2006 KIA Sportage Owner's Manual

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✽ ✽NOTICE The seat warmer will not operate
if ambient temperature is above
37±3°C (98.5±5.5°F).
 If the seat warmer doesn't work when the ambient temperature is
below 28±3.5°C (82.5±5.5°F), have
the system checked by an author-
ized dealer.✽ ✽ NOTICE When cleaning the seats, do not
use an organic solvent such as
thinner, benzene, alcohol and
gasoline. Doing so may damage
the surface of the heater or seats.
 To prevent overheating the seat warmer, do not place blankets,
cushions or seat covers on the
seats while the seat warmer is in
operation.
 Do not place heavy or sharp objects on seats equipped with
seat warmers. Damage to the seat
warming components could occur.
Front headrest adjustment
Adjusting the height up and down
The headrest not only provides com-
fort for the driver and passengers,
but also helps to protect the head
and neck in the event of a collision.
To raise the headrest, pull it up to the
desired position (
➀). To lower the
headrest, push and hold the release
button (
➁) on the headrest support
and lower the headrest to the desired
position (➂). For best protection,
adjust the headrest so its center is as
high as your ears. Also adjust the
headrest so its distance from the
head is as wide as your fist.
WARNING
- Seat heater
burns
Passengers should use extreme
caution when using seat warm-
ers due to the possibility of
excess heating or burns. In par-
ticular, the driver must exercise
extreme care for the following
types of passengers:
1. Infants, children, elderly or handicapped persons, or hos-
pital outpatients
2. Persons with sensitive skin or those that burn easily
3. Fatigued individuals
4. Intoxicated individuals
5. Individuals taking medication that can cause drowsiness or
sleepiness (sleeping pills,
cold tablets, etc.)
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Removal
To remove the headrest, raise it as far
as it can go then press the release
lever (
➀) while pulling upward (
➁). Full flat seat
When the vehicle is parked, you can
place the front seat in a reclined
position, nearly flat.
1. Remove the headrest.
2. Move the front seat to the farthest
forward position.
3. Recline the seatback as far as it can go to allow the rear seat pas-
senger to support their legs in the
reclined position.
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WARNING
- Headrest
positioning
To reduce the risk of head and
neck injuries, each occupant
headrest must be properly
adjusted. Do not drive the vehi-
cle with the headrest removed
or improperly positioned.
Do not adjust the driver's head-
rest while driving, or else loss of
control and an accident is pos-
sible.
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WARNING
- Full flat seat
Do not allow a passenger to use
the full flat seat feature while the
vehicle is in motion. Severe
injury or death could occur in
an accident.
CAUTION -
Uprighting
seat
When you return the seatback
to its upright position, hold the
seatback and return it slowly. If
the seatback is returned without
holding it, the back of the seat
could spring forward resulting
in accidental injury from being
struck by the seatback.
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Seatback table
While parked, you can use the front
passenger seatback as a table by
folding the passenger seatback all
the way forward.To operate seatback table
1. Lower the headrest.
2. With the recliner control lever
pulled up, fold the seatback for-
ward to the flat position.
3. When returning the seatback to the upright position, ensure the
seatback is completely locked into
place.
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WARNING
- Seatback
table
 Do not sit on the seatback table.
 Do not use the seatback table when the vehicle is in motion.
 Do not leave items on the seatback table when the vehi-
cle is in motion.
 When returning the seatback to the upright position, ensure
the seatback is completely
locked into place.
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Seatback pocket
A seatback pocket is provided on the
back of the front passenger and driv-
ers seatbacks.
Rear seat adjustmentAdjusting the seatback recliner
To recline the seatback:
1. Pull the lock release lever located
on the top of the seatback.
2. Recline the seatback to the desired position.
3. Release the lever and make sure the seatback is locked in place. Split folding rear seat
The rear seatbacks fold forward to
provide additional cargo space and
to provide access to the cargo area.
 To fold the rear seatback(s) down,
pull the lock release lever, then fold
the seatback forward and down.
 To raise the seatback, lift and push it firmly until it clicks into place.
 When you return the seatback to its upright position, reposition the
rear safety belts so that they can
be used by rear seat passengers.
