CITROEN C3 PICASSO 2012 - Page 131

9
Driving
129
)
S
elect
p
osition
M
.
To engage reverse gear R , the vehicle must be
immobilised with
y
our foot on the brake pedal.
)
Select position R
.
A
t ver
y
low speed, if reverse
g
ear is requested,
this will onl
y
be acted on when the vehicle is
imm
ob
ili
sed
.
A
t hi
g
h speed, if reverse
g
ear is requested,
t
he
N
indicator
f
lashes and the
g
earbox
g
oes
i
nto neutra
l
.
T
o en
g
a
g
e a
g
ear a
g
a
i
n, put t
h
e
g
ear
l
ever
i
n pos
i
t
i
on
A
or
M
.
Temporar
y
control of
g
ear
c
han
g
in
g
You can temporaril
y
take over control o
f
g
ear c
h
an
gi
n
g
us
i
n
g
t
h
e
"+"
a
n
d
"-"
steer
i
n
g
m
ounted paddles: i
f
the en
g
ine speed allows,
t
h
e request to c
h
an
g
e
g
ear
i
s acte
d
on.
This
f
unction allows
y
ou to anticipate certain
s
ituations such as overtaking a vehicle or the
approach to a corner.
A
fter a few moments without an
y
action on
the control paddles, the
g
earbox resumes
automatic control of the
g
ears.
The
g
ears en
g
a
g
ed appear in
s
uccession in the instrument panel
sc
r
ee
n.
The
g
ear chan
g
e requests are onl
y
acted on i
f
t
h
e en
gi
ne spee
d
perm
i
ts.
I
t
i
s not necessar
y
to re
l
ease t
h
e acce
l
erator
during gear changes.
When brakin
g
or slowin
g
down, the
g
earbox
c
han
g
es down automaticall
y
to allow the
vehicle to accelerate in the correct
g
ear.
O
n sharp acceleration, the
g
earbox will not
c
han
g
e up unless the driver acts on the
g
ear
l
ever or t
h
e steer
i
n
g
mounte
d
pa
ddl
es.
N
e
v
e
r
se
l
ec
t n
eu
tr
a
l
N
whil
e
th
e
v
e
hi
c
l
e
is movin
g
.
You can chan
g
e mode at an
y
time, be
m
ovin
g
the
g
ear lever from
M
t
o
A
o
r
t
h
e ot
h
er wa
y
roun
d
.
En
g
a
g
ement of reverse
g
ear is
accompan
i
e
d
by
an au
dibl
e s
ig
na
l
.
Manual mode Reverse