Recent vehicles have a growing number of features and despite the fact they provide us a lot of comfort, a lot of them are not always convenient to use. Regardless whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Cadillac CTS, dependent on its features, it can be complicated to know precisely how to start a Cadillac CTS? Even if this imperative act of running a car may seem self evident to many of you, dependant upon the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less simple to do so. Today we will teach you the different procedures to start a Cadillac CTS with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Cadillac CTS with a card, and finally, without using the key.
How to start a Cadillac CTS with key?
So we start our article which is designed to teach you how to start a Cadillac CTS, which is furnished with a classic key start. Find below the different steps to be accomplished to turn on the engine of your Cadillac CTS:
- Determine the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is generally on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to browse our article on the steering wheel blocked on Cadillac CTS that is blocked to discover how to unblock it.
- Insert 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 till 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 article on orange lights on Cadillac CTS to find out the reason for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Cadillac CTS starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk harming it, if the car does not start, let it recover a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
- That’s it. You managed to start your Cadillac CTS,
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How to start a Cadillac CTS with the key card?
After finding out about how to turn on the engine of a Cadillac CTS with key or will demonstrate you how to do it for a Cadillac CTS equipped with a key card and not a key. The operation is roughly the same, so don’t be reluctant to return back to the previous section to get information on each of the steps to do. Discover down below the actions to follow to start your Cadillac CTS with a card:
- Dependent on the year and the series, you may or may not need to insert the card in a specific slot, verify on your dashboard if your Cadillac CTS 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.
- Uncover the “start” button, which is generally located at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is generally positioned on the centre console.
- Check that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
- Press the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Cadillac CTS
- Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Cadillac CTS
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How do I start a Cadillac CTS without a key?
And finally, we will see, how to start a Cadillac CTS without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this may seem logical. Even so, you should know that if your Cadillac CTS is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be tricky to turn on 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 method to adhere to:
- Remove the cover that protects 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 together 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
- Finally, 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 Cadillac CTS).
There, you’ve found out all the solutions to start a Cadillac CTS.
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