DS 3: Lighting and visibility / Automatic lighting systems - General
recommendations
DS 3 2016-2025 Owners Manual
The automatic lighting systems use a detection
camera, located at the top of the windscreen.
Operating limits
The system may be disrupted or not work
correctly:
- When visibility conditions are poor
(e.g. snowfall, heavy rain).
- If the windscreen is dirty, misted-up or
masked (e.g. sticker) in front of the camera.
- If the vehicle is facing highly reflective signs
or safety barrier reflectors.
The system is not able to detect:
- Road users that do not have their own
lighting, such as pedestrians.
- Vehicles with hidden lighting (e.g. travelling
behind a safety barrier on the motorway).
- Vehicles at the top or bottom of a steep
slope, on winding roads, on crossroads.
Maintenance
Clean the windscreen regularly,
particularly the area in front of the camera.
The internal surface of the windscreen can
also become misted around the camera.
In humid and cold weather, demist the
windscreen regularly.
Do not allow snow to accumulate on the
bonnet or roof of the vehicle as this could
obstruct the camera.
Guide-me-home lighting
Automatic
With the ring of the lighting control stalk in the
"AUTO" position and when the light is poor, the
dipped beam headlamps come on automatically
when the ignition is switched off...
For
more information, refer to the General
recommendations for automatic lighting
systems.
When the lighting control ring is in the "AUTO”
position and the function is activated on the
touch screen, this system automatically switches
between dipped and main beam headlamps
depending on light and traffic conditions, using a
camera located at the top of the windscreen...
Other information:
Switching on the ignition without starting the engine
With the electronic key in the passenger
compartment, pressing the "START/STOP" button,
without depressing any of the pedals, allows the
ignition to be switched on without starting the
engine.
Press this button again to switch off the
ignition and allow the vehicle to be locked...
The air conditioning operates with the engine
running, but the ventilation and its controls can
be accessed with the ignition on.
Operation of the air conditioning and regulation
of temperature, air flow and air distribution in the
passenger compartment are automatic...