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Safety features of your vehicle
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Condition and operation in the front passenger occupant detection
system
*1The system judges a person of adult size as an adult. When a smaller adult sits in
the front passenger seat, the system may recognize him/her as a child depending
on his/her physique and posture.
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2Do not allow children to ride in the front passenger seat. When a larger child who has
outgrown a child restraint system sits in the front passenger seat, the system may rec-
ognize him/her as an adult depending upon his/her physique or sitting position.
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3 Never install a child restraint system on the front passenger seat.
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4The PASSENGER AIR BAG “OFF” indicator may turn on or off when a child above 12 months to 12 years old (with or without child restraint system) sits in the front
passenger seat. This is a normal condition.
Condition detected by the
occupant classification system
Indicator/Warning lightDevices
"PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF" indicator lightSRS warning lightFront passenger air bag
1. Adult*1OffOffActivated
2. Child restraint system with
child under 12 months old
*
2*3*4OnOffDeactivated
3. Unoccupied OnOffDeactivated
4. Malfunction in the systemOffOnActivated
CAUTION
Do not install a child restraint seat in the passenger seatwhen the seat is heavilysoaked with any type of liquid.
Do not alter or remodel the ODS (Occupant DetectionSystem). This may damage thesystem and prevent its properfunction in a collision.
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Safety features of your vehicle
✽ ✽NOTICE
• Do not use car seat cushions that
cover up the surface of the seat
and aftermarket manufactured
passenger seat heaters.
• After conducting car interior clean- ing using steam or detergent, the
seat should be dried properly.
Afterward, check for normal oper-
ation of the “PASS AIR BAG
“OFF” and air bag warning lights.
• Any service related to the passen- ger seat and the ODS must be
done at Kia service center.
• After the passenger seat has been removed or installed for repair
purposes, check for normal opera-
tion of the “PASS AIR BAG
“OFF” and air bag warning lights
with a person seated or not seated
in the passenger seat.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
When the “PASS AIR BAG “OFF”
symbol is illuminated, the passenger
air bag system will not operate. The
passenger air bag system will oper-
ate when necessary if the symbol is
not illuminated.
✽ ✽NOTICE
Do not modify or replace the front
passenger seat. Don't place anything
on or attach anything such as a blan-
ket, front seat cover or after market
seat heater to the front passenger
seat. This can adversely affect the
occupant detection system.
WARNING - ODS System
Riding in an improper position
adversely affects the Occupant
Detection System and may
result in the deactivation of the
front passenger airbag. It is
important for the driver to
instruct the passenger as to the
proper seating instructions as
contained in this manual.
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Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
• Instrument cluster control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
• LCD window control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
• Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-58
• Transmission shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
LCD windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
• Over view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
63
• Trip information (Trip computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
• Distance to empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
• LCD modes (For type B, C cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69
• Service mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
• User settings mode (For type B, C cluster) . . . . . . . . 4-71
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
• Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
• Indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Parking distance warning-reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
• Operation of the parking distance warning-reverse. 4-96
• Non-operational conditions of parking distance warning-reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
• Parking distance warning-reverse precautions . . . . 4-98
• Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Rear view monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
• Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
• Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100 • Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
• High beam operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
• High beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
• Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
• Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• Front windshield washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
• Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
• Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
• Trunk room lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
• Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
• Glove box lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
• Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
• Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
• Pocket light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
• Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
• Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
• System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
• Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
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Features of your vehicle
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With a smart key, you can lock or
unlock a door and even start the
engine without inserting the key.
The functions of the buttons on a
smart key are similar to the remote
keyless entry. (Refer to the “Remote
keyless entry” in this chapter.)
Smart key functions
Carrying the smart key, you may lock
and unlock the vehicle doors. Also,
you may start the engine. Refer to
the following, for more details.
Locking
Pressing the button of the front out-
side door handles with all doors
closed and any door unlocked, locks
all the doors (and hood, trunk).
The hazard warning lights will blink
once to indicate that all doors are
locked. The button will only operate
when the smart key is within 0.7 ~
1m (28 ~ 40 in.) from the outside
door handle. If you want to make
sure that a door has locked or not,
you should check the door lock but-
ton inside the vehicle or pull the out-
side door handle.
SMART KEY (IF EQUIPPED)
OBDM048031N
OBD048033
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Features of your vehicle
Even though you press the button,
the doors will not lock and the chime
will sound for 3 seconds if any of the
following occurs:
The smart key is in the vehicle.
The ignition switch is in the ACC orON position.
Any door except the trunk is opened.Unlocking
Pressing the button of the driver's
outside door handle with all doors
closed and locked, unlocks the dri-
ver's door. The hazard warning lights
will blink and the chime will sound
twice to indicate that the driver's door
is unlocked.
