Kia Sportage 2023 Owner's Manual page 91

Features of your vehicle
armed. If any door (or liftgate) or hood
remains open, the hazard warning
lights and the chime will not operate
and the theft-alarm will not arm. If all
doors and liftgate and hood are
closed after the lock button is
pressed, the hazard warning lights
blink once. The system can also be
armed by locking the doors with the
key from the front doors; however,
the hazard warning lights will not
blink using this method.
4. Lock the doors by pressing the lock
button on the smart key. After com-
pletion of the steps above, the hazard
warning lights will operate once to
indicate that the system is armed.
NOTICE
The theft-alarm system can be deacti-
vated by an authorized Kia dealer.
If you want this feature, consult an
authorized Kia dealer.
NOTICE
Do not arm the system until all passen-
gers have left the vehicle. If the system is
armed while a passenger(s) remains in
the vehicle, the alarm may be activated
when the remaining passenger(s) leaves
the vehicle. If any door (or liftgate) or
hood is opened within 30 seconds after
the system enters the armed stage, the
system will be disarmed to prevent
unnecessary alarm.
Theft-alarm stage
The alarm will be activated if any of the
following occurs while the system is
armed.
僅 A front or rear door is opened without
using the smart key.
僅 The liftgate is opened without using
the smart key.
僅 The hood is opened.
The horn will sound and the hazard
warning lights will blink continuously for
approximately 27 seconds, and repeat
the horn 3 times unless the system is
disarmed. To turn off the system, unlock
the doors with the folding key or smart
key.
Disarmed stage
The system will be disarmed when:
Using the remote key
僅 The door unlock button is pressed.
僅 The engine is started.
僅 The vehicle is in the "ON" position for
30 seconds or more.
Using the smart key
僅 The door unlock button is pressed.
僅 The button of the front outside door is
pressed while carrying the smart key.
僅 The engine is started. (within 3 sec-
onds)
After pressing the unlock button, the
hazard warning lights will blink and the
chime will sound twice (in smart key) to
indicate that the system is disarmed.
After pressing the unlock button, if any
door (or liftgate) is not opened within 30
seconds, the system will be rearmed.
NOTICE
僅 Avoid trying to start the engine while
the alarm is activated. The vehicle
starting motor is disabled during the
theft-alarm stage.
If the system is not disarmed with the
folding key, insert the key into the
ignition switch, turn the ignition switch
Theft-alarm system
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