Citroen Xantia

Since 1993 of release

Repair and car operation

Operations procedure in extreme situations

The material stated more low urged to help to cope to the owner of a vehicle with a situation in case of the most typical refusals of the car in a way. More detailed information on search of causes of failures is resulted in the sections devoted to a problem diagnostics (Diagnostics of malfunctions of knots and car systems see), and also to repair of knots and car systems (in each of Heads of the basic part of the Management).

The engine is not started, the starter is not turned

• If your car is equipped by automatic transmission, make sure that the lever of the selector of a transmission is in position “Р” or “N”.
• Open a cowl and check up a condition of polar plugs of the battery and reliability of fastening on them of clips of wires.
• Include head headlights and repeat attempt of start of the engine. If at the moment of turn of a key brightness of a luminescence of headlights falls, it is necessary to check up level of a charge of the battery. To overcome the given difficulty it is possible by start of the engine from an auxiliary source (see more low) — address for the help to the owner of other vehicle.

The engine is not started, despite serviceability of functioning of a starter

• Check up fuel presence in a fuel tank.
• Check up, whether surfaces of the components located in an impellent compartment are humidified. Switch off ignition and remove the revealed traces of a moisture dry rags. Spray a special absorber of a moisture (type WD-40) electric sockets of systems of ignition and a food. It is necessary to give special attention to a condition of electric sockets of the coil of ignition and ВВ wires.