Pressing the button in the front pas-
senger's outside door handle with all
doors closed and locked, unlocks all
the doors. The hazard warning lights
will blink and the chime will sound
twice to indicate that all doors are
unlocked. The button will only oper-
ate when the smart key is within
0.7~1 m (28~40 in.) from the outside
door handle.
Trunk unlocking
If you are within 0.7 ~ 1 m (28 ~ 40 in.)
from the outside trunk handle, with
your smart key in possession, the
trunk will unlock and open when you
press the trunk handle switch.
The hazard warning lights will blink
twice to indicate that the trunk is
unlocked.
Also, once the trunk is opened and
then closed, the trunk will lock auto-
matically.
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REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (IF EQUIPPED)
Remote keyless entry system
operationsLock (1)
All doors are locked if the lock button
is pressed. If all doors are closed, the
hazard warning lights will blink and
the chime will sound once to indicate
that all doors are locked.
Also, if the lock button is pressed
once more within 4 seconds, the
hazard warning lights will blink and
the chime will sound once to confirm
that the door is locked.
However, if any door remains open,
the hazard warning lights (and/or the
chime) will not operate. But if all
doors are closed after the lock button
is pressed, the hazard warning lights
will blink once.
Unlock (2)
The driver's door is unlocked if the
unlock button is pressed once. The
hazard warning lights will blink twice
and the chime will sound twice to
indicate that the driver’s door is
unlocked.
All doors are unlocked if the unlock
button is pressed once more within 4
seconds. The hazard warning lights
will blink (for smart key, the chime
also sounds) twice again to indicate
that all doors are unlocked. After
pressing this button, the doors will
lock automatically unless you open
any door within 30 seconds.
If you attempt to lock or unlock the
door by pressing the door
lock/unlock button in any of the fol-
lowing states, the door will not be
locked or unlocked.
- When you want to lock or unlock
the door in the ACC or ON state.
- When you want to lock a door in a car with one or more doors open.
Depending on the vehicle, the driver
can turn off or set the TWO PRESS
UNLOCK setting function.
OBD048031
■Type B
■Type A
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Features of your vehicle
✽ ✽NOTICE
If the keyless entry system is inoper-
ative due to exposure to water or liq-
uids, it will not be covered by your
manufacturer's vehicle warranty.
Trunk open (3)
The trunk is opened if the button is
pressed for more than 1 second.
Once the trunk is opened and then
closed, the trunk will lock automatically.
Panic alarm (4)
The horn sounds and the hazard
warning lights blink for about 30 sec-
onds if this button is pressed for
more than 0.5 seconds. To stop the
horn and lights, press any button on
the transmitter.
Transmitter precautions
The transmitter (or smart key) will not
work if any of following occurs:
The ignition key is in the ignition
switch.
You exceed the operating distance limit (about 30 m [90 feet]).
The battery in the transmitter (or smart key) is weak.
Other vehicles or objects may be blocking the signal.
The weather is extremely cold.
The transmitter (or smart key) is close to a radio transmitter such as
a radio station or an airport which
can interfere with normal operation
of the transmitter.
When the transmitter (or smart key)
does not work properly, open and
close the door with the ignition key. If
you have a problem with the trans-
mitter (or smart key), contact an
authorized Kia dealer.
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Features of your vehicle
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This system is designed to provide
protection from unauthorized entry
into the vehicle. This system is operat-
ed in three stages: the first is the
"Armed" stage, the second is the
"Theft-alarm" stage, and the third is
the "Disarmed" stage. If triggered, the
system provides an audible alarm with
blinking of the hazard warning lights.
Armed stage
Using the smart key
Park the vehicle and stop the engine.
Arm the system as described below.
1.Turn off the engine.
2.Make sure that all doors (and tail-
gate) and the engine hood are
closed and latched.
button of the front outside door
handle with the smart key in your
possession.
After completion of the steps
above, the hazard warning lights
operate once to indicate that the
system is armed.
If any door remains open, the
doors won't lock and the chime
will sound for 3 seconds. Close
the door and try again to lock the
doors.
If trunk or engine hood remains
open, the hazard warning lights
won't operate and theft-alarm will
not arm. After this, if the trunk and
engine hood are closed, the haz-
ard warning lights will blink once.
lock button on the smart key.
After completion of the steps
above, the hazard warning lights
will operate once to indicate that
the system is armed.
If any door (and trunk) or engine
hood remains open, the hazard
warning lights won't operate and
theft-alarm will not arm. After this,
if all doors (and trunk) and engine
hood are closed, the hazard
warning lights blink once.
THEFT-ALARM SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
Armed stage
Theft-alarm stageDisarmedstage
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