Recent vehicles have an increasing number of options and nevertheless they bring us a lot of comfort, some of them are not always simple to use. Regardless whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Citroen Cactus, according to its options, it can be tricky to figure out how to start a Citroen Cactus? Even if this imperative act of running a car may seem like common sense to most of you, depending 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 explain the different methods to start a Citroen Cactus with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Citroen Cactus with a card, and to finish, without using the key.
How to start a Citroen Cactus with key?
So we start our article which is meant to teach you how to start a Citroen Cactus, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find below the various guidelines to be done to turn on the engine of your Citroen Cactus:
- Discover the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is in most instances on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not hesitate to consult our article on the steering wheel blocked on Citroen Cactus that is blocked to discover how to unblock it.
- Place 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 until 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 indicate don’t hesitate to consult our article on orange lights on Citroen Cactus to learn the explanation for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Citroen Cactus starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk injuring it, if the car does not start, let it cool down a few tens of seconds before a new test)
- That’s it. You handled to start your Citroen Cactus,
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How to start a Citroen Cactus with the key card?
After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Citroen Cactus with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Citroen Cactus equipped with a key card and not a key. The operation is pretty much the same, so don’t hesitate to return to the previous section to get information on each of the steps to do. Discover down below the actions to stick to to start your Citroen Cactus with a card:
- According to 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 Cactus 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 based 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 Cactus
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Citroen Cactus
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How do I start a Citroen Cactus without a key?
And to finish, we will see, how to start a Citroen Cactus without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this could seem obvious. However, you should know that if your Citroen Cactus is more modern than the mid 90’s it will be tricky to start it without a key because of all the security systems present on it. Of course, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the procedure to adhere 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 isolate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the process). 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 lengthened contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Citroen Cactus).
There, you’ve learned all the ways to start a Citroen Cactus.
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