Contemporary vehicles have more and more features and despite the fact they give us a lot of comfort, a lot of them are not always convenient to use. It doesn’t matter if you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Toyota Yaris, dependent on its features, it can be tricky to know precisely how to start a Toyota Yaris? Even if this required act of running a car may seem obvious to many of you, dependent on 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 demonstrate the different procedures to start a Toyota Yaris with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Toyota Yaris with a card, and to conclude, without using the key.

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How to start a Toyota Yaris with key?

So we start our content page which is meant to show you how to start a Toyota Yaris, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find below the different steps to be accomplished to turn on the engine of your Toyota Yaris:

  • Discern the location of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is most of the time on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not think twice to read our content page on the steering wheel blocked on Toyota Yaris that is blocked to discover how to unblock it.
  • Insert the key into this one.
  • Check 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 indicate don’t think twice to read our content page on orange lights on Toyota Yaris to know the reason for this.
  • You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Toyota Yaris starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk injuring it, if the car does not start, let it cool down a few tens of seconds before a new test)

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

How to start a Toyota Yaris with the key card?

After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Toyota Yaris with key or will teach you you how to do it for a Toyota Yaris equipped with a key card and not a key. The procedure remains more or less alike, so don’t think twice to return to the previous part to have details on each of the steps to do. Discover below the steps to adhere to to start your Toyota Yaris with a card:

  • Depending on the year and the series, you may or may not need to put in the card in a dedicated slot, check on your dashboard if your Toyota Yaris 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 based at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is commonly located on the centre console.
  • Check that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
  • Push the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Toyota Yaris

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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 Yaris

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How do I start a Toyota Yaris without a key?

And to conclude, we will see, how to start a Toyota Yaris without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this may seem logical. Nevertheless, you should know that if your Toyota Yaris is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be difficult to start 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 technique to adhere to:

  • Remove the cover that covers 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 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 lengthened contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Toyota Yaris).

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

If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Toyota Yaris, do not hesitate to consult our Toyota Yaris category.