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WARNING
- Safety belt
care
A damaged belt may not give
you the protection you need in
an accident.
Inspect your safety belts peri-
odically for excessive wear or
damage. Pull out each belt
fully and look for fraying, cuts,
burns or other damage. Pull
the safety belt out and let it
retract a number of times.
Make sure that the lap/shoul-
der belts return smoothly and
easily into the retractor.
Check the latches to make
sure they latch and release
without interference or delay.
Never close the doors on any
part of the lap or shoulder
belt.
Any belt not in good condition
or in good working order
should be promptly replaced.
CAUTION
Never close the doors on any
part of the lap or shoulder belt.It can damage the safety belt orbuckle which could increase therisk of injury in case of an acci-dent.
Safety belt warning light and
chimeAs a reminder to the driver and pas-
senger, safety belt warning light will
blink for approximately 6 seconds
each time you turn the ignition switch
ON.
If the driver’s lap/shoulder belt is not
fastened when the key is turned ON,
the safety belt warning chime sounds
and the safety belt warning light
blinks for approximately 6 seconds.
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Airbag system components The main components of your SRS
are:
To indicate that your vehicle is
equipped with airbags, the corre-
sponding airbag covers are
marked with “SRS AIRBAG”.
- Driver’ s airbag (see page 3- 63)
- Passenger’ s airbag(see page 3- 64)
- Side airbag (see page 3- 66)
- Curtain airbag (see page 3- 66)
A diagnostic system that continual-
ly monitors the system operation.
An indicator light to warn you of a
possible problem with the system.
Emergency power backup in case
your car’ s electrical system is dis-
connected in a crash.
Driver’ s airbagThe driver’ s airbag is stored in the
center of the steering wheel.
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If your vehicle has been sub-
jected to flood conditions (e.g.
soaked carpeting/standing
water on the floor of the vehi-
cle, etc.) or if your vehicle has
become flood damaged in any
way, do not attempt to start
the vehicle or put the key in
the ignition before discon-
necting the battery. This may
cause airbag deployment,
which could result in serious
personal injury or death. If
flooded conditions are sub-
jected to your vehicle, before
starting the vehicle, have the
vehicle towed to an authorized
Kia dealer for inspection and
necessary repairs.
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Outside the vehicleTo open the trunk, insert the key
into the lock (
➀) and turn it clock-
wise (
➁). If the trunk is opened
with the key while all the doors are
locked, trunk will be locked if
closed.
To open the trunk, pull up (
➃) the
trunk lid by pressing the button (➂)
of the trunk handle when the trunk
is unlocked. Trunk can be opened
by pressing the button (
➂) of the
handle and pulling up the lid while
any door is unlocked.
To close the trunk, use both hands
to push the trunk lid down. Check
to see if the trunk is completely
shut. If all the doors are locked
then trunk will be locked too.
If the trunk lid control button in the
glove box is in the ON position
(depressed), trunk can be opened
with transmitter.
If the trunk is opened with the
transmitter while all the doors are
locked, trunk will be locked when
closed.
Trunk can not be opened with the
sub key.
✽ ✽
NOTICEDo not try to open trunk with the
sub key. It may damage the key set.
TRUNK
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PROPOSITION 65
WARNING
Engine exhaust and a wide vari-
ety of automobile components
and parts, including compo-
nents found in the interior fur-
nishings in a vehicle, contain or
emit chemicals known to the
State of California to cause can-
cer and birth defects and repro-
ductive harm. In addition, cer-
tain fluids contained in vehicles
and certain products of compo-
nent wear contain or emit chem-
icals known to the State of
California to cause cancer and
birth defects or other reproduc-
tive harm.
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Trunk room lampTrunk room lamp turns on when the
trunk is opened. It remains on until
the trunk is securely closed.
Inside the vehicleTo open the trunk from inside the
vehicle, make sure the trunk lid con-
trol button in the glove box is ON,
then pull trunk lid release switch (
➀)
on the drivers door panel.
If the trunk lid control button in the
glove box is OFF, the trunk can only
be opened with the vehicle master
key.
