Contemporary automobiles have an increasing number of options and even though they provide us a lot of comfort, a lot of them are not all the time easy to use. It doesn’t matter if you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Ford Kuga, dependent on its options, it can be hard to figure out how to start a Ford Kuga? Even if this fundamental act of running a car may seem very clear to most of you, dependent on the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less basic to do so. On this webpage we will demonstrate the several ways to start a Ford Kuga with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Ford Kuga with a card, and finally, without using the key.
How to start a Ford Kuga with key?
So we start our content page which is designed to show you how to start a Ford Kuga, which is supplied with a classic key start. Find below the different guidelines to be executed to turn on the engine of your Ford Kuga:
- Distinguish the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is most of the time on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to read our content page on the steering wheel blocked on Ford Kuga that is blocked to learn how to unblock it.
- Put 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 till 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 content page on orange lights on Ford Kuga to know the reason for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Ford Kuga starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk damaging it, if the car does not start, let it recover a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
- That’s it. You handled to start your Ford Kuga,
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How to start a Ford Kuga with the key card?
After finding out about how to turn on the engine of a Ford Kuga with key or will explain you how to do it for a Ford Kuga equipped with a key card and not a key. The procedure is still roughly similar, so don’t be reluctant to get back to the previous part to get information on each of the steps to do. Discover down below the actions to stick to to start your Ford Kuga with a card:
- According to the year and the series, you may or may not need to insert the card in a specific slot, examine on your dashboard if your Ford Kuga 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 usually located at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is usually positioned 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 Ford Kuga
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Ford Kuga
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How do I start a Ford Kuga without a key?
And finally, we will discover, how to start a Ford Kuga 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 Ford Kuga is more modern than the mid 90’s it will be difficult to turn on it without a key because of all the security devices present on it. Of course, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the process to stick 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 jointly 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
- 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 Ford Kuga).
There, you’ve learned all the options to start a Ford Kuga.
If you need more guides on the Ford Kuga, go to our Ford Kuga category.
