Contemporary vehicles have more and more functionnalities and nevertheless they bring us a lot of convenience, some of them are not always simple to operate. No matter you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Citroen C4, dependent on its functionnalities, it can be difficult to figure out how to start a Citroen C4? Even if this fundamental act of running a car may seem very clear to most 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 demonstrate the different ways to start a Citroen C4 with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Citroen C4 with a card, and at last, without using the key.

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How to start a Citroen C4 with key?

So we commence our article content which is designed to learn you how to start a Citroen C4, which is furnished with a classic key start. Find under the various measures to be done to turn on the engine of your Citroen C4:

  • Distinguish 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 dashboard. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not think twice to browse our article content on the steering wheel blocked on Citroen C4 that is blocked to find out how to unblock it.
  • Insert 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 till you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
  • Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights disappear, if you don’t know what they indicate don’t think twice to browse our article content on orange lights on Citroen C4 to learn the reason for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Citroen C4 starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk injuring 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 C4,

How to start a Citroen C4 with the key card?

After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Citroen C4 with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Citroen C4 equipped with a key card and not a key. The technique remains roughly similar, so don’t think twice to return back to the previous section to have information on each of the steps to do. Discover listed below the actions to adhere to to start your Citroen C4 with a card:

  • Dependent 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 C4 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 commonly placed at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is commonly placed on the centre console.
  • Verify that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
  • Press the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Citroen C4
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  • Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Citroen C4

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How do I start a Citroen C4 without a key?

And at last, we will discover, how to start a Citroen C4 without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this could seem obvious. Nevertheless, you should know that if your Citroen C4 is newer than the mid 90’s it will be hard to start 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 method to adhere to:

  • Remove the cover that covers 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 together 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 C4).

There, you’ve found out all the solutions to start a Citroen C4.

If you wish more tutorials on the Citroen C4, go to our Citroen C4 category.