Modern vehicles have an increasing number of functionnalities and although they provide us a lot of comfort, a lot of them are not all the time simple to use. No matter you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Mercedes Viano, depending on its functionnalities, it can be hard to know precisely how to start a Mercedes Viano? Even if this essential act of running a car may seem evident to most of you, dependant upon the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less simple to do so. In this article we will demonstrate the different ways to start a Mercedes Viano with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Mercedes Viano with a card, and at last, without using the key.
How to start a Mercedes Viano with key?
So we start our article which is designed to learn you how to start a Mercedes Viano, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find under the different guidelines to be carried out to turn on the engine of your Mercedes Viano:
- Discern 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 dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to browse our article on the steering wheel blocked on Mercedes Viano that is blocked to find out how to unblock it.
- Put the key into this one.
- Verify 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 suggest don’t be reluctant to browse our article on orange lights on Mercedes Viano to find out the reason for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Mercedes Viano starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk harming it, if the car does not start, let it rest a few tens of seconds before a new test)
- That’s it. You handled to start your Mercedes Viano,
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How to start a Mercedes Viano with the key card?
After finding out about how to turn on the engine of a Mercedes Viano with key or will demonstrate you how to do it for a Mercedes Viano equipped with a key card and not a key. The operation is more or less alike, so don’t be reluctant to go back to the previous section to have details on each of the steps to do. Learn listed below the actions to follow to start your Mercedes Viano with a card:
- Depending on the year and the series, you may or may not need to put in the card in a dedicated slot, verify on your dashboard if your Mercedes Viano 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.
- Uncover the “start” button, which is commonly placed at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is commonly placed on the centre console.
- Verify that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
- Push the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Mercedes Viano
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Mercedes Viano
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How do I start a Mercedes Viano without a key?
And at last, we will see, how to start a Mercedes Viano 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 Mercedes Viano is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be tricky to turn on it without a key because of all the security devices present on it. Obviously, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the method to follow:
- 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 mutually and isolate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the process). You now have electricity as if you had the contact
- Finally, 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 Mercedes Viano).
There, you’ve found out all the methods to start a Mercedes Viano.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Mercedes Viano, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Viano category.
