Modern vehicles have a growing number of features and nevertheless they bring us a lot of convenience, some of them are not always simple to use. No matter you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Opel Vivaro, depending on its features, it can be challenging to know precisely how to start a Opel Vivaro? Even if this fundamental act of running a car may seem like common sense to many of you, dependant upon 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 techniques to start a Opel Vivaro with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Opel Vivaro with a card, and to finish, without using the key.
How to start a Opel Vivaro with key?
So we begin our content which is meant to show you how to start a Opel Vivaro, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find under the different measures to be carried out to turn on the engine of your Opel Vivaro:
- Determine the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is in most cases on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dashboard. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not think twice to have a look at our content on the steering wheel blocked on Opel Vivaro 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 up to the point you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
- Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights go out, if you don’t know what they suggest don’t think twice to have a look at our content on orange lights on Opel Vivaro to find out the explanation for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Opel Vivaro 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)
- That’s it. You managed to start your Opel Vivaro,
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How to start a Opel Vivaro with the key card?
After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Opel Vivaro with key or will explain you how to do it for a Opel Vivaro equipped with a key card and not a key. The process is pretty much similar, so don’t think twice to go back to the previous part to have information on each of the steps to do. Learn below the actions to stick to to start your Opel Vivaro with a card:
- According to the year and the series, you may or may not need to put in the card in a specific slot, examine on your dashboard if your Opel Vivaro 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.
- Find the “start” button, which is generally located at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is generally placed 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 Opel Vivaro
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Opel Vivaro
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How do I start a Opel Vivaro without a key?
And to finish, we will find out, how to start a Opel Vivaro without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this may seem obvious. However, you should know that if your Opel Vivaro is newer than the mid 90’s it will be tricky to turn on it without a key because of all the security equipment present on it. Of course, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the technique to adhere 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 together 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 prolonged contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Opel Vivaro).
There, you’ve found out all the options to start a Opel Vivaro.
If you want more guides on the Opel Vivaro, go to our Opel Vivaro category.
