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Safety features of your vehicle
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3
✽
✽
NOTICE
Do not modify or replace the front
passenger seat. Don't place anything
on or attach anything such as a blan-
ket, front seat cover or after market
seat heater to the front passenger
seat. This can adversely affect the
occupant detection system.
Condition and operation in the front passenger occupant detection
system
*1: The ODS system uses a field to evaluate a person's size to determine whether the
air bag should deploy. It is possible for a child to be detected and activate the ODS,
thus allowing the air bag to deploy. To maximize safety, do not allow children to ride
in the front passenger seat.
*
2: Never install a child restraint system on the front passenger seat.
Condition detected by the occupant detection  systemIndicator/Warning lightDevices
"PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF" indicator lightSRS warning lightFront passenger  air bag 
1. Adult or child*1OffOffActivated
2. Child restraint system*2OnOffDeactivated
3. Unoccupied OnOffDeactivated
4. There is a malfunction
in the systemOffOnActivated
WARNING- ODS System
Riding in an improper position
adversely affects the Occupant
Detection System and may
result in the deactivation of the
front passenger airbag. It is
important for the driver to
instruct the passenger as to the
proper seating instructions as
contained in this manual. (Continued)
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Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
• Electric power steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
• Tilt and telescopic steering  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
• Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
• Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-57
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58\
• Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
• Outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
• Instrument cluster control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
• LCD display control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
• Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-74
• Transaxle shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77
• Icy Road Warning Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77
LCD display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
• LCD modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
 4-78
Trip modes (trip computer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
• Trip Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79\
• Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
• Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-81
• Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-82
• One time driving information mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-82
• Turn by turn mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
• ASCC/LDWS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
• A/V mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
83• Service mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-84
• User settings mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
• Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
• Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
• Indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• Operation of the rear parking assist system . . . . . . 4-108
• Non-operational conditions of 
rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
• Rear parking assist system precautions . . . . . . . . . 4-110
• Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
360° camera monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
• Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
• Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
• Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
• High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
• Turn signals and lane change signals. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
• Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
• Check headlight  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
• Windshield wipers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
• Front windshield washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
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• Rear window wiper and washer switch. . . . . . . . . . 4-122
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• Automatic turn off function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• Map lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
• Luggage lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
• Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
• Glove box lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
• Headlight (headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
• Interior light  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
• Pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
• Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
• Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
• 3rd row air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
• System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
• Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
• Checking the amount of air conditionerrefrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Automatic climate control system  . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
• Automatic heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . 4-141
• Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
• 3
rdrow air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147 • System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
• Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
• Checking the amount of air conditioner
refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Windshield defrosting and defogging . . . . . . . . . 4-152
• Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152
• Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
• Defogging logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-154
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-156
Storage compartments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-157
• Center console storage  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-157
• Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15\
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• Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-158
• Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-159
Interior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-160
• Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-160
• Bottle holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
161
• Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-161
• Seat cooler (air ventilation seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-162
• Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
163
• Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-163
• AC inverter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-164
• USB charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-166
• Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-167
• Floor mat anchor (s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-167
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Features of your vehicle
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Door Lock (1)
1. Close all doors, engine hood andliftgate (tailgate).
2. Press the lock button(1).
3. All doors and liftgate (tailgate) will lock. The hazard warning lights will
blink once.
4. If the lock button is pressed once more within 4 seconds, the hazard
warning lights will blink and the
horn will sound once.
5. Make sure that doors are locked by checking the door lock button inside
or pulling the outside door handle.
Door Unlock (2) 
1. Press the unlock button(2).
2. The driver's door will unlock. Thehazard warning lights will blink two
times.
3. Press the unlock button(2) twice within 4 seconds and all doors and
liftgate (tailgate) will unlock. The
hazard warning lights will blink two
times.
✽ ✽NOTICE
You can activate or deactivate the
Two Turn Unlock function. Refer to
"User settings" in this chapter.
