If Your Vehicle Will Not Start - Toyota KUN26L-P series Owner's Manual

If your vehicle will not start—

(a) Simple checks
Before making these checks, make sure
you have followed the correct starting
procedure given in "How to start the
engine" on page 164 and that you have
sufficient fuel. If your vehicle is equipped
with the engine immobilizer system, also
check whether the other keys will start the
engine. If they work, your key may be
broken. Have the key checked at your
Toyota dealer. If none of your keys work,
there may be a malfunction
immobilizer system. Call
dealer. (See "Keys (with
immobilizer system)" on page 8.)
If the engine is not turning over or is
turning over too slowly—
1. Check that the battery terminals are
tight and clean.
2. If the battery terminals are O.K., switch
on the interior light.
3. If the light is out, dim or goes out
when the starter is cranked, the battery
is discharged. You may try jump start-
ing. See "(d) Jump starting" for further
instructions.
If the light is O.K., but the engine still will
not start, it needs adjustment or repair.
Call a Toyota dealer or qualified repair
shop.
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Do not pull− or push−start the ve-
hicle. It may damage the vehicle or
cause a collision when the engine
starts.
If the engine turns over at its normal
speed but will not start—
Gasoline−powered vehicles
in the
your Toyota 1. The engine may be flooded because of
engine repeated cranking. See "(b) Starting a
flooded engine (gasoline engine)" for
further instructions.
2. If the engine still will not start, it needs
adjustment or repair. Call a Toyota
dealer or qualified repair shop.
NOTICE
Diesel−powered vehicles
1. If you are starting the engine that has
died from an empty tank, you may
have needed to bleed the fuel system
before cranking the engine. See "(c)
Bleeding the fuel system (diesel en-
gine)" for further instructions.
2. If the fuel system is O.K., but the en-
gine still will not start, it needs adjust-
ment or repair. Call a Toyota dealer or
qualified repair shop for assistance.