check engine CITROEN DS3 2009 User Guide

Remove the kit, taking care to avoid
staining your vehicle with traces of fluid.
Keep the kit to hand.
)
Drive immediatel
y for approximatel
y
three miles
(five kilometres
), at reduced
speed
(between 15 and 35 mph [20 and
60 km/h]), to plu
g the puncture.
)
Stop to check the repair and the tyre pressure using the kit.
) Turn the selector
A to the AIR position.
) Connect the black pipe
D to the valve of th
e
wheel.
Checkin
g/Ad
justin
g tyre pressures
You can use this kit to inflate other accessories such as a ball or bic
ycle t
yres.
To do this, turn the selector to the "In
flation
(AIR
)" position, connect the black pipe with the
appropriate adaptor to the accessor
y to be in
flated, then
follow the rest o
f the procedure
below as
far as removal o
f the kit.
You can also use this kit
for routine checking and adjustment o
f the tyre pressures on your
vehicle. For this, carry out just the
following 6 points.
)
Connect the compressor's electric plug to
the vehicle's 12 V soc
ket.
)
Start the vehicle a
gain and leave the
engine runnin
g.

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Practical information
The rear par
king sensors w
ill be
deactivated automaticall
y if a genuine
CITR
OË
N towbar is used.

Drivin
g advice

Di
stribut
ion of loads
)
Dis
tribute the load
in the traile
r so that the
heaviest items are as close as possible tothe ax
le an
d the nose we
ight approac
hes t
he
maximum permitted without exceeding it.
Air dens
ity decreases w
ith altitude, t
hus
reducing engine per formance. Above
1 000
metres, the maximum towing load
must be reduced by 10 % and so on for every 1 000 metres of altitude.
Refer to the "Technical Data" section for details of the wei
ghts and towin
g loads which appl
y to
your ve
hicle.

Side wind)
Take into account the increased sensitivity to s
ide w
ind.
Coolin
g
Towing a tra
iler on a s
lope
increases t
he
tem
perature o
f the coolant.

As the
fan is electricall
y controlled, its coolin
g
capac
ity is not
depen
dent on t
he en
gine spee
d.
)
To lower t
he eng
ine spee
d, re
duce your
speed.
The maximum towing load on a long slope
depends on the gradient and the ambient
tempera
ture.
In a
ll cases, pa
y attent
ion to t
he coo
lant
tem
pera
ture.
BrakingTowing a tra
iler increases t
he braking distance.
Ty
res
) Check the t
yre pressures o
f the towin
g
vehicle and o
f the trailer, obser vin
g the
recommen
ded pressures.
Ligh
ting
) Check the electrical li
ghtin
g and si
gnallin
g
on the traile
r.
) If the warning lamp and theSTOP
warning lamp come on,
stop the vehicle and switch of
f
the en
gine as soon as possible.