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Citroen C3: Remote control / Key / Locating the vehicle. Advice

Locating the vehicle

This function helps you to spot your vehicle from a distance, with the vehicle locked:

  • The sidelamps and dipped beam headlamps come on for 30 seconds.
  • Citroen C3. Locating the vehicle. Advice Press this button.

Pressing again before the end of the timed period switches off the lamps immediately.

Advice

Citroen C3. Locating the vehicle. Advice Remote control

The remote control is a sensitive, highfrequency device; avoid handling it in your pocket, due to the risk of unintentionally unlocking the vehicle.

Avoid pressing the remote control buttons while out of range of the vehicle, due to the risk of rendering the remote control inoperative. It would then be necessary to reset it.

The remote control does not work when the key is in the ignition switch, even when the ignition is switched off.

Citroen C3. Locating the vehicle. Advice Anti-theft protection

Do not modify the electronic vehicle immobiliser, as this might result in malfunctions.

Citroen C3. Locating the vehicle. Advice Locking the vehicle

Driving with the doors locked could make it more difficult for the emergency services to enter the vehicle in an emergency.

Citroen C3. Locating the vehicle. Advice Purchasing a second-hand vehicle

Have the key codes memorised by a CITROËN dealer, to ensure that the keys in your possession are the only ones able to start the vehicle.

    Unlocking/Locking the vehicle

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    This system allows the unlocking, locking and starting of the vehicle, while carrying the electronic key on your person in the recognition zone A. Unlocking the vehicle With the electronic key on your person in recognition zone A, pass your hand behind the door handle of one of the front doors, or press the tailgate opening control...

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