Citroen C3: Lighting and visibility / Changing a wiper blade
Removing/refitting at the front

- Carry out these wiper blade replacement
operations from the driver's side.
- Starting with the wiper blade farthest from
you, hold each arm by the rigid section and raise
it as far as possible.
Take care not to hold the
arms at the jet
locations.
Do not touch the wiper blades. Risk of
irreparable deformation.
Do not release them while moving them. Risk
of damaging the windscreen!
- Clean the windscreen using screenwash
fluid.
Do not apply "Rain X" type
waterrepellent
products.
- Unclip the worn wiper blade closest to you
and remove it.
- Install the new wiper blade and clip it to the
arm.
- Repeat the procedure for the other wiper
blade.
- Starting with the wiper blade closest to you,
once again hold each arm by the rigid section,
then guide it carefully onto the windscreen.
Removing/refitting at the rear
- Hold the arm by the rigid section and raise it
as far as possible.
- Clean the rear screen using screenwash
fluid.
- Unclip the worn wiper blade and remove it.
- Install the new wiper blade and clip it to the
arm.
- Once again hold the arm by the rigid section,
then guide it carefully onto the rear screen.
In AUTO mode, the windscreen wipers operate
automatically, without any action on the part of
the driver. If rain is detected, the wiping adapts to
the intensity of the rainfall automatically...
Other information:
Immobilise the vehicle.
With the engine at idle, turn the key to
position 1.
Remove the key from the ignition switch.
To lock the steering column, turn the steering
wheel until it locks.
To facilitate unlocking of
the steering
column, it is recommended that the
wheels be returned to the straight ahead
position before switching off the engine.
Never switch off the
ignition before t..
Petrol fuels conforming to the EN228 standard
containing up to 5% and 10% ethanol
respectively.
Diesel fuels conforming to the EN590, EN16734
and EN16709 standards and containing up to
7%, 10%, 20% and 30% fatty acid methyl ester
respectively. The use of B20 or B30 fuels, even
occasionally, imposes special maintenance
conditions referred to as "Arduous conditions".
Paraffinic Diesel fuel..