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WARNING
- Seatback
pockets
Do not put heavy or sharp
objects in the seatback pockets.
In an accident they could come
loose from the pocket and injure
vehicle occupants.
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CAUTION -
Rear seatback
locks
When reclining the seatback,
you should adjust the lock
release lever while standing and
holding the seatback.
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To fold the rear seat;
1. Lower the headrest to the lowestposition.
2. Pull the lock release lever located on the top of the seatback.
3. Fold the seatback forward and down firmly until it clicks into
place.
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WARNING
- Damaging
rear safety buckles
When you fold the rear seatback
or put luggage on the rear seat
cushion, insert the buckle in the
pocket between the rear seat-
back and cushion. Doing so can
prevent the buckle from being
damaged by the rear seatback
or luggage.
WARNING
- Rear safety belts
When returning the rear seat-
backs to the upright position,
remember to return the rear
shoulder belts to their proper
position. Routing the safety belt
webbing through the rear safety
belt guides will help keep the
belts from being trapped behind
or under the seats.
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To unfold the rear seat;
1. Pull the lock release lever located
on the top of the seatback.
2. Lift and push the seatback back- ward firmly until it clicks into place.
Make sure the seatback is locked
in place.
3. Return the rear safety belt to the proper position.
WARNING
- Cargo
Cargo should always be
secured to prevent it from being
thrown about the vehicle in a
collision and causing injury to
the vehicle occupants. Special
care should be taken of objects
placed in the rear seats, since
those may hit the front seat
occupants in a frontal collision.
CAUTION -
Cargo loading
Make sure the engine is off, the
transaxle is in P and the parking
brake is applied whenever load-
ing or unloading cargo. Failure
to take these steps may allow
the vehicle to move if shift lever
is inadvertently moved to anoth-
er position.
CAUTION -
Rear floor
Do not remove the floor carpet
in your vehicle. Emission con-
trol system components in the
area of the rear seats cause
high exhaust temperatures
under the floor.
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Armrest
The armrest is located in the center
of the rear seat. Pull the armrest
down from the seatback.Rear headrest adjustment
Adjusting the height up and down
The headrest not only provides com-
fort for the rear passengers, but also
helps to protect the head and neck in
the event of a collision.
To raise the headrest, pull it up to the
desired position (
➀). To lower the
headrest, push and hold the release
button (
➁) on the headrest support
and lower the headrest to the desired
position (➂). For best protection,
adjust the headrest so its center is as
high as your ears. Also adjust the
headrest so its distance from the
head is as wide as your fist. Removal
To remove the headrest, raise it as
far as it can go then press the
release lever (
➀) while pulling
upward (
➁).
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WARNING
- Rear head-
rests
To reduce the risk of head and
neck injuries to rear passen-
gers, do not operate the vehicle
with the rear headrests removed
or improperly positioned.
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Pre-tensioner safety belt Your vehicle is equipped with driver's
and front passenger's pre-tensioner
safety belts. The purpose of the pre-
tensioner is to make sure that excess
slack is taken up in certain frontal
collisions. The pre-tensioners may
activate along with the front airbags
in frontal collisions based on angle of
impact, seat belt usage and impact
severity. The seat belt pre-tensioner system
consists mainly of the following com-
ponents. Their locations are shown in
the illustration.
➀
SRS airbag warning light
➁
Seatbelt pre-tensioner assembly
➂
SRS airbag control module
➃
Buckle pre-tensioner assembly
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➀
➁
➂
➃
CAUTION
The pre-tensioner seat belt is
installed at the front seats, and
the sensor is equipped inside
the buckle, where presence of
passenger is sensed by the fas-
tening of the seat belts.
Therefore, pre-tensioner will not
activate if the passenger is not
fastened with the seat belts.
Likewise, it will activate if buck-
led even without a passenger in
the seat. Pre-tensioner seat belt
is designed to activate when the
seatbelt is in use. To ensure the
pretensioner seatbelts activate
in event of a possible seatbelt
buckle switch malfunction, the
system is designed to activate
regardless of whether a seat
belt is in use or if no seat belt
use is detected within 6 sec-
onds of turning the ignition
switch ON.
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