2009 KIA Sorento ignition

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Air bag warning lightThe purpose of air bag warning light in
your instrument panel is to alert you of a
potential problem with your air bag -
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS).
When the ignition switch is turned ON,
the indicator light should blink or illumi-
nate for approximately 6 seconds, then
go off.
Have the system checked if:
The light does not turn on briefly when
you turn the ignition ON.
The light stays on after the engine starts.
The light comes on while the vehicle is in motion.
Air bag (Supplemental Restraint
System) service Your Supplemental Restraint System is
virtually maintenance-free. There are no
parts which you can service.
You must have the system serviced
under the following circumstances:
If an air bag ever inflates, the air bagmust be replaced. Do not try to remove
or discard the air bag by yourself. This
must be done by an authorized Kia
dealer.
If the air bag warning indicator light alerts you to a problem, have the air
bag system checked as soon as possi-
ble. Otherwise, your air bag system
may be ineffective.
WARNING
Never put child restraint in thefront passenger seat. If the front
passenger air bag inflates, it may
cause severe or fatal injuries.
When children are seated in the rear outboard seats in which cur-
tain air bags are equipped, be
sure to put the child restraint sys-
tem as far away from the door
side as possible, and secure the
child restraint system to be
locked in position.
Inflation of curtain air bag could
cause severe injury or death due
to the expansion impact.
AIR
BAG
CAUTION
Do not modify any part of the air bag system. Modification could make the air bag system ineffectiveor could cause unnecessary deployment.

Knowing your vehicle78
3Your new mirror comes with an integrat-
ed HomeLink Universal Transceiver,
which allows you to program the mirror to
activate your garage door(s), estate gate,
home lighting, etc. The mirror actually
learns the codes from your various exist-
ing transmitters.
ProgrammingYour vehicle may require the ignition
switch to be turned to the ACC position
for programming and/or operation of
HomeLink. It is also recommended that a
new battery be replaced in the hand-held
transmitter of the device being pro-
grammed to HomeLink for quicker train-
ing and accurate transmission of the
radio-frequency.
Follow these steps to train your
HomeLink mirror:
HOMELINK® WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
WARNING
When programming the
HomeLink® Wireless Control
System, you may be operating a
garage door or gate operator.
Make sure that people and objects
are out of the way of the moving
door or gate to prevent potential
harm or damage.
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Do not use HomeLink with anygarage door opener that lacks the
safety stop and reverse feature as
required by federal safety stan-
dards. (This includes any garage
door opener model manufactured
before April 1, 1982.) A garage
door opener which cannot detect
an object, signaling the door to
stop and reverse, does not meet
current federal safety standards.
Using a garage door opener with-
out these features increases risk
of serious injury or death. For
more information, call 1-800-355-
3515 or on the internet at
www.homelink.com.
Retain the original transmitter for future programming procedures
(i.e., new vehicle purchase). It is
also suggested that upon the sale
of the vehicle, the programmed
HomeLink buttons be erased for
security purposes (follow step 1
in the “Programming” portion of
this text).
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Glare detection sensor
Indicator light
Homelink buttons

