2014 KIA Forte hood release

Your vehicle at a glance
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INTERIOR OVERVIEW
1. Driver position memory systembutton ..................................................3-8
2. Inside door handle ............................4-18
3. Outside rearview mirror folding .........4-50
4. Outside rearview mirror control ........4-49
5. Central door lock switch....................4-19
6. Power window lock switch.................4-27
7. Power window switch ........................4-24
8. Instrument panel illumination control switch ................................................4-53
9. Active ECO On/Off switch.................5-40
10. Parking assist system On/Off button ..............................................4-87
11. ESC Off button................................5-27
12. Heated steering wheel On/Off switch ..............................................4-40
13. Steering wheel ................................4-38
14. Tilt and telescopic steering control lever ................................................4-39
15. Trunk lid open lever .........................4-22
16. Fuel filler lid open lever ...................4-31
17. Inner fuse panel ..............................7-59
18. Hood release lever ..........................4-29
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Features of your vehicle
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 4-4
• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
• Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
• Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
7
Remote keyless entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
• Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
• Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
• Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
• Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
• Disarmed stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
• From outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
• From inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
• Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
• Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
• Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
• Child-protector rear door lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-22
• Opening the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
• Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23• Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
• Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-29
• Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
• Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
• Opening the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
• Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34\
• Sunroof open warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
• Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
• Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
• Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
36
• Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
• Electronic power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
• Tilt & telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
• Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-39
• Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
• FLEX STEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43\
• Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
• Outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
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Features of your vehicle
Opening the hood
1. Pull the release lever to unlatchthe hood. The hood should pop
open slightly.
Open the hood after turning off the
engine on a flat surface, shifting the
shift lever to the P(Park) position for
automatic transaxle and to the
1st(First) gear or R(Reverse) for
manual transaxle, and setting the
parking brake. 2. Go to the front of the vehicle, raise
the hood slightly, push the second-
ary latch (1) left side and lift the
hood (2).
3. Raise the hood. It will raise com- pletely by itself after it has been
raised about halfway.
HOOD
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WARNING
Always double check to besure that the hood is firmly
latched before driving away. If
it is not latched, the hood
could fly open while the vehi-
cle is being driven, causing a
total loss of visibility, which
might result in an accident.
Do not move the vehicle with the hood raised. The view will
be blocked and the hood
could fall or be damaged.