wipers CITROEN DS3 2009 Owners Manual

Instruments and controls 1. Steering lock and ignition.2.
Audio equipment steering wheel controls.3.
Wipers/wash-wipe/trip computer stalk.4. Scented air
freshener.
5.
Central locking button.6.
Multi
function screen.
7. Hazard warning lamp switch. 8.
Central adjustable air vents.
9.
Sunshine sensor Hi-Fi audio system central speaker.
10.
Passenger's airbag.
11.
Side ad
justable air vent.
12 .
Glove box
/Passen
ger airba
g deactivation.
13.
Parking brake.
14 .
Central armrest with stora
ge.
15.

Upper and lower storage.
16.
MyWay or
Audio system.
17.Heating/air conditioning controls.

Seeing clearly LightingRing ARing B

Wipers
96

Control stalk A: windscreenwipers 2.

Fast wipe.
1.
Norma
l wipe.
In
t.Intermittent wipe.
0. Park.
AUTO È
Automatic wiping or single wipe.
Wash-wipe: pull the stalk towards
you.
102
Switching on "AUTO" mode )
Push
the stalk downw
ards and release
it.
Switchin
g off "AU T
O" mode
)
Push the stalk upwards and return it to position "0
".
Ring B: rear wiper
104103

Lighting off.
Automatic illumination of headlamps.
Sidelamps.
Dipped/main beam headlamps. Front and rear
foglamps.
Park.
Interm
ittent w
ipe.
Wash-wipe.

switched on automatically, without any action on the part of the driver, when a low level of external li
ght is detected or in certain cases of
activation o
f the windscreen wi
pers.

As soon as the brightness returns to a sufficient level or after the windscreen wipers are switched off, the lamps are switched off automatically. Automatic illumination o
f headlam
ps

Activation)
Turn ring
Ato the A
"AUTO"
position. The automatic
illumination of headlamps is accompanied by a
message on the multifunction screen.
Deact
ivation
) Turn ring
Ato a position other than
"AU TO " . Deactivation is accompanied by a
message on the multifunction screen.
Couplin
g with the automatic
"G
uide-me-home" li
ghtin
g
Assoc
iation with th
e automatic illumin
ation of
headlamps provides "
guide-me-home" li
ghtin
g
with the followin
g additional options:
- selection of the li
ghtin
g duration to
15, 30 or 60 seconds in the vehicle
parameters on the multi
function screen
configuration menu
(except in the case o
f
the monochrome screen A
, for which the
duration is set: 60 seconds),
- automatic activation of "guide-me-home" lightin
g when automatic li
ghtin
g is in
operation.
Operating
fault
In th
e event of a fau
lt with th
e
brigh
tness sensor, t
he ligh
ting
come on, t
his warn
ing lamp
is displayed on the instrument panel and
/or a
message appears on the multifunction screen, accompanied by an audible signal.
Consult a CITROËN dealer.

In fog or snow, the brightnesssensor ma
y detect sufficient li
ght.
Therefore, the li
ghtin
g will not come on
automat
ically.
Do not cover t
he brigh
tness sensor,
cou
pled with the ra
in sensor an
d
located in the centre o
f the windscreen
behind the rear view mirror
; the
associated functions would no longe
r
be controlled.

System for selection and control of the various
front and rear wiping modes for the eliminationof rain and cleaning.The vehicle's front and rear wipers are designed to
improve t
he driver
's visibili
ty
progress
ively accor
ding to t
he c
limat
ic
con
ditions.
Wiper controls Pro
gramm
ing
Model w
ith interm
ittent w
iping
Various automatic wiper control modes are also available according to the following options: - automatic rain sensitive windscreen wipers, - rear w
iping on en
gaging reverse
gear.
Model with AUTO wiping
The wiper commands are issued directly by the
driver by means of the stalk
Aand the ring
B.
M
anua
l co
ntrols
Wi
ndscreen w
ipers
A. wiping spee
d se
lect
ion sta
lk:
sin
gle wipe
(press downwards
),
automatic, then sin
gle wipe
(see
followin
g pa
ge).
fast (heavy rain),
normal
(moderate rain
),
intermittent (proportional to the
speed of the vehicle),
park,
or

