Hyundai Sonata (2018 year). Instruction

Air bag inflation conditions

Although the driver's and front pas-

senger's air bags are designed to

inflate only in frontal collisions, they

also may inflate in other types of col-

lisions if the front impact sensors

detect a sufficient impact. Side and

curtain air bags are designed to

inflate only in side impact collisions

or rollover situations, but they may

inflate in other collisions if the side

impact sensors detect a sufficient

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impact.

If the vehicle chassis is impacted by

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bumps or objects on unimproved

Front air bags

roads, the air bags may deploy. Drive

carefully on unimproved roads or on

Front air bags and the driver's knee

surfaces not designed for vehicle

air bag are designed to inflate in a

traffic to prevent unintended air bag

frontal collision depending on the

deployment.

severity, speed, or angles of impact

of the front collision.

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Side and curtain air bags

Side and curtain air bags are

designed to inflate when an impact is

detected by side collision sensors

depending on the severity, speed, or

angles of impact resulting from a

side impact collision.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Air bag non-inflation conditions

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Front air bags are not designed to

Front air bags may not inflate in side

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inflate in rear collisions, because

impact collisions, because occupants

In certain low-speed collisions the air

occupants are moved backward by

move in the direction of the collision,

bags may not deploy. The air bags

the force of the impact. In this case,

and thus in side impacts, front air bag

are designed not to deploy in such

inflated air bags would not provide

deployment would not provide addi-

cases because they may not provide

any additional benefit.

tional occupant protection.

benefits beyond the protection of the

However, side and curtain air bags

seat belts.

may inflate depending on the severi-

ty, vehicle speed and angles of

impact.

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In an angled collision, the force of

Just before impact, drivers often

Front air bags may not inflate in

impact may direct the occupants in a

brake heavily. Such heavy braking

rollover accidents because air bag

direction where the air bags would

lowers the front portion of the vehicle

deployment could not provide protec-

not be able to provide any additional

causing it to "ride" under a vehicle

tion to the occupants.

benefit, and thus the sensors may

with a higher ground clearance. Air

However, side and curtain air bags

not deploy any air bags.

bags may not inflate in this "under-

may inflate when the vehicle is rolled

ride" situation because deceleration

over by a side impact collision.

forces that are detected by sensors

may be significantly reduced by such

"underride" collisions.

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Safety system of your vehicle

SRS Care

WARNING

The SRS is virtually maintenance-

free and there are no parts you can

To reduce the risk of serious

safely service by yourself. If the SRS

injury or death, take the follow-

air bag warning light does not illumi-

ing precautions:

nate when the Engine Start/Stop but-

•

Do not attempt to modify or

ton is in the ON position, or continu-

disconnect the SRS compo-

ously remains on, have your vehicle

nents or wiring, including the

immediately inspected by an author-

addition of any kind of badges

ized HYUNDAI dealer.

to the pad covers or modifica-

Any work on the SRS system, such

tions to the body structure.

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as removing, installing, repairing, or

•

Do not place objects over or

Air bags may not inflate if the vehicle

any work on the steering wheel, the

near the air bag modules on

collides with objects such as utility

front passenger’s panel, front seats

the steering wheel, instrument

poles or trees, where the point of

and roof rails must be performed by

panel, or the front passen-

impact is concentrated and the colli-

an authorized HYUNDAI dealer.

ger’s panel above the glove

sion energy is absorbed by the vehi-

Improper handling of the SRS system

box.

cle structure.

may result in serious personal injury.

•

Clean the air bag pad covers

with a soft cloth moistened

with plain water. Solvents or

cleaners could adversely

affect the air bag covers and

proper deployment of the sys-

tem.

•

Always have inflated air bags

replaced by an authorized

HYUNDAI dealer.

