Full Release Of The Parking Brake Is Confirmed By; Activation/Deactivation Of The Automatic Functions - CITROËN C5 2013 Owner's Manual

Release
The electronic parking brake releases
automatically and
when you press the accelerator:
 with a manual gearbox (fi rst
gear or reverse gear engaged),
press down fully on the clutch
pedal then press on the accel-
erator pedal and move off.
 with an automatic gearbox , ac-
celerate with the selector in posi-
tion D , M or R .
Full release of the parking brake is
confi rmed by:
- the extinction of warning
lamp P on control A and
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on the instrument panel,
- the display of a message "park-
ing brake released" on the instru-
ment panel display.
When stationary, with the engine
running, do not press the accelera-
tor pedal unnecessarily (particularly
when starting the engine, including
in neutral), as you may release the
parking brake.
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Activation/Deactivation of the
automatic functions
The automatic application when the
progressively
engine is switched off and the au-
tomatic release when you press
the accelerator can be deactivated.
Activation/deactivation is performed
using the confi guration menu of the
instrument panel display. To do so,
select "Personalisation/Confi guration/
Defi ne the Vehicle parameters/Driving
assistance/Automatic handbrake".
With the automatic functions deacti-
vated, the application and release of
the parking brake are done manually.
D R I V I N G
The deactivation of these
functions is confi rmed by the
lighting of this warning lamp
on the instrument panel.
The deactivation of the
automatic functions is rec-
ommended in particularly
cold conditions (ice) and
during towing (breakdown,
caravan...).
Manual operation
Manual application/release of the
parking brake is always possible.
Application
With the vehicle stationary, to apply
the parking brake whether the engine
is running or off, pull on control A .
The application of the parking brake
is confi rmed by:
- the lighting of the warning lamp
on control A and of warning
lamp P on the instrument panel,
- the display of a message "park-
ing brake applied" on the instru-
ment panel display.
When the driver's door is
opened with the engine run-
ning, a beep is heard and
a message displayed if the parking
brake has not been applied.