2021 KIA STINGER warning

Safety features of your vehicle
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Curtain air bag
❈The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ
from the illustration.
Curtain air bags are located along
both sides of the roof rails above the
front and rear doors.
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.OCK037038
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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 util-
ity 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 sensors.
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 U.S. National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), are attached to the sunvi-
sor to alert the driver and passen-
gers of potential risks of the air bag
system.
WARNING- Tampering
with 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 render the SRS inoper-
ative.
WARNING- Towing Vehicle
Always have the Engine
Start/Stop button in the OFF
position 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
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
• Smart key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
• Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
• Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
• Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
• Mechanical key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
• Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
• Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
• Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Disarmed stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
• Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-16
• Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . . 4-17
• Door lock/unlock features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
• Child-protector rear door lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21\
• Non-Powered liftgate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
• Power liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
• Emergency liftgate safety release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Smart liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
• Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
• Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-39
• Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
• Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
• Closing the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
• Emergency fuel filler door release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Wide sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
• Sunroof open warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
• Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
47
• Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
• Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
• Closing the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
• Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
• Electric Power Steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
• Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
• Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
• Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-54
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Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
• Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
• Outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
• Instrument cluster control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
• LCD display control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
• Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69
• Transmission shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
LCD windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
• Over view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
• Trip information (Trip computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
• LCD modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77
• Distance to empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81
• User settings mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-82
• Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
• Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
• Indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Head Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
• Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
• Head Up Display on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
• Head Up Display information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
• Head Up Display setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Reverse Parking Distance Warning . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
• Operation of Reverse Parking Distance Warning . 4-107
• Non-operational conditions of Reverse Parking
Distance Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• Reverse Parking Distance Warning precautions . . 4-109
• Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Parking Distance Warning (PDW) system . . . . . 4-111
• Operation of Parking Distance Warning. . . . . . . . . 4-111
• Non-operational conditions of Parking Distance
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
• Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Rear View Monitor (RVM) system . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Surround View Monitoring (SVM) system . . . . 4-117
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
• Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
• Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
• Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
• High beam operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
• High Beam Assist (HBA) system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
• Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• Check headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
• Headlight leveling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
• Dynamic Bending Light (DBL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
and handy place, but not in the vehi-
cle.
Smart key functions
1. Door lock
2. Door unlock
3. Liftgate open
4. Panic alarm
With smart key, you can lock or
unlock doors (and liftgate) and start
the engine without inserting the key.
Refer to the following, for more
details.
SMART KEY
WARNING - Smart key
Never leave the keys in your
vehicle with unsupervised chil-
dren. Leaving children unat-
tended in a vehicle with a smart
key is dangerous. Children
copy adults and they could
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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Features of your vehicle
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Locking
Pressing the button of the front out-
side door handles with all doors
closed and any door unlocked, locks
all the doors. The hazard warning
lights will blink and the chime will
sound once to indicate that all doors
are locked. The button will only oper-
ate when the smart key is within
28~40 in. (0.7~1 m) 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.In some instances, when the outside
door button is selected, the doors will
not lock and an audible chime will
sound for 3 seconds if any of the fol-
lowing occurs:
• The smart key is in the vehicle.
The Engine Start/Stop button is in
the ACC or ON position.
Any door is opened.
Unlocking
Pressing the button of the driver's (or
front passenger’s) outside door han-
dle with all doors closed and locked,
unlocks the driver's door.
The hazard warning lights will blink
twice to indicate that the driver's door
is unlocked. Also, the outside
rearview mirrors will automatically
unfold if the outside rearview mirror
folding switch is in the AUTO posi-
tion.
The button will only operate when
the smart key is within 28~40 in.
(0.7~1m) from the outside door han-
dle.
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