Central Locking

[rattler]

i recently bought a c2 on an 06 plate at auction.

On collecting car only one key and unfortunately not the central locking one.

The key I have will lock driver door but not passenger and boot.

Am i correct in assuming this car has central locking by fob key as well as an internal push button to lock doors while driving

Any idea as to cost to replace fob key

 

Thanks in anticipation

 

 

[paul.h]

Welcome to the forum.

 

If you have the handbook it should explain the locking. If you do not have it, you can see/print them (in sections, I find using the mouse right click. print preview, print works well) from the service.citroen website under documentation de bord, select language then your car.

 

Citroen often provide just one remote locking key fob and a key without the remote - so it looks as if your remote key has been lost. There should also be a button in the middle of the dash (may have a padlock symbol on it) to lock the doors from inside. On most cars, once moving, if this button is held in it will actuate automatic locking when above about 6 mph. You could try the previous owner for the missing key but to get a new one you may need to go to a Citroen dealer who will also need to use diagnostics on the car to synchronise the new key and the old to the car. So cost probably over £100 for key and labour.

[rattler]

Thanks paul.h

I had guessed that a new key would be required

This next bit may sound stupid but

With a new fob key is there any need to use the non fob key. It is my intention after previous breakins on other cars to remove the barrel lock in the driver door blank off the hole and only use the fob key. 

I have done this successfully on other brands but not sure if it will work on citroen.

 

 

[rattler]

Thanks for the info on obtaining owners handbook.Got it

[paul.h]

If the C2 is like our C3 (2003), then sometimes the remote does not work, possibly due to radio interference, and then the key is needed to get in to the car. If you have removed the lock barrel then you would be stuck until the interference went.

 

There is an immobiliser on the car so that should stop it being driven away if somebody did break in whether by the lock or a window. The locks also deadlock from the remote (on the C3 one push on the remote, on the C4 and C5 uses 2 pushes so not sure about the C2) so if somebody got in and tried to use the dash button to unlock it the doors would remain locked. I am not sure if the deadlocks can be undone just using the key in the barrel.