WARNING- Ignition key
(smart key)
Never leave the keys in your
vehicle with unsupervised chil-
dren. Leaving children unat-
tended in a vehicle with a man-
ual ignition key or a smart key
is dangerous. Children copy
adults and they could place the
key in the ignition switch or
press the start button. The key
would enable children to oper-
ate power windows or other
controls, or even make the vehi-
cle move, which could result in
serious bodily injury or death.
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Features of your vehicle
Liftgate (Tailgate) unlock (3)
The liftgate (tailgate) is unlocked if
the button is pressed for more than 1
second.
Also, once the liftgate (tailgate) is
opened and then closed, the liftgate
(tailgate) will be locked automatically.
 For Power Liftgate (tailgate) Only:
The Power Liftgate (tailgate) will
open if the button is pressed for more
than 1 second. Also, once the liftgate
(tailgate) is opened and then closed,
the liftgate (tailgate) will be locked
again automatically.
If the power liftgate (tailgate) is
switched ‘Off’ using the button in the
overhead console, the liftgate (tail-
gate) unlock button will operate to
unlock the liftgate (tailgate) as
described above.
For detailed information refer to the
"Power liftgate (liftgate)" in this chap-
ter.
Panic (4)
The horn sounds and hazard warn-
ing lights flash for about 27 seconds
if this button is pressed for more than
0.5 second. To stop the horn and
lights, press any button on the trans-
mitter.
Transmitter precautions
 The transmitter will not work if anyof following occur:
- The ignition key is in the ignitionswitch.
- You exceed the operating dis- tance limit (about 10 m [30 feet]).
- The battery in the transmitter is weak.
- Other vehicles or objects may be blocking the signal.
- The weather is extremely cold.
- The transmitter is close to a radio transmitter such as a radio sub-
station or an airport which can
interfere with normal operation of
the transmitter.
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Features of your vehicle
Door LockUsing the door handle button
- Carry the smart key.
- Close all doors, engine hood andliftgate (tailgate).
-  Press the button of the outside door handle.
- The hazard warning lights will blink and the chime will sound once.
- Make sure that doors are locked by pulling the outside door handle.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
• The button will only operate when
the smart key is within 0.7~1m
(28~40in.) from the outside door
handle.
• Even though you press the outside door handle button, the doors will
not lock and the chime will sound
for 3 seconds if any of following
occur:- The smart key is in the vehicle.
- The engine start/stop button is in ACC or ON position.
- Any door except the liftgate (tailgate) is open.
Using the button on the smart key
- Close all doors, engine hood and
liftgate (tailgate).
- Press the lock button(1).
- The hazard warning lights will blink and the chime will sound once.
- Make sure that doors are locked by pulling the outside door handle.
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4
Unlocking
Using the door handle button
1. Carry the smart key.
2. Press the button of the driver's
outside door handle.
3. The driver’s door will unlock. The hazard warning lights will blink and
the chime will sound two times.
4. Press the button twice within 4 seconds and all doors and the lift-
gate (tailgate) will unlock and the
hazard warning lights will blink and
the chime will sound two times.
✽ ✽NOTICE
• The button will only operate when
the smart key is within 0.7~1m
(28~40in.) from the outside door
handle.
• When the smart key is recognized in the area of 0.7~1m (28~40in.) from
the front outside door handle, other
people can also open the doors.
• After unlocking the driver’s door or all doors, the door(s) will lock
automatically unless the door is
opened.
Using the button on the smart key
1. Press the unlock button(2) of the
smart key.
2. The driver’s door will unlock. The hazard warning lights will blink and
the chime will sound two times.
3. Press the unlock button(2) twice within 4 seconds and all doors and
the liftgate (tailgate) will unlock.
The hazard warning lights will
blink and the chime will sound two
times.
✽ ✽NOTICE
After pressing the button, the doors
will lock automatically unless any
door is opened within 30 seconds.
✽ ✽NOTICE
You can activate or deactivate the
Two Turn Unlock function. Refer to
"User settings" in this chapter.
Liftgate (Tailgate) unlocking
Using the liftgate (tailgate) handle
button
1. Carry the smart key.
2. Press the liftgate (tailgate) handle
button.
