Recent vehicles have more and more features and despite the fact they bring us a lot of convenience, a lot of them are not all the time convenient to use. Regardless you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Citroen C15, depending on its features, it can be challenging to understand how to start a Citroen C15? Even if this essential act of running a car may seem self evident to many of you, depending on the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less elementary to do so. On this webpage we will teach you the different techniques to start a Citroen C15 with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Citroen C15 with a card, and to conclude, without using the key.
How to start a Citroen C15 with key?
So we start our content which aims to learn you how to start a Citroen C15, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find down below the various measures to be executed to turn on the engine of your Citroen C15:
- Determine the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is in most instances on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to consult our content on the steering wheel blocked on Citroen C15 that is blocked to discover how to unblock it.
- Place the key into this one.
- Verify that you are in neutral for a manual car and in the “N” or “P” position for an automatic transmission.
- Turn the ignition on by turning it clockwise a quarter turn up to the point you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
- Check on your dashboard that the orange lights turn off, if you don’t know what they suggest don’t be reluctant to consult our content on orange lights on Citroen C15 to know the reason for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Citroen C15 starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk damaging it, if the car does not start, let it rest a few tens of seconds before a new test)
- That’s it. You managed to start your Citroen C15,
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How to start a Citroen C15 with the key card?
After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Citroen C15 with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Citroen C15 equipped with a key card and not a key. The method is still more or less alike, so don’t be reluctant to return back to the previous part to have information on each of the steps to do. Discover listed below the guidelines to stick to to start your Citroen C15 with a card:
- Depending on the year and the series, you may or may not need to insert the card in a specific slot, examine on your dashboard if your Citroen C15 is equipped with this slot or not.
- If it has one, insert the card in this hole, or you can keep the card on you or anywhere in the cabin.
- Uncover the “start” button, which is in most cases based at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is in most cases located on the centre console.
- Verify that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
- Push the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Citroen C15
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Citroen C15
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How do I start a Citroen C15 without a key?
And to conclude, we will discover, how to start a Citroen C15 without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this could seem obvious. However, you should know that if your Citroen C15 is more modern than the mid 90’s it will be difficult to start it without a key because of all the security systems present on it. As expected, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the method to stick to:
- Remove the cover that protects your steering wheel and find among the 3 electric switches the one that concerns your engine/battery/starter (to help you, please bring your user manual).
- Strip, connect them together and isolate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the procedure). You now have electricity as if you had the contact
- At last, strip the starter wire and connect it quickly with the battery wire (do not make extended contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Citroen C15).
There, you’ve discovered all the solutions to start a Citroen C15.
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