Get Features of your vehicle -> Smart Liftgate with Auto Open Guide for Kia Sorento SUV 2023

Features of your vehicle

Smart Liftgate with Auto Open

僅 Use the release latch for emergencies

only. Use extreme caution, especially

while the vehicle is in motion.

Smart Liftgate with Auto Open

(if equipped)

On a vehicle equipped with a smart key,

the liftgate can be opened using the

Smart Liftgate with Auto Open system.

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How to use the Smart Liftgate

with Auto Open

The liftgate can be opened with no-

touch activation satisfying all the condi

tions below.

僅 After 15 seconds when all doors are

closed and locked

僅 Positioned in the detecting area for

more than 3 seconds.

NOTICE

The Smart Liftgate with Auto Open does

not operate when:

僅 The smart key is detected within 15

seconds after the doors are closed

and locked, and is continuously

detected.

僅 The smart key is detected within 15

seconds after the doors are closed

and locked, and 1.5 m (60 in) from the

front door handles. (for vehicles

equipped with Welcome Light)

僅 A door is not locked or closed.

僅 The smart key is in the vehicle.

Features of your vehicle

Smart Liftgate with Auto Open

1. Setting

3. Automatic opening

To activate the Smart Liftgate with

Auto Open, go to 'User Settings →

Door → Smart Liftgate with Auto

Open' on the LCD display.

2. Detect and Alert

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The hazard warning lights will blink

and chime 6 times and then the lift

gate will open.

WARNING

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僅 Make sure you close the liftgate

before driving your vehicle.

僅 Make sure there are no people or

objects around the liftgate before

opening or closing the liftgate.

If you are positioned in the detecting

area (50 ~100 cm [20 ~ 40 inches]

behind the vehicle) carrying a smart

key, the hazard warning lights will

blink and chime will sound to alert you

the smart key has been detected and

the liftgate will open.

僅 Make sure objects in the liftgate do

not come out when opening the lift

gate on a slope. It may cause serious

injury.

NOTICE

Do not approach the detecting area if

you do not want the liftgate to open. If

you have unintentionally entered the

detecting area and the hazard warning

lights and chime starts to operate, leave

the detecting area with the smart key.

The liftgate will stay closed.

僅 Make sure to deactivate the Smart

Liftgate with Auto Open when wash

ing your vehicle. Otherwise, the lift

gate may open inadvertently.

僅 The key should be kept out of reach

of children. Children may inadver

tently open the Smart Liftgate with

Auto Open while playing around the

rear area of the vehicle.

CAUTION

Liftgate lift

Make certain that you close the liftgate

before driving your vehicle. Possible

damage may occur to the liftgate gas

Features of your vehicle

Smart Liftgate with Auto Open

lifters and attached hardware if the lift

僅 If you press the door lock button (1) or

liftgate open button (3) when the

Smart Liftgate with Auto Open func

tion is not in the Detect and Alert

stage, the Smart Liftgate with Auto

gate is not closed prior to driving.

How to deactivate the Smart Lift

gate with Auto Open function

using the smart key

Open function will not be deactivated.

僅 In case you have deactivated the

Smart Liftgate with Auto Open func

tion by pressing the smart key button

and opened a door, the Smart Liftgate

with Auto Open function can be acti

vated again by closing and locking all

doors.

Detecting area

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1. Door lock

2. Door unlock

3. Liftgate open

4. Panic button

5. Remote start

If you press any button of the smart key

during the Detect and Alert stage, the

Smart Liftgate with Auto Open function

will be deactivated.

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僅 The Smart Liftgate with Auto Open

operates with a welcome alert if the

smart key is detected within 50 ~ 100

cm (20 ~ 40 inches) from the liftgate.

Make sure to be aware of how to deacti

vate the Smart Liftgate with Auto Open

function for emergency situations.

僅 The alert stops at once if the smart

key is positioned outside the detecting

area during the Detect and Alert

stage.

NOTICE

僅 If you press the door unlock button

(2), the Smart Liftgate with Auto Open

function will be deactivated temporar

ily. But, if you do not open any door

for 30 seconds, the Smart Liftgate

with Auto Open function will be acti

vated again.

NOTICE

僅 The Smart Liftgate with Auto Open

function will not work if any of the fol

lowing occurs:

僅 If you press the liftgate open button

(3) for more than 1 second, the liftgate

opens.

- The smart key is close to a radio

transmitter such as a radio station

or an airport which can interfere

Features of your vehicle

Smart Liftgate with Auto Open

with normal operation of the trans

mitter.

- The smart key is near a mobile two

way radio system or a cellular

phone.

- Another vehicle's smart key is being

operated close to your vehicle.

僅 The detecting range may decrease or

increase when :

- One side of the tire is raised to

replace a tire or to inspect the vehi

cle.

- The vehicle is slantingly parked on

a slope or unpaved road, etc.

Features of your vehicle -> Smart Liftgate with Auto Open for Your Kia Sorento SUV 2023

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