2015 KIA Sorento Owner's Manual

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Safety features of your vehicle
Additional safety precautions
Never let passengers ride in the
cargo area or on top of a folded-
down back seat. All occupants
should sit upright, fully back in their
seats with their seat belts on and
their feet on the floor.
 Passengers should not move
out of or change seats while the
vehicle is moving. A passenger
who is not wearing a seat belt dur-
ing a crash or emergency stop can
be thrown against the inside of the
vehicle, against other occupants,
or out of the vehicle.
 Each seat belt is designed to
restrain one occupant. If more
than one person uses the same
seat belt, they could be seriously
injured or killed in a collision.
 Do not use any accessories on
seat belts. Devices claiming to
improve occupant comfort or repo-
sition the seat belt can reduce the
protection provided by the seat belt
and increase the chance of serious
injury in a crash. 
Passengers should not place
hard or sharp objects between
themselves and the air bags.
Carrying hard or sharp objects on
your lap or in your mouth can result
in injuries if an air bag inflates.
 Keep occupants away from the
air bag covers. All occupants
should sit upright, fully back in their
seats with their seat belts on and
their feet on the floor. If occupants
are too close to the air bag covers,
they could be injured if the air bags
inflate.
 Do not attach or place objects
on or near the air bag covers.
Any object attached to or placed
on the front or side air bag covers
could interfere with the proper
operation of the air bags.
 Do not modify the front seats.
Modification of the front seats
could interfere with the operation of
the supplemental restraint system
sensing components or side air
bags.
(Continued)
 If the air bags inflate, they
must be replaced by an
authorized Kia dealer.
 Do not tamper with or discon- nect SRS wiring, or other
components of the SRS sys-
tem. Doing so could result in
injury, due to accidental infla-
tion of the air bags or by ren-
dering the SRS inoperative.
 If components of the air bag system must be discarded, or
if the vehicle must be
scrapped, certain safety pre-
cautions must be observed.
An authorized Kia dealer
knows these precautions and
can give you the necessary
information. Failure to follow
these precautions and proce-
dures could increase the risk
of personal injury.
 If your vehicle was flooded and has soaked carpeting or
water on flooring, you should-
n't try to start the engine;
have the vehicle towed to an
authorized Kia dealer.
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3 Do not place items under the
front seats. Placing items under
the front seats could interfere with
the operation of the supplemental
restraint system sensing compo-
nents and wiring harnesses.
 Never hold an infant or child on
your lap. The infant or child could
be seriously injured or killed in the
event of a crash. All infants and
children should be properly
restrained in appropriate child
safety seats or seat belts in the
rear seat.
Adding equipment to or modi-
fying your air bag-equipped
vehicleIf you modify your vehicle by chang-
ing your vehicle's frame, bumper sys-
tem, front end or side sheet metal or
ride height, this may affect the oper-
ation of your vehicle's air bag sys-
tem.
WARNING
 Sitting improperly or out of position can cause occupants
to be shifted too close to a
deploying air bag, strike the
interior structure or be thrown
from the vehicle resulting in
serious injury or death.
 Always sit upright with the seatback in an upright posi-
tion, centered on the seat
cushion with your seat belt
on, legs comfortably extended
and your feet on the floor.
 Always have the ignition OFF when the vehicle is being
towed or where it may other-
wise be tilted, since the side
and/or curtain airbags may
inflate if the sensors interpret
those tilt angles as a potential
rollover.
 Be careful not to cause impact to the doors when the ignition
is ON. The air bags may inflate.
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Safety features of your vehicle
Air bag warning labelAir bag warning labels, some required by the
Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
(CMVSS), are attached to the sunvisor to
alert the driver and passengers of potential
risks of the air bag system.
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Features of your vehicleFolding key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
• Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
• Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
• Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
• Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Smart key immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
• Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19• Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
• Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
• Disarmed stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21• Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-21
• Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . . 4-22
• Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
• Auto door lock/unlock feature (Automatic transaxle) . 4-24
• Child-protector rear door lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25\
• Opening the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25• Closing the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
• Power tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
• Emergency tailgate safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33• Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-38• Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
• Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40• Opening the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
• Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
• Emergency fuel filler lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44• Sunroof open warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
• Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
• Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
• Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
47
• Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49• Electric power steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
• Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
• Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
• Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-51
• Flex steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
52
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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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Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120• Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121• Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
• 3rd row air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
• System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
• Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
• Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
• Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerantand compressor lubricant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131• Automatic heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . 4-133
• Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
• Outside thermometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
• 3rd row air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140Windshield defrosting and defogging . . . . . . . . . 4-142• Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
• Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
• Defogging logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146• Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
• Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14\
6
• Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
• Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Interior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149• Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
• Bottle holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
150
• Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
150
• Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
• AC inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152
• Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 4-154
• Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-154
• Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-155
• Floor mat anchor(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-155
• Side curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-156
• Luggage net holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-156Exterior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-157• Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15\
7Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-159• Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
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Features of your vehicle44Record your key number
The key code number
is stamped on the bar
code tag attached to
the key set. Should
you lose your keys,
this number will enable an author-
ized Kia dealer to duplicate the keys
easily. Remove the bar code tag and
store it in a safe place. Also, record
the code number and keep it in a
safe and handy place, but not in the
vehicle.
Key operations• Used to start the engine.
 Used to lock and unlock the doors.
 Used to lock and unlock the glove box.
 To unfold the key, press the release button then the key will unfold auto-
matically. To fold the key, fold the
key manually while pressing the
release button.
FOLDING KEY
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CAUTION
Do not fold the key withoutpressing the release button.This may damage the key.
WARNING
- Ignition key
Leaving children unattended in
a vehicle with the ignition key is
dangerous even if the key is not
in the ignition. Children copy
adults and they could place the
key in the ignition. The ignition
key would enable children to
operate power windows or
other controls, or even make
the vehicle move, which could
result in serious bodily injury or
even death. Never leave the
keys in your vehicle with unsu-
pervised children.
WARNING
Use only Kia original parts for
the ignition key in your vehicle.
If an aftermarket key is used,
the ignition switch may not
return to ON after START. If this
happens, the starter will contin-
ue to operate causing damage
to the starter motor and possi-
ble fire due to excessive current
in the wiring.
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Features of your vehicle
Door Lock (1)1. Close all doors, engine hood andtailgate.
2. Press the lock button(1).
3. All doors and tailgate will lock. The hazard warning lights will blink
once.
4. If the lock button is pressed once more within 4 seconds, the hazard
warning lights will blink and the
horn will sound once.
5. Make sure that doors are locked by checking the door lock button inside
or pulling the outside door handle.
Door Unlock (2) 1. Press the unlock button(2).
2. The driver's door will unlock. Thehazard warning lights will blink two
times.
3. Press the unlock button(2) twice within 4 seconds and all doors and
tailgate will unlock. The hazard
warning lights will blink two times.✽ ✽NOTICEYou can activate or deactivate the
Two Turn Unlock function. Refer to
"User settings" in this chapter.
Tailgate unlock (3)The tailgate is unlocked if the button
is pressed for more than 1 second.
Also, once the tailgate is opened and
then closed, the tailgate will be
locked automatically.
 For Power Tailgate Only:
The Power Tailgate will open if the
button is pressed for more than 1
second. Also, once the tailgate is
opened and then closed, the tailgate
will be locked again automatically.
If the power tailgate is switched ‘Off’
using the button in the overhead con-
sole, the tailgate unlock button will
operate to unlock the tailgate as
described above.
See section 4-26 for more informa-
tion on the power tailgate option.
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