warning KIA STINGER 2018 Repair Manual

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Features of your vehicle
Door lock/unlock features
Impact sensing door unlock sys-tem
All doors will automatically unlock
when an impact causes the air bags
to deploy.
Speed sensing door lock system
All doors will automatically lock after
the vehicle speed exceeds 15 km/h
(9 mph).
You can activate or deactivate the
auto door lock/unlock features in the
vehicle. Refer to “User setting” in this
chapter.
Child-protector rear door lock
The child safety lock is provided to
help prevent children from acciden-
tally opening the rear doors from
inside the vehicle. The rear door
safety locks should be used whenev-
er children are in the vehicle.
1. Open the rear door.
2. Turn the child safety lock (1) locat- ed on the rear edge of the door to
the lock ( ) position. When the
child safety lock is in the lock posi-
tion, the rear door will not open
even when the inner door handle
is pulled.
WARNING - Doors
The doors should always be
fully closed and locked while the
vehicle is in motion to prevent
accidental opening of the door.
WARNING - Unattended
children/animals
Never leave children or animals
unattended in your vehicle. An
enclosed vehicle can become
extremely hot, causing death or
severe injury to unattended
children or animals who cannot
escape the vehicle.
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3. Close the rear door.
To open the rear door, pull the out-
side door handle (2).
Even though the doors may be
unlocked, the rear door will not open
by pulling the inner door handle until
the rear door child safety lock is
unlocked.
WARNING- Rear door
locks
Use the rear door safety locks
whenever children are in the
vehicle. If a child accidently
opens the rear doors while the
vehicle is moving, they may fall
out.

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Features of your vehicle
Non-Powered Liftgate
Opening the liftgate
The liftgate is locked or unlockedwhen all doors are locked or
unlocked with the smart key or cen-
tral door lock/unlock switch.
Only the liftgate is unlocked if the lift- gate unlock button on the smart key
is pressed for approximately 1 sec-
ond.
If unlocked, the liftgate can be opened by pressing the handle and
pulling it up. Once the liftgate is opened and then
closed, the liftgate locks automati-
cally. (All doors must be locked.)
✽ ✽ NOTICE
In cold and wet climates, liftgate
lock and liftgate mechanisms may
not work properly due to freezing
conditions.
LIFTGATE
WARNING- Exhaust
fumes
The liftgate should always be
kept completely closed while
the vehicle is in motion. If it is
left open or ajar, exhaust gases
may enter the car and serious
illness or death may result.
WARNING
The liftgate swings upward.
Make sure no objects or people
are near the rear of the vehicle
when opening the liftgate.
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Closing the liftgate
Lower and push down the liftgate
firmly. Make sure that the liftgate is
securely latched.
WARNING
Make sure your hands, feet and
other parts of your body are
safely out of the way before
closing the liftgate.
CAUTION
Make sure nothing is near the
liftgate latch and striker whileclosing the liftgate. It may dam-age the liftgate's latch.
WARNING- Exhaust
fumes
If you drive with the liftgate
open, you will draw dangerous
exhaust fumes into your vehicle
which can cause serious injury
or death to vehicle occupants. If
you must drive with the liftgate
open, keep the air vents and all
windows open so that addition-
al outside air comes into the
vehicle.
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CAUTION
Make certain that you close the liftgate before driving your vehi-cle. Possible damage may occurto the liftgate lift cylinders andattached hardware if the liftgateis not closed prior to driving.
WARNING- Riding in
cargo area
Occupants should never ride in
the rear cargo area where no
restraints are available. To avoid
injury in the event of an acci-
dent or sudden stops, occu-
pants should always be proper-
ly restrained.

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Features of your vehicle
Power liftgate (if equipped)
✽ ✽NOTICE
Do not put heavy stuffs on the power
liftgate when you operate the power
liftgate. Additional weight on lift-
gate could cause damages to the sys-
tem.
WARNING
Never leave children or animals
unattended in your vehicle.
Children or animals might oper-
ate the power liftgate that could
result in injury to themselves or
others, or damage the vehicle.
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(1) Power liftgate open/close button
(2) Power liftgate handle switch
(3) Power liftgate close button
✽ ✽NOTICE
If the engine start/stop button is ON
position, the power liftgate can
operate when the automatic trans-
mission is in P (Park).

