How do you disable a 2001 Kia Sportage anti-theft system?

Answer 1

AnswerYou can't.

Above is a wholly inadequate response. Common sense would suggest that dealers will always have ways to disable any alarm system they sell.

There is a factory procedure which is hard to find on line and only applies to the factory installed system. I recall it involved turning the key a number of times to ACC that matches the Password or PIN that the dealership assigns. Each digits entry has to be completed in 10 secs then there's a 3 sec wait to begin the next digits entry, etc.

For dealer installed, aftermarket alarms you need to find the make and model and search on that. Good luck.