Recent vehicles have more and more functionnalities and even though they give us a lot of convenience, some of them are not all the time user friendly. Regardless you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Volkswagen Touareg, depending on its functionnalities, it can be difficult to understand how to start a Volkswagen Touareg? Even if this fundamental act of running a car may seem very clear to many of you, determined by the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less basic to do so. In this article we will demonstrate the several methods to start a Volkswagen Touareg with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Volkswagen Touareg with a card, and at last, without using the key.
How to start a Volkswagen Touareg with key?
So we begin our article content which aims to learn you how to start a Volkswagen Touareg, which is furnished with a classic key start. Find under the different guidelines to be accomplished to turn on the engine of your Volkswagen Touareg:
- Find the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is most frequently on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to read our article content on the steering wheel blocked on Volkswagen Touareg 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 until you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
- Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights disappear, if you don’t know what they suggest don’t be reluctant to read our article content on orange lights on Volkswagen Touareg to learn the reason for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Volkswagen Touareg starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk injuring it, if the car does not start, let it rest a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
- That’s it. You handled to start your Volkswagen Touareg,
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How to start a Volkswagen Touareg with the key card?
After learning about how to turn on the engine of a Volkswagen Touareg with key or will explain you how to do it for a Volkswagen Touareg equipped with a key card and not a key. The method remains more or less the same, so don’t be reluctant to go back to the previous section to get details on each of the steps to do. Learn below the steps to stick to to start your Volkswagen Touareg with a card:
- Dependant upon 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 Touareg 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 generally placed at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is generally 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 Volkswagen Touareg
- Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Volkswagen Touareg
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How do I start a Volkswagen Touareg without a key?
And at last, we will find out, how to start a Volkswagen Touareg 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 Touareg is more modern than the mid 90’s it will be complicated to start it without a key because of all the security devices present on it. As expected, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the method to stick to:
- 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 Volkswagen Touareg).
There, you’ve found out all the methods to start a Volkswagen Touareg.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Touareg, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Touareg category.
