CITROEN E-MEHARI 2023 Owners Manual

HANDBOOK

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Welcome
This document presents the information and recommendations required
for you to be able to explore your vehicle in complete safety.
Your vehicle will be fitted with only some of the equipment described in
this document, depending on its trim level, version and the specification
for the country in which it was sold.
The descriptions and illustrations are given as indications only.
Automobiles CITROËN reser ves the right to modify the technical
characteristics, equipment and accessories without having to update
this edition of the guide.
In this document, you will find all of the instructions and
recommendations on use that will allow you to enjoy your vehicle to the
fullest. It is strongly recommended that you familiarise yourself with it
as well as the Maintenance and Warranty Guide which will provide you
with information about warranties, servicing and roadside assistance
associated with your vehicle. Thank you for choosing an E-MEHARI.
If ownership of your vehicle is transferred, please ensure this
Handbook is passed on to the new owner. Key
Safety warning
Additional information
Contributes to the protection of the environment
Left-hand drive vehicle
Right-hand drive vehicle

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Driving recommendations 50
Driving your E-MEHARI 5 0
Starting/Switching off the vehicle

5
1Maintaining and servicing your E-MEHARI
5

7
Washing precautions
5
7
Charging socket panel (access to the charging socket)
5
8
Charging your E-MEHARI
5
8
Under the bonnet
6
4
Hibernation mode
6
6
Audio system
6
7
Temporary puncture repair kit
6
9
Replacing a bulb
6
9
Replacing a fuse
7
0
Identification markings/VIN
7
2
Technical characteristics
7
2
Dimensions/ Weights

73
Tyres/Tyre pressures
7
4
Performance

75
Brakes and suspension
7
6
Braking system
7
6
Instrument panel

7
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nstruments and indicators

on your E-MEHARI

8
R

FID personal key ring

1

0
Central locking

1

0
D o o r s


11
Boot floor hatch

1

2
Soft Top

1

2
Front windows

1

5
Rear quarter panels
1

6
Rear screen

1

6
Boot flap

1

7
Hard Top

1

8
Removing a

roof panel

1

8
Front windows

1

9
Rear quarter panels
1

9
Rear screen

2

0
Boot flap and rear screen

2

0
Adjusting the driver's seat
and the passenger's seat
2

2 Exterior lighting and signalling
3

1
Wipers/Screenwash
33
G
eneral safety recommendations
3
4
High voltage safety
3
5
Anti-theft protection/Electronic immobiliser
3
6
Assistance call
3
6
ABS – ESP
3
6
Seat belts
3
7
Airbags

39
Child seats
4
2
Deactivating the passenger's front airbag
4
3
ISOFIX mountings (child seats)
4
7
Installation of a child seat compatible with the ISOFIX standard
4
7
Visual indicators
4
8
Horns and audible warnings
4
9
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Dashboard instruments
Access
Ease of use and comfort Safety
Driving Practical information
In the event of a
breakdown
Technical data
Alphabetical index
Lighting and visibility
Instruments and controls 3
P resentation of your E-MEHARI 3F
ront head restraints
2
3
Access to the rear seats
2
3
Folding rear bench seat 2 4
Steering wheel (adjustment) 2 4
Mirrors

2
5
Ventilation/Heating
2

6
Air conditioning (optional)

2
8
Interior lighting
2

9
Interior fittings

3
0Control pedals

5
2
Manual parking brake
5
3
Drive selector 5 4
Electric power steering system 5 4
Tyre under-inflation detection

5
5
Contents

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Instruments and controls(1)RFID reader.
(2) Lighting/Direction indicator control stalk.
(3) Horn.
(4) Starting switch.
(5) Wiper/Screenwash/Pedestrian horn.
(6) Instrument panel.
(7) Vents.
(8) Central storage compartment.
(9) USB socket.
(10) Central control panel: assistance call/
central locking/hazard warning lamps/air
conditioning/automatic air recirculation.
(11) Side control panel: foglamps/City power
steering function/headlamp beam height
adjustment.
(12) Heating system.
(13) 12
V accessory socket.
(14) Driving mode selector.Presentation of your
E-MEHARI
An elegant design
combined with the latest
technology
Your E-MEHARI is an innovative electric
vehicle with a
new approach to mobility. Some
of the vehicle's systems operate differently from
those on a


conventional internal combustion
engine vehicle.
Your E-MEHARI uses energy stored in an
LMP
® (Lithium Metal Polymer) battery. The
LMP® battery has to be charged before you
can drive your E-MEHARI. The LMP® battery
progressively discharges during use of the
vehicle.
If the state of charge of the LMP
® battery is at
0%, your E-MEHARI cannot be started: the
LMP
® battery must be charged.
A full recharge (from 0% to 100%) on a normal
domestic power supply (standard charge) takes
between 8
and 13 hours on average depending
on the electrical system you have installed.
Your E-MEHARI uses two different types of
battery: the LMP
® battery to drive the vehicle
and a

