Recent vehicles have more and more features and although they bring us a lot of convenience, some of them are not all the time simple to use. No matter you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Kia Rio, depending on its features, it can be complicated to figure out how to start a Kia Rio? Even if this fundamental 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 teach you the distinct ways to start a Kia Rio with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Kia Rio with a card, and finally, without using the key.

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How to start a Kia Rio with key?

So we begin our article content which is meant to learn you how to start a Kia Rio, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find below the various steps to be executed to turn on the engine of your Kia Rio:

  • Determine the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is generally on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not think twice to have a look at our article content on the steering wheel blocked on Kia Rio that is blocked to find out how to unblock it.
  • Insert the key into this one.
  • Check 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 go out, if you don’t know what they indicate don’t think twice to have a look at our article content on orange lights on Kia Rio to find out the explanation for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Kia Rio 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 Kia Rio,

How to start a Kia Rio with the key card?

After learning about how to turn on the engine of a Kia Rio with key or will show you you how to do it for a Kia Rio equipped with a key card and not a key. The technique remains more or less alike, so don’t think twice to return to the previous section to get information on each of the steps to do. Learn down below the guidelines to stick to to start your Kia Rio with a card:

  • Dependant upon 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 Rio 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 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.
  • Check that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
  • Push the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Kia Rio

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

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How do I start a Kia Rio without a key?

And finally, we will see, how to start a Kia Rio without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this might seem logical. However, you should know that if your Kia Rio is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be hard to turn on it without a key because of all the security gadgets present on it. As expected, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the procedure to adhere 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 isolate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the operation). 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 extended contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Kia Rio).

There, you’ve discovered all the ways to start a Kia Rio.

Whenever you have any further questions about the Kia Rio, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Rio category.