
515
Driving your vehicle
ISG auto-starting
Before and after the engine enters the
idle stop mode, the ISG system will auto-
matically check all the necessary items
such as the safety of the vehicle and pas-
senger comfort.
The engine will start automatically with-
out the driver's action if any of the follow-ing occurs:
If the brake vacuum pressure is low
If the fan speed of the manual climatecontrol system is set above the 3rd position when the air conditioning is on
If the fan speed of the automatic cli- mate control system is set above the6th position when the air conditioningis on
When a certain amount of time has passed with the climate control systemon
When the defroster is ON
When the battery charge status is low
If the vehicle speed is over 5km/h by rolling down a hill
It could be different up to the vehicle con-dition.
When the automatic starting occurs, the
"AUTO STOP" indicator on the cluster
will blink for 5 seconds. ISG(Idle Stop and Go) system
deactivation
If you desire to deactivate the ISG sys-
tem, you can do it temporarily by press-
ing the ISG OFF button located on the
left side of the instrument panel.
After pressing the ISG OFF button, the
light on the button will illuminate.
The ISG system will activate by pressing
the ISG OFF button again and the button
light will turn off. ✽
✽
NOTICE

Driving your vehicle
16
5
Manual transaxle operation T
he manual transaxle has 5(6, if equipped)
forward gears.
This shift pattern is imprinted on the shift
knob. The transaxle is fully synchronized
in all forward gears so shifting to either a
higher or a lower gear is easily accom-plished.
Press the clutch pedal down fully while
shifting, then release it slowly.
If your vehicle is equipped with an igni-
tion lock switch, the engine will not start
when starting the engine without
depressing the clutch pedal. (if equipped)
The gearshift lever must be returned to
the neutral position before shifting into R
(Reverse).
The button (1) located immediately below
the shift knob must be pulled upward
while moving the shift lever to the R posi-
tion. (if equipped)
Make sure the vehicle is completely
stopped before shifting into R (Reverse).
Never operate the engine with thetachometer (rpm) in the red zone.
MANUAL TRANSAXLE (IF EQUIPPED)
CAUTION
When downshifting from fifth gear to fourth gear, caution
should be taken not to inadver-tently press the gear shift leversideways in such a manner that second gear is engaged. Such a
drastic downshift may cause the engine speed to increase to thepoint that the tachometer will
enter the red-zone. Such over-revving of the engine may possi- bly cause engine and the transaxledamage.
Do not downshift more than 2 gears or downshift the gear whenthe engine is running at highspeed (5,000 RPM or higher).
Such a downshifting may damagethe engine and the transaxle.
OED050001
The shift lever can be moved without pulling
the button (1).
The button (1) must be pulled up while mov-
ing the shift lever.
* The actual shift lever in the vehicle may
differ from the illustration.
■ Type A
■ Type B
YN ENG 5.QXP 4/16/2012 10:02 AM Page 16

Driving your vehicle
26
5
Releasing the parking brake
To release the parking brake, first apply
the foot brake and pull up the parking
brake lever slightly. Secondly press the
release button (1) and lower the parking
brake lever (2) while holding the button. Check the brake warning light by turning
the ignition switch ON (do not start the
engine). This light will illuminate when the
parking brake is applied with the ignition
switch in the START or ON position.
Before driving, be sure the parking brake
is fully released and the brake warning
light is off.
If the brake warning light remains on
after the parking brake is released while
the engine is running, there may be a
malfunction in the brake system.
Immediate attention is necessary.
If at all possible, cease driving the vehi-
cle immediately. If that is not possible,
use extreme caution while operating the
vehicle and only continue to drive the
vehicle until you can reach a safe loca-
tion or repair shop.
WARNING
To prevent unintentional move- ment when stopped and leaving
the vehicle, do not use the shift
lever instead of the parking
brake. Set the parking brake AND
make sure the shift lever is
securely positioned in 1st (First)
gear or R (Reverse) for manual
transaxle equipped vehicles and
in P (Park) for automatic
transaxle equipped vehicles.
Never allow anyone who is unfa- miliar with the vehicle to touch
the parking brake. If the parking
brake is released unintentionally,
serious injury may occur.
All vehicles should always have the parking brake fully engaged
when parking to avoid inadver-
tent movement of the vehicle
which can injure occupants orpedestrians.
W-75OYN052021
YN ENG 5.QXP 4/16/2012 10:02 AM Page 26

Index
2
I
Air bag warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Air bags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Air bag warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Side impact air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-72 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-72
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100 Antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Auto seat warmer(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81 Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Automatic heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-82
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83 Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Aux, USB and iPod port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Bottle holders, see cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Electronic stability program (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Emergency Stop Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Hill-start assist control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Vehicle stability management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Brakes fluid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-63
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Button start/stop, see engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . 5-8
Camera (Rear view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Capacities (Lubricants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
A
C
B
YN eng INDEX.QXP 2011.09.22. 16:35 Page 2

