Smart Tailgate With Auto Open; 僅 How To Use The Smart Tailgate With Auto Open - Kia SORENTO HEV 2023 Manual

Features of your vehicle
Smart Tailgate with Auto
Open (if equipped)
On a vehicle equipped with a smart key,
the tailgate can be opened using the
Smart Tailgate with Auto Open system.
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How to use the Smart Tailgate
with Auto Open
The tailgate can be opened with no-
touch activation satisfying all the condi-
tions below.
僅 After 15 seconds when all doors are
closed and locked
僅 Positioned in the detecting area for
more than 3 seconds.
NOTICE
The Smart Tailgate with Auto Open does
not operate when:
僅 The smart key is detected within 15
seconds after the doors are closed
and locked, and is continuously
detected.
僅 The smart key is detected within 15
seconds after the doors are closed
and locked, and 1.5 m from the front
door handles. (for vehicles equipped
with Welcome Light)
僅 A door is not locked or closed.
僅 The smart key is in the vehicle.
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Smart Tailgate with Auto Open

1. Setting
To activate the Smart Tailgate with
Auto Open, go to User Settings Mode
and select Smart Tailgate on the LCD
display.
For more details, refer to "LCD dis-
play" on page 5-69.
2. Detect and Alert
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If you are positioned in the detecting
area (50 ~ 100 cm [20 ~ 40 in] behind
the vehicle) carrying a smart key, the
hazard warning lights will blink and
chime will sound to alert you the
smart key has been detected and the
tailgate will open.
NOTICE
Do not approach the detecting area if
you do not want the tailgate to open. If
you have unintentionally entered the
detecting area and the hazard warning
lights and chime starts to operate, leave
the detecting area with the smart key.
The tailgate will stay closed.