CITROEN C4 PICASSO - Deactivating Automatic Operation; Emergency Braking

145
4
Driving
Emer
g
enc
y
brakin
g
In th
e
e
v
e
nt
of
a
fa
il
u
r
e
of
th
e
m
a
in
se
rvi
ce
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.
Brakin
g
takes place while the control lever is
bein
g
pulled. It is interrupted if the control leve
r
i
s
r
e
l
eased
.
The AB
S
and D
SC
s
y
stems provide stabilit
y
o
f
t
h
e ve
hi
c
l
e
d
ur
i
n
g
emer
g
enc
y
b
ra
ki
n
g
.
I
f
the emer
g
enc
y
brakin
g
mal
f
unctions, the
message "Parking brake control
f
aulty" will be
displa
y
ed.
I
f
a
f
ailure o
f
the AB
S
and D
SC
systems,
s
i
g
nalled b
y
the illumination o
f
one or both
warnin
g
lamps in the instrument panel, then
s
tabilit
y
of the vehicle is no lon
g
er
g
uaranteed.
In this event, stabilit
y
must be assured b
y
the
driver b
y
repeatin
g
alternate "pull-release"
ac
t
io
n
s
o
n t
he
co
ntr
ol
le
v
e
r
u
nt
il
t
he
v
ehicle
is
i
mm
obilised
.
The emer
g
enc
y
brakin
g
should onl
y
be
u
sed in an exceptional situation.
Re
p
eat this
p
rocedure to reactivate automatic
operation.
Reactivation of automatic operation is
c
onfirmed b
y
the indicator lamp in the
i
nstrument panel
g
oin
g
off.
Deactivatin
g
automatic
o
p
erat
i
on
In some situations, such as ver
y
cold weather
or towin
g
(
caravan, recover
y)
, it ma
y
be
n
ecessar
y
to deactivate automatic operation o
f
the s
y
stem.

Start the en
g
ine.

Appl
y
the parkin
g
brake with the control
lever, i
f
it is released.

Take
y
our
f
oot o
ff
the brake pedal.

Push
a
n
d
hold
t
he
co
ntr
ol
le
v
e
r
i
n t
he
r
elease direction
f
or at least 10 seconds
a
nd no more than 15 seconds.

R
e
l
ease
th
e
co
ntr
o
l l
e
v
e
r.

Press and hold the brake pedal.

Pull the control lever in the appl
y
direction
f
o
r 2
seco
n
ds
.
D
eac
tiv
a
ti
o
n
of
th
e
au
t
o
m
a
ti
c
fu
n
c
ti
o
n
s
is confirmed b
y
illumination of this
indicator lamp in the instrument panel.

Release
t
he
co
ntr
ol
le
v
e
r
a
n
d
t
he
b
r
ake
p
e
d
a
l
.
From this point the parkin
g
brake can onl
y
be applied and released manuall
y
usin
g
the
co
ntr
o
l l
e
v
e
r.