2015 KIA Sorento ECO mode

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and explanations of optional as well as standard equipment. As
a result, you may encounter material in this manual that is not
applicable to your specific Kia vehicle.Drive safely and enjoy your Kia!
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Safety features of your vehicle
Seat belts - Front passenger andrear seat 3-point system withcombination locking retractorTo fasten your seat belt:
Combination retractor type seat belts
are installed in the rear seat posi-
tions to help accommodate the
installation of child restraint systems.
Although a combination retractor is
also installed in the front passenger
seat position, it is strongly recom-
mended that children always be
seated in the rear seat. NEVER
place any infant restraint system in
the front seat of the vehicle.
This type of seat belt combines the
features of both an emergency lock-
ing retractor seat belt and an auto-
matic locking retractor seat belt. To
fasten your seat belt, pull it out of the
retractor and insert the metal tab into
the buckle. There will be an audible
"click" when the tab locks into the
buckle. When not securing a child
restraint, the seat belt operates in the
same way as the driver's seat belt
(Emergency Locking Retractor Type). It automatically adjusts to the proper
length only after the lap belt portion
of the seat belt is adjusted manually
so that it fits snugly around your hips.
When the seat belt is fully extended
from the retractor to allow the instal-
lation of a child restraint system, the
seat belt operation changes to allow
the belt to retract, but not to extend
(Automatic Locking Retractor Type).
Refer to “Using a child restraint sys-
tem” in this section.
✽ ✽
NOTICEAlthough the combination retractor
provides the same level of protection
for seated passengers in either emer-
gency or automatic locking modes,
have the seated passengers use the
emergency locking feature for
improved convenience. The auto-
matic locking function is intended to
facilitate child restraint installation.
To convert from the automatic lock-
ing feature to the emergency locking
operation mode, allow the unbuck-
led seat belt to fully retract.
CAUTION
Do NOT fold down the left por-
tion of the rear seat back whenthe rear center seat belt is buck-led. ALWAYS UNBUCKLE therear center seat belt before fold-ing down the left portion of therear seat back. If the rear centerseat belt is buckled when theleft portion of the rear seat backis folded down, distortion anddamage to the top portion of theseat back and seat belt garnishmay result, causing the seatback to lock into the foldeddown position.
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3Using a child restraint systemFor small children and babies, the
use of a child seat or infant seat is
required. The child seat or infant seat
should be of appropriate size for the
child and should be installed in
accordance with the manufacturer's
instructions. For safety reasons, we recommend
that the child restraint system be
used in the rear seats.
Since all passenger seat belts move
freely under normal conditions and
only lock under extreme or emer-
gency conditions (emergency lock
mode), you must manually change
these seat belts to the auto lock
mode to secure a child restraint.
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Forward-facing child restraint systemRearward-facing child restraint system
WARNING
Never place a rear-facing child
restraint in the front passenger
seat, because of the danger an
inflating passenger-side air bag
could impact the rear-facing
child restraint and kill the child.
WARNING
- Child seat
installation
 A child can be seriously injured or killed in a collision
if the child restraint is not
properly anchored to the vehi-
cle and the child is not prop-
erly restrained in the child
restraint. Before installing the
child restraint system, read
the instructions supplied by
the child restraint system
manufacturer.
 If the seat belt does not oper- ate as described in this sec-
tion, have the system checked
immediately by your author-
ized Kia dealer.
 Failure to observe this manu- al's instructions regarding
child restraint systems and
the instructions provided with
the child restraint system
could increase the chance
and/or severity of injury in an
accident.
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Safety features of your vehicle
The indication of the system's pres-
ence are the letters "AIR BAG"
embossed on the air bag pad cover
on the steering wheel and the pas-
senger's side front panel pad above
the glove box.
The SRS consists of air bags
installed under the pad covers in the
center of the steering wheel and the
passenger's side front panel above
the glove box.
The purpose of the SRS is to provide
the vehicle's driver and/or the front
passenger with additional protection
than that offered by the seat belt sys-
tem alone in case of a frontal impact
of sufficient severity. The SRS uses
sensors to gather information about
the driver's and front passenger's
seat belt usage and impact severity.The seat belt buckle sensors deter-
mine if the driver and front passen-
ger's seat belts are fastened.These sensors provide the ability to
control the SRS deployment based on
whether or not the seat belts are fas-
tened, and how severe the impact is.
The advanced SRS offers the ability
to control the air bag inflation with
two levels. A first stage level is pro-
vided for moderate-severity impacts.
