Contemporary automobiles have an increasing number of options and although they give us a lot of comfort, some of them are not always user friendly. Whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Bmw Serie 1 F20, dependent on its options, it can be tricky to understand how to start a Bmw Serie 1 F20? Even if this essential act of running a car may seem evident to many of you, depending on the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less elementary to do so. On this webpage we will demonstrate the different techniques to start a Bmw Serie 1 F20 with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Bmw Serie 1 F20 with a card, and finally, without using the key.
How to start a Bmw Serie 1 F20 with key?
So we begin our content page which is designed to teach you how to start a Bmw Serie 1 F20, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find down below the various measures to be carried out to turn on the engine of your Bmw Serie 1 F20:
- Determine the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is in most cases on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to browse our content page on the steering wheel blocked on Bmw Serie 1 F20 that is blocked to find out how to unblock it.
- Put the key into this one.
- Check 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.
- Check on your dashboard that the orange lights go out, if you don’t know what they mean don’t be reluctant to browse our content page on orange lights on Bmw Serie 1 F20 to discover the explanation for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Bmw Serie 1 F20 starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk injuring it, if the car does not start, let it cool down a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
- That’s it. You managed to start your Bmw Serie 1 F20,
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How to start a Bmw Serie 1 F20 with the key card?
After finding out about how to turn on the engine of a Bmw Serie 1 F20 with key or will explain you how to do it for a Bmw Serie 1 F20 equipped with a key card and not a key. The operation is still roughly alike, so don’t be reluctant to return to the previous section to get information on each of the steps to do. Discover listed below the guidelines to adhere to to start your Bmw Serie 1 F20 with a card:
- Depending on the year and the series, you may or may not need to insert the card in a specific slot, check on your dashboard if your Bmw Serie 1 F20 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.
- Uncover the “start” button, which is in most cases located at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is in most cases located on the centre console.
- Check that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
- Push the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Bmw Serie 1 F20
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Bmw Serie 1 F20
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How do I start a Bmw Serie 1 F20 without a key?
And finally, we will find out, how to start a Bmw Serie 1 F20 without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this might seem logical. Even so, you should know that if your Bmw Serie 1 F20 is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be tricky to start it without a key because of all the security devices present on it. Naturally, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the process to adhere to:
- Remove the cover that covers your steering wheel and find among the 3 electric switches the one that concerns your engine/battery/starter (to help you, please bring your user manual).
- Strip, connect them mutually and isolate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the process). 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 lengthened contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Bmw Serie 1 F20).
There, you’ve found out all the options to start a Bmw Serie 1 F20.
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