What is the Red Key?

[saintjohnny]

What exactly makes the red key special when you get it with a car, and why can it not just be used like a normal car key?

[maviscoull]

if i remember right it is the MASTER KEY !! SO DONT LOSE IT !! LOL

[Toureman]

You must mean the red key which comes with the new Citroen C4.

It is only to be used for driving on ice, make sure you tighten your seatbelts before you use it.

[maviscoull]

toureman, thats interesting. can i ask why you need to use it when driving on ice ?

[Toureman]

Hi Mavis,

I was hoping someone would ask that,

Click on link to find out...............

http://www.alzmedia.com/video/c4skating.php?ve rsion=mpeg

LOL

[maviscoull]

ok toureman, been to your link and i still dont know if you are being serious or not. i have read and learned from you other posts but this video does not tell me about the red key ! .......or am i having a dense moment ? ( no im not blonde....as they say ! ) lmao

[Toureman]

Sorry Mavis, it all started with the question.

So many people ask a complicated question about their car but make it un-answerable because they never give any details about their car, all cars are different.

If they give enough details I always try to give them a proper answer as you know.

A question like this one could be answered by a quick tele call to a garage that sells these cars, we still do not know what car the saint has, I sometimes give a silly answer to silly questions.

[maviscoull]

lol ! i know we got a red key with one of our cars a few years ago and the guy said it was a master key and not to lose it.

next time i`ll think about if your joking or not, but that was really funny !! mavis

[furrycheeky]

If the car is a Ford, then the red key is the only key that allows you to program a new black key to the car. If you loose it the only way to get another key for the car is a costly visit to a Ford dealer.

[saintjohnny]

Toureman, you are out of order. Red keys come with many different kinds of car, I just wanted to know what the significance of this type of key was, that's all. If you can't be bothered to answer a perfectly legitimate question, don't post at all. Now do you know, or don't you???

[maviscoull]

so i was right then.....it is a master key !!

[Daveed]

Toureman - that cracked me up!

I thought with most cars as long as you have one original key, you can code another for the electronic immobiliser.

Might just be cunning idea, so if (like me) your spare key is in a draw somewhere at home, along with a load of other things of dubious importance, you don't throw it away without trying to figure out what it is.... red mean stop!

[Toureman]

Sorry johnny, but some people agreed with me, are you still too embarrased to tell us which car you are asking about?