Recent cars have more and more features and although they give us a lot of comfort, some of them are not always simple to use. Regardless you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Acura ILX, according to its features, it can be tricky to understand how to start a Acura ILX? Even if this fundamental act of running a car may seem evident to most of you, depending on the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less elementary to do so. Today we will show you the distinct methods to start a Acura ILX with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Acura ILX with a card, and to finish, without using the key.
How to start a Acura ILX with key?
So we commence our content which is designed to show you how to start a Acura ILX, which is furnished with a classic key start. Find under the different measures to be executed to turn on the engine of your Acura ILX:
- Discern the location of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is normally on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not think twice to browse our content on the steering wheel blocked on Acura ILX that is blocked to find out how to unblock it.
- Place the key into this one.
- Examine that you are in neutral for a manual car and in the “N” or “P” position for an automatic transmission.
- Turn the ignition on by turning it clockwise a quarter turn up to the point you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
- Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights turn off, if you don’t know what they mean don’t think twice to browse our content on orange lights on Acura ILX to find out the reason for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Acura ILX starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk damaging it, if the car does not start, let it recover a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
- That’s it. You handled to start your Acura ILX,
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How to start a Acura ILX with the key card?
After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Acura ILX with key or will show you you how to do it for a Acura ILX equipped with a key card and not a key. The method is more or less the same, so don’t think twice to return to the previous section to have information on each of the steps to do. Discover down below the guidelines to stick to to start your Acura ILX with a card:
- Dependent on the year and the series, you may or may not need to insert the card in a dedicated slot, check on your dashboard if your Acura ILX is equipped with this slot or not.
- If it has one, insert the card in this hole, or you can keep the card on you or anywhere in the cabin.
- Locate the “start” button, which is generally placed at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is generally located on the centre console.
- Examine that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
- Press the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Acura ILX
- Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Acura ILX
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How do I start a Acura ILX without a key?
And to finish, we will find out, how to start a Acura ILX without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this might seem obvious. Nevertheless, you should know that if your Acura ILX is more modern than the mid 90’s it will be tricky to start it without a key because of all the security equipment present on it. Of course, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the process to stick to:
- Remove the cover that protects your steering wheel and locate among the 3 electric switches the one that concerns your engine/battery/starter (to help you, please bring your user manual).
- Strip, connect them together and separate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the operation). You now have electricity as if you had the contact
- At last, strip the starter wire and connect it quickly with the battery wire (do not make prolonged contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Acura ILX).
There, you’ve discovered all the methods to start a Acura ILX.
If you wish more tutorials on the Acura ILX, go to our Acura ILX category.
