charging CITROEN DS3 2009 Owners Manual

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Instruments and controls
Warning lamp
is o
n
Cause
Action/Observations
Engine o
il
press
ure
fixed.

There is a
fault with the en
gine
lubricat
ion system.
Stop as soon it is sa
fe to do so.
Park, switch off the ignition and contact a CITRO
ËN
dealer.
Battery charge
fixed.
The battery charging circuit has a fault
(dirty or loose terminals, slack or cut
alternator belt, ...). This lamp should switch off when the engine is started.
If it does not switch off
, contact a CITROËN dealer.
Door(s) open
fixed if the speed is below 6 mph
(10 km/h
).
A door or the boot is still open. Close the door or boot.
fixed and accom
panied
by an au
dibl
e s
igna
l
if the speed is above 6 mph (10 km/h).

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Safety
For the airbags to be fully effective, observe the following safety rules:

Front airbags
Do not drive holding the steering wheel by itsspokes or resting your hands on the centre part of the wheel.
Passen
gers must not place their feet on the
dashboard. If possible, do not smoke as deplo
yment o
f
the airba
gs can cause burns or the risk o
f
injury from a ci
garette or pipe.
Never remove or p
ierce t
he steer
ing w
heel or
hit it violently. Side airba
gs

Use only approved covers on the seats. These
will n
ot hin
der infl
ation of th
e side
airba
gs. Consult a CITRO
ËN dealer.
Do not
fix or attach an
ythin
g to the seat
backs
(clothin
g...). This could cause in
jury
to the chest or arms i
f the side airbag is
triggere
d.
Do not sit with the upper part of the body any nearer to the door than necessary.
Curtain airbags Do not fix or attach anything to the roof. Thiscould cause injury to the head if the curtain airbag is triggered. Do not remove the
grab handles installed
on the roo
f, the
y pla
y a part in securin
g the
curta
in a
irbags.
Sit in a normal upri
ght position.
Wear a correct
ly a
djuste
d seat
belt.

Do not leave anything between the occupants and the airbags (a child, pet, object...). This could hamper the operation of the airbags o
r
injure the occupants. After an acc
ident or if th
e vehicle has bee
n
sto
len or
broken
into,
have t
he a
irbag
systems c
hecked.
All wor
k on t
he a
irbag system
is str
ictly
forbidden unless it is carried out by quali
fied
personnel of the CITROËN dealer network.
Even if all of the precautions mentioned are obser ved, a risk of injury or of minor burns to the head, chest or arms when an airba
g is
triggered cannot be ruled out. The ba
g inflates almost instantl
y (within a
few
milliseconds
) then de
flates within the same
time
discharging the hot gas v
ia open
ings
provided
for this
purpose.

Practical information

Battery
Procedure for charging your battery when it is flat or for starting the engine using another battery.
The battery is located under the bonnet.
To gain access to it: )
open the bonnet using the interior release lever, then the exterior sa
fety catch,
)
secure the bonnet stay,
)
remove the plastic cover by pulling on itsgrip for access to the two terminals,
)
unclip the
fusebox to remove the battery, i
f
necessary.
Access to the battery
)
Connect the red cable to the
positive
terminal (+) of the flat battery A
, then to the
positive terminal (+) of the slave battery
B.
Starting using another batter
y
) Connect one end o
f the green or black
cable to the negative terminal (-) of the
slave battery
B .
) Connect the other end of the green or black cable to the ne
gative terminal
(-) of the flat
batter
y A.
) Start the slave vehicle.
) Operate the starter of the broken down vehicle and let the engine run.
) Wait until the engine returns to idle and disco
nnect th
e cab
les.

Charging the battery usinga batter
y char
ger
Batteries contain harm
ful substances
such as sulphuric acid and lead. Theymust be disposed of in accordance with re
gulations and must not, in an
y
circumstances, be discarded with household
waste.

Take used remote control batteries and vehicle batter
ies to a s
pecial co
llect
ion
point.It is a
dvisable to
disconnect t
he batter
y
if the vehicle is to be left unused for more than one month.
Do not
disconnect t
he term
inals w
hile the en
gine
is runn
ing.
Do not char
ge the batteries without disconnectin
g the terminals
first.
)
Disconnect the batter
y from the vehicle.
)
Follow the instructions
for use provided b
y
the manu
facturer o
f the char
ger.
)
Reconnect start
ing w
ith the negat
ive
terminal
(-).
)
Check that the terminals and connectorsare clean. If they are covered with sulphate
(whitish or greenish deposit), remove them and clean th
em.
Be
fore disconnectin
g
the batter
y
Wait 2 minutes a
fter switchin
g off the
ignition be
fore disconnectin
g the batter
y.
Close the windows and the doors be
fore
disconnect
ing the batter
y.

Followin
g reconnection o
f
the batter
y

Followin
g reconnection o
f the batter
y,
switch on the i
gnition and wait 1 minute
before startin
g to permit initialisation o
f
the electronic s
ystems. However, i
f mino
r
problems persist
following this operation,
contact a CITROËN dealer.
Referring to the corresponding section,you should yourself reinitialise: - the remote control ke
y,
- the
GPS satellite navi
gation s
ystem.