Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3Installation Manual Lock-Switch V3 forKIA Sorento (02-06) and KIA Sorento (07-09)

Note: A any work on the electrical system of a car before should the battery be disconnected at the negative terminal to prevent possible short circuits..

Damages caused by improper installation, can't be accepted.

Notes:When working with the cars plastics, do it always in warm weather (> 15 ° C) or heated with a hair dryer.

Tools Required:Phillips, blade screwdriver, eventually scraper and / or wooden wedge, wire cutter, electrical tape, preferably soldering iron, knife, wire stripper, heat shrink tubing

How to connect wires:The old wire strip about 1-2 cm, not cut it. The wire which is to connect, strip also 2 cm and wrap around the other wire. Then, solder and wrap electrical tape around.

When are two wires to connect together, both wire strip about 2 cm and wrap together. After solder this new connection, wrap electrical tape around or alternatively use heat shrink tube.

Optional can used the crimp plugs.

Please don't use Electrical Pigtail Connectors, they have a bad reliability.

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3Content:

- Lock-Switch: Panel with electronic, with button and without any other switches (cruise, ESP, headlight range adjustment, ...

- Wire harness: Plug with 6*/8* Wires, (+ Plug with one wire)*- Shorting Plug, Nut- Additional Display*

*depends on kind of features

Lock-Switch (Example, can have a other look)

Shorting Plug + M6 Flanged Nut

Wire harness with additional wire for ABSoff and second plug (not included with additional display)

Additional Display

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3Step 1 (disassembling cover):

At first, the left cover between door and dashboard must be uncliped.

Take a Japanese scraper or a wooden wedge and press it in the slot and lever out.

Fold it away and pull it out.

Now disassemble the cover under the steering wheel, unbolt the both lower screws ...

.... and these both screws at the left side.

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3

Now pull the cover, there are three clips …

... and at the right side over the ignition switch use a scraper to lever out.

Unplug the wire harness from the ESP-, Cruise- or headlight range adjustment

switches (edge clips pressed in and pull the plug back).

The OBD plug unclip and ....

... the engine hood opener pull to the left out of the slot.

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3The bowden cable move to the right out of this slot (notice this disassembling way for assembling at the end).

On the right side of the car lever out the sillboard cover, use a wooden wedge

and pull upwards. Take attention of the guide lug at the end of this cover.

Unbolt the screw ....

... and pull the cover to the inside of the car, three clips are there.

Step 2 (disassemble panel): 4 plastic lugs hold the panel in the cover,

press they together and the panel can take away.

Or take a Japanese scraper an lever out the panel at top an bottom.

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3

The switches are also held with two plastic lugs, press them together and push the switches to the front.

Step 3 (electrical connection):

Overview of the plugs under the cover drivers side (under the

steering wheel).

Configuration Sorento BJ02-06

At the two plugs (red arrows, black (2) and white vertical plug (1) ) are the signals, which are needed. In

addition is the original wire harness of the original 4WD switch needed.

Configuration Sorento BJ07-09

Connect (solder) the white wire of the new lock switch wire harness (following only LS) with the red/black wire from the wire harness of the original 4WD switch, also the blue wire (LS) with the blue/orange wire. Isolate with electrical tape.

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3Sorento 02-06 (* optional wire version): At the shown lower plug

(black (2) ) connect the green wire (LS) with the green/black wire (pin 2, left side of the plug) of the

Sorento harness. Isolate with electrical tape.

Sorento BJ07-09 (* optional wire version): At the shown left plug (black (2) ) connect the green wire (LS) with the green/black wire (pin 2, left side of the plug) of the Sorento harness. Isolate with electrical tape.

At the right white Plug (1) connect the thick yellow wire with red wire from LS. Isolate

with electrical tape.

Over these plugs under the dashboard is a good ground contact with a bold, ...

... fix the black wire (LS) with the ring eye, use the included nut.

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3Now the drilled two wires (green & yellow/green, possible wrapped) place to right side of the car, first fix at the steering column, .....

... and under the blower to the right.

Install the wires under the floor at the passenger side complete to the right.

Sorento 02-06: Overview of the plugs at the right side, the lowest black plug is needed.

Sorento 07-09: Overview of the plugs at the right side, the highest black plug is needed.

At this plug cut the yellow wire (pin 4, next green/orange).

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3Sorento 02-06: The green wire from LS wire harness must be connected with the cutted yellow wire, which comes out of the plug. Connect the green/yellow wire from LS with the other end of the yellow wire, which comes from the harness. Isolate.

Sorento 07-09: The green wire from LS wire harness must be connected with the cutted yellow wire, which comes out of the plug. Connect the green/yellow wire from LS with the other end of the yellow wire, which comes from the harness. Isolate.

Installation is complete, now place the net lock switch panel in the cover and plug in the other switches (ESP, cruise, headlight range adjustment). Attention, please never press on the little wheel from the headlight range adjustment, it cracks.

Plug in the new plug(s) from the lock switch harness an test the installation.

All things are OK, when nothing other happens, as in the manual is described. When the 4WD lamp begins to flash, then are the wires on the right side interchanged.

The included shorting plug is used, when new lock switch should be dismount, this plug come on the new lock switch wire harness to reinstall the original function of the 4 wheel drive. Than the original panel can used.

If you have any questions, please call us or write an email.

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3Additional wiring ABSoff Sorento 02-06:(optional)

The addition wires (two drilled black wires) for the ABSoff function must be install in the engine room, the best way to bring them trough the splash-board is a little opening under the dashboard , right handed to the steering column.

View from the engine room. Make a hole in the existing rubber bushing and push the

wires trough.

This ist the ABS controller plug. The red locker must be pulled to the engine, than it's possible to unplug this plug.

Remove some electrical tape and a wire strap press the little lug into the case and

now the case can move to the front and take away.

the blue (and shortest) wire (pin 15) must be cut and each end must be connect with one of these black wires. It's not urgent which one of these two black wire you take. Reinstall the plug, ready for testing.

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3Additional wiring ABSoff Sorento 07-09:(optional)

The additional wire for the ABSoff function is placed from top the cover left handed side in foot room of the driver, where the fuse box is. There must be unplugged the fuse for ABS. Use the new fuse adapter. In the wire harness ist a new fuse holder, a backup fuse (if necessary) is included.

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3Additional Display (optional):

First, unfix the instrument cluster frame, take a wooden wedge or something else and lever out the frame on both sides, left and right.

The unfixed Frame.

Now take the wire with the plug and handle it behind the frame...

... placed a little bit upper, there is a hole in the instrument cluster. And manage the wire behind the cluster down to the lock

switch.

The addition display is now ready for fixing it with the adhesive tape under the display. Take attention of the place for fixing it, there are some lug at the instrument cluster.

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Installation Manual Lock-Switch KIA Sorento V3Now can the wire plugged it in the right socket (4 pins) of the lock switch.

Reinstall the instrument cluster frame and ready.

On the Back side of the lock switch is es potentiometer (red circle). Here you can adjust the brightness of the display.

Turn it right increases the brightness, turn to left decreases. Please use a little screw driver and be carefully.

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