2008 Kia Sportage Owners Manual

Knowing your vehicle
To deactivate theimmobilizersys-       ✽ NOTICE
Limp home (override) proce-
tem:
dure
When starting the engine, do not use
Insert  the  ignition  key  into  the  key
cylinder  and turn  it  to the  ON  posi-
tion.
To  activate   the immobilizer sys-
tem:
the key with other immobilizer keys     When  you turn the ignition key  to the
around.  Otherwise  the  engine  may    ON  position,   if  the  IMMO  indicator
not  start  or may  stop  soon  after it     goes off  after  blinking 5  times,  your
starts. Keep each key separately not
to  have  any  malfunction  after you     key  is out  of  order. You cannot  start
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transponder  equipped in  the ignition
receive your new vehicle.
the engine without the lime home pro-
Turn the ignition key to the OFF posi-
tion.  The   immobilizer  system   acti-
vates  automatically. Without  a  valid
ignition   key   for  your   vehicle,   the
engine will not  start.
cedure. To start the engine,  you have  3
to input  your  password by  using the
ignition switch.
CAUTION
Do  not   put  metal  accessories
near the key  orignitionswitch.
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The  following  procedure   is  how  to
input your  password of “2345”  as an
The engine may notstart   for the
metal accessories mayinterrupt
the   transponder  signal   from
normally transmitting.
example.
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WARNING
1.
Turn the ignition key to the ON posi-
tion.The IMMO indicator (        ) will
In order  to prevent theft  of your
vehicle, do not leavespare   keys
anywhere in  your vehicle.   Your
Immobilizer  password is a cus-
tomer   unique    password   and
should  be kept  confidential. Do
not leave this number  anywhere
in your vehicle.
blink 5  times and  go off  indicating
the beginning of the limp home pro-
cedure.
2.
3.
Turn  the ignition  key  to  the  ACC
position.
To  enter   the   first   digit   (in  this
example “2”),  turn the  ignition key
to the ON and ACC  position twice.
Perform  the  same  procedure   for
the next digits  between 3 seconds
and  10 seconds  (for example,  for
“3”,
turn the  ignition ON  and ACC
times).
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Product Specification
CategoriesKia Manuals, Kia Sportage Manuals
Model Year2008
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