Need help- saxo vtr ignition

  1. Newbie Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 2
    #1
    Hello I have a saxo vtr 1.6
    Cut the story short. The sleeve that goes over the ignition barrel has some wires that connect into it, 2 brown one orange any way the two brown wires have came out so now my car won't start.. Plz plz some one help me were do the wires go????? Pics would be great as I'm bit thick lol
  2. Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 Middlesbrough Posts: 2267 Past: Citroen Saxo Forte W reg posi blue Now: H
    #2
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    Originally Posted by Saxovtr01 View Post
    Hello I have a saxo vtr 1.6
    Cut the story short. The sleeve that goes over the ignition barrel has some wires that connect into it, 2 brown one orange any way the two brown wires have came out so now my car won't start.. Plz plz some one help me were do the wires go????? Pics would be great as I'm bit thick lol
    Hi you might have got this problem sorted by now but if not this might help.

    You car isnt starting, when you put the key in on the first and second positions does the car engage? or is it completely dead?

    If it does and you then try to crank the car does it not start or crank over?

    The brown wires tend to be the accessory wires, accessory wires gives 12v to features like air conditioning radio e.t.c but during crank it looses its power so that the car gets 14v to crank. Once car is started power feeds back to the accessory wires. The orange wire not sure. Best thing you can do for me
  3. Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 Middlesbrough Posts: 2267 Past: Citroen Saxo Forte W reg posi blue Now: H
    #3
    is to get a multimeter and test each of the fat wires. In the blocks their attached to they have metal contacts so you can probe the + lead to the wire and the - onto the metal points on the car.

    I need to know on each wire where 12v shows from start to Finnish, here is an example:

    orange wire: (start 0v > run 0v > crank 12v > run 0v)

    This way i can tell you what wire is what and see if any of wires under the steering coloum have been messed with.

    Thanks