parking brake CITROEN DS3 CABRIO 2014 Handbook (in English)

SAFETY DRIVING FITTINGS CHILD SAFETY
166Parking brake
1676 -speed manual gearbox
168 Electronic gearbox
173 Automatic gearbox
177 Gear effi ciency indicator
178Stop & Start
181Hill start assist
182Speed limiter
184 Cruise control
186Rear parking sensors
150 Direction indicators
150 Hazard warning lamps
151Horn
151Emergency or assistance call
152Brakin
g assistance systems
153Tr ajectory control systems
155 Front seat belts
158Airbags
134Child seats
137 Deactivating the passenger's
front airbag
143 ISOFIX child seats
126 Interior fi ttings
130 Boot fi ttings
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11Familiarisation
Instruments and controls
1.
Audio equipment steering wheel controls.2.Steering lock and ignition. 3.Wiper / screenwash / trip computer stalk.4.
Instrument panel.
5. Scented air freshener.
6.Driver's airbag.
Horn. 7. Gear lever. 8.Parking brake.9.
Central armrest with storage. 10.Door mirror controls.
Electric window controls. 11. Oddments storage12.
Alarm button.
Electronic stability programme button (ESP/ASR).
Stop & Star t button.
13.Side adjustable air vent.14 .Front door window demisting/defrosting
vent. 15.Speaker (tweeter). 16. Windscreen demisting/defrosting vent.

Driving safely
the choice of the comfort of automated
operation or the pleasure of manual gear changing.1. Gear lever 2.
Steering mounted "-" control paddle.3.
Steering mounted "+" control paddle.
Electronic gearbox


Display in the instrument panel

The gear engaged or the driving mode selected
appears in the instrument panel screen.
N
.Neutral.
R. Reverse.
1 to 5 / 6.Gears engaged.
AUTO.Automated mode.

Starting and moving off
)Select position N.)Press the brake pedal firmly.)Start the engine.)Select automated mode (position A) or Amanual mode (position M) by moving the gear lever 1
,
or
engage reverse by pushing the gear lever 1to position R
. )Release the parking brake. )Progressively take your foot off the brake pedal, then move off.
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21Familiarisation
Driving safely

This four speed gearbox offers the choice
of the comfor t of automatic operation or the pleasure of manual gear changing. 1. Gear lever. 2."S" (sport) switch.3."7" (snow) switch.
Display in the instrument panel
P.Park.
R. Reverse.
N.Neutral.D. Drive (automatic for ward drive).
S.Spor t programme. 7 Snow programme.
1 to 4. Gears engaged.-.Invalid value in manual operation.


Starting and moving off
)
Apply the parking brake.)
Select position P
or N
. )
Start the engine.)
Press the brake pedal.)
Release the parking brake. )
Then select position R , D
or M.)
Progressively remove your foot from the
brake pedal: the vehicle moves off on itsown.

Automatic gearbox
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Warning lampis onCauseAction / Observations
Diesel enginepre-heating fixed. The ignition switch is at the
2nd position (ignition on). Wait until the warning lamp goes off before star ting.
The period of illumination of the warning lamp is
determined by the climatic conditions (up to about thir ty seconds in extreme climatic conditions).
If the engine does not star t, switch the ignition off and
then on, wait until the warning lamp goes off again,
then star t the engine.
Parking brake
fixed. The parking brake is applied or not
properly released. Release the parking brake to switch off the warning lamp, keeping your foot on the brake pedal.
Observe the safety recommendations.
For further information on the parking brake, refer to
the "Parking brake" section.

Stop & Startfixed. When the vehicle stops (red lights,
traffic jams, ...) the Stop & Start systemhas put the engine into STOP mode.The warnin
g lamp goes off and the engine restarts
automatically in START mode, as soon as you want tomove off.
flashes for a few seconds, then goesoff.
STOP mode is temporarily unavailable. or STA R T m o d e i s i n v o ke d
automatically. For more in
formation on special cases with STOP mode and START mode, refer to the "Stop & Start"section.

