Modern cars have an increasing number of functionnalities and nevertheless they bring us a lot of convenience, a lot of them are not always convenient to use. No matter you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Honda Insight, according to its functionnalities, it can be tricky to understand how to start a Honda Insight? Even if this required act of running a car may seem like common sense to most of you, depending on the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less simple to do so. On this webpage we will show you the different procedures to start a Honda Insight with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Honda Insight with a card, and to finish, without using the key.

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How to start a Honda Insight with key?

So we commence our article content which is designed to learn you how to start a Honda Insight, which is supplied with a classic key start. Find down below the various guidelines to be accomplished to turn on the engine of your Honda Insight:

  • Distinguish the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is almost always on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dashboard. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not think twice to consult our article content on the steering wheel blocked on Honda Insight 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.
  • Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights disappear, if you don’t know what they mean don’t think twice to consult our article content on orange lights on Honda Insight to know the explanation for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Honda Insight starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk damaging it, if the car does not start, let it rest a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
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  • That’s it. You handled to start your Honda Insight,

How to start a Honda Insight with the key card?

After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Honda Insight with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Honda Insight equipped with a key card and not a key. The method is still roughly the same, so don’t think twice to go back to the previous part to have details on each of the steps to do. Discover listed below the actions to follow to start your Honda Insight with a card:

  • According to the year and the series, you may or may not need to insert the card in a specific slot, check on your dashboard if your Honda Insight 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 commonly based at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is commonly situated on the centre console.
  • Examine that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
  • Press the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Honda Insight
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  • Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Honda Insight

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How do I start a Honda Insight without a key?

And to finish, we will see, how to start a Honda Insight 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 Honda Insight is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be hard to start it without a key because of all the security systems present on it. As expected, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the method to follow:

  • Remove the cover that covers 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 mutually 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 promptly with the battery wire (do not make extended contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Honda Insight).

There, you’ve learned all the options to start a Honda Insight.

To find more tips on the Honda Insight, take a look at the Honda Insight category.