Recent automobiles have a growing number of features and even though they provide us a lot of comfort, a lot of them are not all the time user friendly. Whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Toyota Camry, dependent on its features, it can be difficult to figure out how to start a Toyota Camry? Even if this essential act of running a car may seem self evident to many of you, determined by 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 teach you the different procedures to start a Toyota Camry with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Toyota Camry with a card, and to finish, without using the key.

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How to start a Toyota Camry with key?

So we start our article content which is meant to teach you how to start a Toyota Camry, which is supplied with a classic key start. Find under the different steps to be executed to turn on the engine of your Toyota Camry:

  • Find the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is almost always on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not think twice to have a look at our article content on the steering wheel blocked on Toyota Camry that is blocked to find out how to unblock it.
  • Put 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.
  • Check on your dashboard that the orange lights go out, if you don’t know what they mean don’t think twice to have a look at our article content on orange lights on Toyota Camry to discover the reason for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Toyota Camry starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk harming it, if the car does not start, let it rest a few tens of seconds before a new testing)

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  • That’s it. You managed to start your Toyota Camry,

How to start a Toyota Camry with the key card?

After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Toyota Camry with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Toyota Camry equipped with a key card and not a key. The technique is still more or less similar, so don’t think twice to go back to the previous section to get information on each of the steps to do. Discover below the guidelines to stick to to start your Toyota Camry with a card:

  • Dependant upon the year and the series, you may or may not need to insert the card in a dedicated slot, check on your dashboard if your Toyota Camry 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.
  • Locate the “start” button, which is in most cases placed at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is in most cases 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 Toyota Camry

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  • Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Toyota Camry

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How do I start a Toyota Camry without a key?

And to finish, we will discover, how to start a Toyota Camry without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this could seem obvious. Even so, you should know that if your Toyota Camry is newer than the mid 90’s it will be hard 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 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 procedure). 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 Toyota Camry).

There, you’ve discovered all the solutions to start a Toyota Camry.

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