Modern cars have a growing number of functionnalities and although they provide us a lot of convenience, a lot of them are not always user friendly. No matter you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Toyota Sienna, according to its functionnalities, it can be difficult to understand how to start a Toyota Sienna? Even if this essential act of running a car may seem obvious to many of you, according to the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less elementary to do so. On this webpage we will show you the several ways to start a Toyota Sienna with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a Toyota Sienna with a card, and to conclude, without using the key.
How to start a Toyota Sienna with key?
So we begin our article content which is designed to learn you how to start a Toyota Sienna, which is furnished with a classic key start. Find listed below the various measures to be carried out to turn on the engine of your Toyota Sienna:
- 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 think twice to consult our article content on the steering wheel blocked on Toyota Sienna that is blocked to find out how to unblock it.
- Insert 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.
- Check on your dashboard that the orange lights go out, if you don’t know what they mean don’t think twice to consult our article content on orange lights on Toyota Sienna to discover the explanation for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Toyota Sienna starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk damaging it, if the car does not start, let it cool down a few tens of seconds before a new test)
- That’s it. You handled to start your Toyota Sienna,
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How to start a Toyota Sienna with the key card?
After learning about how to turn on the engine of a Toyota Sienna with key or will show you you how to do it for a Toyota Sienna equipped with a key card and not a key. The technique remains more or less the same, so don’t think twice to return to the previous section to have information on each of the steps to do. Discover below the steps to stick to to start your Toyota Sienna with a card:
- According to the year and the series, you may or may not need to put in the card in a dedicated slot, examine on your dashboard if your Toyota Sienna 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 situated 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 Sienna
- Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Toyota Sienna
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How do I start a Toyota Sienna without a key?
And to conclude, we will see, how to start a Toyota Sienna 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 Sienna is more modern than the mid 90’s it will be difficult to turn on it without a key because of all the security gadgets present on it. Naturally, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the procedure to follow:
- Remove the cover that covers your steering wheel and locate 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 isolate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the operation). You now have electricity as if you had the contact
- Finally, strip the starter wire and connect it quickly with the battery wire (do not make lengthened contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Toyota Sienna).
There, you’ve found out all the ways to start a Toyota Sienna.
If you have any additional questions about the Toyota Sienna, do not hesitate to consult our Toyota Sienna category.
