Safety

The Citroën C5’s halogen lights help you anticipate bends in the road by covering an angle of up to 75° on both sides of the car – helping you see and be seen.

At twice the brightness of halogen lights, optional Xenon dual-function directional lights provide exceptional visibility at night and in poor weather to keep you and your passengers safe and sound. The white beams also help make night driving less tiring.

The lights follow the steering angle of the car so that you can see the road ahead sooner. Corner lights reaching out to 105° on each side and daytime running lights make you more visible on the road.

The Citroën C5 has an innovative and comprehensive braking system:

- There are four large vented disc brakes.
- An ABS (anti-blocking system) function adjusts braking pressure electronically to stop the wheels locking.
- Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) spreads braking power evenly to all four wheels.
- Emergency Braking Assistance (EBA) boosts braking power instantly when the driver brakes hard.
- Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) keeps the car stable if it slips when cornering.
- A traction control (ASR) system immediately brakes the drive wheels in a skid.

Unique to Citroën, intelligent traction control (ITC) provides grip on slippery surfaces to help the car travel through snow, black ice and rain. ITC analyses factors such as the slope of the road, type of snow and ice to adjust the slippage of the right and left wheels separately.

The Citroën C5 offers an innovative Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS) to help prevent drowsiness at the wheel. It detects any unintentional lane changes at speeds of 80km/h and over and vibrates the driver’s seat on the side of the drift, prompting them to get back on course.

With up to nine airbags, the Citroën C5 helps keep you and your passengers safe and sound:

- Standard airbags include front, side, knee and curtain.
- Two extra side airbags are available in the back.

The body of the Citroën C5 sets the highest standards in passenger protection, and has won five stars in EuroNCAP tests. - Two impact absorbers at the front dissipate energy in an impact and protect the main body of the car. - The steering column retracts over 65mm at impact. - High body stiffness provides better protection in any high-speed frontal impact.

The optional tyre pressure monitor continuously checks pressure and warns you if it drops too low.