12

V battery, as on a conventional
vehicle with an internal combustion engine.
The 12

V battery provides the energy needed
for operation of the vehicle's systems: e.g. the
audio system, the exterior and interior lighting,
the windscreen wipers.
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4
In order to offer its optimum range,
your E-MEHARI's LMP® batter y must
be charged whenever possible,
par ticularly during periods when it is
parked for several hours.
A batter y charged to 100% cannot
remain parked for more than 48
hours
without being recharged.
Due to its intrinsic characteristics,
and in contrast to Li-ion batteries, the
LMP
® battery is not sensitive to exterior
temperature conditions.
The vehicle's range has been type-approved
in accordance with European Regulation ECE
101R01.
For more information on the ser vice life of the
LMP
® battery, contact your CITROËN customer
services. IT IS PROHIBITED to recycle or scrap the
LMP
® battery from your E-MEHARI. The
LMP® battery is the property of Bluecar
and must never be discarded.
To help you charge your E-MEHARI's
LMP
® battery correctly, Bluecar may
contact you to tell you that the charge
level is becoming too low.
Driving with a discharged LMP®
battery
When the level of charge of your LMP® battery
becomes too low (20%): a warning lamp
appears on the upper screen of the dashboard.
Your E-MEHARI must be connected to
a

charging point that meets CITROËN's
specifications without delay.
The distance that your E-MEHARI can cover
will be very limited and the output from the
motor (the torque) will be automatically reduced
to increase the potential range.
To charge the LMP
® battery, the vehicle has to
be connected to a

power supply. To improve its
range, your E-MEHARI has an energy recovery
system using the braking effect of the electric
motor on deceleration.
Your E-MEHARI is a
vehicle that emits no
polluting gases, such as CO
2, nor micro-
particles. Your E-MEHARI is also completely
silent.
The LMP® (Lithium Metal
Polymer) battery
Your E-MEHARI contains a high
v oltage LMP® battery isolated from its
surroundings by its unique packaging
arrangement. The LMP
® battery must
only be handled by trained and qualified
persons. Never handle the LMP
® battery
yourself: risk of severe burns, electric
shock that could cause serious or fatal
injuries and risks for the environment.
NEVER HANDLE THE LMP
® B AT T E RY
YOURSELF.
Precautions on the use of the
LMP® battery
To avoid damaging the LMP® battery, it is
recommended that:
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T

he vehicle be placed on charge straight
away if the charge indicator drops to 0%.
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T

HE LMP® BATTERY NEVER BE USED
FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
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Precautions related to high
voltage
Your E- MEHARI uses a high voltage
b attery that can reach 450 volts.
The temperature of the system can be
high during and after starting and when
the vehicle is switched off. Be aware of the
high voltage.
For more information on High voltage
safety , refer to the corresponding section.
Never dismantle, remove, replace or
handle the high voltage components,
cables and connectors as they can cause
serious burns and an electric shock which
could cause serious or fatal injuries.
The high voltage cables are orange in colour.
There is no part of the high voltage system of
your E-MEHARI that can be replaced by the
user; this must only be done by a
qualified
professional.
Take your E-MEHARI to a
CITROËN
authorised repairer or a
qualified professional
for all maintenance and repair of the vehicle's
high voltage system.
Precautions related to road
accidents
In the event of collision
- I f you can drive the vehicle: move the
vehicle to the side of the road, put the
drive selector at position "N" (neutral),
apply the manual parking brake and
switch off your E-MEHARI.
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C
arr y out a visual check of the
condition of your E-MEHARI to verify
that no high voltage cable or component
is visible. To avoid injury: never touch the
cables, the connectors, the charger, the
LMP
® battery or any other part of the high
voltage system on your E-MEHARI. You
could suffer an electric shock if exposed
cables are visible, whether you are inside
or outside the vehicle. Never touch visible
electric cables.
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I

f the vehicle has sustained a heavy
impact to the floor: stop the vehicle in
a

safe area and check the condition of
your E-MEHARI's floor.
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I