3. When all doors are locked, the hazard warning lights will blink two
times.
Once the liftgate (tailgate) is
opened and then closed, the lift-
gate (tailgate) will lock automati-
cally.
✽ ✽NOTICE
The button will only operate when
the smart key is within 0.7~1m
(28~40in.) from the liftgate handle.
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Features of your vehicle
Using the button on the smart key
1. Press the liftgate (tailgate) unlockbutton (3) for more than 1 second.
2. When all doors are locked, the hazard warning lights will blink two
times.
 For Power Liftgate (tailgate) Only:
The Power Liftgate (tailgate) will
open if the button is pressed for more
than 1 second. Also, once the liftgate
(tailgate) is opened and then closed,
the liftgate (tailgate) will be locked
again automatically.
For detailed information refer to the
"Power liftgate (tailgate)" in this
chapter.Panic
1. Press the panic button (4) for more than 1 second.
2. The horn sounds and hazard warning light flash for about 27
seconds.
✽ ✽NOTICE
To stop the horn and lights, press
any button on the smart key.
Start-up
You can start the engine without
inserting the key. For detailed infor-
mation refer to the “Engine start/stop
button” in chapter 5.
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Features of your vehicle
This system is designed to provide
protection from unauthorized entry
into the vehicle. This system is oper-
ated in three stages: the first is the
"Armed" stage, the second is the
"Theft-alarm" stage, and the third is
the "Disarmed" stage. If triggered,
the system provides an audible
alarm with blinking of the hazard
warning lights.
Armed stage
Park the vehicle and stop the engine.
Arm the system as described below.
1. Remove the ignition key from theignition switch and exit the vehicle.
2. Make sure that all doors (and lift- gate (tailgate)) and engine hood
are closed and latched.
3. Lock the doors using the transmit- ter of the keyless entry system (or
smart key) or ignition key.
After completion of the steps above,
the hazard warning lights will blink
(for smart key, the chime also
sounds) once to indicate that the
system is armed. If any door (or liftgate (tailgate)) or
engine hood remains open, the haz-
ard warning lights and the chime will
not operate and the theft-alarm will
not arm. If all doors (and liftgate (tail-
gate)) and engine hood are closed
after the lock button is pressed, the
hazard warning lights blink once.
The system can also be armed by
locking the doors with the key from
the front doors; however, the hazard
warning lights will not blink using this
method.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
The theft-alarm system can be deac-
tivated by an authorized Kia dealer.
If you want this feature, consult an
authorized Kia dealer.
THEFT-ALARM SYSTEM
Armed
stage
Theft-alarm stageDisarmedstage
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Features of your vehicle
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Do not arm the system until all
passengers have left the vehicle. If
the system is armed while a pas-
senger(s) remains in the vehicle,
the alarm may be activated when
the remaining passenger(s) leave
the vehicle. If any door (or liftgate
(tailgate)) or engine hood is
opened within 30 seconds after
the system enters the armed
stage, the system is disarmed to
prevent an unnecessary alarm.Theft-alarm stage
The alarm will be activated if any of
the following occurs while the system
is armed.
 A front or rear door is opened with-
out using the ignition key or trans-
mitter (or smart key).
 The liftgate (tailgate) is opened without using the transmitter (or
smart key).
 The engine hood is opened.
The horn will sound and the hazard
warning lights will blink continuously
for approximately 27 seconds, and
repeat the horn 3 times unless the
system is disarmed. To turn off the
system, unlock the doors with the igni-
tion key or transmitter (or smart key).
Disarmed stage
The system will be disarmed when
 The doors (and liftgate (tailgate)) are unlocked with the transmitter
(or smart key) or the ignition key.
After depressing the unlock button,
the hazard warning lights will blink
and the chime will sound twice (in
smart key) to indicate that the sys-
tem is disarmed.
After depressing the unlock button, if
any door (or liftgate (tailgate)) is not
opened within 30 seconds, the sys-
tem will be rearmed.
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