Recent vehicles have more and more functionnalities and even though they give us a lot of convenience, some of them are not all the time user friendly. Regardless whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Mitsubishi Eclipse, dependent on its functionnalities, it can be complicated to know precisely how to start a Mitsubishi Eclipse? Even if this imperative act of running a car may seem like common sense to most of you, determined by the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less basic to do so. On this webpage we will explain the several procedures to start a Mitsubishi Eclipse with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Mitsubishi Eclipse with a card, and at last, without using the key.
How to start a Mitsubishi Eclipse with key?
So we start our article which is designed to learn you how to start a Mitsubishi Eclipse, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find listed below the various measures to be executed to turn on the engine of your Mitsubishi Eclipse:
- Discern the location of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is in most cases on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dashboard. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to consult our article on the steering wheel blocked on Mitsubishi Eclipse that is blocked to learn 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 until you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
- Check on your dashboard that the orange lights turn off, if you don’t know what they suggest don’t be reluctant to consult our article on orange lights on Mitsubishi Eclipse to find out the explanation for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Mitsubishi Eclipse starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk injuring 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse,
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How to start a Mitsubishi Eclipse with the key card?
After finding out about how to turn on the engine of a Mitsubishi Eclipse with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Mitsubishi Eclipse equipped with a key card and not a key. The process is pretty much the same, so don’t be reluctant to return to the previous section to have information on each of the steps to do. Discover below the steps to follow to start your Mitsubishi Eclipse 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse 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.
- Examine that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
- Press the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Mitsubishi Eclipse
- Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Mitsubishi Eclipse
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How do I start a Mitsubishi Eclipse without a key?
And at last, we will find out, how to start a Mitsubishi Eclipse 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse is newer than the mid 90’s it will be complicated 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 carry out:
- 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 separate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the procedure). 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 lengthened contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Mitsubishi Eclipse).
There, you’ve discovered all the methods to start a Mitsubishi Eclipse.
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