Kia FORTE 2022 Manual page 93

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.
Using the folding key
Park the vehicle and stop the engine.
Arm the system as described below.
1. Turn off the engine and remove the
ignition key from the ignition switch.
2. Make sure that all doors (and liftgate)
and the engine hood are closed and
latched.
3. Lock the doors by pressing the lock
button on the folding key.
After completion of the steps above, the
hazard warning lights will blink once to
indicate that the system is armed.
If any door (and liftgate) or engine hood
remains open, the hazard warning lights
won't operate and theft-alarm will not
arm. After this, if all doors (and liftgate)
and engine hood are closed, the hazard
warning lights blink once.
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.
Theft-alarm system
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