Convenience Features

Anti-Theft System

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This system helps protect your vehicle and its valuables. The horn will sound and the hazard warning lights will flash continuously if one of the following occurs:

- A door is opened without using the Smart Key.
- The tailgate is opened without using the Smart Key.
- The hood is opened.

The alarm continues for 30 seconds, then the system resets. To turn off the alarm, unlock the doors with the Smart Key.

The alarm system automatically activates 30 seconds after you lock the doors and the liftgate. To activate the system, you must lock the doors and the liftgate from the outside of the vehicle using the smart key or by touching the touch sensor on the rear door handle while carrying the smart key.

The hazard warning lights will flash and the horn will sound once to indicate that the system is armed.

After the security system is armed, opening any door, the liftgate, or the hood without using the smart key will trigger the alarm.

The security alarm system will not arm if the hood, tailgate, or any door is not fully closed. If the system does not arm, check that the hood, luggage compartment door, and doors are fully closed.

Do not attempt to modify this system or add other devices to it.

Information

  • Do not lock the doors until all passengers have left the vehicle. If a remaining passenger leaves the vehicle while the system is armed, the alarm will be triggered.
  • If the vehicle is not disarmed using the Smart Key, open the doors with the mechanical key and start the engine by pressing the Engine Start/Stop button with the Smart Key.
  • If the alarm system is disarmed by unlocking the vehicle but a door or the tailgate is not opened within 30 seconds, the doors will lock again and the system will automatically re-arm.

Test yourself

A quick Hyundai Santa Fe quiz: every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the manual page.