Get Driving -> Electric parking brake Guide for DS 3 Crossback 4 Door First Generation (2018-2022)

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The engine starts.

Switching on the ignition

without starting the engine

With the electronic key in the passenger

compartment, pressing the “START/STOP” button,

without pressing any of the pedals, allows the

ignition to be switched on without starting the

engine.

Starting/Switching off

Back-up switch-off

the engine with DS SMART

ACCESS

After activation by the customer, this function

makes it possible, via the MyDS application, to

access the vehicle, to start it and to delegate its

use to people of their choice.

►ꢀ Press this button again to switch off the

ignition and allow the vehicle to be locked.

For more information on DS SMART ACCESS and

its activation, install the MyDS application and

refer to the corresponding section.

Key not detected

Back-up starting

Electric parking brake

In automatic mode, this system applies the

parking brake when the engine is switched off

and releases it when the vehicle moves off.

A back-up reader is fitted to the steering column,

to enable the engine to be started if the system

fails to detect the key in the recognition zone, or if

the battery in the electronic key is discharged.

If the electronic key is not detected or is no longer

in the recognition zone, a message appears in the

instrument panel when closing a door or trying to

switch off the engine.

►ꢀ To confirm the instruction to switch off the

engine, press the "START/STOP" button for

approximately 5 seconds.

In the event of a fault with the electronic key,

contact a dealer or a qualified workshop.

Emergency switch-off

In the event of an emergency only, the engine can

be switched off without conditions (even when

driving).

►ꢀ Place and hold the remote control against the

reader.

At any time, with the engine running:

►ꢀ to apply the parking brake, briefly pull the

control lever;

►ꢀ to release it, briefly push the control lever

while pressing the brake pedal.

►ꢀ With a manual gearbox, place the gear lever in

neutral, then fully depress the clutch pedal.

►ꢀ With an automatic gearbox or a drive selector,

select mode P, then fully depress the brake pedal.

►ꢀ Press the "START/STOP" button.

►ꢀ Press the "START/STOP" button for about

5 seconds.

In this case, the steering column locks as soon as

the vehicle stops.

Automatic mode is activated by default.

Driving

Before leaving the vehicle, check that the

parking brake is applied: the indicator

lamps on the instrument panel and the control

lever must be on fixed.

If the parking brake is not applied, there is an

audible signal and a message is displayed on

opening the driver's door.

brake is not released and a message is

displayed.

Indicator lamp

This indicator lamp comes on on the

instrument panel and on the control lever

to confirm the application of the parking brake,

accompanied by the display of the message

"Parking brake applied".

The indicator lamp goes out to confirm the release

of the parking brake, accompanied by the display

of the message "Parking brake released".

The indicator lamp flashes in response to a

manual request to apply or release the brake.

Manual application

With the vehicle stationary:

►ꢀ Pull briefly on the control lever.

The control lever indicator lamp flashes to

confirm the application request.

Never leave a child alone inside the

vehicle, as they could release the parking

brake.

Automatic operation

Automatic release

In the event of a battery failure, the

electric parking brake will not operate.

As a safety measure, with a manual gearbox,

if the parking brake is not applied, immobilise

the vehicle by engaging a gear.

As a safety measure, with an automatic

gearbox or drive selector, if the parking brake

is not applied, immobilise the vehicle by

placing the supplied chock against one of the

wheels.

When the vehicle is parked: on a steep

slope, heavily loaded or during towing

With a manual gearbox, turn the wheels

toward the pavement and engage a gear.

With an automatic gearbox or a drive selector,

turn the wheels toward the pavement and

select mode P.

First ensure that the engine is running and the

driver's door is properly closed.

The electric parking brake gradually releases

automatically as the vehicle moves off.

With a manual gearbox

►ꢀ Fully depress the clutch pedal and engage first

gear or reverse.

►ꢀ Depress the accelerator pedal and release the

clutch pedal.

When towing, the vehicle is approved for

parking on slopes of up to 12%.

With an automatic gearbox

Contact a dealer or a qualified workshop.

►ꢀ Depress the brake pedal.

►ꢀ Select mode D, M or R.

Manual operation

►ꢀ Release the brake pedal and depress the

accelerator pedal.

With a drive selector

►ꢀ Depress the brake pedal.

►ꢀ Select mode D, B or R.

Manual release

With the ignition on or engine running:

►ꢀ Depress the brake pedal.

►ꢀ While maintaining pressure on the brake

pedal, briefly push the control lever.

►ꢀ Release the brake pedal and depress the

accelerator pedal.

If you push the control lever without

pressing the brake pedal, the parking

Driving

With an automatic gearbox or drive

selector, if the brake does not release

automatically, check that the front doors are

correctly closed.

Parking the vehicle with the brake

released

Deactivating automatic

operation

In some situations, for example when it is

extremely cold or when towing (e.g. caravan,

In very cold conditions (ice), applying the

parking brake is not recommended.

To immobilise the vehicle, engage a gear or

place the chocks against one of the wheels.

breakdown), it may be necessary to deactivate

automatic operation of the system.

►ꢀ Start the engine.

►ꢀ Use the control lever to apply the parking

brake, if it is released.

►ꢀ Take your foot fully off the brake pedal.

►ꢀ Hold the control lever pressed in the release

direction for between 10 and a maximum of 15

seconds.

When stationary with the engine running,

do not depress the accelerator pedal

unnecessarily. Risk of parking brake release.

Immobilising the vehicle with the parking brake

released

►ꢀ Switch off the engine.

►ꢀ Switch on the ignition again, without starting

the engine.

►ꢀ Release the parking brake manually by

pushing the control lever while keeping your foot

on the brake pedal.

Automatic application

With the vehicle stationary, the parking brake

is automatically applied when the engine is

switched off.

►ꢀ Release the control lever.

It is not applied automatically if the

engine stalls or enters STOP mode of Stop

& Start.

►ꢀ Depress and hold the brake pedal.

►ꢀ Pull the control lever in the “Application”

direction for 2 seconds.

This indicator lamp on the instrument

panel comes on to confirm deactivation of

the automatic functions.

►ꢀ Release the control lever and the brake pedal.

From now on, the parking brake can only be

applied and released manually using the control

lever.

Repeat this procedure to reactivate automatic

operation (confirmed by the indicator lamp on the

instrument panel going off).

►ꢀ Switch off the ignition.

With an automatic gearbox or drive

selector, mode P is automatically selected

when the ignition is switched off. The wheels

are blocked.

For more information on Changing to free-

wheeling, refer to the corresponding section.

With automatic operation, it is also

possible to manually apply or release the

parking brake using the control lever.

Special cases

With an automatic gearbox or drive

selector, while mode N is selected,

opening the driver’s door triggers an audible

signal. It stops when the driver's door closes

again.

Immobilising the vehicle with the engine

running

To immobilise the vehicle with the engine running,

briefly pull the control lever.

Emergency braking

In the event of a fault with the brake pedal or

in an exceptional situation (e.g. driver taken ill,

driver under instruction), a continuous pull on the

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