Seattle Citroën
1962
UPDATED
3/2025
DS19 TURN SIGNAL SWITCH
USA and Canadian DS19’s received yet another new and unique turn signal switch for 1962. This one had a black (or perhaps dark gray) plastic knob in lieu of the white knob used on earlier cars. This new switch on USA cars looked just like the 1962 Euro version, but the USA version did not incorporate a headlight “passing” flasher that was added to Euro cars for 1962. This new switch for USA cars (P/N DW 522 05b) was used for a number of years on USA DS’s; from 1962 to early 1969, and utilized the external Klaxon flasher. ID19’s would eventually get this same switch in 1965.
Unique turn signal switch for 1962 DS19's in the USA
Chris Dubuque
DOOR GLASS
The thickness of the glass in the doors changed on USA DS19’s, ID19’s, and wagons for 1962. The door glass thickness on USA cars had been 6 mm on both the front and rear doors. But in December of 1961, the thickness changed to 5 mm for both front and rear doors of USA cars. Euro DS’s had a bewildering mix of 4, 5, and 6 mm thick door glass, usually thinner on the rear doors.
USA cars received 5 mm door glass in 1962 for all four doors
Chris Dubuque
REAR REFLECTOR
For 1962, North American DS's and ID's (in both USA and Canada) finally started getting reflectors that looked like the rear reflectors on Euro cars. (Remember that between July 1959 and November 1961, North American DS's and ID's had a really odd hexagonal-shaped rear reflector that not used anywhere else in the world - see it HERE.)
While the new reflector for 1962 looked the same as what was used on Euro cars, the red reflector part was still a unique part number, at least for an another year or two. It seems that the French reflectors did not comply with USA rules?
The parts books get a bit murky, but it looks like sometime around 1963 or 1964, the reflectors finally became the same globally.
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Strange reflector used between July of 1959 and November of 1961 on North American Cars only
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For 1962 and on, North American DS's and ID's received reflectors similar to those used on Euro cars