Kia Sorento 2023 Manual page 226

Features of your vehicle
indicator will blink 3 times and the air
conditioning will not be turned off.
僅 To maintain the effectiveness and
efficiency of the Auto Defogging Sys-
tem, do not select Recirculation mode
whilst the system is operating.
僅 When the Auto Defogging System is
operating, the fan speed adjustment
knob, the temperature adjustment
knob, and the air intake control button
are all disabled.
NOTICE
Do not remove the sensor cover located
on the upper end of the driver side wind-
screen glass.
Damage to system parts could occur
and may not be covered by your vehicle
warranty.
Defroster
The vehicle is equipped with a defroster
for removing frost or fog from the rear
window.
CAUTION
Conductors
To prevent damage to the conductors
bonded to the inside surface of the rear
window, never use sharp instruments or
window cleaners containing abrasives to
clean the window.
If you want to defrost and defog the
front windscreen, refer to "Windscreen
defrosting and defogging" on page 4-
132.
Operating rear window defroster
The defroster heats the window to
remove frost, fog and thin ice from the
rear window, whilst the engine is on.
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Windscreen defrosting and defogging
If there is heavy accumulation of snow
on the rear window, brush it off before
operating the rear defroster.
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To activate the rear window defroster:
僅 Press the rear window defroster but-
ton located in the heater control
panel.
The indicator on the rear window
defroster button appears when the
defroster is ON.
The rear window defroster automati-
cally turns off after approximately 20
minutes or when the ENGINE START/
STOP button is turned off.
To turn off the defroster:
僅 Press the rear window defroster but-
ton again.
Outside mirror defroster (if
equipped)
If your vehicle is equipped with the out-
side mirror defrosters, they will operate
at the same time you turn on the rear
window defroster.
Defogging logic (if equipped)
To reduce the possibility of fogging up
the inside of the windscreen, the air
intake or air conditioning is controlled
automatically according to certain con-
ditions such as
To cancel automatic defogging logic or
return to the automatic defogging logic,
do the following.
or position.