air conditioning CITROEN DS3 2009 User Guide

Fittings

Component which protects against sunlight from the front or the side, also equipped with an illum
inate
d courtes
y mirror.
)
With the ignition on, raise the concealing flap; the mirror is lit automaticall
y.

Thi
s sun v
isor
is a
lso e
quipp
ed with a t
icket
holder.
Sun visor

Illuminated glove
box
Thi
s can be used
to hold a water bottle.
Its lid has a location for storin
g the vehicle's
handbook pack.) To open t
he glove
box, ra
ise t
he handle.
It is lit when t
he lid is o
pene
d.
It houses the
front passenger airbag
deactivation switch A .
If the vehicle is fitted with air conditioning, it
provides access to the ventilation nozzle
B,
distributin
g the same conditioned air as the
vents in the passen
ger compartment.
Centre armrest Storage )
For access to the closed stora
ge box, lift
the lever to open the lid.
) For access to t
he open stora
ge box below
the armrest, li
ft the com
plete armrest
towar
ds the rear.
These can be used
for portable devices
(mobile
phone, MP3 player ...) which can be connected
to the USB port /Jack socket or charged from
th
e 12 V soc
ket in th
e centre console.
Comfort and stora
ge s
ystem for the driver and
front passen
ger.

Checks Battery Air filter and passen
ger compartment filte
r

Oil filter Particle emission filter (Diesel
)

It is im
perative that the maintenance o
f the
particle emission filter is carried out by a
CITROËN dealer.
Followin
g prolon
ged operation o
f the
vehicle at ver
y low spee
d or at
idle,
you ma
y, in except
iona
l circumstances,
notice the emission o
f water va
pour at
the ex
haust on acce
lerat
ion.
Thi
s does
not affect the behaviour of the vehicle or th
e envir
onm
ent.
Unless other wise indicated, check these components in accordance with the Maintenance and Warant
y Guide and accordin
g to
your en
gine.
Other wise, have them checked by a CITROËN dealer.
The battery does not require anymaintenance.

However, check that the terminalsare clean and correctly tightened, particularly in summer and winter.
When carrying out work on the battery, refer to the "Practical information" section for details of
the precautions to be taken be
fore disconnecting
the batter
y and
followin
g its reconnection.
Refer to the Maintenance and Warranty Guide for details of the replacement intervals
for these
com
ponents.
Depending on the environment
(e.g. dusty
atmosphere) and the use of the vehicle (e.g. city driving
), replace them twice as often if
necessar
y (refer to the "Engines" paragraph).
A clogged passenger compartment
filter may
have an adverse e
ffect on the
performance
o
f the air conditioning system and generate
undesirable o
dours. Replace the oil filter each time the
en
gine o
il is changed.
Re
fer to the Maintenance and Warrant
y
Guide
for details o
f the re
placement
interval
for this com
ponent.

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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.