Recent cars have an increasing number of functionnalities and although they bring us a lot of convenience, some of them are not all the time convenient to use. Whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Toyota Iq, depending on its functionnalities, it can be tricky to figure out how to start a Toyota Iq? 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. Today we will show you the distinct ways to start a Toyota Iq with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Toyota Iq with a card, and finally, without using the key.
How to start a Toyota Iq with key?
So we start our content page which is designed to learn you how to start a Toyota Iq, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find below the various guidelines to be accomplished to turn on the engine of your Toyota Iq:
- Find the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is generally on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not hesitate to consult our content page on the steering wheel blocked on Toyota Iq that is blocked to find out how to unblock it.
- Put the key into this one.
- Verify 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 turn off, if you don’t know what they mean don’t hesitate to consult our content page on orange lights on Toyota Iq to discover the reason for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Toyota Iq 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 test)
- That’s it. You managed to start your Toyota Iq,
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How to start a Toyota Iq with the key card?
After finding out about how to turn on the engine of a Toyota Iq with key or will demonstrate you how to do it for a Toyota Iq equipped with a key card and not a key. The process is more or less alike, so don’t hesitate to go back to the previous section to get information on each of the steps to do. Discover down below the actions to stick to to start your Toyota Iq 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, verify on your dashboard if your Toyota Iq 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 usually placed at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is usually placed on the centre console.
- Verify that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
- Press the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Toyota Iq
- Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Toyota Iq
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How do I start a Toyota Iq without a key?
And finally, we will see, how to start a Toyota Iq without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this might seem logical. Nevertheless, you should know that if your Toyota Iq is more modern than the mid 90’s it will be tricky to start it without a key because of all the security devices present on it. Of course, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the process to carry out:
- Remove the cover that covers 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 extended contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Toyota Iq).
There, you’ve learned all the techniques to start a Toyota Iq.
If you need more tutorials on the Toyota Iq, go to our Toyota Iq category.
