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Air bag (Supplemental Restraint
System) service
Your Supplemental Restraint System is
virtually maintenance-free. There are no
parts which you can service.
You must have the system serviced
under the following circumstances:
• If an air bag ever inflates, the air bag
must be replaced. Do not try to remove
or discard the air bag by yourself. This
must be done by an authorized Kia
dealer.
• If the air bag warning indicator light alerts you to a problem, have the air
bag system checked as soon as possi-
ble. Otherwise, your air bag system
may be ineffective.
When repairing or scrapping thevehicles
• Repairing steering wheel, instrument panel, center console or roofs, or
installing car audio around center con-
sole or painting front metal sheet could
disable the air bag system. Have them
checked by an authorized Kia dealer.
• When leaving the vehicle at an author- ized Kia dealer, inform the facility that
the vehicle is equipped with an air bag
system, and leave the owner’s manual
in the vehicle.
• Since the air bag system contains explosive chemical substances, con-
tact an authorized Kia dealer when
scrapping the vehicle.
WARNING- No mainte-
nance or repair
• Do not modify your s teering
wheel, seat or any other part of
the Supplemental Res traint
System. Modification could make
the system inoperable.
• Do not work on the system’ s com-
ponents or wiring. This could
cause the air bags to inflate inad-
vertently, possibly seriously injur-
ing someone. Working on the sys-
tem could al so disable the sys-
tem so that the air bags would not
deploy in a collision.
• Any work on the SRS system, such as removing, ins talling,
repairing, or any work on the
s teering wheel mus t be per-
formed by a qualified Kia techni-
cian. Improper handling of the air
bag system may result in serious
per sonal injury or death.
CAUTION - No modifica-
tion
Do not modify any part of the air
bag system. Modification could
make the air bag system ineffective
or could caus e unnecessary
deployment.

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Air bag warning label
Air bag warning labels which are now required by the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) are attached to alert driv-
er and passengers of potential risk of air bag system.
Note that these government warnings focus on the risk to children, Kia also wants you to be aware of the risks which adults are
exposed to. Those have been described in previous pages.
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➀
➂➁(if equipped)

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Outside the vehicle
• To open the trunk, insert the key intothe lock (
➀) and turn it clockwise (➁).
If the trunk is opened with the key while
all the doors are locked, trunk will be
locked if closed.
• To open the trunk, pull up (
➃) the trunk
lid by pressing the button (
➂) of the
trunk handle when the trunk is
unlocked. Trunk can be opened by
pressing the button (
➂) of the handle
and pulling up the lid while any door is
unlocked. • To close the trunk, use both hands to
push the trunk lid down. Check to see
if the trunk is completely shut. If all the
doors are locked then the trunk will be
locked too.
• If the trunk lid control button in the glove box is in the ON position
(depressed), the trunk can be opened
with a transmitter.
• If the trunk is opened with the transmit- ter while all the doors are locked, the
trunk will be locked when closed.
• Trunk cannot be opened with the sub key.
TRUNK
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WARNING
Engine exhaust and a wide variety
of automobile components and
parts, including component s found
in the interior furnishings in a vehi-
cle, contain or emit chemicals
known to the State of California to
cause cancer and birth defects and
reproductive harm. In addition, cer-
tain fluids contained in vehicles
and certain product s of component
wear contain or emit chemicals
known to the State of California to
cause cancer and birth defects or
other reproductive harm.
CAUTION
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Trunk room lamp
Trunk room lamp turns on when the trunk
is opened. It remains on until the trunk is
securely closed.
Inside the vehicle
To open the trunk from inside the vehicle,
make sure the trunk lid control button in
the glove box is ON, then pull the trunk
lid release switch (
➀) on the driver’s door
panel.
If the trunk lid control button in the glove
box is OFF, the trunk can only be opened
with the vehicle master key.
WARNING-Exhaust
fumes
If you drive with the trunk lid open,
you will draw dangerou s exhaust
fumes into your vehicle cau sing
serious injury or death to vehicle
occupants. Open trunk lid s can
also dangerously ob scure rear view
vision.
If you must drive with the trunk lid
open, keep the air vents open so
that additional outside air come s
into the vehicle.
1GHA2018
CAUTION
Make sure to clos e the trunk
securely. If it remains open while the engine i s not running, it may
cause battery discharge because the trunk room lamp remains on.
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Emergency trunk safety release
Your vehicle is equipped with an emer-
gency trunk release cable located inside
the trunk. The lever glows in the dark
when the trunk lid is closed. If someone
is inadvertently locked in the trunk, mov-
ing the handle in the direction of the
arrow will release the trunk latch mecha-
nism and open the trunk.
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WARNING
No one should be allowed to occu-
py the trunk of the vehicle at any
time. If the trunk is partially or total-
ly latched and the person is unable
to get out, severe injury or death
could occur due to lack of ventila-
tion, exhaust fumes and rapid heat
build-up, or because of exposure to
cold weather condition s. The trunk
is also a highly dangerous location
in the event of a crash because it is
not a protected occupant space but
merely a part of the vehicle’ s crush
zone.
WARNING
• If a per son is locked in the trunk,
they can pull the emergency
release to open the trunk lid.
• We recommend that car s be kept
locked and keys be kept out of
the reach of children, and that
parents teach their children about
the danger s of playing in trunks.

