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Driving
C4-Picasso-II_en_Chap04_conduite_ed01-2014
Emergency braking
Intheeventofafailureofthemainservice
brakeorinanexceptionalsituation(e.g.driver
takenill,underinstruction,etc)acontinuous
pullonthecontrolleverwillbrakethevehicle.
Brakingtakesplacewhilethecontrolleveris
beingpulled.Itisinterruptedifthecontrollever
isreleased.
TheABSandDSCsystemsprovidestabilityof
thevehicleduringemergencybraking.
Iftheemergencybrakingmalfunctions,the
message"Parkingbrakecontrolfaulty"willbe
displayed.
IfafailureoftheABSandDSCsystems
occurs,signalledbytheilluminationofone
orbothwarninglampsintheinstrument
panel,thenstabilityofthevehicleisnolonger
guaranteed.
Inthisevent,stabilitymustbeassuredbythe
driverbyrepeatingalternate"pull-release"
actions on the control lever until the vehicle is
immobilised.
Theemergencybrakingshouldonlybe
usedinanexceptionalsituation.
Repeatthisproceduretoreactivateautomatic
operation.
Reactivationofautomaticoperationis
confirmedbytheindicatorlampinthe
instrumentpanelgoingoff.
Deactivating automatic
operation
Insomesituations,suchasverycoldweather
ortowing(caravan,recovery),itmaybe
necessarytodeactivateautomaticoperationof
thesystem.
F Starttheengine.
F Applytheparkingbrakewiththecontrol
lever,ifitisreleased.
F Takeyourfootoffthebrakepedal.
F Pushandholdthecontrolleverinthe
releasedirectionforatleast10seconds
andnomorethan15seconds.
F Releasethecontrollever.
F Pressandholdthebrakepedal.
F Pullthecontrolleverintheapplydirection
for2seconds.
Deactivationoftheautomaticfunctions
isconfirmedbyilluminationofthis
indicatorlampintheinstrumentpanel.
F Releasethecontrolleverandthebrake
pedal.
Fromthispointtheparkingbrakecanonly
beappliedandreleasedmanuallyusingthe
controllever.