2022-2026 Kia Sportage SUV Features of your vehicle -> Smart Liftgate with Auto Open User Manual
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Features of your vehicle  
Smart Liftgate with Auto Open  
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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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.  
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How to use the Smart Liftgate  
with Auto Open  
NOTICE  
The liftgate can be opened with no-  
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touch activation satisfying all the condi  
tions below.  
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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 After 15 seconds when all doors are  
closed and locked  
僅 Positioned in the detecting area for  
more than 3 seconds.  
NOTICE  
3. Automatic opening  
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 inches)  
from the front door handles.  
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The hazard warning lights will blink  
and chime 6 times and then the lift  
gate will open.  
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僅 A door is not locked or closed.  
僅 The smart key is in the vehicle.  
WARNING  
僅 Make sure you close the liftgate  
before driving your vehicle.  
1. Setting  
To activate the Smart Liftgate with  
Auto Open, go to 'User Settings →  
Door → Smart Liftgate with Auto  
Open' on the LCD display.  
僅 Make sure there are no people or  
objects around the liftgate before  
opening or closing the liftgate.  
僅 Make sure objects in the liftgate do  
2. Detect and Alert  
not come out when opening the lift  
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Features of your vehicle  
Smart Liftgate with Auto Open  
gate on a slope. It may cause serious  
injury.  
Make sure to be aware of how to deacti  
vate the Smart Liftgate with Auto Open  
function for emergency situations.  
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僅 Make sure to deactivate the Smart  
Liftgate with Auto Open when wash  
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NOTICE  
ing your vehicle. Otherwise, the lift  
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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  
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.  
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with Auto Open function will be acti  
vated again.  
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僅 If you press the liftgate open button  
(3) for more than 1 second, the liftgate  
opens.  
CAUTION  
Liftgate lift  
Make certain that you close the liftgate  
before driving your vehicle. Possible  
damage may occur to the liftgate gas  
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  
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lifters and attached hardware if the lift  
gate is not closed prior to driving.  
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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  
How to deactivate the Smart Lift  
gate with Auto Open function  
using the smart key  
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with Auto Open function can be acti  
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vated again by closing and locking all  
doors.  
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Door lock  
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3
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Door unlock  
Liftgate open  
Panic button  
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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Features of your vehicle  
Smart Liftgate with Auto Open  
僅 The detecting range may decrease or  
increase when :  
Detecting area  
- One side of the tire is raised to  
replace a tire or to inspect the vehi  
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cle.  
- The vehicle is slantingly parked on  
a slope or unpaved road, etc.  
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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.  
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僅 The alert stops at once if the smart  
key is positioned outside the detecting  
area during the Detect and Alert  
stage.  
NOTICE  
僅 The Smart Liftgate with Auto Open  
function will not work if any of the fol  
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lowing occurs:  
- The smart key is close to a radio  
transmitter such as a radio station  
or an airport which can interfere  
with normal operation of the trans  
mitter.  
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- 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.  
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