. Storage compartment.

12. Electric child lock button or
Alarm button.
Electronic stability programme button (ESP/ASR).

13. Side adjustable air vent.

14. Front door window demisting/
defrosting vent.

15. Speaker (tweeter).

16. Windscreen demisting/defrosting
vent.

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FAMILIARISATION
INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS

1. Steering wheel adjustment control.

2. Headlamp height adjustment.

3. Cruise control/speed limiter switch.

4. Lighting and direction indicators
control.

5. Microphone.

6. Central locking button.

7. Multifunction screen.

8. Hazard warning lamps switch.

9. Central adjustable air vents.

10. Sunshine sensor
HiFi audio system central speaker.

11. Passenger airbag.

12. Glove box/Passenger airbag
deactivation/Fusebox.

13. Bonnet release control.

14. 12 V accessory socket
USB port/Jack socket.

15. Upper and lower storage.

16. MyWay or Audio system.

17. Heating/air conditioning controls.

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FAMILIARISATION
Other adjustments

4. Head restraint height adjustment.


 51 Steering wheel adjustment

1. Unlocking the steering wheel adjust-
ment.

2. Height and reach adjustment.

3.
Locking the steering wheel adjustment.


 54 For reasons of safety, these
operations must only be carried
out with the vehicle stationary.
SITTING COMFORTABLY

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FAMILIARISATION
MONITORING
Instrument panel

A. With the ignition on, the fuel gauge
bars for the fuel remaining should
light up.

B. With the engine running, the associ-
ated low level warning lamp should
switch off.

C. With the ignition on, the oil level in-
dicator should display "OIL OK" for
a few seconds.
If the levels are not correct, top up the
level which is low.


 18 Warning lamps

1. With the ignition on, the orange and
red warning lamps come on.

2. With the engine running, these
warning lamps should switch off.
If a warning lamp remains on, refer to
the page concerned.


 20 Switch panel
Lighting of the indicator lamp indicates
the status of the corresponding func-
tion.

A. Activation of the electric child lock


 89
or
Deactivation of the interior volumetric alarm.
 59

B. Deactivation of the ESP/ASR system.
 92

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FAMILIARISATION
KEEPING YOUR PASSENGERS SAFE
Front passenger’s airbag

1. Open the glove box.

2. Insert the key.

3. Select position:
"ON" (activation), with front passen-
ger or "forwards facing" child seat,
"OFF" (deactivation), with "rear fac-
ing" child seat".

4. Remove the key keeping the switch
in the new position.


 95 Front seat belts and
passenger’s front airbag

A. Front seat belts not fastened or un-
fastened warning lamp.


 96 Electric child lock
The lighting of the indicator lamp indi-
cates the status of the corresponding
function.

A. Deactivation of the rear door controls.
or

B. Deactivation of the rear door and
rear elecric window controls.


 89

B. Front passenger’s airbag deactiva-
tion indicator lamp.

C. Front passenger’s airbag activation
indicator lamp.


 93

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INSTRUMENTS and CONTROLS
Warning lamp is on Cause Action/Observations

Anti-lock
Braking System (ABS) fi xed.
The anti-lock braking
system has a fault. The vehicle retains conventional braking without
servo assistance.
Drive carefully at reduced speed and contact a
CITROËN dealer without delay.

Dynamic
stability control
(ESP/ASR) fl ashing.
The ESP/ASR regulation is
active. The system optimises traction and improves the
directional stability of the vehicle.
fi xed. Unless it has been
deactivated with the indicator
lamp on the button on, the
ESP/ASR system is faulty. Have it checked by a CITROËN dealer.

Engine
autodiagnosis system fi xed.
The emission control
system has a fault.
This lamp should switch off when the engine is star
ted.
If it does not switch off, contact a CITROËN
dealer urgently.
fl ashing. The engine management
system has a fault. Risk of destruction of the catalytic convertor.
Have it checked by a CITROËN dealer.

