Recent cars have a growing number of options and nevertheless they provide us a lot of comfort, some of them are not all the time simple to operate. Regardless whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Citroen C4 Picasso, dependent on its options, it can be challenging to understand how to start a Citroen C4 Picasso? Even if this fundamental act of running a car may seem evident to many of you, according to the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less simple to do so. Today we will teach you the different procedures to start a Citroen C4 Picasso with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Citroen C4 Picasso with a card, and at last, without using the key.
How to start a Citroen C4 Picasso with key?
So we begin our article which is meant to show you how to start a Citroen C4 Picasso, which is furnished with a classic key start. Find under the different measures to be executed to turn on the engine of your Citroen C4 Picasso:
- Determine the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is normally on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not hesitate to browse our article on the steering wheel blocked on Citroen C4 Picasso that is blocked to discover how to unblock it.
- Insert 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 up to the point you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
- Check on your dashboard that the orange lights disappear, if you don’t know what they signify don’t hesitate to browse our article on orange lights on Citroen C4 Picasso to discover the reason for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Citroen C4 Picasso starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk damaging it, if the car does not start, let it rest a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
- That’s it. You handled to start your Citroen C4 Picasso,
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How to start a Citroen C4 Picasso with the key card?
After finding out about how to turn on the engine of a Citroen C4 Picasso with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Citroen C4 Picasso equipped with a key card and not a key. The technique remains pretty much alike, so don’t hesitate to return back to the previous part to have information on each of the steps to do. Discover listed below the steps to adhere to to start your Citroen C4 Picasso with a card:
- According to the year and the series, you may or may not need to put in the card in a dedicated slot, check on your dashboard if your Citroen C4 Picasso 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 located 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 C4 Picasso
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Citroen C4 Picasso
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How do I start a Citroen C4 Picasso without a key?
And at last, we will discover, how to start a Citroen C4 Picasso without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this could seem logical. However, you should know that if your Citroen C4 Picasso is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be complicated to turn on it without a key because of all the security equipment present on it. As expected, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the process to stick to:
- Remove the cover that covers your steering wheel and locate 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 separate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the operation). 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 C4 Picasso).
There, you’ve discovered all the techniques to start a Citroen C4 Picasso.
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