Automatic Mode - CITROËN DS5 Owner's Handbook Manual

Displays in the instrument
panel
N Neutral
R Reverse
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Gears in manual mode
AUTO This comes on when the automated
mode is selected. It switches off on
changing to manual mode.
S Sport (Sport setting).
Place your foot on the brake
when a message appears in the
instrument panel screen.
Engagement of reverse gear is
accompanied by an audible signal.
Moving off
Select position N .
Press the brake pedal down fully.
Start the engine.
N appears in the instrument panel
screen.
If the gear lever is not in position N on
starting, N flashes in the instrument
panel, accompanied by an audible
signal and a message in the instrument
panel screen.
Foot on brake flashes on the
instrument panel, accompanied by an
audible signal and a message in the
instrument panel screen, if the brake
pedal is not pressed on starting.
Select a gear (position M or A ) or reverse
(position R). R
Release the parking brake unless it is
programmed to automatic mode.
Take your foot off the brake pedal, then
accelerate.
AUTO and 1 or R appear in the
instrument panel screen.
When the engine is idling with the
brakes off, if position R, A or M is
selected, the vehicle will move off
on its own without any action on the
accelerator.

Automatic mode

After starting the vehicle, select position A
for enter automatic mode.
AUTO and the gear engaged appear
in the instrument panel screen.
The gearbox is then operating in auto-active
mode, without any action on the part of the
driver. It continuously selects the most suitable
gear, depending on the:
A
- style of driving,
- profile of the road.
For optimum acceleration, for example
when overtaking another vehicle, press
the accelerator pedal firmly past the
point of resistance.
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Driving