Key Code Will Not Enter Xantia

[bxnut]

Xantia 2 litre 8v petrol auto [P reg]

Vehicle has legit number code but will not let me enter it. Not a problem with battery. Never had the car running as it was delivered on a truck, bought as CatC Salvage. Was described as runs and drives.

 

When I enter the key code the green light comes on but the red light does not go out. The engine turns but there is no spark. I dont think the fuel pump is running either.

 

I have tried another key pad and even another ECU but the same fault occurs.

Any suggestions much appreciated.Thanks

[bordercollie]

I had a similar problem after I bought my Xantia last year- after a lot of fiddling about, I found that someone had tampered with the embedded Keycode unit, resulting in it locking all entries out. My local Citroen garage said that someone?? had tried to bypass the Keycode so a non-chipped key could be used. They wanted over £180 to fix it.

I had eventually to take it to a garage that had a code reader- they managed to reset the code to one of my choice in just 5 minutes, but I had also to buy a new key that had the new code put on its' chip- total cost was around the £80 mark, I'm afraid. There are lots of garages that do this listed on most Search Engines, try to find one local to your region.

By the way, nearly all garages that reset Keycodes insist on you having the logbook, insurance certificate, driving licence plus another proof of address, with you, before they will touch the car, to avoid fraud....

Best of luck!

David Grieve

[bxnut]

I had a similar problem after I bought my Xantia last year- after a lot of fiddling about, I found that someone had tampered with the embedded Keycode unit, resulting in it locking all entries out. My local Citroen garage said that someone?? had tried to bypass the Keycode so a non-chipped key could be used. They wanted over £180 to fix it.

I had eventually to take it to a garage that had a code reader- they managed to reset the code to one of my choice in just 5 minutes, but I had also to buy a new key that had the new code put on its' chip- total cost was around the £80 mark, I'm afraid. There are lots of garages that do this listed on most Search Engines, try to find one local to your region.

By the way, nearly all garages that reset Keycodes insist on you having the logbook, insurance certificate, driving licence plus another proof of address, with you, before they will touch the car, to avoid fraud....

Best of luck!

David Grieve

[bxnut]

Many thanks for your reply. We have been trying this with a code reader so far without success. I will let you know if we are successful. Thanks