Contemporary automobiles have more and more features and despite the fact they give us a lot of convenience, a lot of them are not always easy to use. Regardless you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Jeep Compass, dependent on its features, it can be difficult to understand how to start a Jeep Compass? Even if this required act of running a car may seem like common sense to many of you, determined by the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less elementary to do so. Today we will demonstrate the different ways to start a Jeep Compass with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Jeep Compass with a card, and to conclude, without using the key.
How to start a Jeep Compass with key?
So we begin our article which aims to learn you how to start a Jeep Compass, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find below the various guidelines to be accomplished to turn on the engine of your Jeep Compass:
- Determine the location of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is normally on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dashboard. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to have a look at our article on the steering wheel blocked on Jeep Compass that is blocked to find out how to unblock it.
- Place 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 until 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 be reluctant to have a look at our article on orange lights on Jeep Compass to learn the reason for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Jeep Compass 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 test)
- That’s it. You managed to start your Jeep Compass,
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How to start a Jeep Compass with the key card?
After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Jeep Compass with key or will explain you how to do it for a Jeep Compass equipped with a key card and not a key. The operation remains roughly alike, so don’t be reluctant to go back to the previous section to get information on each of the steps to do. Discover below the guidelines to stick to to start your Jeep Compass with a card:
- Dependant upon 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 Jeep Compass 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.
- Find the “start” button, which is usually placed at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is usually located 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 Jeep Compass
- Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Jeep Compass
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How do I start a Jeep Compass without a key?
And to conclude, we will find out, how to start a Jeep Compass 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 Jeep Compass is newer than the mid 90’s it will be tricky to start it without a key because of all the security gadgets present on it. Naturally, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the method to follow:
- Remove the cover that covers 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 operation). 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 prolonged contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Jeep Compass).
There, you’ve found out all the solutions to start a Jeep Compass.
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