Lighting controls

Citroen C4 / Citroen C4 Owner's Manual / Visibility / Lighting controls

1 Off

1 Off
2 Automatic lighting
3 Sidelamps
4 Dipped beam/Main beam

Turn the barrel A forward. All lighting off

Turn the barrel A forward.

Sidelamps and dipped beams come on automatically in conditions of poor ambient Automatic lighting of headlamps

Sidelamps and dipped beams come on automatically in conditions of poor ambient light or when the wipers are in continuous operation.

They go out as soon as the light is once again sufficient or approx. 5 minutes after the wipers have stopped.

To activate this function, place control A on position 2.

Do not cover the brightness sensor, which is visible from the outside of the windscreen, behind the interior rear view mirror.

Turn the barrel A forward.

Turn the barrel A forward. Sidelamps on

Turn the barrel A forward.

Pull the stalk towards you to change from dipped beam to main beam and vice versa. Dipped beams/ main beams on

Pull the stalk towards you to change from dipped beam to main beam and vice versa.

Lights left on

An audible warning signal is triggered on opening the driver’s door, ignition off, to indicate that the vehicle’s lights are still on.

It stops on closing the door, switching off the lights or switching on the ignition.

There is no signal if automatic lighting or guide-me home lighting is activated.

Guide-me-home lighting

This function leaves the headlamps on temporarily to assist your exit in low light conditions.

This function is activated:

• Manually by pulling the lighting stalk towards you, ignition switched off.
• Automatically, provided that:

- the automatic headlamp lighting has been activated,
- the guide-me-home lighting has been activated. For this, select in the "Main menu", then in "Personalisation- Configuration", the lighting and signalling sub-menu and then activate the function.

See "Multifunction displays".

Note: It is possible to modify the duration of the guide-me-home lighting (approx. 60, 30 or 15 seconds) in the menu "Personalisation-Configuration".

For display A the period is fixed (approximately 30 seconds)

Vehicles with front and rear foglamps (Ring B)

Vehicles with front and rear foglamps (Ring B)

beams or main beams are switched on. They operate when sidelamps, dipped beams or main beams are switched on.

For a vehicle equipped with rear foglamps:

- 1st notch forwards: switches on rear foglamps.
- 1st notch rearwards: switches off rear foglamps.

For a vehicle equipped with front and rear foglamps:

- 1st notch forwards: switches on front foglamps.
- 2nd notch forwards: switches on rear foglamps.
- 1st notch rearwards: switches off rear foglamps.
- 2nd notch rearwards: switches off front foglamps.

Note:

The rear foglamps must only be used when visibility is severely reduced (fog, snow).

In conditions of poor visibility, if the ambient brightness does not trigger the automatic lighting, it is up to you to switch on your dipped beams manually, as well as your foglamps.

Headlamp adjustment

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