Kia SORENTO HEV 2023 Manual page 273

Features of your vehicle
The display will change from Centigrade
to Fahrenheit, or from Fahrenheit to
Centigrade. If the battery has been dis-
charged or disconnected, the tempera-
ture mode display will reset to
Centigrade.
Controlling air intake
This is used to select the outside (fresh)
air position or recirculated air position.
Type A
To change the air intake control position:
僅 Push the desired control button.
Recirculated air position
With the recirculated air position
selected, air from the passenger com-
partment will be drawn through the
heating system and heated or cooled
according to the function selected.
Outside (fresh) air position
Type A
With the outside (fresh) air position
selected, air enters the vehicle from out-
side and is heated or cooled according
to the function selected.
Prolonged operation of the heater in the
recirculated air position (without air con-
ditioning selected) may cause fogging of
the windscreen and side windows and
the air within the passenger compart-
ment may become stale.
In addition, prolonged use of the air con-
ditioning with the recirculated air posi-
tion selected will result in excessively dry
Type B
air in the passenger compartment.
僅 Continued use of the climate control
僅 Do not sleep in a vehicle with the air
僅 Continued use of the climate control
Type B
Automatic climate control system
NOTICE
WARNING
system in the recirculated air position
may allow humidity to increase inside
the vehicle which may fog the glass
and obscure visibility.
conditioning or heating system on. It
may cause serious harm or death due
to a drop in the oxygen level and/or
body temperature.
system in the recirculated air position
can cause drowsiness or sleepiness,
and loss of vehicle control. Set the air
intake control to the outside (fresh) air
position as much as possible whilst
driving.
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