Modern cars have more and more functionnalities and although they give us a lot of comfort, a lot of them are not all the time convenient to use. It doesn’t matter if you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Kia Picanto, according to its functionnalities, it can be hard to understand how to start a Kia Picanto? Even if this required act of running a car may seem self evident to many of you, depending on the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less simple to do so. Today we will explain the several methods to start a Kia Picanto with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Kia Picanto with a card, and to conclude, without using the key.
How to start a Kia Picanto with key?
So we begin our content which aims to learn you how to start a Kia Picanto, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find down below the different measures to be executed to turn on the engine of your Kia Picanto:
- Distinguish the location of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is normally on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to consult our content on the steering wheel blocked on Kia Picanto 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.
- Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights disappear, if you don’t know what they suggest don’t be reluctant to consult our content on orange lights on Kia Picanto to discover the reason for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Kia Picanto starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk harming it, if the car does not start, let it rest a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
- That’s it. You handled to start your Kia Picanto,
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How to start a Kia Picanto with the key card?
After learning about how to turn on the engine of a Kia Picanto with key or will explain you how to do it for a Kia Picanto equipped with a key card and not a key. The method is pretty much alike, so don’t be reluctant to return to the previous part to get details on each of the steps to do. Discover listed below the actions to stick to to start your Kia Picanto with a card:
- Depending on 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 Kia Picanto 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.
- Locate 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 located 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 Kia Picanto
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Kia Picanto
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How do I start a Kia Picanto without a key?
And to conclude, we will see, how to start a Kia Picanto without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this may seem logical. However, you should know that if your Kia Picanto is more modern than the mid 90’s it will be complicated to start it without a key because of all the security devices present on it. Naturally, 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 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 Kia Picanto).
There, you’ve found out all the ways to start a Kia Picanto.
If you need more guides on the Kia Picanto, go to our Kia Picanto category.
