Recent cars have an increasing number of features and although they provide us a lot of convenience, a lot of them are not always simple to operate. No matter you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Chevrolet Malibu, depending on its features, it can be hard to figure out how to start a Chevrolet Malibu? Even if this essential act of running a car may seem self evident to most of you, determined by 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 Chevrolet Malibu with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Chevrolet Malibu with a card, and to finish, without using the key.
How to start a Chevrolet Malibu with key?
So we start our article content which aims to teach you how to start a Chevrolet Malibu, which is furnished with a classic key start. Find under the various steps to be executed to turn on the engine of your Chevrolet Malibu:
- Discern the location 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 dashboard. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to read our article content on the steering wheel blocked on Chevrolet Malibu that is blocked to find out 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 up to the point you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
- Check on your dashboard that the orange lights disappear, if you don’t know what they mean don’t be reluctant to read our article content on orange lights on Chevrolet Malibu to find out the explanation for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Chevrolet Malibu starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk damaging it, if the car does not start, let it cool down a few tens of seconds before a new test)
- That’s it. You managed to start your Chevrolet Malibu,
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How to start a Chevrolet Malibu with the key card?
After learning about how to turn on the engine of a Chevrolet Malibu with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Chevrolet Malibu equipped with a key card and not a key. The process remains pretty much alike, so don’t be reluctant to return to the previous part to get details on each of the steps to do. Discover down below the guidelines to stick to to start your Chevrolet Malibu with a card:
- Depending on the year and the series, you may or may not need to insert the card in a dedicated slot, examine on your dashboard if your Chevrolet Malibu 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 in most cases located at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is in most cases 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 Chevrolet Malibu
- Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Chevrolet Malibu
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How do I start a Chevrolet Malibu without a key?
And to finish, we will discover, how to start a Chevrolet Malibu without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this could seem logical. However, you should know that if your Chevrolet Malibu is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be tricky to turn on 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 technique to follow:
- Remove the cover that protects your steering wheel and situate 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 separate 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 promptly with the battery wire (do not make extended contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Chevrolet Malibu).
There, you’ve found out all the methods to start a Chevrolet Malibu.
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