f a

fire has star ted in your E- MEHARI:
get out of the vehicle immediately. To
extinguish the fire, use an extinguisher
specially designed for electrical fires of
the ABC, BC or C type. Use of water or
the wrong type of extinguisher may cause serious or even fatal injuries due to electric
shock.
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I
f your vehicle has to be recovered,
call a CITROËN authorised repairer or
a qualified professional and have the front
wheels lifted. If the vehicle is towed with
the front wheels on the ground, the traction
motor may produce electricity. This can
damage the systems on your E-MEHARI and
cause a fire.
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I
f you cannot safely check the condition
of your vehicle because of the level of
damage sustained, do not touch your
vehicle. Contact the emergency services
and specify that you have an electric vehicle.
Inform the first to arrive at the scene of the
accident that it concerns an electric vehicle.
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I
n the event of an accident: you must
contact a


CITROËN authorised repairer
or a


qualified professional who will send
a
person able to work on a damaged electric
vehicle.
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O
bserve the driving regulations on the
safety of vehicles and third par ties.
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6
Be particularly aware of pedestrians, cyclists,
children and motorcyclists. Your E-MEHARI
is a silent vehicle, and they may not hear you
coming, which could give rise to collisions. To avoid collisions with pedestrians, your
E-MEHARI is fitted with a
special horn. This
special pedestrian horn allows you to announce
your approach in a friendly and less aggressive
way than would be the case with a conventional
horn.
For more information on the Horns , refer to the
corresponding section.
Before moving off, leave your foot on the brake
pedal until you are ready to drive. Before
getting out of your E-MEHARI, do not forget
to put the drive selector back to position "N",
apply the manual parking brake and switch off
your vehicle. -
Y
our E-MEHARI has a system for energy
recovery on deceleration. The main goal of
the recovery of energy is to recover in the
LMP
® battery part of the energy generated
when the vehicle is slowing down, in order
to improve the range of the LMP
® battery
and thus the driving distance. In your
E-MEHARI, it is the braking effect of the
electric motor that plays this role.
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S

pecial case: following a

full charge of
the LMP
® battery and during the initial
subsequent use of the vehicle, the
braking effect of the electric motor may
be temporarily reduced. You should adapt
your driving as a consequence.
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W

e therefore recommend that you
anticipate the need to slow down as much
as possible, so as to obtain the maximum
driving range.
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T

he brake pedal should be used to slow
or stop the vehicle according to the road
and traffic conditions. Your E-MEHARI's
brakes do not provide any energy
r e c ove r y.
Precautions in the event of
an electrical failure
In the event of a general electric failure, your
E -MEHARI will no longer be driven by the
electric motor. As quickly as possible, you
must place the vehicle in a
safe area obser ving
the driving regulations on road safety (hard
shoulder, side of the road, etc.).
Immobilise your E-MEHARI, switch on the
hazard warning lamps, get out of the vehicle
and stand in a
safe place, put on your high-
visibility vest and call CITROËN ASSISTANCE,
who will contact the emergency and roadside
assistance services.
Special aspects of electric
vehicles
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7
Instrument panel
Instrument panelWarning and indicator lamps
and instrument panel buttons
(1)
Battery fault.
(2) Motor fault.
(3) Charge indicator.
(4) Instrument panel buttons.
If warning lamp (1) or (2) is on, you must stop
your E-MEHARI as soon as it is safe to do so.
Symbols
Main beam headlamps
Sidelamps
Rear foglamp Left-hand direction indicator
Right-hand direction indicator
Braking fault
Alert message
Flashing: ESP in action
Fixed: ESP fault
Demisting/defrosting
Passenger compartment heating
active
Heating fault
Motor power limited
1
Dashboard instruments

8
Central locking
Boot open
Maintenance
Airbags fault
Deactivating the passenger's front
airbag
Under-inflation/puncture
Pedestrian horn deactivated
City function activatedInstruments and
indicators on your
E-MEHARI
Instrument panel
configuration menu
Your E-MEHARI's instrument panel is equipped
with a configuration menu.
Navigation in this menu is by means of the
4
buttons on the right of the instrument panel:
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Arrows (1) and (2) navigate through this
menu.
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T
he Squares button (3) is used to display
the menu and confirm the selections.
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T
he Circles button (4) is used to go back
and cancel.
Motor electrical problem
12

V battery charge low
Battery power limited
Battery electrical problem
Air conditioning active
Air conditioning fault
ABS fault
Power steering problem
Seat belt not fastened
Door open
Dashboard instruments