2022 KIA NIRO HYBRID EV horn

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Your vehicle at a glance
INSTRUMENT PANEL OVERVIEW
1. Steering wheel audio controls .......Refer to
"Car Infotainment System Quick Reference
Guide".
2. Driver`s front air bag ...........................3-62
3. Horn.....................................................4-52
4. Instrument cluster ................................4-68
5. Wiper and washer control lever
(Right) ................................................4-139
6. Lighting control lever (Left) ................4-132
7. Ignition switch........................................5-7
ENGINE START/STOP button .............5-11
8. Driving Assist button .........................5-103
9. Infotainment system...............Refer to "Car
Infotainment System Quick Reference
Guide".
10. Hazard warning flasher .......................6-2
11. Climate control system ....................4-148
12. Shift lever DCT ..................................5-16
13. Front seat warmer ...........................4-170
Front air ventilation seat ..................4-172
14. Heated steering wheel button ...........4-51
15. Changing plug-in hybrid mode button..intro
16. Parking Distance Warning Off
button/Parking Safety button..4-123, 4-127
17. Smart phone wireless charger ........4-176
18. Center console storage box ............4-167
19. Power outlet.....................................4-173
20. USB charger ....................................4-174
21. Glove box ........................................4-167
22. Passenger`s front air bag ..................3-62
23. USB port..........................................4-185
24. AC inverter ......................................4-175
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Features of your vehicle
Door Lock (1)
1. Close all doors, engine hood and
liftgate.
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
horn 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. The
hazard 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 active or deactivate the Two
Press Unlock function from the User
Settings mode in the LCD display.
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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Liftgate unlock (3)
The liftgate is unlocked if the button
is pressed for more than 1 second.
Also, once the liftgate is opened and
then closed, the liftgate will be locked
automatically.
Panic (4)
The horn sounds and hazard warn-
ing lights flash for about 27 seconds
if this button is pressed for more than
0.5 seconds. To stop the horn and
lights, press any button on the trans-
mitter.
Transmitter precautions
The transmitter will not work if any
of following occur:
- The ignition key is in the ignition
switch.
- You exceed the operating dis-
tance limit (about 10 m [30 feet]).
- The battery in the transmitter is
weak.
- Other vehicles or objects are
blocking the signal.
- The weather is extremely cold.
- The transmitter is close to a radio
transmitter such as a radio sub-
station or an airport which can
interfere with normal operation of
the transmitter.

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✽ ✽
NOTICE
You can active or deactivate the Two
Press Unlock function from the User
Settings mode in the LCD display.
Refer to “User Settings” in this
chapter.
Liftgate open
To open:
1. Make sure you have the smart key
in your possession.
2. Either press the switch inside the
liftgate emblem or press the lift-
gate open button (3) on the smart
key for more than one second.
3. Once the liftgate is opened and
then closed, the liftgate will lock
automatically.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
The Liftgate unlock will only oper-
ate when the smart key is within
0.7~1 m (28~40 inches) from the
trunk
Panic alarm
Press and hold the panic alarm but-
ton (4) for more than one second.
The horn sounds and hazard warn-
ing lights flash for 30 seconds. To
cancel the panic mode, press any
button on the smart key.

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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 the liftgate or engine hood
remains opened, the hazard
warning lights will not operate
and theft-alarm will not arm. After
this, if the liftgate and engine
hood are closed, the hazard
warning lights will blink once and
the theft-alarm will arm.Do not arm the system until all
passengers have left the vehicle. If
the system is armed while a pas-
senger(s) remains in the vehicle,
the alarm may be activated when
the remaining passenger(s)
leaves the vehicle. If any door (or
liftgate) or engine hood is opened
within 30 seconds after the sys-
tem enters the armed stage, the
system will be disarmed to pre-
vent unnecessary alarm.Theft-alarm stage
The alarm will be activated if any of
the following occurs while the system
is armed.
A front or rear door is opened with-
out using the transmitter (or smart
key).
The liftgate is opened without
using the transmitter (or smart
key).
The engine hood is opened.
The horn will sound and the hazard
warning lights will blink continuously
for approximately 27 seconds. To
turn off the system, unlock the doors
with the transmitter (or smart key).

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Horn
To sound the horn, press the horn
symbols on your steering wheel.
Check the horn regularly to be sure it
operates properly.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
To sound the horn, press the area
indicated by the horn symbol on
your steering wheel (see illustra-
tion). The horn will operate only
when this area is pressed.
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Features of your vehicle
ItemsExplanation
Automatically Lock
Enable on shift: All doors will be automatically locked if the vehicle is shifted from the P (Park)
position to the R (Reverse), N (Neutral), or D (Drive) position.
Enable on speed: All doors will be automatically locked when the vehicle speed exceeds 15 km/h
(9.3 mph).
Automatically Unlock
On shift to P: All doors will be automatically unlocked if the gear is shifted to the P (Park) posi-
tion.
Vehicle off/On key out : All doors will be automatically unlocked when the ENGINE START/STOP
button is set to the OFF position or the ignition key is removed from the
ignition switch.
Off : The auto door unlock operation will be canceled.
Two Press Unlock
If this item is checked, the two press unlock will be activated.
Press the door unlock button once to unlock the driver's door, and press the button once more
within 4 seconds to unlock the rest of the doors.
Horn Feedback
(if equipped) If this item is checked, the horn feedback will be activated.
After locking the door by pressing the lock button on the transmitter, if you press the lock button
again within 4 seconds, the warning sound will operate once to indicate that all doors are locked.
2. Door
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This function will activate when
backing up with the ignition switch
or ENGINE START/STOP button to
the ON position.
If the vehicle is moving at a speed
over 5 km/h (3 mph), the function
may not be activated correctly.
The sensing distance while the
back-up warning function is in
operation is approximately 120 cm
(48 in) at the rear bumper center
area, 60 cm (24 in) at the rear
bumper both side area.
When more than two objects are
sensed at the same time, the clos-
est one will be recognized first.
Types of warning sound
When an object is 60 cm to 120 cm
(24 in to 48 in) from the rear
bumper: Buzzer beeps intermit-
tently.
When an object is 30 cm to 60 cm
(12 in to 24 in) from the rear
bumper: Buzzer beeps more fre-
quently.
When an object is within 30 cm (12
in) of the rear bumper:
Buzzer sounds continuously.
Reverse Parking Distance
Warning not operation
Reverse Parking Distance
Warning may not operate properly
when:
1. Moisture is frozen to the sensor. (It
will operate normally once the
moisture clears.
2. The sensor is covered with foreign
matter, such as snow or water, or
the sensor cover is blocked. (It will
operate normally when the materi-
al is removed or the sensor is no
longer blocked.)
3. Driving on uneven road surfaces
(unpaved roads, gravel, bumps,
gradient).
4. Objects generating excessive
noise (vehicle horns, loud motor-
cycle engines, or truck air brakes)
are within range of the sensor.
5. Heavy rain or water spray exists.
6. Wireless transmitters or mobile
phones are within range of the
sensor.
7. The sensor is covered with snow.
8. Trailer towingThe detecting range may decrease
when:
1. The sensor is covered with foreign
matter such as snow or water.
(The sensing range will return to
normal when removed.)
2. Outside air temperature is
extremely hot or cold.
The following objects may not be
recognized by the sensor:
1. Sharp or slim objects such as
ropes, chains or small poles.
2. Objects which tend to absorb the
sensor frequency such as clothes,
sound absorbent material or snow.
3. Undetectable objects smaller than
100 cm (40 in.) in height and nar-
rower than 15 cm (6 in) in diame-
ter.