Recent vehicles have more and more options and even though they give us a lot of comfort, some of them are not all the time simple to operate. Whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Citroen Xantia, according to its options, it can be difficult to understand how to start a Citroen Xantia? Even if this required act of running a car may seem obvious to most of you, dependant upon the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less simple to do so. In this article we will demonstrate the different techniques to start a Citroen Xantia with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Citroen Xantia with a card, and finally, without using the key.
How to start a Citroen Xantia with key?
So we start our article which aims to learn you how to start a Citroen Xantia, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find under the various measures to be carried out to turn on the engine of your Citroen Xantia:
- 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 dashboard. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not think twice to browse our article on the steering wheel blocked on Citroen Xantia that is blocked to learn 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 till you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
- Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights turn off, if you don’t know what they mean don’t think twice to browse our article on orange lights on Citroen Xantia to find out the explanation for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Citroen Xantia starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk injuring it, if the car does not start, let it recover a few tens of seconds before a new test)
- That’s it. You managed to start your Citroen Xantia,
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How to start a Citroen Xantia with the key card?
After learning about how to turn on the engine of a Citroen Xantia with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Citroen Xantia equipped with a key card and not a key. The process is roughly similar, so don’t think twice to go back to the previous section to have information on each of the steps to do. Discover listed below the steps to stick to to start your Citroen Xantia with a card:
- Dependent on the year and the series, you may or may not need to put in the card in a dedicated slot, examine on your dashboard if your Citroen Xantia 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.
- Locate the “start” button, which is generally based at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is generally situated 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 Xantia
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Citroen Xantia
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How do I start a Citroen Xantia without a key?
And finally, we will discover, how to start a Citroen Xantia without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this could seem logical. Even so, you should know that if your Citroen Xantia is more modern than the mid 90’s it will be hard to turn on it without a key because of all the security devices present on it. Of course, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the technique to follow:
- 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 mutually 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
- 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 Xantia).
There, you’ve learned all the methods to start a Citroen Xantia.
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