2019 KIA SORENTO warning

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Safety features of your vehicle
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.Curtain air bag
Curtain air bags are located along
both sides of the roof rails above the
front and rear doors.
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 - No attaching
objects
Do not place any objects over the air bag or between the air
bag and yourself. Also, do not
attach any objects around the
area the air bag inflates such
as the door, side door glass,
front and rear pillar.
Do not put any objects between the side airbag label
and seat cushion. It could
cause harm if the vehicle is in
a crash severe enough to
cause the air bags to deploy.
Never place or insert any object into any small opening
near side airbag labels
attached to the vehicle seats.
When the air bag deploys, the
object may affect the deploy-
ment and result in unexpected
accident or bodily harm.
Do not install any accessories on the side or near the side air
bags.
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They are designed to help protect
occupants in certain side impacts
and to help prevent them from eject-
ing out of the vehicle as a result of a
rollover, especially when the seat-
belts are also in use.
The curtain air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side impact
collisions, depending on the crash
severity, angle, speed and point of
impact. However, when side deploy-
ment threshold is satisfied at front-
impact, side air bags may deploy.
The curtain air bags may deploy on the side of the impact or on both
sides.
Also, the curtain air bags on both sides of the vehicle will deploy in
certain rollover situations.
The curtain air bags are not designed to deploy in all side
impact or rollover situations. Do not allow the passengers to lean
their heads or bodies against the
doors, put their arms on the doors,
stretch their arms out of the window
or place objects between the doors
and passengers when they are seat-
ed on seats equipped with side
impact and/or curtain air bags.
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NOTICE
Never try to open or repair any com-
ponents of the side and curtain air
bag system. This should only be
done by an authorized Kia dealer.
WARNING - No attaching
objects
Do not place any objects over the air bag. Also, do not attach
any objects around the area
the air bag inflates such as the
door, side door glass, front
and rear pillar, roof side rail.
objects on the coat hook.

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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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Safety features of your vehicle
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
• Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
• Smart key immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
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
• Door lock/unlock features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
• Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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• Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
• Hood open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
• Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
• Opening the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
• Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
• Emergency fuel filler lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
• Sunroof open warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
• Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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• Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
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• Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
• Closing the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
• Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
• Electric Power Steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
• Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
• Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
• Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-60
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61\
• Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
• Outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
• Instrument cluster control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
• LCD display control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
• Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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• Transmission shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
LCD display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-82
• LCD modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-82\
Trip modes (Trip computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
• Trip modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83\
• Fuel economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
• Accumulated driving information mode . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
• One time driving information mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
• Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
• Smart shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86\
• Turn by turn mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
• Assist mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87\
• Distance to empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
• User settings mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
• Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
• Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
• Indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
• Operation of the rear parking assist system . . . . . . 4-111
• Non-operational conditions of rear parking assist
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-112
• Rear parking assist system precautions . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
• Operation of the parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
• Non-operational conditions of parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-117
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
360° camera monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
• Automatic car wash entry support guidelines . . . . 4-122
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• High beam operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
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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 (IF EQUIPPED)
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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