Recent automobiles have more and more features and although they bring us a lot of convenience, some of them are not always simple to operate. It doesn’t matter if you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Citroen C3 Pluriel, depending on its features, it can be hard to understand how to start a Citroen C3 Pluriel? Even if this essential act of running a car may seem self evident to most of you, dependent on the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less basic to do so. On this webpage we will demonstrate the different techniques to start a Citroen C3 Pluriel with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Citroen C3 Pluriel with a card, and at last, without using the key.

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How to start a Citroen C3 Pluriel with key?

So we begin our content page which is meant to learn you how to start a Citroen C3 Pluriel, which is supplied with a classic key start. Find under the various steps to be carried out to turn on the engine of your Citroen C3 Pluriel:

  • Discern the location of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is generally on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to browse our content page on the steering wheel blocked on Citroen C3 Pluriel that is blocked to learn how to unblock it.
  • Place the key into this one.
  • Examine 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 till you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
  • Check on your dashboard that the orange lights go out, if you don’t know what they suggest don’t be reluctant to browse our content page on orange lights on Citroen C3 Pluriel to know the explanation for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Citroen C3 Pluriel starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk damaging it, if the car does not start, let it recover a few tens of seconds before a new test)

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  • That’s it. You handled to start your Citroen C3 Pluriel,

How to start a Citroen C3 Pluriel with the key card?

After finding out about how to turn on the engine of a Citroen C3 Pluriel with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Citroen C3 Pluriel equipped with a key card and not a key. The operation is still roughly the same, so don’t be reluctant to return to the previous section to have details on each of the steps to do. Learn below the guidelines to stick to to start your Citroen C3 Pluriel with a card:

  • According to the year and the series, you may or may not need to insert the card in a specific slot, verify on your dashboard if your Citroen C3 Pluriel is equipped with this slot or not.
  • If it has one, insert the card in this hole, otherwise you can keep the card on you or anywhere in the cabin.
  • Find the “start” button, which is in most cases located at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is in most cases situated on the centre console.
  • Examine that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
  • Push the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Citroen C3 Pluriel

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  • Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Citroen C3 Pluriel

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How do I start a Citroen C3 Pluriel without a key?

And at last, we will discover, how to start a Citroen C3 Pluriel without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this might seem obvious. However, you should know that if your Citroen C3 Pluriel is newer than the mid 90’s it will be difficult to turn on it without a key because of all the security systems present on it. Naturally, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the technique to carry out:

  • 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 jointly 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
  • Finally, 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 C3 Pluriel).

There, you’ve learned all the ways to start a Citroen C3 Pluriel.

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