ESP CITROEN DS3 2009 Owner's Guide
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Practical information
Load reduction mode System which manages the use of certainfunctions accordin
g to the level of char
ge
remaining in the battery. Wh
en t
he ve
hicle is being driven, t
he load
reduction function temporarily deactivates certain functions, such as the air conditioning,the heate
d rear screen...
The deactivated functions are reactivated
automatically as soon as conditions permit.
Energy economy mode
This period ma
y be
greatl
y reduced i
f
the batter
y is not
fully char
ged.
A flat batter
y prevents the en
gine
from
startin
g (refer to the correspondin
g
paragraph
).
If the telephone is bein
g used at
the same t
ime on t
he MyW
ay au
dio
navigat
ion system,
it will be interrupte
d
after 10 minutes.
System which manages the period of use o
f
certain f
unctions to conserve a sufficient l
evel
o
f char
ge in the batter
y.
After the en
gine has stopped,
you can still
use
functions such as the audio e
quipment,
windscreen w
ipers,
dipp
ed beam
headlam
ps,
courtesy lamps, etc.
for a maximum combined
period of thirty minutes.Switchin
g to econom
y mode
Once this period has elapsed, a messa
ge
appears on the multi
function screen indicatin
g
that t
he ve
hicle has sw
itched to econom
y mo
de
and the active
functions are put on standb
y.
Exiting economy mode
These functions are reactivated automaticall
y
th
e next tim
e the vehicle is driven.
)
In
order to resu
me the use
of these
functions immediatel
y, start the en
gine and
let it run
for a
few minutes.
The time ava
ilable to you w
ill then
be double
the period for which the engine is left running.
However, this period will always be between five and thirty minutes.