Knowing your vehicle
To deactivate the immobilizer sys- ✽ NOTICE
Limp home (override) proce-
dure
tem:
When starting the engine, do not use
Insert the ignition key into the key the key with other immobilizer keys
When you turn the ignition key to the
ON position, if the IMMO indicator
goes off after blinking 5 times, your
transponder equipped in the ignition
key is out of order. You cannot start
the engine without the lime home pro-
cedure. To start the engine, you have
to input your password by using the
ignition switch.
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cylinder and turn it to the ON posi- around. Otherwise the engine may
tion.
To activate the immobilizer sys-
tem:
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.
not start or may stop soon after it
starts. Keep each key separately not
to have any malfunction after you
receive your new vehicle.
CAUTION
Do not put metal accessories
near the key or ignition switch.
The following procedure is how to
input your password of “2345” as an
example.
The engine may not start for the
metal accessories may interrupt
the transponder signal from
normally transmitting.
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 leave spare 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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| Categories | Kia Manuals, Kia Sportage Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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| Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
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