Kia Sorento 2023 Owner's Manual page 614

Maintenance
1. Place the shift dial SBW in P (Park)
position with the vehicle stopped.
Engage the parking brake. Then, fol-
low the steps (1) to (5).
Below steps from (1) to (5) must be
completed within 60 sec. If not, the
process is reset and you must start
again from step (1).
1) Press the ENGINE START/STOP
button twice without depressing
the brake pedal.
2) Place the shift dial SBW in P (Park)
position and depress the accelera-
tor pedal twice.
3) Place the shift dial SBW in N (Neu-
tral) position and depress the accel-
erator pedal twice.
4) Place the shift dial SBW in P (Park)
position and depress the accelera-
tor pedal twice.
5) With the brake pedal depressed,
start the engine, and maintain
idling state. The engine remains in
idle state and the forced engine
activation mode is maintained even
when the gear is shifted to a differ-
ent position.
2. ( ) indicator on the instrument clus-
ter blinks when the vehicle is in forced
engine activation mode. Check the
( ) indicator blinking to ensure that
the forced engine activation mode is
correctly entered.
The ( ) indicator continues blinking
until the forced engine activation
mode is canceled. When the mode is
canceled the (
blinking.
3. To cancel the forced engine activation
mode, turn the vehicle off.
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) indicator will stop
Emission control system