Index
4
I
Drinks holders, see cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
Driver's and passenger's front air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Driving at night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Electric power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Electronic stability program (ESP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Push starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78
Evaporative emission control System . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Engine overheats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Evaporative emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78 Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-20
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-72
Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Changing tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Components of the tire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Tiremobilitykit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97Fluid Automatic transaxle fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Brakes fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Fog light (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-66
Fog light (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-69Fog light bulbs replacement Fog light (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-66
Fog light (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-69
Folding the rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Front seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Fuel filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
E
F
YN eng INDEX.QXP 2011.09.22. 16:35 Page 4

Features of your vehicle
8
4
With a smart key, you can lock or unlock
a door (and tailgate) and even start the
engine without inserting the key.
The functions of the buttons on a smart
key are similar to the remote keyless
entry. (Refer to the “Remote keyless
entry” in this section.)
Smart key functions
Carrying the smart key, you may lock and
unlock the vehicle doors (and tailgate).
Also, you may start the engine. Refer to
the following, for more details.Locking
Pressing the button of the front outside door handles with all doors (and tailgate)
closed and any door unlocked, locks all
the doors (and tailgate). The hazard
warning lights will blink once to indicate
that all doors (and tailgate) are locked.
The button will only operate when the
smart key is within 0.7 m (28 in.) from the
outside door handle. If you want to make
sure that a door has locked or not, you
should check the door lock button inside
the vehicle or pull the outside door han-
dle. Even though you press the button, the
doors will not lock and the chime sounds
if any of the following occurs:
The smart key is in the vehicle.
The ENGINE START/STOP button is in
the ACC or ON position.
Any door except the tailgate is opened.
Unlocking
Pressing the button of the front outside door handles with all doors (and tailgate)
closed and locked, unlocks all the doors
(and tailgate). The hazard warning lights
will blink twice to indicate that all doors
(and tailgate) are unlocked. The button
will only operate when the smart key iswithin 0.7 m (28 in.) from the outside
door handle.
When the smart key is recognized in the area of 0.7 m (28 in.) from the front out-
side door handle, other people can alsoopen a door without possession of the
smart key.
SMART KEY (IF EQUIPPED)
OXM049001LOYN049005/H
YN RHD 4(~99).QXP 11/29/2012 10:59 AM Page 8

Features of your vehicle
56
4
KEY OUT indicator
(if equipped)
When the ENGINE START/STOP button
is in the ACC or ON position, if any door
is open, the system checks for the smart
key. If the smart key is not in the vehicle,
the indicator will blink, and if all doors areclosed, the chime (if equipped) will also
sound for about 5 seconds. The indicator
will go off whilst the vehicle is moving.
Keep the smart key in the vehicle or
insert it in the smart key holder.
Key reminder warning chime
(if equipped)
If the driver’s door is opened whilst the
ignition key is left in the ignition switch
(ACC or LOCK position), the key
reminder warning chime will sound. This
is to prevent you from locking your keys
in the vehicle. The chime sounds until the
key is removed from the ignition switch or
the driver’s door is closed.
Glow indicator (Diesel engine)
The indicator illuminates when the igni-
tion switch is in the ON position. The
engine can be started after the preheat
indicator light goes off. The illuminating
time varies with the water temperature,
air temperature and battery condition.
✽✽ NOTICE
If the engine does not start within 10
seconds after the preheating is complet-
ed, turn the ignition key once more to
the LOCK position for 10 seconds, and
then to the ON position, in order to pre-heat again.
Fuel filter warning light (Diesel engine)
This warning light illuminates for 3 sec-
onds after the ignition switch is set to the
ON position and then it will go off. If it
lights up whilst the engine is running, it
indicates that water has accumulated
inside the fuel filter. If this happens,
remove the water from the fuel filter. For
more information, refer to “Fuel filter” insection 7.
CAUTION
When the fuel filter warning light isilluminated, engine power (vehicle
speed & idle speed) may decrease. If you keep driving with the warninglight on, you can damage your vehi-cle's engine parts and injection sys-
tem of the Common Rail.
If this occurs, we recommend thatthe system be checked by an autho-rised Kia dealer.
CAUTION
If the preheat indicator continues to illuminate or blink on and off afterthe engine has warmed up or whilst
driving, we recommend that the system be checked by an autho-rised Kia dealer.
KEY
OUT
YN RHD 4(~99).QXP 11/29/2012 11:02 AM Page 56

5
Before driving / 5-3 Key positions / 5-4Engine start/stop button / 5-8ISG(idle stop and go) system / 5-14Manual transaxle / 5-16Automatic transaxle / 5-19Brake system / 5-24
Cruise control system / 5-35
Speed limit control system / 5-39Economical operation / 5-41Special driving conditions / 5-43
Winter driving / 5-48
Trailer towing / 5-52
Vehicle weight / 5-60
Driving your vehicle
YN RHD 5.QXP 3/31/2012 4:06 PM Page 1