Modern vehicles have a growing number of functionnalities and despite the fact they provide us a lot of comfort, some of them are not all the time user friendly. It doesn’t matter if you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Fiat Ducato, depending on its functionnalities, it can be difficult to figure out how to start a Fiat Ducato? Even if this fundamental act of running a car may seem like common sense to many of you, according to the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less basic to do so. In this article we will show you the several techniques to start a Fiat Ducato with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Fiat Ducato with a card, and to conclude, without using the key.

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How to start a Fiat Ducato with key?

So we commence our article which is meant to show you how to start a Fiat Ducato, which is furnished with a classic key start. Find listed below the different measures to be accomplished to turn on the engine of your Fiat Ducato:

  • Determine the location of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is almost always on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not think twice to read our article on the steering wheel blocked on Fiat Ducato that is blocked to discover 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.
  • Check on your dashboard that the orange lights turn off, if you don’t know what they signify don’t think twice to read our article on orange lights on Fiat Ducato to learn the explanation for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Fiat Ducato starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk harming it, if the car does not start, let it cool down a few tens of seconds before a new testing)

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  • That’s it. You managed to start your Fiat Ducato,

How to start a Fiat Ducato with the key card?

After finding out about how to turn on the engine of a Fiat Ducato with key or will describe you how to do it for a Fiat Ducato equipped with a key card and not a key. The technique remains more or less the same, so don’t think twice to return to the previous part to get details on each of the steps to do. Discover listed below the steps to adhere to to start your Fiat Ducato with a card:

  • Dependent on the year and the series, you may or may not need to put in the card in a specific slot, examine on your dashboard if your Fiat Ducato 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 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 Fiat Ducato

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

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How do I start a Fiat Ducato without a key?

And to conclude, we will discover, how to start a Fiat Ducato 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 Fiat Ducato is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be tricky to start 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 method to carry out:

  • Remove the cover that protects 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 procedure). 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 extended contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Fiat Ducato).

There, you’ve learned all the options to start a Fiat Ducato.

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