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Lighting controls

System for selection and control of the various front and rear lamps providing the vehicle's lighting.

Manual controls

The lighting is controlled directly by the driver

by means of the ring A and the stalk B.

A. Main lighting mode selection ring: turn it

to position the symbol required facing the

mark.

Model without AUTO lighting

Main lighting

The various front and rear lamps of the vehicle

are designed to adapt the driver's visibility

progressively according to climatic conditions:

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sidelamps, to be seen,

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dipped beam headlamps to see without

dazzling other drivers,

Lighting off (ignition off) /

Daytime running lamps (engine running).

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main beam headlamps to see clearly when

the road is clear.

Automatic illumination of

headlamps.

Sidelamps.

Additional lighting

Other lamps are installed to fulfil the

requirements of particular conditions of

visibility:

Dipped headlamps or main

beam headlamps.

Model with AUTO lighting

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a rear foglamp to be seen from afar,

front foglamps for even better forward

vision.

B. Stalk for switching headlamps: pull the stalk

towards you to switch the lighting between

dipped and main beam headlamps.

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In the lamps off and sidelamps modes, the

driver can switch on the main beam headlamps

temporarily ("headlamp flash") by maintaining a

pull on the stalk.

Programming

Various automatic lighting control modes

are also available according to the following

options:

Displays

Illumination of the corresponding indicator

lamp in the instrument panel confirms that the

lighting selected is on.

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guide-me-home lighting,

automatic illumination of headlamps.

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C. Foglamp selection ring.

The foglamps operate with the dipped and main

beam headlamps.

When the lighting is switched off automatically

(with AUTO model) or when the dipped

headlamps are switched off manually, the

foglamps and sidelamps will remain on.

Model with rear foglamp only

F

Turn the ring rearwards to switch off the

foglamps, the sidelamps will then switch off.

Rear foglamp

F

To switch on the foglamp, turn the ring C

forwards.

When the lighting is switched off automatically

(with AUTO model), the foglamp and the dipped

beam headlamps will remain on.

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In good or rainy weather, by both day

and night, the front foglamps and the

rear foglamp are prohibited. In these

situations, the power of their beams

may dazzle other drivers.

F

To switch off all of the lighting, turn the

ring C rearwards.

Do not forget to switch off the front

foglamps and the rear foglamp when

they are no longer necessary.

Front and rear foglamps

Model with front foglamps

and a rear foglamp

Rotate and release the ring C:

F

forwards a first time to switch on the front

foglamps,

forwards a second time to switch on the

rear foglamp,

rearwards a first time to switch off the rear

foglamp,

rearwards a second time to switch of the

front fog lamps.

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Manual guide-me-home

lighting

The temporary illumination of the dipped beam

headlamps after the vehicle's ignition has been

switched off makes the driver's exit easier

when the light is poor.

Lighting on audible warning

When the ignition is switched off, all

of the lamps switch off automatically,

unless guide-me-home lighting is

activated.

If the lighting is switched on manually

after switching off the ignition, there

is an audible signal when a front door

is opened to warn the driver that they

have forgotten to switch off the vehicle's

lighting, with the ignition off.

In some weather conditions (e.g. low

temperature or humidity), the presence

of misting on the internal surface of the

glass of the headlamps and rear lamps

is normal; it disappears after the lamps

have been on for a few minutes.

Switching on

F

With the ignition off, "flash" the headlamps

using the lighting stalk.

F

A further "headlamp flash" switches the

function off.

Switching off

The manual guide-me-home lighting switches

off automatically after a set time.

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Automatic illumination of

headlamps

Linked with the Guide-me-home

lighting

Association with the automatic illumination

of headlamps provides the guide-me-home

lighting with the following additional options:

Operating fault

The sidelamps and dipped beam headlamps are

switched on automatically, without any action on the part

of the driver, when a low level of external light is detected

or in certain cases of activation of the windscreen wipers.

As soon as the brightness returns to a sufficient level or

after the windscreen wipers are switched off, the lamps

are switched off automatically.

In the event of a malfunction of the

sunshine sensor, the lamps come

on, this warning lamp is displayed

in the instrument panel and/or a message appears

in the multifunction screen, accompanied by an

audible signal.

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automatic activation of guide-me-home

lighting when automatic illumination of

headlamps is switched on (in the vehicle

parameters of the multifunction screen

configuration menu),

Contact a CITROËN dealer or a qualified workshop.

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selection of the duration of maintaining of

the lighting for 15, 30 or 60 seconds in the

vehicle parameters of the multifunction

screen configuration menu (except for

monochrome screen A where this is

preset).

In fog or snow, the sunshine

sensor may detect sufficient light.

Therefore, the lamps will not come on

automatically.

Do not cover the sunshine sensor,

linked with the rain sensor and located

in the centre of the windscreen behind

the rear view mirror; the associated

functions would no longer be controlled.

Activation

F

Turn ring A to the "AUTO" position. The automatic

illumination of headlamps is accompanied by a

message in the multifunction screen.

Deactivation

F

Turn ring A to a position other than

"AUTO". Deactivation is accompanied by a

message in the multifunction screen.

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