Deactivating Automatic Operation Of The Parking Brake; Emergency Braking; Parking The Vehicle With The Brake Released - CITROEN C5 AIRCROSS Handbook

Driving
Special cases
Parking the vehicle with the
brake released
In very cold conditions (ice), it is
recommended that the parking brake not
be applied.
To immobilise your vehicle, engage a gear
or place the chocks against one of the
wheels.
Immobilisation of the vehicle with the
parking brake released
F Switch off the engine.
Illumination of the indicator lamps in the
instrument panel and the control lever
confirm the application of the parking brake.
F Switch on the ignition again, without starting
the engine.
F Release the parking brake manually by
pushing the control lever while keeping your
foot on the brake pedal.
The complete release of the parking brake
is confirmed by the indicator lamp in the
instrument panel and the P indicator lamp in
the control lever going off, accompanied by
the display of the message "Parking brake
released".
F Switch off the ignition.
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With an automatic gearbox, mode P is
automatically selected when the ignition is
switched off. The wheels are blocked.
For further information on the Automatic
gearbox, particularly in relation to leaving
the vehicle in free-wheeling mode, refer to
the corresponding section.
With an automatic gearbox, when mode N
is engaged, an audible signal will sound
if the driver's door is opened. It will stop
when you close the driver's door again.
Deactivating automatic
operation
In some situations, for example when it is
extremely cold or during towing (caravan,
breakdown), 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 application
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 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 in
the instrument panel going off).

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, 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.