Kia Forte: Warning Lamp Activation
| Warning Lamp Behavior after Ignition On |
| 1. |
Active fault or historical fault counter is greater or equal to
10.
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| 2. |
Normal or historical fault counter is less than 10.
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| 3. |
When turning the ignition switch ON during variant coding (EOL)
mode, the airbag warning lamp is turned on and blinks at intervals of
1 second till the coding is completed.
If the variant coding is completed normally, the airbag warning
lamp will turn on for 6 seconds, and then turned off. Otherwise the
airbag warning lamp continuously blinks at intervals of 1 second.
When there is active fault in airbag system or SRSCM internal
fault, the variant coding (EOL) cannot be completed. In this case, perform
the variant coding (EOL) procedure again after troubleshooting with
the GDS.
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| 1. |
Loss of battery supply to the SRSCM : warning lamp turned on continuously.
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| 2. |
Loss of internal operating voltage : warning lamp turned on continuously.
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| 3. |
Loss of Microprocessor operation : warning lamp turned on continuously.
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| 4. |
SRSCM not connected : warning lamp turned on continuously.
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Components Location
Special Service ToolsHeated Oxygen Sensor (HO2S) Removal
[SULEV]
1.
Turn the ignition switch OFF and disconnect the battery negative
(-) cable.
2.
Disconnect the connector (A), and th ...
Instrument Cluster Description
Cluster Variant Coding
As we have more options (ESC, TPMS, etc.) in the car, the dashboard now
have more information to display depending on the chosen options.
For this reason, we need ...
Inspection
1.
After disconnecting the vapor hose from the PCV valve, remove
the PCV valve.
2.
Reconnect the PCV valve to the vapor hose.
...