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3Room lightFront (map light)The lights are turned ON or OFF by
pressing the corresponding switch.
Center (dome light) /
Rear cargo area light(1) OFF
: The light stays off even when a dooris open. (2) DOOR/
: The light turns on when a door isopened or when a door is unlocked
by the transmitter (if equipped).
Interior light goes out slowly after 30
seconds if the doors including the
rear hatch and rear hatch window are
all closed. However if the ignition
switch is ON or all vehicle doors are
locked when the door is closed, inte-
rior light will turn off even within 30
seconds.
(3) ON
: The light turns on and stays on even when the doors are all closed.
INTERIOR LIGHTS
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WARNING
- Ashtray use
Do not use the vehicle’s ashtraysas waste receptacles.
Putting lit cigarettes or matches in an ashtray with other com-
bustible materials may cause a
fire.
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3Cigarette lighterTo use the cigarette lighter, press the
front face then release it to allow the
cigarette lighter and ashtray to slowly
extend from center panel.
To operate the cigarette lighter, press it in
and release it. When it is heated, it auto-
matically pops out ready for use.
If the engine is not running, the ignition
switch must be in the ACC position for
the lighter to operate.
Ashtrays To use the ashtray, press the front face
and release it to allow the cigarette
lighter and ashtray to slowly extend from
center panel.
To remove the ashtray, grasp the ashtray
bucket and carefully pull it out.
INTERIOR FEATURES
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CAUTION
Do not hold the lighter in after it is
already heated because it willoverheat.
Only a genuine Kia lighter should be used in the cigarette lightersocket. The use of plug-in acces-sories (shavers, hand-held vacu-ums, and coffee pots, for exam- ple) may damage the socket orcause electrical failure.
If the lighter does not pop out within 30 seconds, remove it toprevent overheating.
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Digital clockWhen the ignition switch is in the ACC or
ON position, the clock buttons operates
as follows:
HOUR:Pressing the “H” button with your fin-
ger, a pencil or similar object will
advance the time displayed by one
hour.
MINUTE: Pressing the “M” button with your fin-
ger, a pencil or similar object will
advance the time displayed by one
minute. RESET:
To clear away minutes, press the “R”
button with your finger, a pencil or sim-
ilar object. Then the clock will be set
precisely on the hour.
For example, if the “R” button is
pressed while the time is between 9:01
and 9:29, the display will be reset to
9:00.
9:01 ~ 9:29 ➾ 9:00
9:30 ~ 9:59 ➾ 10:00
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3If your vehicle is equipped with this fea-
ture, you can slide or tilt your sunroof
with the sunroof control buttons located
on the overhead console.
The sunroof can only be opened, closed,
or tilted when the ignition switch is in the
ON position.
Sliding the sunroof The sunroof can be opened or closed
when the ignition switch is in the “ON”
position. To slide the sunroof, momentar-
ily press “OPEN” ( ) on the SLIDE
switch. The sunroof will slide all the way
open. To stop the sunroof sliding at any
point, press any sunroof switch. To close
the sunroof, press “CLOSE” ( ) on
the SLIDE switch and hold it until it is
closed completely.
Tilting the sunroof To tilt the sunroof, momentarily press
“UP”
()
on the TILT switch. The sun-
roof will tilt all the way up. To stop the
sunroof tilting at any point, press any
sunroof switches.
To close it, press “DOWN”
()
on the
TILT switch and hold it until it is closed
completely.
✽ ✽ NOTICEThe sunroof cannot slide when it is in
the tilt position nor can it be tilted while
in an open or slide position.
SUNROOF (IF EQUIPPED)
CAUTION
Do not continue to press the sun-
roof control button(s) after the sun-roof is in the fully open, closed, ortilt position(s). Damage to the motoror system components couldoccur.
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Resetting the sunroofWhenever the vehicle battery is discon-
nected or discharged, you have to reset
your sunroof system as follows:
1. Turn the ignition key to the ON posi-tion.
2. According to the position of the sun- roof, do as follows.
1) in case that the sunroof has closed completely or been tilted :
Press the TILT UP button until the
sunroof has tilted upward com-
pletely.
2) in case that the sunroof has slide- opened:
Press and hold the CLOSE
button for more than 5 seconds
until the sunroof has closed com-
pletely. Press the TILT UP button
until the sunroof has tilted upward
completely.
3. Release the TILT UP button.
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 sys-
tem is reset.
Sunshade The sunshade will be opened with the
glass panel automatically when the glass
panel is slid. After closing the glass panel
the sunshade will only close manually.
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CAUTION
Do not press any sunroof control button longer than necessary.Damage to the motor or system components could occur.
Periodically remove any dirt that may accumulate on the guide rail.
If you try to open the sunroof when the temperature is belowfreezing or when the sunroof iscovered with snow or ice, the glass or the motor could be dam-aged.
The sunroof is made to slide together with sunshade. Do notleave the sunshade closed whilethe sunroof is open.
WARNING -
Sunroof
Do not extend face or arms out- side through the sunroof opening
while driving.
Make sure hand and face are safely out of the way before clos-
ing a sunroof.

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Ignition switch / 4-2
Starting the engine / 4-4
Automatic transmission / 4-5
Four wheel drive (4WD) / 4-10
Limited slip differential / 4-19
Brake system / 4-20
Steering wheel / 4-25
Cruise control system / 4-27
Electronic stability control / 4-30
Rear parking assist system / 4-33
Instrument cluster / 4-36
Gauges / 4-37
Warnings and indicators / 4-39
Multi-meter / 4-45
Lighting / 4-51
Wipers and washers / 4-54
Defroster / 4-57
Hazard warning flasher / 4-58
Manual climate control system / 4-59
Automatic climate control system / 4-66
Windshield defrosting and defogging / 4-75
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