2015 KIA Sportage Owner's Manual

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Tilt steering/
Telescope steering
(if equipped)
Tilt steering allows you to adjust the
steering wheel before you drive.
You can also raise the steering wheel
to give your legs more room when
you exit and enter the vehicle (if
equipped).
The steering wheel should be posi-
tioned so that it is comfortable for
you to drive, while permitting you to
see the instrument panel warning
lights and gauges. To change the steering wheel angle,
pull down the lock-release lever (1),
adjust the steering wheel to the
desired angle (2) and height (3, if
equipped) then pull up the lock-
release lever to lock the steering
wheel in place. Be sure to adjust the
steering wheel to the desired posi-
tion before driving.
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(if equipped)
WARNING
- Steering wheel adjust-
ment
Never adjust the angle and
height of the steering wheel
while driving. You may lose
steering control

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✽
✽NOTICE
After adjudgement, sometimes the
lock-release lever may not lock the
steering wheel. It is not a malfunc-
tion. This occurs when two gears
engage. In this case, adjust the steer-
ing wheel again and then lock the
steering wheel.
Heated steering wheel
(if equipped)
With the ENGINE START/STOP but-
ton in the ON position, pressing the
heated steering wheel button warms
the steering wheel. The indicator on
the button will illuminate.
To turn the steering wheel off, press
the button once again. The indicator
on the button will turn off.
It will turn off automatically approxi-
mately 30 minutes after the heated
steering wheel is turned on. If ignition is turned OFF, then ON
again within 30 miuntes of steering
wheel heater being turned on, the
system will be automatically be set
ON again.
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Horn
To sound the horn, press the horn
symbols on your steering wheel.
Check the horn regularly to be sure it
operates properly.
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NOTICE
To sound the horn, press the area
indicated by the horn symbol on
your steering wheel (see illustra-
tion). The horn will operate only
when this area is pressed.
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CAUTION
Do not install aftermarket
steering wheel grip to thesteering wheel. This maycauses damage to the heatedsteering wheel system.
When cleaning the heated steering wheel, do not use anorganic solvent such as paintthinner, benzene, alcohol andgasoline. Doing so may dam-age the surface of the steeringwheel.
If the surface of steering wheel is damaged by sharpobject, damage to the heatedsteering wheel componentscould occur.

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Features of your vehicle
FLEX Steer (if equipped)
The FLEX Steer controls steering
effort as driver's preference or road
condition.
You can select the desired steering
mode by pressing the FLEX Steer
button.
The FLEX Steer stays in the last
mode selected when turning the
engine on.When the steering mode button is
pressed, the selected steering mode
will appear on the LCD display.
If the steering mode button is pressed
within 4 seconds, the steering mode
will change as above pictures.
If the steering wheel mode button is
not pressed for about 4 seconds, the
LCD display will change to the previ-
ous screen.
Normal mode
The normal mode offers medium
steering effort.
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Sport mode
The steering effort becomes heavier.
Comfort mode
The steering effort becomes lighter
in comfort mode. For your safety, if you press the
steering mode button to change
the mode while turning the steering
wheel, the LCD display will change
as you selected, but the steering
effort will not change. After that, if
you leave the steering wheel cen-
tered, the steering effort will
change to the selected mode.
Be careful when changing the steering mode while driving.
When the electronic power steer- ing is not working properly, the
driver selectable steering mode will
not work.
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Inside rearview mirror
Adjust the rearview mirror so that the
center view through the rear window
is seen. Make this adjustment before
you start driving.
Do not place objects in the rear seat
or cargo area which would interfere
with your vision through the rear win-
dow.
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Day/night rearview mirror (if equipped)
Make this adjustment before you
start driving and while the day/night
lever is in the day position.
Pull the day/night lever toward you to
reduce the glare from the headlights
of the vehicles behind you during
night driving.
Remember that you lose somerearview clarity in the night position.
MIRRORS
WARNING- Mirror adjustment
Do not adjust the rearview mir-
ror while the vehicle is moving.
This could result in loss of con-
trol, and an accident which
could cause death, serious
injury or property damage.
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Day
Night

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Electrochromic Mirror (ECM)
(if equipped)
The electric rearview mirror automat-
ically controls the glare from the
headlights of the vehicles behind you
in nighttime or low light driving condi-
tions. The sensor mounted in the mir-
ror senses the light level around the
vehicle, and automatically controls
the headlight glare from the vehicles
behind you.
When the engine is running, the
glare is automatically controlled by
the sensor mounted in the rearview
mirror.
Whenever the shift lever is shifted
into reverse (R), the mirror will auto-
matically go to the brightest setting in
order to improve the drivers view
behind the vehicle.
To operate the electric rearview mir-
ror:
The mirror defaults to the ON posi-tion whenever the ignition switch is
turned on.
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■Type A
■ Type B
IndicatorSensor
1
IndicatorSensor
Rearview display
CAUTION - Cleaning mir-ror
When cleaning the mirror, use a
paper towel or similar materialdampened with glass cleaner.Do not spray glass cleanerdirectly on the mirror. It maycause the liquid cleaner to enterthe mirror housing.

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Press the ON/OFF button (1) toturn the automatic dimming func-
tion off. The mirror indicator light
will turn off.
Press the ON/OFF button (1) to
turn the automatic dimming func-
tion on. The mirror indicator light
will illuminate.
If your vehicle has window tint or
other types of metallic coating on the
rear window the electric rearview
mirror may not work properly.
Electric chromic mirror with homelink®system (if equipped)
To operate the electric rearview mir-
ror
Press the I button (1) to turn the
automatic- dimming function on. The
mirror indicator light will illuminate.
Press the O button (2) to turn the
automatic- dimming function off. The
mirror indicator light will turn off. HomeLink
®Wireless Control System
Your new mirror comes with an inte-
grated HomeLink
®Universal
Transceiver, which allows you to pro-
gram the mirror to activate your
garage door(s), estate gate, home
lighting, etc. The mirror actually
learns the codes from your various
existing transmitters.
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Glare detection sensor
Indicator light
Homelink®buttons