2006 KIA Sorento door lock

INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OVERVIEWYOUR VEHICLE AT A GLANCE2-2
S2BLA201A
1. Outside rearview mirror
2. Instrument cluster
3. Steering wheel
4. Seat
5. Rear hatch window
6. Rear hatch
7. Door
8. Power window switches
9. Rear door child safety lock
10. Shift lever
11. Parking brake lever
12. Lights
13. Spare tire
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KNOWING YOUR VEHICLEKeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Immobilizer System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Air Bag - Supplemental Restraint System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Rear Hatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69
Fuel Filler Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-70
Auto Fuel Cutoff Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-72
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-74
Interior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-76
Cup Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-78
Sunglass Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-79
Storage Compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-80
Electrical Power Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-82
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-83
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-86
Luggage Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-86
Tonneau cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-87
Luggage center box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-88
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-89
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DOOR LOCKSAutomatic Door Locks
Operating Door Locks - With the
Key
Turn the key toward rear of vehicle
to unlock.
Turn the key toward front of vehicle
to lock.
All four doors and rear hatch can be
locked and unlocked from the driv-
er or passenger door with the key.
Once the doors are unlocked, they
may be opened by pulling the door
handle.Two turn unlock system
To unlock the other doors and rear
hatch, turn the key to the rear of the
vehicle twice within three seconds. To
lock all doors and rear hatch, turn the
key toward the front of the vehicle
once.
Operating Door Locks - Without
the Key
Pushing the door lock knob and then
closing the door enables the door to
lock without a key.
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UNLOCK
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NOTICEAlways remove the ignition key,
engage the parking brake, close all
windows and lock all doors when
leaving your vehicle unattended.
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Operating Door Locks - With
Remote Keyless Entry (If equipped)
If your vehicle has this feature, you
can lock and unlock your doors and
rear hatch from up to 5 m (15 feet)
away using the key chain transmitter
supplied with your vehicle.
Lock ( ):
If you depress the corresponding
button on the transmitter, all four
doors and rear hatch will lock and
the hazard lamp will flash once.Unlock ( ):
If you depress the corresponding
button on the transmitter, all the dri-
ver’s door will unlock, the hazard
lamp will flash twice and the dome
light and/or rear cargo area light will
come on for 30 seconds if their
switches are placed in the center
position.
To unlock the other doors and rear
hatch, depress the corresponding
button twice within three seconds.
After depressing this button, unless
you open the doors within 30 sec-
onds, all four doors will lock auto-
matically.
Rear hatch window unlock ( ):
If you depress the corresponding
button on the transmitter, the rear
hatch window will unlock.
Panic ( ):
If you depress the corresponding
button on the transmitter for more
than 2 seconds, the horn will sound
and hazard lamp will flash for about
27 seconds.This device complies with Industry
Canada Standard RSS-210.
Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
1. This device may not cause interfer-
ence, and
2. This device must accept any inter-
ference, including interference that
may cause undesired operation of
the device.KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE3-6
WARNING
Leaving your vehicle unlocked
can invite theft or possible harm
to you or others from someone
hiding in your vehicle while you
are gone. Always remove the
ignition key, engage the parking
brake, close all windows and
lock all doors when leaving
your vehicle unattended.
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WARNING
Changes or modifications not
expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance
could void the user's authority
to operate the equipment.
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Operating Door Locks From
Inside the vehicle
To lock a door, push the door lock
button to the “LOCK”position.
To unlock a door, pull the door lock
button to the “UNLOCK”position.
To open a door, pull the door han-
dle outward.
If you pull the driver’s door handle,
the driver’s door is automatically
unlocked and opened.Central Door Locks (If equipped)
Pressing the front portion of the
door lock switch will automatically
lock all the doors and rear hatch.
Pressing the rear portion of the
door lock switch will automatically
unlock all the doors and rear hatch.
If you lock/unlock the driver door or
the passenger door with a key, all
the doors and rear hatch will auto-
matically lock/unlock. (When
unlocking the driver door with a key,
refer to “Two turn unlock system”on
page 3-5.)If you lock/unlock the passenger
door with the manual door lock, all
the doors and rear hatch will auto-
matically lock/unlock.
If you lock/unlock the driver door
with the manual door lock, only the
driver door will lock/unlock.
The door ajar warning light will illumi-
nate when a door is not fully closed.
