Contemporary automobiles have more and more functionnalities and although they give us a lot of comfort, a lot of them are not always simple to use. Regardless whether you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a Kia Sorento, according to its functionnalities, it can be challenging to know precisely how to start a Kia Sorento? Even if this essential act of running a car may seem obvious to most of you, according to the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less basic to do so. In this article we will demonstrate the different procedures to start a Kia Sorento with the key, then, in a second section, how to switch on a Kia Sorento with a card, and finally, without using the key.
How to start a Kia Sorento with key?
So we commence our content page which aims to learn you how to start a Kia Sorento, which is supplied with a classic key start. Find down below the different steps to be accomplished to turn on the engine of your Kia Sorento:
- Distinguish the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is inserted), it is in most cases on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not think twice to have a look at our content page on the steering wheel blocked on Kia Sorento that is blocked to learn how to unblock it.
- Insert the key into this one.
- Verify that you are in neutral for a manual car and in the “N” or “P” position for an automatic transmission.
- Turn the ignition on by turning it clockwise a quarter turn till you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
- Verify on your dashboard that the orange lights turn off, if you don’t know what they signify don’t think twice to have a look at our content page on orange lights on Kia Sorento to find out the reason for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your Kia Sorento starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds otherwise you risk damaging it, if the car does not start, let it rest a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
- That’s it. You handled to start your Kia Sorento,
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How to start a Kia Sorento with the key card?
After learning about how to turn on the engine of a Kia Sorento with key or will describe you how to do it for a Kia Sorento equipped with a key card and not a key. The procedure is still roughly similar, so don’t think twice to go back to the previous section to have information on each of the steps to do. Discover below the guidelines to adhere to to start your Kia Sorento with a card:
- Dependent on the year and the series, you may or may not need to put in the card in a specific slot, examine on your dashboard if your Kia Sorento is equipped with this slot or not.
- If it has one, insert the card in this hole, otherwise you can keep the card on you or anywhere in the cabin.
- Locate the “start” button, which is usually based at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is usually placed on the centre console.
- Verify that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
- Press the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your Kia Sorento
- Press a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your Kia Sorento
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How do I start a Kia Sorento without a key?
And finally, we will discover, how to start a Kia Sorento without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this could seem obvious. However, you should know that if your Kia Sorento is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be hard to turn on it without a key because of all the security gadgets present on it. Naturally, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the technique to adhere to:
- Remove the cover that protects your steering wheel and locate among the 3 electric switches the one that concerns your engine/battery/starter (to help you, please bring your user manual).
- Strip, connect them together and isolate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the process). You now have electricity as if you had the contact
- At last, strip the starter wire and connect it promptly with the battery wire (do not make prolonged contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your Kia Sorento).
There, you’ve learned all the ways to start a Kia Sorento.
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