Low fuel level fi xed with
the last two segement bocks
fl ashing. When it fi rst comes on there
remains
approximately
5 litres of fuel in the tank. Refuel as soon as possible to avoid running out
of fuel.
This warning lamp wil come on every time the
ignition is switched on, until a suffi cient addition
of fuel is made.
Fuel tank capacity: approximately 50 litres
(petrol) or 45 litres (Diesel).
Never continue to drive until you run out of fuel,
this could damage the emission control and
injection systems.

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INSTRUMENTS and CONTROLS
Service overdue
For 5 seconds after the ignition is
switched on, the spanner fl ashes to
indicate that the service must be carried
out as soon as possible.

Example: the service is overdue by
300 km.
For 5 seconds after the ignition is
switched on, the display indicates:
5 seconds after the ignition is switched
on, the distance recorder resumes its
normal operation. The spanner re-
mains lit .
The distance remaining may be
weighted by the time factor, de-
pending on the driver's driving
habits.
Therefore, the spanner may also
come on if you have exceeded
the two year service interval. Service indicator zero reset
After each service, the maintenance in-
dicator must be reset to zero.
The procedure for resetting to zero is as
follows:

 switch off the ignition,

 press and hold the trip distance re-
corder zero reset button,

 switch on the ignition; the distance
recorder display begins a count-
down,

 when the display indicates "=0" ,
release the button; the spanner dis-
appears. Retrieving the service information
You can access the service information
at any time.

 Press the trip distance recorder zero
reset button.
The service information is displayed for
a few seconds, then disappears. Following this operation, if you
wish to disconnect the battery,
lock the vehicle and wait at least
fi ve minutes for the zero reset to
be taken into account.

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INSTRUMENTS and CONTROLS
Service overdue
For 5 seconds after the ignition is
switched on, the spanner fl ashes to
indicate that the service must be carried
out as soon as possible.

Example: the service is overdue by
300 km.
For 5 seconds after the ignition is
switched on, the display indicates:
5 seconds after the ignition is switched
on, the distance recorder resumes its
normal operation. The spanner re-
mains lit .
The distance remaining may be
weighted by the time factor, de-
pending on the driver's driving
habits.
Therefore, the spanner may also
come on if you have exceeded
the two year service interval. Service indicator zero reset
After each service, the maintenance in-
dicator must be reset to zero.
The procedure for resetting to zero is as
follows:

 switch off the ignition,

 press and hold the trip distance re-
corder zero reset button,

 switch on the ignition; the distance
recorder display begins a count-
down,

 when the display indicates "=0" ,
release the button; the spanner dis-
appears. Retrieving the service information
You can access the service information
at any time.

 Press the trip distance recorder zero
reset button.
The service information is displayed for
a few seconds, then disappears. Following this operation, if you
wish to disconnect the battery,
lock the vehicle and wait at least
fi ve minutes for the zero reset to
be taken into account.

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INSTRUMENTS and CONTROLS
Total distance recorder
System which measures the total dis-
tance travelled by the vehicle during its
life.
The total and trip distances are dis-
played for thirty seconds when the igni-
tion is switched off, when the driver's
door is opened and when the vehicle is
locked or unlocked.

 With the ignition on, press the button
until zeros appear.
Trip distance recorder
System which measures a distance
travelled during a day or other period
since it was reset to zero by the driver. Clock
Adjusting the time - Choice of units

 press the button for more than
two seconds: °C or °F is displayed,

 press the button to select °C or °F,

 press the button for more than
two seconds to complete the adjust-
ments.
After approximately 30 seconds without
any action, the screen returns to the
normal display.
To adjust the time of the clock and
choose the units used by the screen,
use the right-hand button on the instru-
ment panel, carrying out the operations
in the following order:

 press the button for more than
two seconds: the minutes fl ash,

 press the button to increase the
minutes,

 press the button for more than
two seconds: the hours fl ash,

 press the button to increase the
hours,

 press the button for more than
two seconds: 24 H or 12 H is dis-
played,

 press the button to select 24 H or
12 H,

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