Contemporary automobiles have more and more features and nevertheless they provide us a lot of convenience, some of them are not all the time simple to operate. It doesn’t matter if you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Citroen C5 Aircross, according to its features, it can be hard to know precisely how to start a Citroen C5 Aircross? Even if this required act of running a car may seem very clear to most of you, dependent on the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less elementary to do so. In this article we will demonstrate the several procedures to start a Citroen C5 Aircross with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Citroen C5 Aircross with a card, and to finish, without using the key.

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How to start a Citroen C5 Aircross with key?

So we begin our article which is meant to teach you how to start a Citroen C5 Aircross, which is furnished with a classic key start. Find under the various guidelines to be accomplished to turn on the engine of your Citroen C5 Aircross:

  • Find 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 think twice to have a look at our article on the steering wheel blocked on Citroen C5 Aircross that is blocked to discover how to unblock it.
  • Insert 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.
  • Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights go out, if you don’t know what they indicate don’t think twice to have a look at our article on orange lights on Citroen C5 Aircross to know the explanation for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Citroen C5 Aircross starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk harming it, if the car does not start, let it cool down a few tens of seconds before a new test)
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  • That’s it. You handled to start your Citroen C5 Aircross,

How to start a Citroen C5 Aircross with the key card?

After learning about how to turn on the engine of a Citroen C5 Aircross with key or will demonstrate you how to do it for a Citroen C5 Aircross equipped with a key card and not a key. The method is still more or less similar, so don’t think twice to go back to the previous section to get information on each of the steps to do. Discover down below the steps to stick to to start your Citroen C5 Aircross 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, verify on your dashboard if your Citroen C5 Aircross 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.
  • Uncover the “start” button, which is generally located at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is generally situated on the centre console.
  • Examine that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
  • Press the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Citroen C5 Aircross
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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 C5 Aircross

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How do I start a Citroen C5 Aircross without a key?

And to finish, we will see, how to start a Citroen C5 Aircross without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this might seem logical. Even so, you should know that if your Citroen C5 Aircross is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be tricky to turn on it without a key because of all the security equipment present on it. Of course, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the technique to adhere to:

  • 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 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 promptly with the battery wire (do not make lengthened contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Citroen C5 Aircross).

There, you’ve found out all the ways to start a Citroen C5 Aircross.

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