Contemporary cars have a growing number of features and nevertheless they give us a lot of convenience, a lot of them are not always easy to use. Whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Volkswagen Eos, depending on its features, it can be hard to understand how to start a Volkswagen Eos? Even if this essential act of running a car may seem obvious to most 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 explain the several procedures to start a Volkswagen Eos with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Volkswagen Eos with a card, and finally, without using the key.
How to start a Volkswagen Eos with key?
So we start our content page which aims to show you how to start a Volkswagen Eos, which is supplied with a classic key start. Find listed below the different measures to be done to turn on the engine of your Volkswagen Eos:
- Distinguish the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), 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 consult our content page on the steering wheel blocked on Volkswagen Eos that is blocked to discover how to unblock it.
- Place 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.
- Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights disappear, if you don’t know what they indicate don’t think twice to consult our content page on orange lights on Volkswagen Eos to know the explanation for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Volkswagen Eos starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk injuring it, if the car does not start, let it cool down a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
- That’s it. You handled to start your Volkswagen Eos,
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How to start a Volkswagen Eos with the key card?
After discovering how to turn on the engine of a Volkswagen Eos with key or will demonstrate you how to do it for a Volkswagen Eos equipped with a key card and not a key. The procedure is more or less alike, so don’t think twice to go back to the previous part to get information on each of the steps to do. Learn listed below the steps to adhere to to start your Volkswagen Eos 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, verify on your dashboard if your Volkswagen Eos 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.
- Uncover the “start” button, which is in most cases located at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is in most cases 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 Volkswagen Eos
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Volkswagen Eos
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How do I start a Volkswagen Eos without a key?
And finally, we will discover, how to start a Volkswagen Eos 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 Volkswagen Eos is more modern than the mid 90’s it will be hard to start it without a key because of all the security systems present on it. Of course, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the process 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 jointly 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
- Finally, 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 Volkswagen Eos).
There, you’ve found out all the options to start a Volkswagen Eos.
To find more tips on the Volkswagen Eos, take a look at the Volkswagen Eos category.