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Monitoring



Foot on thebrake pedal
fixed. The brake pedal must be pressed. With an electronic gearbox, press the brake pedal to start the engine (lever in position N). With an automatic gearbox, with the engine running,press the brake pedal before releasing the parking
brake, to unlock the lever and come out of position P . PIf you wish to release the parking brake without pressing the brake pedal, this warning lamp will
remain on.

flashin
g. With an electronic gearbox, if you hold the vehicle on an incline using
the accelerator for too long, the clutchoverheats. Use the brake pedal and/or the parkin
g brake.
Automatic wipingfixed. The wiper control is pushed downwards. Automatic front wiping is activated.
Warning lampis onCauseAction / Observations

009
Driving
This section describes the use of the parking brake, the manual,electronic or automatic gearbox, the gear efficiency indicator and Stop & Start to help reduce fuel consumption, hill start assist, the speed limiter
to avoid exceeding a programmed speed, cruise control to maintain aprogrammed speed, the rear parking sensors to detect obstacles.

Parking brake
)Pull the parking brake lever fully up toimmobilise your vehicle.



Releasing
)
Pull the parking brake lever gently, press
the release button then lower the lever fully.
When parking on a slope, direct your wheels against the pavement, apply the
parking brake and engage a gear.

When the vehicle is being driven,
if this warning lamp and the STOP
warning lamp come on, accompanied
by an audible signal and a message on the
multifunction screen, this indicates that the
parkin
g brake is still on or has not been
properly released.

169Driving

Display in the instrument panel


Gear lever positions
N
. Neutral R
. Reverse 1 2 3 4 5 / 6.Gears in manual mode.
AUTO. This comes on when automated mode
is selected. It goes off when changing tomanual mode.
)Place your foot on the brakewhen this warning lamp flashes (e.g.: star ting the engine).


You must keep your foot on the brake pedal while star ting the engine.
Moving off
)
Select position N
. )
Press the brake pedal fully. )
Start the engine.
N
appears in the instrument panel.
Nflashes in the instrument panelscreen if the gear lever is not inposition N
when star ting.
)
Select automated mode (position A
), Amanual mode (position M ) or reverse(position R)R
AUTOand 1
, 1 or R
appear in the
instrument panel.
) Release the parking brake.)
Progressively take your foot off the brakepedal.

Depending on the type of electronicgearbox, the vehicle may move off onits own (refer to the paragraph "Creep function").

Do not press the brake and clutchpedals simultaneously. This can cause rapid clutch wear.
)
Accelerate away.

Creep function
(depending on equipment)
This function allows the vehicle to bemanoeuvred more easily at low speeds (whenparking, in traffic jams...).
With the gear lever in position A , Mor R, the
vehicle moves as soon as you take your foot off the brake pedal , at low speed and
with the engine at idle.

Automated mode
AUTOand the gear engaged appear
in the instrument panel.
The gearbox then operates in auto-adaptive
mode, without an
y action on the par t of the
driver. It continuously selects the most suitablegear taking account of:


- optimisation of fuel consumption,

- drivin
g style,

- road conditions,

- vehicle load.
For optimum acceleration, when overtaking
another vehicle for example, press the
accelerator pedal fully down, beyond the pointof resistance.
You can change mode at any time by moving the gear lever from A to M
or the other way round.

The creep function may be temporarilyunavailable if the clutch temperature istoo high or the slope too steep.

Do not leave children unsuper visedinside the vehicle when the engine is running.
)
Select position A.
Never select neutral (position N) whenmoving.


Te m p o r a ry control of gear
changing

You can temporarily take over control of gear changes using the steering mounted "+"and "-"
control paddles: if the engine speed
allows, the gear change is carried out.
This function allows you to anticipate certain situations such as over taking another vehicle or
approaching a bend.
After a few moments without any action on the paddles, the gearbox resumes control of gear changing automatically.