2008 KIA PICANTO mirror

Your vehicle at a glance
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INTERIOR OVERVIEW
1. Door lock/unlock lever.........................4-8
2. Outside rearview mirror control
switch*...............................................4-22
3. Power window lock button* ...............4-14
4. Power window switches* ...................4-12
5. Vent controls ...............................4-54, 63
6. Head lamp leveling device*...............4-45
7. ESP OFF button* ..............................5-21
8. Steering wheel ..................................4-20
9. Steering wheel tilt* ............................4-20
10. Hood release lever ..........................4-15
11. Fuel filler lid release lever ...............4-17
* : if equipped
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Safety features of your vehicle
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Side impact air bag (if equipped)
Your vehicle is equipped with a side
impact air bag in each front seat. The
purpose of the air bag is to provide the
vehicle's driver and/or the front passen-ger with additional protection than that
offered by the seat belt alone.
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If a driver brakes the vehicle
heavily in an urgent situations,
occupants will be thrown for-
ward. If front passengers are not
wearing the seat belts, they will
be directly in front of the air bags
when inflation occurs. In that sit-
uation, severe injury or death is
possible.
Never allow a front passenger put their hands or feet on theinstrument panel or put their face
close to the instrument panel. The
air bag will impact the front pas-
senger when it inflates.
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Never allow children/elder andfeeble persons/pregnant women
sit on the front passenger’s seat.
Do not put a child restraint sys-
tem on the front passenger’s seat
either. They may be seriously
injured by the air bag inflation
when the air bag deploys.
Do not put objects or stickers on the instrument panel. Do not
apply any accessory on the frontwindshield glass or do not install
aftermarket mirrors or acces-
sories on the factory installed
rearview mirror. These may inter-
fere with the deployment of air
bag inflation or could hit your
body at high speed and cause
severe bodily injury and evendeath.
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Keys / 4-2 Remote keyless entry / 4-4Theft-alarm system / 4-6
Door locks / 4-8
Tailgate / 4-11
Windows / 4-12Hood / 4-15
Fuel filler lid / 4-17
Steering wheel / 4-20
Mirrors / 4-22
Instrument cluster / 4-25
Rear parking assist system / 4-38
Hazard warning flasher / 4-40Lighting / 4-41
Wipers and washers / 4-46
Interior light / 4-49
Defroster / 4-50
Manual climate control system / 4-51
Automatic climate control system / 4-60
Windshield defrosting and defogging / 4-67
Storage compartment / 4-70
Interior features / 4-72Audio system / 4-77
Features of your vehicle

Features of your vehicle
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Inside rearview mirror
Adjust the rearview mirror so that the
center view through the rear window is
seen. Make this adjustment before you
start driving.
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Day/night rearview mirror
Make this adjustment before you start
driving and while the day/night lever is in
the day position.
Pull the day/night lever toward you to reduce the glare from the headlights of
vehicles behind you during night driving.
Remember that you may lose somerearview clarity in the night position.
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Outside rearview mirror Be sure to adjust the mirror angles
before driving.
Your vehicle is equipped with both left-
hand and right-hand outside rearview
mirrors. The mirrors can be adjusted
remotely with the control levers or remote
switch, depending on the type of mirror
control installed. The mirror heads can be
folded back to prevent damage during an
automatic car wash or when passing
through a narrow street.
MIRRORS
WARNING -
Rear visibility
Do not place objects in the rear
seat or cargo area which would
interfere with your vision through
the rear window.
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Day
Night
WARNING - Rearview mir-
rors
The right outside rearview mirror is convex. In some countries, the
left outside rearview mirror is
also convex. Objects seen in the
mirror are closer than they
appear.
Use your interior rearview mirror or direct observation to deter-
mine the actual distance of fol-
lowing vehicles when changinglanes.

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Features of your vehicle
D140201APA
Adjusting the outside rearview mirror
Manual control (if equipped)
To adjust an outside mirror, move the mir-
ror.Manual remote control (if equipped)
To adjust an outside mirror, move the
control lever which is located at the for-
ward inside area of the window frame.
CAUTION
Do not scrape ice off the mirror
face; this may damage the surface of the glass. If ice should restrictmovement of the mirror, do not
force the mirror for adjustment. Toremove ice, use a deicer spray, or asponge or soft cloth with very warmwater.
CAUTION
If the mirror is jammed with ice, do not adjust the mirror by force. Usean approved spray de-icer (not radi-
ator antifreeze) to release the frozen mechanism or move thevehicle to a warm place and allowthe ice to melt.
WARNING
Do not adjust or fold the outside
rearview mirrors while the vehicle
is moving. This could result in loss
of control, and an accident which
could cause death, serious injury
or property damage.
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Features of your vehicle
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Electric remote control (if equipped)
The electric remote control mirror switch
allows you to adjust the position of the
left and right outside rearview mirrors. To
adjust the position of either mirror, move
the lever (1) to R or L to select the right
side mirror or the left side mirror, thenpress a corresponding point on the mirroradjustment control to position the select-
ed mirror up, down, left or right.
After adjustment, put the switch into neu-
tral (center) position to prevent inadver-tent adjustment. D140202AEN
Folding the outside rearview mirror
To fold the outside rearview mirror, grasp
the housing of the mirror and then fold it
toward the rear of the vehicle.
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CAUTION
The mirrors stop moving when
they reach the maximum adjust-ing angles, but the motor contin-ues to operate while the switch is
depressed. Do not depress the switch longer than necessary, themotor may be damaged.
Do not attempt to adjust the out- side rearview mirror by hand.
Doing so may damage the parts.
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Features of your vehicle
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NOTICE
If you want to defrost and defog the
front windshield, refer to “Windshield
defrosting and defogging” in this sec-tion.
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Rear window defroster
The defroster heats the window to
remove frost, fog and thin ice from the
rear window, while the engine is running.
To activate the rear window defroster,
press the rear window defroster button.
The indicator on the rear window
defroster button illuminates when thedefroster is ON.
If there is heavy accumulation of snow on
the rear window, brush it off before oper-
ating the rear defroster.
To turn off the defroster, press the rear
window defroster button again. D220101AUN
Outside mirror defroster
(if equipped)
If your vehicle is equipped with outside
mirror defrosters, they will operate at the
same time when you turn on the rear
window defroster.
CAUTION
To prevent damage to the conduc- tors bonded to the inside surface of
the rear window, never use sharpinstruments or window cleanerscontaining abrasives to clean the
window.
DEFROSTER
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Features of your vehicle
D250000AEN For maximum defrosting, set the tem-
perature control to the extreme
right/hot position and the fan speedcontrol to the highest speed.
If warm air to the floor is desired while defrosting or defogging, set the modeto the floor-defrost position.
Before driving, clear all snow and ice from the windshield, rear window, out-
side rear view mirrors, and all side win-
dows.
Clear all snow and ice from the hood and air inlet in the cowl grill to improveheater and defroster efficiency and to
reduce the probability of fogging up theinside of the windshield. Manual climate control system D250101ASA
To defog inside windshield
1. Select any fan speed except “0”.
2. Select desired temperature.
3. Select
the or position.
4. Turn on the air-conditioning system.
5. Select the outside (fresh) air mode.
WINDSHIELD DEFROSTING AND DEFOGGING
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WARNING - Windshield
heating
Do not use the or position during cooling operation in
extremely humid weather. The dif-
ference between the temperature ofthe outside air and that of the wind-shield could cause the outer sur-
face of the windshield to fog up,
causing loss of visibility. In this
case, set the mode selection knob
or button to the position and
fan speed control knob or button to
the lower speed.