Recent automobiles have an increasing number of functionnalities and even though they give us a lot of convenience, some of them are not always user friendly. It doesn’t matter if you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Land Rover Defender, according to its functionnalities, it can be challenging to know precisely how to start a Land Rover Defender? Even if this imperative act of running a car may seem very clear to many of you, dependant upon 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 Land Rover Defender with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Land Rover Defender with a card, and to conclude, without using the key.

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How to start a Land Rover Defender with key?

So we start our article which is designed to learn you how to start a Land Rover Defender, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find listed below the various guidelines to be carried out to turn on the engine of your Land Rover Defender:

  • Identify the location of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is most frequently on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to have a look at our article on the steering wheel blocked on Land Rover Defender that is blocked to find out how to unblock it.
  • Insert 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.
  • Check on your dashboard that the orange lights disappear, if you don’t know what they indicate don’t be reluctant to have a look at our article on orange lights on Land Rover Defender to learn the explanation for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Land Rover Defender starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk harming it, if the car does not start, let it recover a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
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  • That’s it. You handled to start your Land Rover Defender,

How to start a Land Rover Defender with the key card?

After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Land Rover Defender with key or will describe you how to do it for a Land Rover Defender equipped with a key card and not a key. The procedure is still pretty much the same, so don’t be reluctant to return back to the previous section to have information on each of the steps to do. Discover down below the actions to stick to to start your Land Rover Defender with a card:

  • Depending on the year and the series, you may or may not need to put in the card in a specific slot, verify on your dashboard if your Land Rover Defender 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 positioned 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 Land Rover Defender
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  • Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Land Rover Defender

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How do I start a Land Rover Defender without a key?

And to conclude, we will discover, how to start a Land Rover Defender 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 Land Rover Defender is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be complicated to start it without a key because of all the security equipment present on it. Naturally, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the method to stick to:

  • 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 process). You now have electricity as if you had the contact
  • At last, strip the starter wire and connect it quickly with the battery wire (do not make lengthened contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Land Rover Defender).

There, you’ve found out all the ways to start a Land Rover Defender.

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