CITROEN C4 Picasso 2014 User Manual

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Driving
Active cruise control
This s
y
stems allows, in addition to maintainin
g
y
our vehicle's speed at a value that
y
ou
h
ave defined, the inter-vehicle time
y
ou have
s
elected between
y
our vehicle the the one
a
head to be maintained
(
2 seconds b
y
de
f
ault,
on activatin
g
the
f
unction
)
.
Princi
p
les of o
p
eration
Usin
g
a radar with a ran
g
e o
f
about 100 metres,
l
ocated at the
f
ront o
f
the vehicle, this s
y
stem
detects a vehicle running in
f
ront o
f
your
v
e
hi
c
l
e
.
It automaticall
y
adapts the speed of the vehicle
t
o
th
a
t
o
f th
e
v
e
hi
c
l
e
in fr
o
nt.
If the vehicle in front is runnin
g
more slowl
y
,
the s
y
stem pro
g
ressivel
y
reduces the speed o
f
y
our vehicle usin
g
j
ust en
g
ine brakin
g
(
as i
f
the
d
r
i
ver
h
a
d
presse
d
t
h
e
"
-
" button
)
.
I
f
y
our vehicle is too close to or approachin
g
too
q
uickly the vehicle in
f
ront, the cruise control
is automaticall
y
deactivated. The driver is then
alerted b
y
an audible si
g
nal, accompanied b
y
a
message
.
If the vehicle in front accelerates or chan
g
es
l
ane, the active cruise control pro
g
ressivel
y
acce
l
erates
y
our ve
hi
c
l
e to return to t
h
e
pro
g
ramme
d
spee
d
.
I
f
the driver o
p
erates a direction indicator to
the le
f
t
(
le
f
t hand drive
)
or the right
(
right hand
drive
)
, to overtake a slower vehicle, the active
c
ruise control allows
y
our vehicle to temporaril
y
approach the vehicle in front to assist the
overtakin
g
manoeuvre, thou
g
h never exceedin
g
the pro
g
rammed speed.
The active cruise control operates by
da
y
and at ni
g
ht, in
f
o
g
or in moderate
r
a
inf
a
ll.
The s
y
stem does not act on the brakin
g
sy
stem, but works onl
y
with en
g
ine
brakin
g
.
The re
g
ulation ran
g
e is limited: there will
no lon
g
er be an
y
ad
j
ustment o
f
speed i
f
the
di
ff
erence between the pro
g
rammed speed
settin
g
and the speed o
f
the vehicle in
f
ront
becomes too high
(
18 mph
(
30 km
/
h
)
.
The activation o
f
this s
y
stem
deac
tiv
a
t
es
th
e
f
u
n
c
ti
o
n
o
f int
e
r-v
e
hi
c
l
e
tim
e
.
I
f
th
e
d
i
ffe
r
e
n
ce
be
tw
ee
n th
e
pro
g
ramme
d
spee
d
sett
i
n
g
an
d
t
h
e
sp
eed o
f
the vehicle in
f
ront is too
great, the speed cannot be adjusted:
the cruise control is automaticall
y
deac
tiv
a
t
ed
.

CITROEN C4 Picasso 2014 Specifications

General

Brand	CITROEN
Model	C4 Picasso 2014
Category	Automobile
Language	English