Contemporary automobiles have more and more functionnalities and even though they bring us a lot of convenience, a lot of them are not always user friendly. It doesn’t matter if you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Mercury Mariner, according to its functionnalities, it can be challenging to know precisely how to start a Mercury Mariner? Even if this fundamental act of running a car may seem obvious to most of you, dependant upon the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less elementary to do so. In this article we will explain the distinct ways to start a Mercury Mariner with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Mercury Mariner with a card, and to conclude, without using the key.

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How to start a Mercury Mariner with key?

So we start our article which is meant to show you how to start a Mercury Mariner, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find below the different measures to be executed to turn on the engine of your Mercury Mariner:

  • Discover the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is most of the time on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dashboard. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to read our article on the steering wheel blocked on Mercury Mariner that is blocked to discover 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 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 read our article on orange lights on Mercury Mariner to learn the explanation for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Mercury Mariner 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 test)
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  • That’s it. You managed to start your Mercury Mariner,

How to start a Mercury Mariner with the key card?

After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Mercury Mariner with key or will describe you how to do it for a Mercury Mariner equipped with a key card and not a key. The method is still roughly the same, so don’t be reluctant to get back to the previous part to have details on each of the steps to do. Learn down below the guidelines to follow to start your Mercury Mariner with a card:

  • Dependant upon 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 Mercury Mariner 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 generally placed at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is generally 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 Mercury Mariner
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  • Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Mercury Mariner

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How do I start a Mercury Mariner without a key?

And to conclude, we will discover, how to start a Mercury Mariner without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this may seem obvious. Nevertheless, you should know that if your Mercury Mariner is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be complicated to turn on it without a key because of all the security equipment present on it. As expected, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the procedure to stick to:

  • Remove the cover that protects your steering wheel and situate 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 operation). 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 extended contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Mercury Mariner).

There, you’ve learned all the options to start a Mercury Mariner.

If you wish more guides on the Mercury Mariner, go to our Mercury Mariner category.