Contemporary cars have more and more options and despite the fact they give us a lot of comfort, some of them are not all the time easy to use. Regardless whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Buick Lucerne, dependent on its options, it can be hard to know precisely how to start a Buick Lucerne? Even if this essential act of running a car may seem like common sense to many of you, determined by the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less simple to do so. Today we will demonstrate the distinct ways to start a Buick Lucerne with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Buick Lucerne with a card, and at last, without using the key.

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How to start a Buick Lucerne with key?

So we start our content which aims to learn you how to start a Buick Lucerne, which is supplied with a classic key start. Find under the various steps to be accomplished to turn on the engine of your Buick Lucerne:

  • Discern the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is generally on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not hesitate to have a look at our content on the steering wheel blocked on Buick Lucerne that is blocked to find out how to unblock it.
  • Insert 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 go out, if you don’t know what they mean don’t hesitate to have a look at our content on orange lights on Buick Lucerne to learn the explanation for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Buick Lucerne starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk damaging it, if the car does not start, let it recover a few tens of seconds before a new test)

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  • That’s it. You handled to start your Buick Lucerne,

How to start a Buick Lucerne with the key card?

After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Buick Lucerne with key or will show you you how to do it for a Buick Lucerne equipped with a key card and not a key. The method remains roughly similar, so don’t hesitate to return back to the previous part to have details on each of the steps to do. Discover below the steps to stick to to start your Buick Lucerne 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 Buick Lucerne is equipped with this slot or not.
  • If it has one, insert the card in this hole, otherwise you can keep the card on you or anywhere in the cabin.
  • Find the “start” button, which is in most cases placed at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is in most cases placed on the centre console.
  • Examine that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
  • Push the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Buick Lucerne

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  • Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Buick Lucerne

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How do I start a Buick Lucerne without a key?

And at last, we will discover, how to start a Buick Lucerne 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 Buick Lucerne 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. Naturally, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the technique to stick to:

  • Remove the cover that covers 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
  • Finally, strip the starter wire and connect it promptly with the battery wire (do not make extended contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Buick Lucerne).

There, you’ve learned all the techniques to start a Buick Lucerne.

If perhaps you have any further questions about the Buick Lucerne, do not hesitate to consult our Buick Lucerne category.