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Additional Safety Precautions

Modifications to accommodate

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disabilities. If you require modifica-

Passengers should not move out of

•

If components of the air bag

tion to your vehicle to accommodate

or change seats while the vehicle is

system must be discarded, or if

a disability, contact the HYUNDAI

moving. A passenger who is not

the vehicle must be scrapped,

Customer Connect Center at 1-877-

wearing a seat belt during a crash or

certain safety precautions

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emergency stop can be thrown

must be observed. Consult an

against the inside of the vehicle,

authorized HYUNDAI dealer for

against other occupants, or be ejected

Adding equipment to or modify-

the necessary information.

from the vehicle.

ing your air bag equipped vehi-

Failure to follow these precau-

tions could increase the risk of

Do not use any accessories on seat

cle

personal injury.

belts. Devices claiming to improve

If you modify your vehicle by chang-

occupant comfort or reposition the

ing your vehicle's frame, bumper sys-

seat belt can reduce the protection

tem, front end or side sheet metal or

provided by the seat belt and increase

ride height, this may affect the oper-

the chance of serious injury in a crash

ation of your vehicle's air bag sys-

Do not modify the front seats.

tem.

Modification of the front seats could

interfere with the operation of the sup-

plemental restraint system sensing

components or side air bags.

Do not place items under the front

seats. Placing items under the front

seats could interfere with the opera-

tion of the supplemental restraint sys-

tem sensing components and wiring

harnesses.

Do not cause impact to the doors.

Impact to the doors when the Engine

Start/Stop button is in the ON position

may cause the air bags to inflate.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Air Bag Warning Labels

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Air bag warning labels, required by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), are attached to

alert the driver and passengers of potential risks of the air bag system. Be sure to read all of the information about the

air bags that are installed on your vehicle in this Owners Manual.

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Convenient features of your vehicle

Accessing your vehicle

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Windows

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Remote Key

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Power Windows

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Smart Key

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Sunroof

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Immobilizer System

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Sunroof opening and closing

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Door locks

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Sliding the sunroof

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Outside the Vehicle

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Tilting the sunroof

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Inside the Vehicle

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Sunshade

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Auto Door Lock/Unlock Features

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Resetting the sunroof

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Child-Protector Rear Door locks

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Exterior features

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Theft-alarm system

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Hood

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Driver position memory system

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Trunk

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Storing Positions into Memory

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Smart Trunk

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Easy Access Function

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Fuel Filler Door

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Steering wheel

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Instrument cluster

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Electric Power Steering (EPS)

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Instrument Cluster Control

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Tilt Steering / Telescope Steering

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LCD Display Control

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Heated Steering Wheel

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LCD Display

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Horn

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LCD Modes

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Mirrors

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Warning Messages

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Inside Rearview Mirror

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Trip computer

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Side view Mirrors

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Trip modes

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Reverse Parking Aid Function

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Warning and indicator lights

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Automatic climate control system

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Warning Lights

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Automatic Heating and Air Conditioning

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Indicator Lights

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Manual heating and Air Conditioning

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Light

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System Operation

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Exterior Lights

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System Maintenance

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Smart High Beam

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Windshield defrosting and defogging

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Welcome System

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Manual Climate Control System

3-144

Interior Lights

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Automatic Climate Control System

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Wipers and washers

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Defogging logic

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Windshield Wipers

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Climate control additional features

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Windshield Washers

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Automatic Ventilation

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Driver assist system

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Sunroof Inside Air Recirculation

3-147

Rear View Camera

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Storage compartment

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Rear Parking Assist System

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Center Console Storage

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Defroster

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Glove Box

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Rear Window Defroster

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Sunglass Holder

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Multi box

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Manual climate control system

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Heating and Air Conditioning

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System Operation

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System Maintenance

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Convenient features of your vehicle

ACCESSING YOUR VEHICLE

Remote Key (if equipped)

Locking

WARNING

To lock :

1. Close all doors, engine hood and

Do not leave the keys in your

trunk.

vehicle with unsupervised chil-

2. Press the Door Lock button (1) on

dren. Unattended children

the remote key.

could place the key in the igni-

tion switch and may operate

3. The hazard warning lights will

power windows or other con-

blink and the chime will sound

trols, or even make the vehicle

once if the lock button is pressed

move, which could result in

once more within four seconds.

serious injury or death.

4. Make sure the doors are locked by

checking the position of the door

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lock button inside the vehicle.

Your HYUNDAI uses a remote key,

which you can use to lock or unlock

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a door (and trunk) and even start the

After locking the doors, if you press

engine.

the Door Lock button again within

1. Door Lock

four seconds, the hazard warning

2. Door Unlock

lights will blink and the horn will

3. Trunk Open

sound one time to confirm that the

doors are locked.

