2018 KIA SORENTO warning

Safety features of your vehicle
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The side air bag is supplemental to
the driver's and the passenger's
seat belt systems and is not a sub-
stitute for them. Therefore your
seat belts must be worn at all times
while the vehicle is in operation.
For best protection from the side air bag system and to avoid being
injured by the deploying side air
bag, both front seat occupants
should sit in an upright position
with the seat belt properly fas-
tened. The driver's hands should
be placed on the steering wheel at
the 9:00 and 3:00 positions. The
passenger's arms and hands
should be placed on their laps. If seat or seat cover is damaged,
have the vehicle checked and
repaired by an authorized Kia deal-
er. Inform the dealer that your vehi-
cle is equipped with side air bags
and an occupant detection system.
WARNING- Flying
objects
Do not place any objects (an
umbrella, bag, etc.) between the
front door and the front seat.
Such objects may become dan-
gerous projectiles if the side
airbag inflates.WARNING- Deployment
Do not install any accessories
including seat covers, on the
side or near the side air bag as
this may affect the deployment
of the side air bags.

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Problems may arise if the sensor
installation angles are changed due
to the deformation of the front
bumper, front end module, body or
front doors where side collision sen-
sors are installed. Have the vehicle
checked and repaired by an author-
ized Kia dealer.
Installing bumper guards (or side
step or running board) or replacing a
bumper (or front door module) with
non-genuine parts may adversely
affect your vehicle’s collision and air
bag deployment performance.Air bag inflation conditions
Front air bags
Front air bags are designed to inflate
in a frontal collision depending on
the intensity, speed or angles of
impact of the front collision.
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WARNING- Air bag sen-sors
Do not hit or allow any objects to impact the locations where
air bags or sensors are
installed.
This may cause unexpected
air bag deployment, which
could result in serious per-
sonal injury or death.
If the installation location or angle of the sensors is altered
in any way, the air bags may
deploy when they should not
or they may not deploy when
they should.
Therefore, do not try to per-
form maintenance on or
around the air bag sensors.
Have the vehicle checked and
repaired by an authorized Kia
dealer.

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Air bags may not inflate if the vehi-cle collides with objects such as
utility poles or trees, where the
point of impact is concentrated to
one area and the full force of the
impact is not delivered to the sen-
sors.
SRS Care
The SRS is virtually maintenance-
free and so there are no parts you can
safely service by yourself. If the SRS
air bag warning light does not illumi-
nate, or continuously remains on, have
your vehicle immediately inspected by
an authorized Kia dealer.
Any work on the SRS system, such
as removing, installing, repairing, or
any work on the steering wheel, the
front passenger’s panel, front seats
and roof rails must be performed by
an authorized Kia dealer. Improper
handling of the SRS system may
result in serious personal injury. For cleaning the air bag pad covers,
use only a soft, dry cloth or one which
has been moistened with plain water.
Solvents or cleaners could adversely
affect the air bag covers and proper
deployment of the system.
If components of the air bag system
must be discarded, or if the vehicle
must be scrapped, certain safety
precautions must be observed. An
authorized Kia dealer knows these
precautions and can give you the
necessary information. Failure to fol-
low these precautions and proce-
dures could increase the risk of per-
sonal injury.
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Adding equipment to or modi-
fying your air bag-equipped
vehicle
If 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 opera-
tion of your vehicle's air bag system.
Air bag warning label
Air 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 poten-
tial risks of the air bag system.
WARNING- Tamperingwith SRS
Do not tamper with or discon-
nect SRS wiring, or other com-
ponents of the SRS system.
Doing so could result in the
accidental inflation of the air
bags or by rendering the SRS
inoperative.
WARNING- Towing Vehicle
Always have the ignition off
when your vehicle is being
towed. The side air bags may
inflate if the vehicle is tilted
such as when being towed
because of the rollover sensors
in the vehicle.
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Features of your vehicle
Folding key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
• Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
• Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
• Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
• Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
• Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
• Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
• Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
• Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
• Smart key immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
• Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
• Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
• Disarmed stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
• Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-22
• Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . . 4-23
• Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
• Child-protector rear door lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Liftgate (for manual liftgate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
• Opening the liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
• Closing the liftgate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
• Emergency liftgate safety release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Power liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
• Opening the liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
• Closing the liftgate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
• Smart power liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
• Emergency liftgate safety release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
• Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-44
• Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
• Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
• Opening the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
• Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
• Emergency fuel filler lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
• Sunroof open warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
• Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
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• Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
• Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
• Closing the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
• Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
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Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
• Electric power steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
• Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
• Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
• Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-57
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59\
• Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
• Outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
• Instrument cluster control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74
• LCD display control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74
• Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-75
• Transaxle shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
• Icy Road Warning Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
LCD display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
• LCD modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
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Trip modes (trip computer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
• Trip Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80\
• Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
• Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-82
• Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
• One time driving information mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
• Turn by turn mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-84
• ASCC/LDWS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-84
• A/V mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
84• Service mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
• User settings mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
• Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
• Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
• Indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
• Operation of the rear parking assist system . . . . . . 4-109
• Non-operational conditions of
rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
• Rear parking assist system precautions . . . . . . . . . 4-111
• Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
360° camera monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
• Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
• Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
• Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
• High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
• Turn signals and lane change signals. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
• Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
• Check headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
• Headlight leveling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
• AFLS (Adaptive Front Lighting System) . . . . . . . . 4-120
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Features of your vehicle
Record your key number
The key code num-
ber is stamped on
the key code tag
attached to the key
set. Should you
lose your keys, this number will
enable an authorized Kia dealer to
duplicate the keys easily. Remove
the key code tag and store it in a safe
place. Also, record the key code
number and keep it in a safe
place.(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
CAUTION
Do not fold the key withoutpressing the release button.This may damage the key.
WARNING - Aftermarket
key
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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Door Lock (1)
1. Close all doors, engine hood andliftgate.
2. Press the lock button(1).
3. All doors and liftgate 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
beep 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
liftgate will unlock. The hazard
warning lights will blink two times.
✽ ✽NOTICE
You can activate or deactivate the
Two Turn Unlock function. Refer to
"User settings" in this chapter.
WARNING- Ignition key
(smart key)
Never leave the keys in your
vehicle with unsupervised chil-
dren. Leaving children unat-
tended in a vehicle with a man-
ual ignition key or a smart key
is dangerous. Children copy
adults and they could place the
key in the ignition switch or
press the start button. The key
would enable children to oper-
ate power windows or other
controls, or even make the vehi-
cle move, which could result in
serious bodily injury or death.
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