WARNING
- Exhaust
fumes
If you drive with the trunk lid
open, you will draw dangerous
exhaust fumes into your vehicle
causing serious injury or death
to vehicle occupants. Open
trunk lids can also dangerously
obscure rear view vision.
If you must drive with the trunk
lid open, keep the air vents open
so that additional outside air
comes into the vehicle.
1GHA2018
CAUTION
Make sure to close the trunk securely. If it remains openwhile engine is not running, itmay cause battery dischargebecause trunk room lampremains on.
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Emergency trunk safety
releaseYour vehicle is equipped with an
emergency trunk release cable locat-
ed inside the trunk. The lever glows
in the dark when the trunk lid is
closed. If someone is inadvertently
locked in the trunk, pulling this han-
dle will release the trunk latch mech-
anism and open the trunk.
2GHA2020
WARNING
No one should be allowed to
occupy the trunk of the vehicle
at any time. If the trunk is par-
tially or totally latched and the
person is unable to get out,
severe injury or death could
occur due to lack of ventilation,
exhaust fumes and rapid heat
build-up, or because of expo-
sure to cold weather conditions.
The trunk is also a highly dan-
gerous location in the event of a
crash because it is not a pro-
tected occupant space but
merely a part of the vehicle’s
crush zone.
Pull to open the trunk
CAUTION
If a person is locked in the
trunk, they can pull the emer-gency release to open thetrunk lid.
We recommend that cars be
kept locked and keys be keptout of the reach of children,and that parents teach theirchildren about the dangers ofplaying in trunks.
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Trunk lock systemThe trunk lid control button located in
the vehicle glove box is used to pre-
vent unauthorized access to the
trunk.
Trunk lockingTo activate the trunk lock system so
that the trunk can only be opened
with the master key, perform the fol-
lowing:
1. Open the glove box.
2. Set the trunk lid control button to
OFF position (not depressed).
3. Close the glove box and lock the glove box with the master key.
When leaving the key with a parking
lot attendant or valet, perform steps
1 to 3 above and leave the sub key
with the attendent. Sub key can start
the engine and operate door locks
only.
Lock releaseTo release the trunk lock feature,
open the glove box with master key
and set the trunk lid control button to
ON position (depressed). In this
position the trunk will open with trunk
lid release switch or transmitter. The
trunk can never be opened with the
sub key.
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Rear (if equipped)To open the storage compartment,
pull the armrest down and pull up on
the locking tab (
➀). It can be used for
storing small items.
Glove boxThe glove box can be locked (
➀) and
unlocked (
➁) with a master key.
It cannot be locked/unlocked with the
sub key.
To open the glove box, make sure it
is unlocked, then pull the handle (
➂)
and the glove box will automatically
open (
➃). Close the glove box after
use.
✽ ✽ NOTICESince key is not fully inserted into
the glove box key set, do not apply
excessive force. Doing so may dam-
age the parts.
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CAUTION
To reduce the risk of injury in
case of an accident or suddenstop, always keep the glove boxdoor closed while driving.
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In case of an emergency If the sunroof does not open electri-
cally:
1. Remove the lens.
2. Remove the two (2) screws, and
then remove the overhead con-
sole.
3. Insert the emergency handle (pro- vided with the vehicle) and turn
the handle clockwise to open or
counterclockwise to close.
Resetting the sunroofWhenever the vehicle battery is dis-
connected or discharged, or you use
the emergency handle to operate the
sunroof, you have to reset your sun-
roof system as follows:
1. Turn the ignition key to the ON position.
2. According to the position of the sunroof, do as follows.
1) in case that the sunroof hasclosed completely or been tilt-
ed
: Press the TILT UP button for 1 second.
2) in case that the sunroof has slide-opened
: Press and hold the CLOSE button for more than 5 sec-
onds until the sunroof has
closed completely. And then
press the TILT UP button for 1
second 3. Then, release it.
4. Press and hold the TILT UP button
once again until the sunroof has
returned to the original position of
TILT UP after it is raised a little
higher than the maximum TILT UP
position.
When this is complete, the sunroof
system is reset.
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