Contemporary vehicles have an increasing number of features and although they give us a lot of convenience, 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 Dacia Lodgy, depending on its features, it can be challenging to figure out how to start a Dacia Lodgy? Even if this required act of running a car may seem obvious to many of you, dependent on the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less basic to do so. Today we will explain the different techniques to start a Dacia Lodgy with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Dacia Lodgy with a card, and to conclude, without using the key.

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How to start a Dacia Lodgy with key?

So we begin our content which is meant to show you how to start a Dacia Lodgy, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find down below the different guidelines to be executed to turn on the engine of your Dacia Lodgy:

  • Discern the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is most frequently on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dashboard. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to read our content on the steering wheel blocked on Dacia Lodgy 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 indicate don’t be reluctant to read our content on orange lights on Dacia Lodgy to know the explanation for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Dacia Lodgy 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)

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  • That’s it. You managed to start your Dacia Lodgy,

How to start a Dacia Lodgy with the key card?

After finding out about how to turn on the engine of a Dacia Lodgy with key or will describe you how to do it for a Dacia Lodgy equipped with a key card and not a key. The process is roughly alike, so don’t be reluctant to go back to the previous part to have information on each of the steps to do. Learn down below the actions to stick to to start your Dacia Lodgy with a card:

  • Dependant upon 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 Dacia Lodgy 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 based 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 Dacia Lodgy

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

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How do I start a Dacia Lodgy without a key?

And to conclude, we will see, how to start a Dacia Lodgy without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this may seem obvious. Nevertheless, you should know that if your Dacia Lodgy is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be complicated to turn on it without a key because of all the security systems present on it. Obviously, 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 jointly 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
  • At last, strip the starter wire and connect it promptly with the battery wire (do not make prolonged contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Dacia Lodgy).

There, you’ve found out all the options to start a Dacia Lodgy.

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