4. Panic

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Unlocking

Trunk opening

Panic button

To unlock:

To open:

Press the Panic button (4) for more

1.Press the Door Unlock button (2)

1. Press the Trunk Unlock button (3)

than one second. The horn sounds

and hazard warning lights flash for

on the remote key.

on the remote key for more than

one second.

about 30 seconds.

2.The driver’s door will unlock. The

To cancel the panic mode, press any

hazard warning lights will blink two

2. The hazard warning lights will

button on the remote key.

times.

blink two times.

If you press the Door Unlock button

Once the trunk is opened and then

again within four seconds, then all

closed, the trunk will lock automati-

Start-up

the doors will unlock.

cally.

For more information, refer to the

“Key Ignition Switch” section in chap-

Information

ter 5.

After unlocking the doors, the doors

The word "HOLD" is written on the

NOTICE

will lock automatically after 30 sec-

button to inform you that you must

onds unless a door is opened.

press and hold the button for more

To prevent damaging the remote

than one second.

key:

• Keep the remote key away from

water or any liquid and fire. If the

inside of the remote key gets

damp (due to drinks or mois-

ture), or is heated, internal cir-

cuit may malfunction, excluding

the car from the warranty.

• Avoid dropping or throwing the

remote key.

• Protect the remote key from

extreme temperatures.

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Convenient features of your vehicle

Mechanical key

Remote key precautions

If the remote key is in close proximi-

ty to your mobile phone, the signal

If the remote key does not operate

The remote key will not work if any of

could be blocked by your mobile

normally, you can lock or unlock the

the following occur:

phones normal operational signals.

door by using the mechanical key.

• The key is in the ignition switch.

This is especially important when the

• You exceed the operating distance

phone is active such as making and

limit (about 90 feet [30 m]).

receiving calls, text messaging,

• The remote key battery is weak.

and/or sending/receiving emails.

• Other vehicles or objects may be

Avoid placing the remote key and

blocking the signal.

your mobile phone in the same pants

or jacket pocket and always try to

• The weather is extremely cold.

maintain an adequate distance

• The remote key is close to a radio

between the two devices.

transmitter such as a radio station or

an airport which can interfere with

normal operation of the remote key.

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When the remote key does not work

correctly, open and close the door

Press the release button then the key

with the mechanical key. If you have

will unfold automatically.

a problem with the remote key con-

To fold the key, fold the key manually

tact an authorized HYUNDAI dealer.

while pressing the release button.

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Battery replacement

If you suspect your remote key might

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have sustained some damage, or

If the remote key is not working prop-

This device complies with Part 15 of

you feel your remote key is not work-

erly, try replacing the battery with a

the FCC rules.

ing correctly contact an authorized

new one.

Operation is subject to the following

HYUNDAI dealer.

three conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful

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interference, and

An inappropriately disposed

2. This device must accept any interfer-

battery can be harmful to the

ence received, including interference

environment and human

that may cause undesired operation.

health. Dispose the battery

3. Changes or modifications not

according to your local law(s)

expressly approved by the party

and regulation.

responsible for compliance could

void the user's authority to operate

the device.

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NOTICE

Battery Type: CR2032

To replace the battery:

Keep the remote key away from

1. Pry open the rear cover of the

electromagnetic materials that

remote key.

blocks electromagnetic waves to

the key surface.

2. Remove the old battery and insert

the new battery. Make sure the

battery position is correct.

3. Reinstall the rear cover of the

remote key.

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Convenient features of your vehicle

Smart Key (if equipped)

Locking

Information

The door handle button will only

operate when the smart key is within

28~40 inches (0.7~1 m) from the out-

side door handle.

Even though you press the outside

door handle button, the doors will not

lock and the chime will sound for

three seconds if any of the following

occur:

• The Smart Key is in the vehicle.

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• The Engine Start/Stop button is in

Your HYUNDAI uses a Smart Key,

To lock :

ACC or ON position.

which you can use to lock or unlock

1. Close all doors, engine hood and

• Any door except the trunk is open.

a door (and trunk) and even start the

trunk.

engine.

2. Either press the door handle but-

WARNING

1. Door Lock

ton or press the Door Lock button

2. Door Unlock

(1) on the smart key.

