Recent vehicles have an increasing number of features and although they provide us a lot of comfort, a lot 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, depending on its features, it can be difficult to understand how to start a Citroen C3? Even if this imperative act of running a car may seem obvious to most of you, determined by the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less basic to do so. In this article we will teach you the distinct techniques to start a Citroen C3 with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Citroen C3 with a card, and finally, without using the key.
How to start a Citroen C3 with key?
So we begin our article content which is designed to teach you how to start a Citroen C3, which is furnished with a classic key start. Find down below the different steps to be accomplished to turn on the engine of your Citroen C3:
- Discern the location of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is in most cases on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not think twice to browse our article content on the steering wheel blocked on Citroen C3 that is blocked to discover how to unblock it.
- Put the key into this one.
- Check 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 turn off, if you don’t know what they signify don’t think twice to browse our article content on orange lights on Citroen C3 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 starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk damaging it, if the car does not start, let it cool down a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
- That’s it. You handled to start your Citroen C3,
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How to start a Citroen C3 with the key card?
After finding out about how to turn on the engine of a Citroen C3 with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Citroen C3 equipped with a key card and not a key. The technique is more or less alike, so don’t think twice to get back to the previous section to get information on each of the steps to do. Learn down below the guidelines to stick to to start your Citroen C3 with a card:
- Depending on the year and the series, you may or may not need to put in the card in a specific slot, check on your dashboard if your Citroen C3 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.
- Find the “start” button, which is commonly placed at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is commonly positioned on the centre console.
- Check 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
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Citroen C3
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How do I start a Citroen C3 without a key?
And finally, we will see, how to start a Citroen C3 without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this might seem logical. However, you should know that if your Citroen C3 is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be complicated to turn on it without a key because of all the security systems present on it. Obviously, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the technique to carry out:
- Remove the cover that protects your steering wheel and situate among the 3 electric switches the one that concerns your engine/battery/starter (to help you, please bring your user manual).
- Strip, connect them mutually and separate 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 prolonged contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Citroen C3).
There, you’ve found out all the solutions to start a Citroen C3.
If you wish more tutorials on the Citroen C3, go to our Citroen C3 category.