Close the door completely and the
light will go out.KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE3-8
S2BLA305 LOCK UNLOCK
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S2BLC307
LOCK UNLOCK
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NOTICEIf the airbag deploys, all doors will
unlock automatically.
LOCKUNLOCK
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Rear Door Child Safety Lock
The child safety lock prevents chil-
dren from opening the rear doors
from the inside. It should be used
whenever children are in the vehicle.
To lock, push the child safety lock to
the “LOCKED”position.To lock a rear door so that it cannot
be opened from the inside, push
the child safety lock located on the
rear edge of the door to the
“LOCKED”position before closing
the door.
To open a rear door while the child
safety lock is engaged, push the
door lock button to the “UNLOCK”
position (red mark is visible) then
pull the outside door handle.
KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE
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LOCKED FREE
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WARNING -
Unattended
Children
An enclosed vehicle can
become extremely hot, causing
death or severe injury to unat-
tended children or animals who
cannot escape the vehicle.
Furthermore, children might
operate features of the vehicle
that could injure them, or they
could encounter other harm,
possibly from someone gaining
entry to the vehicle. Never leave
children or animals unattended
in your vehicle.
CAUTION
The doors should always be
fully closed and locked while
the vehicle is in motion to pre-
vent accidental opening of the
door.
Locked doors will also discour-
age potential intruders when
the vehicle stops or slows.
WARNING
- Rear Door Locks
If children accidentally open the
rear doors while the vehicle is
in motion, the child could fall
out and be seriously injured. To
prevent a child from opening
the rear doors from the inside,
the rear door safety locks
should be used whenever chil-
dren are in the vehicle.
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WINDOWSPower Windows
The ignition switch must be in the ON
position for power windows to operate.
Each door has a power window switch
that controls that door’s window.
However, the driver has a power win-
dow switch which can block the opera-
tion of the passenger windows.
Driver’s Door Power Window
Controls
The driver’s door has a master power
window switch that controls all the
windows in the vehicle. The ignition
switch must be in the ON position for
power windows to operate. To open a
window, press down on the front por-
tion of the corresponding switch. To
close a window, pull up on the front
portion of the corresponding power
window switch.Driver’s Window Automatic-down
Window Switch
The driver’s window has an
“Automatic-Down”feature. To activate
the express-down feature, momen-
tarily depress the front of the switch
to the second detent position. To can-
cel this feature, pull up on the front of
the switch and then release it or
momentarily depress the front of the
switch to the first detent position.
Power Window Timer (If equipped)
The power windows can be operated
for approximately 30 seconds after
the ignition key is removed or turned
to the ACC or LOCK position.
However, if the front doors are
opened, the power windows cannot
be operated even within 30 seconds
after the ignition key removal.KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE3-10
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NOTICETo prevent the possibility of damage
to the power window system, do not
open or close more than two win-
dows at the same time. This will also
ensure the longevity of the fuse.
WARNING -
Windows
 Do not allow children to play
with the power windows. They
may seriously injure them-
selves or others.
 Always double check to make
sure all arms, hands, and other
obstructions are safely out of
the way before closing a win-
dow.
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Driver’s Power Window Switch
The driver’s power window switch
provides two (2) separate window-
down functions.
Depressing the driver’s power win-
dow switch completely lowers the
driver’s window automatically
(Automatic-Down). To cancel this
function, pull up on the front of the
switch and release it or momentari-
ly depress the front of the switch to
the first detent position.
Depressing the driver’s power win-
dow switch partially (to the first
detent) provides precise control of
the window-down position. To
raise/close the driver’s window, pull
up on the power window switch.Power Window Lock Switch
Feature
The driver can disable the power win-
dow switches on a passenger door by
depressing the power window lock
switch located on the driver’s door to
ON. When the power window lock
switch is ON, the driver’s master
control can not operate the passen-
ger door power windows either.
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Power window lock switch
WARNING- Power Windows
 Keep the driver’s door power
window lock switch in the ON
(depressed) position, except
when someone is operating a
passenger door window.
Serious injury can result
(especially to children) from
unintentional window opera-
tion.
 Always double check to make
sure all arms, hands, and
other obstructions are safely
out of the way before closing
a window.
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NOTICEIf you notice buffeting and pulsa-
tion (wind shock) with either side
window open, you should open the
opposite window slightly to reduce
the condition.
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