Electrical adjustments

Citroën C5 / Citroen C5 Owner's Manual / Driving / Front seats / Electrical adjustments

To adjust the electrical seats, switch on the ignition or start the engine if

To adjust the electrical seats, switch on the ignition or start the engine if the vehicle has gone into economy mode.

1. Adjustment of the seat height and angle, and longitudinal adjustment

a Raise or lower the front of the control in order to raise or lower the front of the seat.

b Raise or lower the rear of the control in order to raise or lower the rear of the seat.

c Simultaneously raise or lower the front and rear of the control in order to raise or lower the entire seat.

d Slide the control forwards or backwards to move the seat forwards or backwards.

2. Adjustment of the backrest angle

Move the control forwards or backwards to adjust the backrest angle.

3. Adjustment of the angle of the top of the backrest

Move the control forwards or backwards to adjust the angle of the top of the backrest.

4. Adjustment of lumbar support

This function allows you to independently adjust the height and level of lumbar support.

Move the control:

Forwards or backwards to increase or reduce the lumbar support.

Upwards or downwards to raise or lower the lumbar support zone.

Note: Seat adjustments are also possible for a short period after opening one of the front doors or switching off the ignition.

Controls for the heated seats

The front seats can be heated individually.

With the engine running, use control A, located beside the seats to choose between three heating levels:

0: Off.

0: Off.

1: Gentle.

2: Medium.

3: Strong.

The Welcome function

When the driver's door is opened and the ignition is off, the seat moves to ease accessing or leaving the vehicle.

Take care not to hinder the forwards or backwards movement of the seat.

You may activate or deactivate this function using the “Main Menu” on the instrument panel screen. To do so, select “Vehicle parameters / Comfort / Driver welcome”.

Massage function

Massage function

This function provides the driver with a back massage.

To activate the massage, with the engine runnuing, press on button B. The warning lamp comes on and the massage function is activated for a period of 1 hour. During this time, massage is performed in cycles of 6 minutes (4 minutes of massage followed by 2 minutes break). In total, the system will perform 10 cycles.

After 1 hour, the function is deactivated.

The warning lamp goes out.

You can deactivate the massage function at any time by pressing on button B.

Head restraint height and angle adjustments on electric seats

Head restraint height and angle adjustments on electric seats

To adjust the angle of the head restraint, push back or pull forward section C of the head restraint until you reach the desired position.

To raise it, pull upwards.

To lower it, press on the control D to unlock it, and simultaneously on the head restraint itself.

To raise it, press control D to unlock it, then pull it upwards.

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