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Visibility
B.
rear wiper selection ring:
Rear w
iper
If a significant accumulation of snow or ice is present, or when using a tailgate bicycle carrier, deactivate the automatic
rear wiper via the multifunction screen configuration menu.
park,

intermittent wipe,
wash-wipe
(set duration
).
Reverse gear Wh
en reverse
gear
is en
gaged, the rear w
iper
will come into o
peration i
f the windscreen
wipers are operat
ing.
Programm
ing
The function is activated or deac
tivated via the
multi
function screen con
figuration menu.
This
function is activated b
y de
fault.
Wi
ndscreen was
h
Pull the w
iper sta
lk towar
ds you.
The
windscreen was
h, then t
he w
indscreen w
ipers,
operate
for a s
pecified time.

windscreen wipersThe windscreen wipers operate automatically, without any action on the part of the driver, if rain is detected (sensor behind the rear view mirror), adapting their speed to the intensity of the rainfall.
ActivationThi
s is contro
lled manua
lly by the driver
by
pushing stalk
Ato t
he "A
UTO"position.
It is accompanied b
y the li
ghtin
g of
this indicator lamp in the instrument panel and a message on the multifunction screen.

Switchin
g of
f
Thi
s is contro
lled manua
lly by the driver
by moving stalk
A
upwar
ds, return
ing it to
position
"0". It is accompan
ied by the indicato
r
lam
p in the instrument
pane
l
switching o
ff and a message on the
multifunction screen.
The automat
ic w
iping must
be
reactivated i
f the i
gnition has been o
ff
for more than one minute, by pushing stalk
Adownwards.

105
Visibility
Operatin
g fault
If an automatic wiping malfunction occurs, the wipers will operate in intermittent mode.
Have it checked by a CITROËN dealer.
To retain the e
ffectiveness o
f the "
flat-
blade" wiper blades,
it is a
dvisable to:
- handle them with care
,
- clean them regularly using soapy
water,
- n
ot use
them t
o hold a sheet of
car
dboar
d against t
he w
indscreen,
- replace them at the
first si
gns o
f
wear
.

Do not cover the rain sensor, linked with the brightness sensor and located in th
e centre of th
e win
dsc
reen behin
d
the rear vi
ew mirr
or.
Switch off the automatic wipin
g when
using an automat
ic car was
h.
In w
inter,
it is a
dvisable to wa
it unt
il the
windscreen is completel
y clear o
f ice
before activating the automatic wiping. This position allows the wiper blades to be lifted
for winter parkin
g, cleanin
g or replacement
without
dama
ging the bonnet.
In the minute
followin
g switchin
g off of the
ignition, any act
ion on t
he w
iper sta
lk pos
itions
the wipers vertically.
To park the wipers after this has been done,
switch on the ignition and operate the wiper stalk. Vertical windscreen wiper pos
ition

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Practical information
Fuse
N°
Rating
Functio
ns
F12
30 A

Windscreen wipers slow/fast speed.
F13
40 A
Built-in s
ystems inter
face suppl
y (ignition positive
).
F14
30
A

Valvetronic suppl
y (VTi
).
F
15
10 A

Right-hand main beam headlamps.
F16
10 A

Left-hand main beam headlam
ps.
F17
15 A

Left-hand di
pped beam headlam
ps.
F1
8
15 A
Righ
t-hand dippe
d beam
headlamps.
F19
15 A

Oxygen sensors and electrovalves (VTi), electrovalves (Diesel), EGR electrovalve (Diesel).
F20
10 A

Pumps, electronic thermostat (VTi), timimg electrovalve (THP), water in fuel sensor (Diesel).
F21
5 A

Fan assembl
y control suppl
y, AB
S/ESP, turbo pump
(THP
).