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Driving your vehicle
Severe weather conditions in the winter
result in greater wear and other prob-
lems. To minimize the problems of winter
driving, you should follow these sugges-tions:Snowy or Icy conditions
To drive your vehicle in deep snow, it may
be necessary to use snow tyres or to
install tyre chains on your tyres. If snow
tyres are needed, it is necessary to
select tyres equivalent in size and type of
the original equipment tyres. Failure to do
so may adversely affect the safety and
handling of your vehicle. Furthermore,
speeding, rapid acceleration, sudden
brake applications, and sharp turns are
potentially very hazardous practices.
During deceleration, use engine braking
to the fullest extent. Sudden brake appli-
cations on snowy or icy roads may cause
skids to occur. You need to keep suffi-
cient distance between the vehicle in
operation in front and your vehicle. Also,
apply the brake gently. It should be notedthat installing tyre chains on the tyre will
provide a greater driving force, but will
not prevent side skids.
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NOTICE
Tyre chains are not legal in all countries.
Check the country laws before fitting
tyre chains.
Snow tyres
If you mount snow tyres on your vehicle,
make sure they are radial tyres of the
same size and load range as the original
tyres. Mount snow tyres on all four
wheels to balance your vehicle’s han-
dling in all weather conditions. Keep in
mind that the traction provided by snow
tyres on dry roads may not be as high as
your vehicle's original equipment tyres.
You should drive cautiously even when
the roads are clear. Check with the tyre
dealer for maximum speed recommen-
dations.
Do not install studded tyres without first checking local, state and municipal regu-lations for possible restrictions against their use.
WINTER DRIVING
WARNING - Snow tyre size
Snow tyres should be equivalent in
size and type to the vehicle's stan-
dard tyres. Otherwise, the safety
and handling of your vehicle may
be adversely affected.
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What to do in an emergency
TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring System)malfunction indicator
The TPMS malfunction indicator will
illuminate after it blinks for approxi-
mately one minute when there is a
problem with the Tyre Pressure
Monitoring System. If the system is
able to correctly detect an under infla-
tion warning at the same time as sys-
tem failure then the TPMS malfunc-tion indicator remains illuminated after
blinking for approximately 1 minute.
We recommend that the system be
checked by an authorised Kia dealer to
determine the cause of the problem.
WARNING - Low pressure
damage
Significantly low tyre pressure
makes the vehicle unstable and
can contribute to loss of vehicle
control and increased brakingdistances.
Continued driving on low pres- sure tyres can cause the tyres
to overheat and fail.CAUTION
In winter or cold weather, the low tyre pressure telltale mayilluminate if the tyre pressure was adjusted to the recom-mended tyre inflation pressurein warm weather. It does not mean your TPMS is malfunction-ing because the decreased tem-perature leads to a proportional lowering of tyre pressure.
When you drive your vehiclefrom a warm area to a cold areaor from a cold area to a warmarea, or the outside temperature is greatly higher or lower, youshould check the tyre inflationpressure and adjust the tyres to the recommended tyre inflationpressure.
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Index
Warning and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Weight/volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Wheel alignment and tyre balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-57
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-58
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Manual windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Power window lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Windscreen defrosting and defogging . . . . . . . . . . 4-148 Auto defogging system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
Windscreen washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67 Snow tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67
Tyre chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-68
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118 Front indshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
Front windscreen washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
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