revers Citroen DS5 HYBRID4 2012 1.G User Guide
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When immobilising the vehicle, with the hybrid system active, you must place the gear selector in neutral N.Before carrying out any work in the 
engine compar tment, check that the gear selector is in neutral N   and that the parking brake is applied.  
 
 
 
Stopping the vehicle 
 
With the ignition on, the flashing of this warning lamp,
accompanied by an audible 
signal and a message
in the instrument panel screen, indicates a
malfunction of the gearbox.
  Have it checked by a CITROËN dealer or a qualified workshop.    Be
fore switching off the engine, you can choose to: 
   
 
-   move to position N 
 to engage neutral, 
   
-  leave the gear engaged; in this case, it will
not be possible to move the vehicle.
 
In both cases, you should apply the parkingbrake to immobilise the vehicle. 
   
Operating fault
 
 You must press the brake pedal when star ting the engine. 
Whatever the circumstances, you must manually apply the parking brake when 
parking, unless the parking brake isprogrammed in automatic mode.  
 
 
 
Never leave children unsupervised in the vehicle with the hybrid system active.
 
 
For your safety, this function will only be activated if you press the brakepedal when engaging for ward drive or reverse. 
 
This function is deactivated if thedriver's door is opened. To reactivate it, close the door and then press the brake or accelerator pedal.
Creep function (moving 
without the accelerator
) 
This function facilitates manoeuvring of the
vehicle at low speed (when parking, in traffic jams, …).
With the hybrid system active and the parking 
brake released, if position A,  M   or  R 
 is selected, the vehicle moves as soon as you
take your foot off the brake pedal (even without any action on the accelerator). 
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143Driving
  This system indicates the proximity of an 
obstacle (person, vehicle, tree, gate, etc.) which comes within the field of detection of sensorslocated in the bumper.
 Certain types of obstacle (stake, roadworkscone, etc.) detected initially will no longer bedetected at the end of the manoeuvre due to 
the presence of blind spots.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parking sensors 
 
 
This function cannot, in any circumstances, take the place of the vigilance and responsibility of the driver.
Rear parking sensors 
The system is switched on by engaging reversegear. This is accompanied by an audible signal. 
The system is switched off when you exit reverse gear.
Audible assistance 
The proximity information is given by anintermittent audible signal, the frequency of whichincreases as the vehicle approaches the obstacle.
The sound emitted by the speaker (right or left) indicates the side on which the obstacle islocated. 
When the distance between the vehicle andthe obstacle becomes less than approximately 
t
hirty centimetres, the audible signal becomescontinuous.  
 
 
 
 Visual assistance 
 
This supplements the audible signal bydisplaying bars in the multifunction screen 
w
hich move progressively nearer to the vehicle.When the obstacle is near, the "Danger" symbol is also displayed in the screen.  
  
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   In bad weather or in winter, ensure that the sensors are not covered with mud, ice or snow. When reverse gear is
engaged, an audible signal (long beep)indicates that the sensors may be dirty. 
When the vehicle is moving at a speed below 6 mph (10 km/h), cer tain sound sources (motorcycle, lorry, pneumatic drill, etc.) may trigger the audiblesignals of the parking sensor system.  
    In th
e event of a malfunctionof the system, when reverse gear is engaged this warning
lamp is displayed in the instrument paneland/or a message appears in the screen, 
accompanied by an audible signal (short beep). 
  Contact a CITROËN dealer or a qualified 
workshop.
   
Operating fault
In addition to the rear parking sensors, the front parking sensors are triggered when an obstacle 
is detected in front and the speed of the vehicle
is still below 6 mph (10 km/h).
The front parking sensors are interrupted if 
the vehicle stops for more than three seconds
in for ward 
gear, if no fur ther obstacles are 
detected or when the speed of the vehicle 
exceeds 6 mph (10 km/h). 
Front par king sensors
The function will be deactivated automatically if a trailer is being towed or a bicycle carrier is fitted (vehicle fitted with a towbar or bicycle carrier recommended by CITROËN).  
 
