Contemporary vehicles have a growing number of options and although they bring us a lot of comfort, a lot of them are not always user friendly. Regardless whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Kia Xceed, according to its options, it can be difficult to understand how to start a Kia Xceed? 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 basic to do so. Today we will show you the different ways to start a Kia Xceed with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Kia Xceed with a card, and to finish, without using the key.

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How to start a Kia Xceed with key?

So we commence our article content which is meant to teach you how to start a Kia Xceed, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find under the various guidelines to be carried out to turn on the engine of your Kia Xceed:

  • Distinguish the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is most frequently on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dashboard. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not hesitate to browse our article content on the steering wheel blocked on Kia Xceed 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 up to the point you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
  • Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights disappear, if you don’t know what they signify don’t hesitate to browse our article content on orange lights on Kia Xceed to discover the reason for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Kia Xceed starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk injuring it, if the car does not start, let it rest a few tens of seconds before a new test)

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  • That’s it. You handled to start your Kia Xceed,

How to start a Kia Xceed with the key card?

After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Kia Xceed with key or will describe you how to do it for a Kia Xceed equipped with a key card and not a key. The technique remains more or less the same, so don’t hesitate to return back to the previous part to get information on each of the steps to do. Discover listed below the steps to follow to start your Kia Xceed with a card:

  • Dependent on the year and the series, you may or may not need to put in the card in a specific slot, check on your dashboard if your Kia Xceed is equipped with this slot or not.
  • If it has one, insert the card in this hole, otherwise you can keep the card on you or anywhere in the cabin.
  • Locate the “start” button, which is in most cases based at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is in most cases situated 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 Xceed

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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 Xceed

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How do I start a Kia Xceed without a key?

And to finish, we will discover, how to start a Kia Xceed without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this could seem logical. Nevertheless, you should know that if your Kia Xceed is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be complicated to start it without a key because of all the security gadgets present on it. Obviously, 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 together and separate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the process). 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 Xceed).

There, you’ve found out all the ways to start a Kia Xceed.

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