A second stage level is provided for
more severe impacts.
The passenger’s front air bag is
designed to help reduce the injury of
children sitting close to the instru-
ment panel in low speed collisions.
However, children are safer if they
are restrained in the rear seat.
According to the impact severity and
seat belt usage, the SRSCM (SRS
Control Module) controls the air bag
inflation. Failure to properly wear
seat belts can increase the risk or
severity of injury in an accident.
WARNING
If the occupant detection sys-
tem is not working properly, the
SRS air bag warning light on
the instrument panel will illumi-
nate because the SRS air bag
warning light is connected with
the occupant detection system.
If the SRS air bag warning light
does not illuminate when the
ignition switch is turned to the
ON position, remains illuminat-
ed after approximately 6 sec-
onds when the ignition switch
is turned to the ON position, or
if it illuminates while the vehicle
is being driven, have an author-
ized Kia dealer inspect the
advanced SRS air bag system
as soon as possible.
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Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55\
• Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
• Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68• Instrument cluster control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69
• LCD display control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
• Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-71
• Transaxle shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74LCD display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75• LCD modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
4-75
• Service mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
• User settings mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
• A/V Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
80
• Turn by turn mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
• Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87• Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
87
• Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-88
• Fuel economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91• Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91
• Indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102• Operation of the rear parking assist system . . . . . . 4-102• Non-operational conditions of
rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
• Rear parking assist system precautions . . . . . . . . . 4-104
• Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108• Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• Headlight escort function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• Headlight welcome function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
• Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
• High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
• Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
• Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112Windshield wiper/washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113• Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
• Front windshield washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
• Rear window wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . 4-116Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117• Automatic turn off function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
• Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
• Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
• Luggage lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
• Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
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Features of your vehicle
This device complies with Industry
Canada Standard RSS-210.
Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harm-ful interference, and
2. This device must accept any inter- ference received, including inter-
ference that may cause undesired
operation.
"Limp Home" Mode and Related
ProceduresIf the immobilizer warning indicator
blinks for five seconds when the igni-
tion key is turned to the "ON" posi-
tion, this indicates the immobilizer
system requires service. The engine
cannot be started without using the
procedure below.
The following procedure describes
how to start the engine using the
limp home function (0, 1, 2, 3 as a
sample password).✽ ✽ NOTICEYou can get a limp home password
when the vehicle is first delivered to
you. If you do not have a password,
consult your authorized Kia dealer.
CAUTION
Changes or modifications not
expressly approved by the partyresponsible for compliancecould void the user’s authorityto operate the equipment. If thekeyless entry system is inopera-tive due to changes or modifica-tions not approved by the partyresponsible for compliance, itwill not be covered by your man-ufacturer’s vehicle warranty.
CAUTION
The transponder in your ignitionkey is an important part of theimmobilizer system. It isdesigned to give years of trou-ble-free service, however youshould avoid exposure to mois-ture, static electricity and roughhandling. Immobilizer systemmalfunction could occur.
CAUTION
Do not change, alter or adjustthe immobilizer system becauseit could cause the immobilizersystem to malfunction andshould only be serviced by anauthorized Kia dealer.
Malfunctions caused by improp-er alterations, adjustments ormodifications to the immobilizersystem are not covered by yourvehicle manufacturer warranty.
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41. To activate the password, turn the
ignition key "ON" and "OFF"
according to the digit numbers.
The immobilizer indicator will blink
along with the operation of the
ignition key. For example, turn the
ignition key once for digit number
"1", and twice for "2", and so on.
For the digit number "0", you must
cycle the ignition key 10 times.
2. Wait for 3~10 seconds.
3. You may set the remaining number of digits by following steps 1 and 2.
4. If all of the four password digits have been successfully entered,
turn the ignition key "ON" and
check that the immobilizer indica-
tor illuminates. From this time, you
have to start your engine within 30
seconds. If you try to start your
engine after 30 seconds, your
engine will not start.
✽ ✽NOTICEIf the engine stalls while driving in
the "limp home" mode, you can
start your engine within 3 seconds
without re-entering the password.If the immobilizer indicator blinks for
five seconds, you must re-enter the
password (steps 1~4).
After performing the limp home acti-
vation procedure, consult with your
authorized Kia dealer as soon as
possible.
CAUTION
 If the password is entered
incorrectly three consecutivetimes, wait for about one hourto perform the limp home acti-vation procedure again.
 If you cannot start your engine using the limp home activa-tion procedure, have yourvehicle towed by an author-ized Kia dealer.
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