We all have trouble with our motor vehicle sooner or later, it doesn’t matter if it’s because you run out of gas, have an electricital problem, or your car doesn’t want to start, all these breakdowns are likely to bother us and we are in most cases powerless to fix them. That’s why all of us tries its best to help you in front of these trouble, and on this page we will try to teach you how to manually lock your Kia Forte? Indeed, if you have no more power, you will not be capable to use the central locking of your car anymore. We will first teach you how to manually close the sunroof of your Kia Forte, and secondly, how to manually lock the doors of your Kia Forte.

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How to manually close the sunroof of a Kia Forte ?

So we will start our content page with the procedure to enable you to close manually your Kia Forte and more exactly the sunroof or the panoramic roof of this one. Regardless your battery is out of power, or you have removed the battery, you will not have access to the power controls of the sunroof of your Kia Forte, and as a consequence no longer have the chance to lock it. Sadly, you don’t have many possibilities to allow you to close them. Indeed, to manually close the sunroof of a Kia Forte , there is only one option which consists in using the manual command to close it. It is not visible without removing a plastic cover which is placed in front of the sunroof. To discover the exact position of this screw consult your car’s guidebook. It will then be appropriate to screw it on until the roof is totally closed.

How to manually close the doors of a Kia Forte ?

And now, we will certainly go forward to the section that brings you on this page, how to manually close a Kia Forte , but this time we will concentrate on the doors of this one. Indeed, your car may have run out of battery in front of your house, you managed to open the doors and try to start it, but while waiting to find a remedy you want to be sure that nobody else will be able to get into it. Unfortunately, it’s pretty much the same trouble as the sunroof on your Kia Forte. Indeed, with no power, it will be unfeasible to activate the door central lock. On some versions, you will have a push switch on the window frame that you can press manually to close your Kia Forte manually, but this is becoming less and less common. So we will give you as before the only two possibilities to enable you to close your car with no power:

  • Buy a new battery and install it to close the doors of your Kia Forte, or get one in good condition. However, you will need access to the bonnet to accomplish this
  • Connect your Kia Forte to a running car to transfer energy and recharge your vehicle’s battery. This will at least give you enough power to close the doors of your car. In cases where you have any doubts about your battery’s ability to keep the charge. Make sure to close the doors of your car while it is still linked to the other motor vehicle. Once you have carried out this, you can disconnect your battery and close the bonnet

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If you need more guides on the Kia Forte, go to our Kia Forte category.