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❈ The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ
from the illustration.
Side air bags
Side air bags (side and/or curtain air
bags) are designed to inflate when an
impact is detected by side collision
sensors depending on the severity of
impact resulting from a side impact
collision. Also, the side and/or curtain air bags
are designed to inflate when a rollover
is detected by a rollover sensor.
Although the front air bags (driver’s
and front passenger’s air bags) are
designed to inflate in frontal colli-
sions, they also may inflate in other
types of collisions if the front impact
sensors detect a sufficient frontal
force in another type of impact. Side
and curtain air bags are designed to
inflate in certain side impact colli-
sions. They may inflate in other types
of collisions where a side force is
detected by the sensors. Side air bag
and/or curtain air bags may also
inflate where rollover sensors indi-
cate the possibility of a rollover
occurring (even if none actually
occurs) or in other situations, includ-
ing when the vehicle is tilted while
being towed.
Even where side and/or curtain air
bags would not provide impact pro-
tection in a rollover, however, they
will deploy to prevent ejection of
occupants, especially those who are
restrained with seat belts.
If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved
roads or sidewalks, air bags may
deploy. Drive carefully on unim-
proved roads or on surfaces not
designed for vehicle traffic to prevent
unintended air bag deployment.
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Air bag non-inflation conditions
 In certain low-speed collisions, theair bags may not deploy. The air
bags are designed not to deploy in
such cases because they may not
provide benefits beyond the pro-
tection of the seat belts in such col-
lisions.  Air bags are not designed to inflate
in rear collisions, because occu-
pants are moved backward by the
force of the impact. In this case,
inflated air bags would not be able
to provide any additional benefit.  Front air bags may not inflate in
side impact collisions, because
occupants move to the direction of
the collision, and thus in side
impacts, front air bag deployment
would not provide additional occu-
pant protection.
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 In a slant or angled collision, the
force of impact may direct the
occupants in a direction where the
air bags would not be able to pro-
vide any additional benefit, and
thus the sensors may not deploy
any air bags.  Just before impact, drivers often
brake heavily. Such heavy braking
lowers the front portion of the vehi-
cle causing it to “ride” under a vehi-
cle with a higher ground clearance.
Air bags may not inflate in this
“under-ride” situation because
deceleration forces that are detect-
ed by sensors may be significantly
replaced by such “under-ride” colli-
sions.  Front air bags may not inflate in
rollover accidents because front air
bag deployment would not provide
additional occupant protection.
However, side and curtain air bags
may inflate when the vehicle is
rolled over.
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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 there are no parts you can safely
service by yourself. If the SRS air bag
warning light does not illuminate, 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, and front
seats must be performed by an
authorized Kia dealer. Improper han-
dling 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.
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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 ignition switch
in the LOCK position when your
vehicle is being towed. The side
air bags may inflate if the vehi-
cle is tilted (such as when being
towed) because of the rollover
sensors in the vehicle.
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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.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 alert the
driver and passengers of potential
risks of the air bag system.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
Be sure to read all of the informa-
tion about the air bags that are
installed on your vehicle in this
Owner`s Manual.
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Features of your vehicle
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 4-4
• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
• Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
• Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
• Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
• Smart key functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
• Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
• Smart key immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
• Disarmed stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
• Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-18
• Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . . 4-19
• Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
• Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
• Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
• Child-protector rear door lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
• Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Trunk (For 4 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
• Opening the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
• Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
• Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Smart Trunk Release (4 door). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Liftgate (For 5 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
• Opening the liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
• Closing the liftgate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
• Emergency liftgate safety release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
• Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-39
• Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
• Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
• Hood open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
• Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
• Closing the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
• Electric Power Steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
• Tilt steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
• Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-47
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48\
• Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
• Outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
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Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
• Instrument Cluster Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
• LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
• Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-53
• Transmission Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
• Trip information (Trip computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
• Service Mode (For type A cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
LCD display (For Type B cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
• LCD Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
• Driving Assist mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
• User Settings Mode (For type B cluster) . . . . . . . . . 4-66
• Warning messages (For type B cluster) . . . . . . . . . . 4-74
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
• Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
• Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Rear View Monitor (RVM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
• Rear View Monitor malfunction and limitations . . . 4-90
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92\
• Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
• Headlight escort function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
• Headlight welcome function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
• Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
• High beam operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95
• High Beam Assist (HBA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96• Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
• Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
• Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
• Windshield washers (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
• Rear window wiper and washer switch (for 5 door) .
4-103
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
• Automatic turn off function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
• Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
• Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
• Trunk/Liftgate room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
• Glove box lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
• Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
• Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
• Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
• System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
• Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
• Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant
and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
• Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
• Activate upon Washer Fluid Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
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Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
• Automatic heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
• System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
• Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
• Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerantand compressor lubricant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
• Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
• Activate upon washer fluid use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Windshield defrosting and defogging . . . . . . . . . 4-135
• Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
• Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136
• Defogging logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
• Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
• Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14\
0
• Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
• Luggage net holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
Interior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
• Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
• Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
143
• Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
• USB charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
• Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
• Floor mat anchor(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146 • Shopping bag holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
• Covering shelf (for 5 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
• Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
149
• USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
150
• How vehicle audio works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-154
• FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 4-154
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