Kia Optima Hybrid 2017 Owner's Manual page 149

Features of your vehicle
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2. Detect and Alert
If you are positioned in the detect‐
ing area (50 ~ 100 cm behind the
vehicle) carrying a smart key, the
hazard warning lights will blink and
the chime will sound for about 3
seconds to alert you the smart key
has been detected and the trunk
will open.
NOTICE
Do not approach the detecting area
if you do not want the trunk to
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open. If you have unintentionally en‐
tered the detecting area and the
hazard warning lights and chime
start to operate, leave the detecting
area with the smart key. The trunk
will stay closed.
3. Automatic opening
The hazard warning lights will blink
and the chime will sound 2 times
and then the trunk will slowly open.
WARNING
• Make certain that you close the
trunk before driving your vehicle.
• Make sure there are no people or
objects around the trunk before
opening or closing the trunk.
• Make sure objects in the rear cargo
area do not come out when open‐
ing the trunk on a slope way. It
may cause serious injury.
• Make sure to deactivate the Smart
Trunk function when washing your
vehicle.
Otherwise, the trunk may open in‐
advertently.
• The key should be kept out of
reach of children. Children may in‐
advertently open the Smart Trunk
while playing around the rear area
of the vehicle.