Do not leave the Smart Key in

3. Trunk Open

3. The hazard warning lights will

your vehicle with unsupervised

blink and the chime will sound

children. Unattended children

4. Panic

once.

could press the Engine Start/

4. Make sure the doors are locked by

Stop button and may operate

checking the position of the door

power windows or other con-

lock button inside the vehicle.

trols, or even make the vehicle

move, which could result in

serious injury or death.

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Unlocking

Trunk opening

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To open:

•

The door handle button will only

1. Carry the smart key.

operate when the smart key is with-

in 28~40 inches (0.7~1 m) from the

2. Either press the trunk handle but-

outside door handle and other peo-

ton or press and hold the Trunk

ple can also open the doors.

Unlock button (3) on the smart key

for more than one second.

•

If you press the front passenger's

outside door handle, while carrying

3. The hazard warning lights will

the Smart Key, all doors will unlock.

blink two times.

•

After unlocking the doors, the doors

Once the trunk is opened and then

will lock automatically after 30 sec-

closed, the trunk will lock automati-

onds unless a door is opened.

cally.

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To unlock:

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1. Carry the Smart Key.

The trunk handle button will only

2. Either press the driver's outside

operate when the smart key is within

door handle button or press the

28 inches (0.7 m) from the trunk han-

Door Unlock button

(2) on the

dle.

smart key.

3. The driver's door will unlock. The

hazard warning lights will blink two

times.

If you press the driver's outside

door handle button or Door Unlock

button on the smart key again

within four seconds, then all the

doors will unlock.

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Convenient features of your vehicle

Panic button

NOTICE

Mechanical key

Press the Panic button (4) and hold

If the Smart Key does not operate

To prevent damaging the smart

for more than one second. The horn

normally, you can lock or unlock the

key:

sounds and hazard warning lights

door by using the mechanical key.

• Keep the smart key away from

blink for about 30 seconds. To cancel

the panic mode, press any button on

water or any liquid and fire. If the

inside of the smart key gets

the Smart Key.

damp (due to drinks or mois-

ture), or is heated, internal cir-

Start-up

cuit may malfunction, excluding

You can start the engine without

the car from the warranty.

inserting the key.

• Avoid dropping or throwing the

smart key.

For more information, refer to the

• Protect the smart key from

"Engine Start/Stop Button" sec-

extreme temperatures.

tion in chapter 5.

NOTICE

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Always have the smart key with

Press and hold the release button (1)

you when leaving the vehicle. If

and remove the mechanical key (2).

the smart key is left near the vehi-

Insert the mechanical key into the

cle, the vehicle battery may be dis-

key hole on the door.

charged.

To reinstall the mechanical key, put

the key into the hole and push it until

a click sound is heard.

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Loss of a smart key

If the smart key is in close proximity

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to your mobile phone, the signal

A maximum of two Smart Keys can

could be blocked by your mobile

This device complies with Part 15 of

be registered to a single vehicle. If

phones normal operational signals.

the FCC rules.

you happen to lose your smart key,

This is especially important when the

Operation is subject to the following

you should immediately take the

phone is active such as making and

three conditions:

vehicle and remaining keys to your

receiving calls, text messaging,

authorized HYUNDAI dealer or tow

1. This device may not cause harmful

and/or sending/receiving emails.

the vehicle, if necessary.

interference, and

Avoid placing the smart key and your

2. This device must accept any inter-

mobile phone in the same pants or

ference received, including interfer-

Smart key precautions

jacket pocket and always try to main-

ence that may cause undesired

The smart key will not work if any of

tain an adequate distance between

operation.

the following occur:

the two devices.

3. Changes or modifications not

• The smart key is close to a radio

expressly approved by the party

transmitter such as a radio station

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responsible for compliance could

or an airport which can interfere

void the user’s authority to operate

with normal operation of the trans-

Keep the smart key away from

the device.

mitter.

electromagnetic materials that

blocks electromagnetic waves

• The smart key is near a mobile two

to the key surface.

way radio system or a cellular

phone.

• Another vehicle’s smart key is being

operated close to your vehicle.

When the smart key does not work

correctly, open and close the door

with the mechanical key. If you have

a problem with the smart key, contact

an authorized HYUNDAI dealer.

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