Kia Stinger CK: Features of your vehicle / Smart liftgate
Contents:

On a vehicle equipped with a smart key, the liftgate can be opened with no-touch
activation using the Smart Liftgate system.
How to deactivate the Smart
Liftgate function using the smart key

1. Door lock
2. Door unlock
3. Liftgate open
4. Panic
If you press any button of the smart key during the Detect and Alert stage, the
Smart Liftgate function will be deactivated.
Make sure to be aware of how to deactivate the Smart Liftgate function for emergency
situations.
✽ NOTICE
- If you press the door unlock button (2), the Smart Liftgate function
will be deactivated temporarily. But, if you do not open any door for 30 seconds,
the smart liftgate function will be activated again.
- If you press the liftgate open button (3) for more than 1 second, the
liftgate opens.
- If you press the door lock button (1) or liftgate open button (3) when
the Smart Liftgate function is not in the Detect and Alert stage, the smart
liftgate function will not be deactivated.
- In case you have deactivated the Smart Liftgate function by pressing
the smart key button or opening a door, the smart liftgate function can be activated
again by closing and locking all doors.
Detecting area

- The Smart Liftgate operates with a welcome alert if the smart key is detected
within 50 ~ 100 cm (20 ~ 40 inches) from the liftgate.
- The alert stops at once if the smart key is positioned outside the detecting
area during the Detect and Alert stage.
✽ NOTICE
- The Smart Liftgate function will not work if any of the following 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 transmitter.
- 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.
- The detecting range may decrease or increase when :
- One side of the vehicle is raised to replace a tire or to inspect the vehicle.
- The vehicle is parked on a slope or unpaved road, etc.
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Repair procedures
Removal
1.
Raise the vehicle, and make sure it is securely supported.
2.
Remove the engine room side cover.
D 2.2 R VGT (Refer to Engine Mechanical System - "Engine Room Under cover")
G 2.0 T-GDI THETA II (Refer to Engine Mechanical System - "Engine Room
Under cover")
G 3.
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Components and components location
Component
Repair procedures
Removal
1.
Disconnect the negative (-) battery terminal.
2.
Remove the overhead console lamp.
(Refer to Lighting System - "Overhead Console Lamp")
3.
Disconnect the overhead console lamp connector (A).