 
 
Deactivation / Activation of thefront and rear parking sensors
 
The function is deactivated by pressing thisbutton. The indicator lamp in the button comes on.
  Pressing this button again reactivates the
function. The indicator lamp in the button
goes off.  
 
 
 
The sound emitted by the speaker (front
or rear) indicates whether the obstacle is in front or behind. 
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Driving
   
 
 
 
 
Reversing camera 
 
 A reversing camera is activated automatically 
when reverse gear is engaged.
 The colour image is provided in the navigationscreen. The 
green lines represent the general direction of the vehicle.     
The red lines represent around 30 cm beyond the 
limit of your vehicle's rear bumper. The audible signal becomes continuous from this limit. 
 The blue lines represent the maximum turningcircle.  
 
 Clean the reversing camera regularly using a sponge and a soft cloth.  
  
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Visibility
   When the dipped or main beam headlamps 
are on, this 
function, allows the light beams to better follow the road. 
  The use of this function, coupled with the 
xenon headlamps and the cornerin
g lighting,considerably improves the quality of your 
lighting round bends.
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Directional lighting 
with directional lighting
without directional lighting
 
 
Programming
 
 
Operating fault 
The system is activated or deactivated in the vehicle configuration menu.
The system is activated by default. 
The state of the system stays inmemory on switching off the ignition.  
 
 
This function is inactive:  
 
 
-  when stationary or at low speeds, 
 
-  when reverse is engaged.  
 If a fault occurs, this warnin
g lamp
flashes in the instrument panel, 
accompanied by a message in the screen.Contact a CITROËN dealer or aqualified workshop. 
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Cornering lighting 
With dipped or main beams, this function makes use of the beam from a front foglamp to 
illuminate the inside of a bend, when the vehicle 
speed is below 25 mph (approximately 40 km/h)(urban driving, winding road, intersections, parking manouevres...).w
ith cornering lighting
without cornering lighting
   
Switching on
 
This function starts:
   
 
-   when the corresponding direction indicator 
is switched on,  
 
or 
   
-  
from a cer tain angle of rotation of the steering wheel.
 
 
Switching off 
 The system does not operate:
   
 
-   below a cer tain angle of rotation of thesteering wheel,
   
-  above 25 mph (40 km/h), 
   
-  when reverse gear is engaged.
 
 Programming 
 The system is activated or deactivated in the vehicleconfiguration menu.  
The system is activated by default.  
  
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159Visibility
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wiper controls 
 
 
Programming
 
Various automatic wiper control modes are also 
available according to the following options:
   
 
-   automatic rain sensitive windscreen wipers,
   
-  rear w
iping on engaging reverse gear.  
 
Manual controls 
The wipers are controlled directly by the driver.    The vehicle's 
front and rear wipers are
designed to improve the driver's visibility 
progressively according to the climaticconditions.
   
Windscreen wipers 
 
Wiping speed:
fast 
(heavy rain),
normal 
(moderate rain), 
intermittent 
(proportional to the 
speed of the vehicle),
park,
automatic 
(press down and
release), 
  single wipe 
(pull the stalk briefly towards you). 
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Rear wiper 
If a significant accumulation of snowor ice is present, or when using a bicycle carrier on the boot, deactivatethe automatic rear wiper via theconfiguration menu. park, 
intermittent wipe,
wash-wipe 
(set duration).  
 
 
Reverse gear 
 
When reverse gear is engaged, the rear wiper 
will come into operation if the windscreen 
wipers are operatin
g.  
Th
e function is activated or 
deactivated via the configuration menu. 
This function is activated by default.
   
Programming
 )Pull the windscreen wiper stalk towards you. The windscreen wash then the 
windscreen wipers operate for a fixed 
period.
 
The headlamp washers only operate when
the dipped beam headlamps are on.
Windscreen and headlamp 
wash 
 Rear wiper selection ring: