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Lighting and visibility -> Exterior lighting controls for Your Citroen C5 Suv Second Generation (2008-2017)

Lighting and visibility  
Exterior lighting controls  
Control stalk for the selection and control of the various front and rear lamps providing the vehicle's lighting.  
Main lighting  
Additional lighting  
Settings  
The various front and rear lamps of the  
vehicle are designed to adapt the driver's  
visibility progressively in relation to the climatic  
conditions:  
Other lamps are fitted to meet the requirements  
You can configure some functions:  
of particular driving conditions:  
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daytime running lamps,  
automatic illumination of headlamps,  
directional lighting,  
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rear foglamps, to be seen from a distance,  
front foglamps for even better forward  
vision,  
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sidelamps, to be seen,  
dipped beam headlamps to see without  
dazzling other drivers,  
guide-me-home lighting.  
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directional headlamps for improved  
visibility when cornering,  
daytime running lamps to be seen during  
the day.  
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main beam headlamps to see clearly when  
the road is clear.  
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.  
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Lighting and visibility  
Manual controls  
Displays  
A. Main lighting mode selection ring: turn it  
to position the symbol required facing the  
mark.  
Illumination of the corresponding indicator  
lamp in the instrument panel confirms that the  
lighting selected is on.  
Lighting off (ignition off) /  
C. Foglamps selection ring.  
Daytime running lamps (engine running).  
The foglamps operate with the sidelamps and  
the dipped and main beam headlamps.  
Automatic illumination of headlamps.  
Sidelamps.  
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The lighting is controlled directly by the driver  
by means of the ring A and the stalk B.  
Dipped headlamps or main  
beam headlamps.  
B. Stalk for switching headlamps: pull  
the stalk towards you to switch the  
lighting between dipped and main beam  
headlamps.  
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.  
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Lighting and visibility  
Front and rear foglamps  
In good or rainy weather, both day and  
night, use of the front and rear foglamps  
is prohibited. In these situations, the  
power of their beams may dazzle other  
drivers. They should only be used in fog  
or falling snow.  
Switching off the lighting when  
switching off the ignition  
When the ignition is switched off, all of the  
lamps switch off immediately, except for  
the dipped beam headlamps if automatic  
guide-me-home lighting is activated.  
In these weather conditions, it is your  
responsibility to switch on the foglamps  
and dipped headlamps manually as the  
sunshine sensor may detect sufficient  
light.  
Do not forget to switch off the front and  
rear foglamps when they are no longer  
needed.  
Switching on the lighting  
after switching off the  
ignition  
To reactivate the lighting control stalk,  
turn the ring A to position "0" - lighting  
off, then to the position of your choice.  
When the driver's door is opened, a  
temporary audible signal warns you that  
the vehicle's lighting is on.  
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1st turn forwards: front foglamps on.  
2nd turn forwards: rear foglamps on.  
1st turn rearwards: rear foglamps off.  
2nd turn rearwards: front foglamps off.  
They switch off automatically after a  
period which depends on the state of  
charge of the battery (entry to energy  
economy mode).  
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Lighting and visibility  
Daytime running lamps  
Manual guide-me-home  
lighting  
These special lamps, located at the front, make  
the vehicle more visible by day.  
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.  
They come on automatically and stay on, when  
the engine is running and when the lighting  
control stalk is at position 0 or AUTO.  
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Switching on  
F
With the ignition off, "flash" the headlamps  
using the lighting stalk.  
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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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