2023 HYUNDAI KONA trunk release

05
5-15
Note that you cannot lock your vehicle
when you contact NFC antenna in the
smartphone to the door handle pad if
any of the following occurs:

[The Proximity / Smart Key is in the
vehicle.

[ The Engine Start/Stop button is in
ACC or ON position.

[ Any of the doors, hood and trunk is
opened.
If the smartphone digital key does not
work, please remove the smartphone
more than 4 inches (0.1 m) from the door
handle authentication pad and try it
again.
After unlock the door or start up the
vehicle with digital key, even though
the driver tries to lock the doors by the
central door lock switch, the door lock
will be once locked and immediately
released at the moment of door closed.
Start-up with Digital Key
1. Verify your smartphone is unlocked, then place it on
to the interior
authentication pad (wireless charger),
step on the brake and press the
Engine Start/Stop button.
2. After start-up, the digital key data will be automatically updated. It
takes 5 to 20 seconds, after that,
the smartphone can be go into the
wireless charging mode automatically.
Once the engine started, you can
remove the smartphone from the pad.
OOS050015K
[A] : Indicator light
[B] : Wireless Charging Pad (In-vehicle Authentication
Pad)
Information
After reconnecting the vehicle battery
power supply or charging the battery, it
may take time to operate due to remote
renewal of security information. When you
lock or unlock the door with NFC, please
contact and hold your smartphone on the
door handle until it works.
The solution allows for offline mode usage
when the mobile data connection of the
smartphone is weak. When you are in the
place where the mobile data connection
of your smartphone is available and
place your smartphone on the interior
authentication pad (wireless charger) and
start up your vehicle or contact the digital
key on the door handle to lock or unlock
the door, the remote renewal of security
information starts automatically. Even
though the engine is turned on, please
wait until the remote renewal process
is completed and wireless charger is
converted to charging mode.
Once the engine has started, if the doors
are opened, a message “Key not in vehicle”
will display on the instrument cluster, and a
chime will sound.

05
5-23
OOS050002K
[1] : Door handle authentication pad
NFC door lock/unlock
You should contact digital key (card key)
t
o door handle authentication pad (1,
marked position near by the lock button)
of driver’s (or front passenger’s) outside
door for 2 seconds to lock or unlock the
doors. If the Two Press Unlock feature
is applied (press twice for unlocking),
driver’s seat door will be unlocked by
contacting the digital key (card key). In
this state, if you contact one more time
within 4 seconds, all the doors unlock.
Inoperable condition
If you do not contact the digital key (card
key) to the center of the door handle
authentication pad accurately., it may
not work. In addition, if you overlap and
use the key with NFC-enabled cards such
as transportation card or credit card, it
does not work.
Note that if you try to lock your vehicle
with digital key (card key) in following
cases, the doors will not be locked and
chime will sound for 3 seconds.

[ The Smart Key is in the vehicle.

[ The Engine Start/Stop button is in
ACC or ON position.

[ Any of the doors, hood and trunk are
open If the digital key (card key) does not work,
please detach the key around 4 inches
(0.1 m) from the handle authentication
pad and retry to contact. The card key
may be damaged by the impact. It
would not work properly if the key is
damaged. You should buy a new card
and register again. Long-time exposure
to high temperature may cause the card
key to malfunction. Please be careful not
to expose the key to prolonged direct
sunlight or high temperature.
After unlock the door or start up the
vehicle with digital key, even though
the driver tries to lock the doors by the
central door lock switch, the door lock
will be once locked and immediately
released at the moment of door closed.