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Opening the hood:
1. Pull the release lever on the lower leftside of the instrument panel to unlatch
the hood. The hood should pop open
slightly. 2. Go to the front of the vehicle, slightly
raise the hood, pull (➁) the secondary
latch (
➀) inside of the hood center and
lift the hood.
3. Raise the hood. It will raise completely by itself after it has been raised about
halfway.
Closing the hood
1. Before closing the hood, check the fol-lowing:
• All filler caps in engine compartment must be correctly installed.
• Gloves, rags or any other com- bustible material must be removed
from the engine compartment.
2. Lower the hood halfway and push down to securely lock in place. Make
sure the hood is properly locked before
driving.
HOOD
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WARNING
• Before closing the hood, makesure that all engine part s and
tools have been removed from
the engine area and that no one’ s
hands are near the hood opening.
• Do not leave glove s,rags or any
other combustible material in the
engine compartment. Doing s o
may cause a heat-induced fire.

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1. Stop the engine.
2. To open the fuel filler lid, push therelease button located on the driver’s
lower door. 3. Pull the fuel filler lid out to open.
4. To remove the cap, turn the fuel tank
cap counter-clockwise.
5. Refuel as needed.
6. To install the cap, turn it clockwise until it “clicks”. This indicates that the cap is
securely tightened.
7. Close the fuel filler lid and push it light- ly and make sure that it is securely
closed.
FUEL FILLER LID
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WARNING
To avoid injury from sharp object s,
wear protective gloves when open-
ing the fuel filler door manually.
WARNING - Refueling
If pressurized fuel sprays out, it can
caus e serious injuries .Always
remove the fuel cap carefully and
slowly. If the cap is venting fuel or if
you hear a hissing sound, wait until
the condition s tops before com-
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WARNING
Automotive fuels are flammable/
explosive materials. When refuel-
ing, pleas e note the following
guidelines carefully. Failure to fol-
low these guidelines may result in
s evere per sonal injury, severe
burns or death by fire or explo sion.
• Before refueling alway s note the
location of the Emergency
Gasoline Shut-Off, if available, at
the gas station facility.
Note and follow all safety precau-
tions and warning posted at the
facility.
• Before touching the fuel nozzle or fuel filler cap, you should elimi-
nate potentially dangerou s static
electricity discharge by touching
another metal part of the front of
the vehicle, a safe distance away
from the fuel filler neck, nozzle, or
other gas source.
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• Do not get back into a vehicleonce you have begun refueling.
Do not touch, rub or slide against
any item or fabric (polyes ter,
satin, nylon, etc.) capable of pro-
ducing static electricity. Static
electricity dis charge can ignite
fuel vapor s res ulting in explo-
sion. If you must re-enter the
vehicle, you should once again
eliminate potentially dangerous
s tatic electricity dis charge by
touching a metal part of the vehi-
cle, away from the fuel filler neck,
nozzle or other gasoline source.
•
When us ing a portable fuel con-
tainer be s ure to place the contain-
er on the ground prior to refueling.
Static electricity dis charge from
the container can ignite fuel vapor s
caus ing a fire. Once refueling has
begun, contact with the vehicle
s hould be maintained until the fill-
ing is complete. Us e only portable
fuel container s des igned to carry
and store gas oline.
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• Do not us e cellular phones
around a gas station or while
refueling any vehicle. Electric
current and/or electronic interfer-
ence from cellular phones can
potentially ignite fuel vapor s
causing a fire. If you must use
your cellular phone u se it in a
place away from the ga s station.
• When refueling alway s shut the
engine off. Spark s produced by
electrical components related to
the engine can ignite fuel vapor s
causing a fire. Alway s insure that
the engine i s OFF before and dur-
ing refueling. Once refueling i s
complete, check to make sure the
fuel filler cap and door are
securely closed, before starting
the engine.
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