CITROEN C3 Picasso 2011 Owner's Handbook Manual page 116

Temporary control of gear changing
You can temporarily take over control
of gear changing using the "+" and "-"
steering mounted paddles: if the engine
speed allows, the request to change
gear is acted on.
This function allows you to anticipate
certain situations such as overtaking a
vehicle or the approach to a corner.
After a few moments without any ac-
tion on the control paddles, the gear-
box resumes automatic control of the
gears.
Manual mode
Select position M .
The gears engaged appear in
succession in the instrument
panel screen.
The gear change requests are only acted
on if the engine speed permits.
It is not necessary to release the accelera-
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tor during gear changes.
When braking or slowing down, the
gearbox changes down automatically
to allow the vehicle to accelerate in the
correct gear.
On sharp acceleration, the gearbox will
not change up unless the driver acts on
the gear lever or the steering mounted
paddles.
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D R I V I N G
You can change mode at any
time, be moving the gear lever
from M to A or the other way
round.
Never select neutral N while the
vehicle is moving.
Reverse
To engage reverse gear R , the vehicle
must be immobilised with your foot on
the brake pedal.
Select position R .
Engagement of reverse gear is ac-
companied by an audible signal.
At very low speed, if reverse gear is re-
quested, this will only be acted on when
the vehicle is immobilised.
At high speed, if reverse gear is re-
quested, the N indicator fl ashes and the
gearbox goes into neutral. To engage a
gear again, put the gear lever in posi-
tion A or M .
Stopping the vehicle
Before switching off the engine, you can:
- move to position N to engage neutral,
or
- leave the gear engaged; in this
case, it will not be possible to move
the vehicle.
In all cases when parking, you
must apply the parking brake
to immobilise the vehicle.
When immobilising the vehicle,
with the engine running, you
must place the gear lever in
neutral N .
Before carrying out any work in
the engine compartment, ensure
that the gear lever is in neutral N
and that the parking brake is ap-
plied.
Operating fault
With the ignition on, the fl ashing of AUTO ,
accompanied by an audible signal and a
message in the screen, indicates a mal-
function of the gearbox.
Have it checked by a CITROËN dealer
or a qualifi ed workshop.