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Opening the liftgate
The power liftgate will open automat-
ically by doing one of the following:
Press the liftgate unlock button on
the smart key for approximately
one second.
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WARNING
Make sure that there are no peo-
ple or objects in the path of the
power liftgate (or smart liftgate)
prior to use. Serious injury, dam-
age to the vehicle or damage to
surrounding objects may result if
contact with the power liftgate
(or smart liftgate) occurs.
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CAUTION
Do not close or open the powerliftgate manually. This maycause damage to the power lift-gate. If it is necessary to closeor open the power liftgate man-ually when the battery is dis-charged or disconnected, donot apply excessive force.

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Automatic stop and Reverse
If, during power opening or closing,
the liftgate is blocked by an object or
part of someone’s body, the power
liftgate will detect the resistance and
it will stop movement or move to the
full open position to allow the object
to be cleared.
However, if an object is thin or soft,
or the liftgate is near the latched
position, the automatic stop and
reversal may not detect the resist-
ance and the closing operation will
continue. If the power liftgate is
forced by a strong impact, the auto-
matic stop and reversal may operate.If the automatic stop and reverse fea-
ture operates more than twice during
one opening or closing operation, the
power liftgate may stop at that posi-
tion.
If this occurs, close the liftgate man-
ually and operate the liftgate auto-
matically again.
How to reset the power liftgate
If the battery has been discharged or
disconnected, or if the related fuse
has been replaced or disconnected,
for the power liftgate to operate nor-
mally, reset the power liftgate as fol-
low:
1.Push the P(Parking) button.
2. While Pressing the liftgate close
button, press the liftgate handle
switch for more than 3 seconds.
(the chime will sound)
3. Close the liftgate manually.
If the power liftgate does not work
properly after the above procedure,
have the system checked by an
authorized Kia dealer.
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WARNING
To prevent serious injury and
damage take the following pre-
cautions when operating the
power liftgate :
- Keep all faces, hands, arms, body parts and other objects
away from the path of the
power liftgate.
- Do not intentionally place any body parts or objects in the
path of the power liftgate to
make sure the automatic stop
and reversal operates.
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Emergency liftgate safety
release
Your vehicle is equipped with the
emergency liftgate safety release
lever located on the bottom of the lift-
gate. When someone is inadvertent-
ly locked in the luggage compart-
ment. The liftgate can be opened by
doing as follows:
1. Remove the cover.
2. Push the release lever to the right.
3. Push up the liftgate.
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WARNING
• For emergencies, be fully
aware of the location of the
emergency liftgate safety
release lever in the vehicle
and how to open the liftgate if
you are accidentally locked in
the luggage compartment.
No one should be allowed to occupy the luggage compart-
ment of the vehicle at any time.
The luggage compartment is a
very dangerous location in the
event of a crash.
Use the release lever for emergencies only. Use with
extreme caution, especially
while the vehicle is in motion.
WARNING
NEVER allow anyone to occupy
the liftgate of the vehicle at any
time. If the liftgate is partially or
totally latched and the person is
unable to get out, serious injury
or death could occur due to lack
of ventilation, exhaust fumes
and rapid heat build-up, or
because of exposure to cold
weather conditions. The liftgate
is also a highly dangerous loca-
tion in the event of a crash
because it is not a protected
occupant space but is a part of
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You and your passengers must beaware of the location of the
Emergency Liftgate Safety
Release lever in this vehicle and
how to open the liftgate in case you
are accidentally locked in the lift-
gate.
Your vehicle should be kept locked and the Smart Key should be kept
out of the reach of children.
Parents should teach their children
about the dangers of playing in lift-
gate.
Use the release lever for emergen- cies only.
WARNING
Do not grasp the part support-
ing the liftgate (gas lifter), as
this may cause serious injury.
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2. Detect and Alert
If you are positioned in the detecting
area (50 ~100 cm (20 ~ 40 inches)
behind the vehicle) carrying a smart
key, the hazard warning lights will
blink and the chime will sound for
about 3 seconds to alert you the
smart key has been detected and the
liftgate will open.
✽ ✽NOTICE
Do not approach the detecting area if
you do not want the liftgate to open.
If you have unintentionally entered
the detecting area and the hazard
warning lights and chime starts to
operate, leave the detecting area with
the smart key. The liftgate will stay
closed.
3. Automatic opening
The hazard warning lights will blink
and the chime will sound 2 times and
then the liftgate will slowly open.
Make certain that you close the lift-
gate before driving your vehicle.
Make sure there are no people or
objects around the liftgate before
opening or closing the liftgate.
Make sure to deactivate the Smart
liftgate function when washing your
vehicle.
Otherwise, the liftgate may open
inadvertently.
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