Recent cars have more and more features and although they give us a lot of convenience, some of them are not all the time simple to use. Regardless whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Toyota Auris, dependent on its features, it can be difficult to figure out how to start a Toyota Auris? Even if this essential act of running a car may seem like common sense to most of you, dependent on the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less basic to do so. Today we will teach you the distinct methods to start a Toyota Auris with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Toyota Auris with a card, and to finish, without using the key.

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How to start a Toyota Auris with key?

So we begin our content page which is meant to show you how to start a Toyota Auris, which is furnished with a classic key start. Find under the different steps to be carried out to turn on the engine of your Toyota Auris:

  • Find the location of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is generally on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to read our content page on the steering wheel blocked on Toyota Auris 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 till you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
  • Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights disappear, if you don’t know what they suggest don’t be reluctant to read our content page on orange lights on Toyota Auris to discover the explanation for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Toyota Auris starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise 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 Toyota Auris,

How to start a Toyota Auris with the key card?

After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Toyota Auris with key or will explain you how to do it for a Toyota Auris equipped with a key card and not a key. The operation is still roughly alike, so don’t be reluctant to get back to the previous part to have information on each of the steps to do. Discover below the steps to adhere to to start your Toyota Auris 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, check on your dashboard if your Toyota Auris 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.
  • Examine that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
  • Push the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Toyota Auris
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  • Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Toyota Auris

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How do I start a Toyota Auris without a key?

And to finish, we will find out, how to start a Toyota Auris 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 Toyota Auris is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be hard to turn on it without a key because of all the security systems present on it. Obviously, 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 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
  • At last, strip the starter wire and connect it promptly with the battery wire (do not make prolonged contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Toyota Auris).

There, you’ve found out all the options to start a Toyota Auris.

If you wish more tutorials on the Toyota Auris, go to our Toyota Auris category.