2019 KIA SORENTO child restraint

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Safety features of your vehicle
✽ ✽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.
Condition and operation in the front passenger occupant detection
system
*1: The ODS system uses a field to evaluate a person's size to determine whether the
air bag should deploy. It is possible for a child to be detected and activate the ODS,
thus allowing the air bag to deploy. To maximize safety, do not allow children to ride
in the front passenger seat.
*
2: Never install a child restraint system on the front passenger seat.
Condition detected by the occupant detection systemIndicator/Warning lightDevices
“PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF” indicator lightSRS warning lightFront passenger air bag
1. Adult or child*1OffOffActivated
2. Child restraint system*2OnOffDeactivated
3. Unoccupied OnOffDeactivated
4. There is a malfunction
in the systemOffOnActivated
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. (Continued)

Safety features of your vehicle
58
3
Even though your vehicle is
equipped with the occupant detec-
tion system, never install a child
restraint system in the front pas-
senger's seat. A deploying air bag
can forcefully strike a child result-
ing in serious injuries or death. Any
child age 12 and under should ride
in the rear seat. Children too large
for child restraints should use the
available lap/shoulder belts. No
matter what type of crash, children
of all ages are safer when
restrained in the rear seat.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG “OFF” indicator is illuminated when
the front passenger's seat is occu-
pied by an adult and he/she sits
properly (sitting upright with the
seatback in an upright position,
centered on the seat cushion with
their seat belt on, legs comfortably
extended and their feet on the
floor), have that person sit in the
rear seat. Any child age 12 and under should
ride in the rear seat. Children too
large for child restraints should use
the available lap/shoulder belts. No
matter what type of crash, children of
all ages are safer when restrained in
the rear seat.
If the occupant detection system is
not working properly, the SRS air
bag warning light on the instrument
panel will illuminate because the
passenger's front air bag is connect-
ed with the occupant detection sys-
tem. If there is a malfunction of the
occupant detection system, the PAS-
SENGER AIR BAG “OFF” indicator
will not illuminate and the passen-
ger's front air bag will inflate in frontal
impact crashes even if there is no
occupant in the front passenger's
seat.
WARNING
- Replacement/modifications
The front passenger seat, dash-
board or door should not be
replaced except by an authorized
Kia dealer using original Kia parts
designed for this vehicle and
model. Any other such replace-
ment or modification could
adversely affect the operation of
the occupant detection system
and your advanced air bags.

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Safety features of your vehicle
Driver's and passenger's front
air bagYour vehicle is equipped with an
Advanced Supplemental Restraint
(Air Bag) System and lap/shoulder
belts at both the driver and passen-
ger seating position.
The indication of the system's pres-
ence are the letters “AIR BAG” locat-
ed on the air bag pad cover on the
steering wheel and the passenger'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.
OUM034042
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Driver’s front air bag
■Passenger’s front air bagOUM038041L

Index
4I
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38Using a child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Placing a passenger seat belt into the auto lock mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-40
Securing a child restraint seat with tether anchor system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Securing a child restraint seat with child seat lower anchor system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Closing the sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Coat hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18\
2
Combined instrument, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . 4-75
Consumer assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-21
Cooling fluid, see engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-100
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63 To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
To increase cruise control set speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64
To decrease the cruising speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on5-65
To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 30 km/h (20mph) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66
To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66 Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-172
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-63
Dashboard illumination, see instrument panel
illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Dashboard, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
Day/Night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Daytime running light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
Defogging (Windshield) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164
Defroster (Rear window) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Defrosting (Windshield) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164
Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
2
Display illumination, see instrument panel illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Displays, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
Distance to empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Do not use methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Door lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
22 From outside the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
From inside the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Door lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Central door lock switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Drinks holders, see cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-172
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Index
Room lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Rotation (Tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Safety chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9Normal maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Maintenance under severe usage conditions . . . . . . 7-13
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-26 Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Seat cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-174
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-173
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 3-2 Front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
2nd row seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3rd row seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Securing a child restraint seat withchild seat lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Securing a child restraint seatwith tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Side air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-61\
Side curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-183
Side marker (front) (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . 7-77
Side marker (rear) (Bulb type) bulb replacement. . . . . 7-82
Side marker (rear) (LED type) bulb replacement. . . . . 7-83
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . 7-78
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Smart cruise control with stop & go system . . . . . . . . 5-67
Smart cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
Speed setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
Vehicle to vehicle distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-74
To adjust the sensitivity of smart cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80
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
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Smart key function (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Smart key precautions (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Smart liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 How to use the Smart Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
How to deactivate the Smart Liftgate function using the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Detecting area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
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Index
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9Check tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Low tire pressure telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Changing a tire with TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37,8-5 Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37\
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-37
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Tire terminology and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-26 Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26 Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-126
Hitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12\
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Safety chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
Trailer brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
Maintenance when trailer towing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-131
If you do decide to pull a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-132
Transmission - Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Transmission shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
Transmitter precautions (Folding key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Trip information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
Trip modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83\
Turn by turn mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
USB charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-178
User settings mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Using a child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
Vanity mirror lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . 7-90
Vanity mirror lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . 7-90
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
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