CITROEN C4 - Moving off

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Driving
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C4-2_en_Chap06_conduite_ed02-2015
Moving off
If position Nisengagedinadvertently
whiledriving,allowtheengineto
returntoidlethenengagepositionD to
accelerate.
F Select position D for automaticchanging
ofthesixgears.
Thegearboxthenoperatesinauto-adaptive
mode,withoutanyinterventiononthepart
ofthedriver.Itcontinuouslyselectsthemost
suitablegearaccordingtothestyleofdriving,
the profile of the road and the load in the
vehicle.
Formaximumaccelerationwithouttouching
the selector, press the accelerator pedal down
fully(kickdown).Thegearboxchangesdown
automaticallyormaintainsthegearselected
untilthemaximumenginespeedisreached.
Onbraking,thegearboxchangesdown
automaticallytoprovideeffectiveengine
braking.
If you release the accelerator sharply, the
gearboxwillnotchangetoahighergearfor
safetyreasons.
Whentheengineisrunningatidle,with
thebrakesreleased,ifpositionR, D
or Misselected,thevehiclemoves
evenwithouttheacceleratorbeing
pressed.
Never leave children unsupervised in
thevehiclewhentheengineisrunning.
Whencarryingoutmaintenancewith
theenginerunning,applytheparking
brakeandselectpositionP.
Never select position N while the
vehicleismoving.
Never select positions P or R unless the
vehicleiscompletelystationary.
Iftheparkingbrakedoesnotrelease
automatically,checkthatthefrontdoors
arefullyclosed.
F Withyourfootonthebrake,select
position P or N.
F Starttheengine.
If this procedure is not followed, an audible
signalisheard,accompaniedbyamessagein
theinstrumentpanelscreen.
F Withtheenginerunning,pressthebrake
pedal.
F Select position R, D or M.
Automatic operation
Theparkingbrakeisreleasedmanually,the
vehiclemovesoff.
Iftheparkingbrakeisonandautomaticmode
isactivated,accelerateprogressively.
Ifyoudonotpressthebrakepedalwhen
tryingtomovethegearselectorout
of position P,thiswarninglamporthis
symbolappearsintheinstrumentpanelaccompanied
byamessage,flashingofthePsymbol,thedisplayof
amessageandanaudiblesignal.
F Checkthatthedisplayintheinstrument
panelagreeswiththepositionengaged.
F Graduallyreleasethebrakepedal.