Before entering vehicle
• Be sure that all windows, outsidemirror(s), and outside lights are
clean.
Check the condition of the tires.
Check under the vehicle for any sign of leaks.
Be sure there are no obstacles behind you if you intend to back up.
Necessary inspections
Fluid levels, such as engine oil,
engine coolant, brake fluid, and
washer fluid should be checked on a
regular basis, with the exact interval
depending on the fluid. Further
details are provided in Section 7,
“Maintenance”.
Before starting
Close and lock all doors.
Position the seat so that all con-trols are easily reached.
Buckle your seat belt.
Adjust the inside and outside rearview mirrors.
Be sure that all lights work.
Check all gauges.
Check the operation of warning lights when the ignition switch is
turned to the ON position.
Release the parking brake and make sure the brake warning light
goes off.
For safe operation, be sure you are
familiar with your vehicle and its
equipment.
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Driving your vehicle
WARNING - Distracted driving
Focus on the road while driving.
The driver's primary responsi-
bility is in the safe and legal
operation of the vehicle. Use of
any hand held devices, other
equipment or vehicle systems
that distract the driver should
not be used during vehicle
operation.
WARNING
- Check surrounding
Always check the surrounding
areas near your vehicle for peo-
ple, especially children, before
putting a vehicle into D (Drive)
or R (Reverse).
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Warning indicator
If the LDWS fails, the warning indica-
tor comes on indicating the LDWS is
not working properly. Take your vehi-
cle to an authorized Kia dealer and
have the system checked.
The LDWS does not operate
when:
The driver turns on the turn signalto change lanes.
(When the hazard warning flasher
is operated, the LDWS operates
normally.)
Driving on the lane line.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
To change lanes, operate the turn
signal switch then change the lane.
The LDWS may not warn you
even if the vehicle leaves the
lane, or may warn you even if
the vehicle does not leave the
lane when;
The lane can't be visible due to
snow, rain, stain, a puddle or many
other things.
The brightness outside changes suddenly.
Not turning on the headlights at night or in a tunnel.
Difficult to distinguish the color of the lane marking from the road.
Driving on a steep grade or a curve.
Light reflects from the water on the road.
The lens or windshield is stained with foreign matter.
The sensor can't detect the lane because of fog, heavy rain or
heavy snow.
The surrounding of the inside rear view mirror temperature is high
due to a direct sun light.
The lane is very wide or narrow.
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The indicator on the switch will illumi-
nate when the BSD (Blind spot
detection) system switch is pressed
with the ignition switch ON. If vehicle
speed exceeds 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
the system will activate.
The indicator on the switch will turn
off when you press the BSD (Blind
spot detection) system switch again
with the ignition switch ON.
If the ignition switch is turned OFF
and ON the system returns to the
previous state.
When the system is not used turn the
system off by turning off the switch.
When the system is turned on the
warning light will illuminate for 3 sec-
onds on the outside rearview mirror.
Warning type
The system will activate when:
1.The system is on
2.Vehicle speed is above 15 km/h
(9.3 mph)
3.Other vehicles are detected in the rear side
If a vehicle is detected within the
boundary of the system, a yellow
warning light will illuminate inside of
the outside rearview mirror glass.
If the detected vehicle is not in
detecting range, the warning will be
turned off by driving conditions.
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The second stage alarm will activate
when:
1.The first stage alert is on
2.The turn signal is on to change alane. When the second stage alert is acti-
vated, a warning light will blink on the
outside rearview mirror housing and
a alarm will sound.
If you move the turn signal switch to
origin position, the second stage
alert will be deactivated.
Detecting sensor
The sensors are located on inside of
the rear bumper.
Always keep the rear bumper clean
for the system to work properly.
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Warning message
If the system does not work properly,
a warning message will appear and
the light on the switch will turn off.
The system will turn off automatical-
ly.
Have your vehicle inspected by an
authorized Kia dealer.
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The warning light on the out-
side rearview mirror housing
will illuminate whenever a
vehicle is detected at the rear
side by the system.
To avoid accidents, do not
focus only on the warning
light and neglect to see the
surroundings of the vehicle.
Drive safely even though the vehicle is equipped with a
BSD (Blind spot detection)
system. Do not solely rely on
the system but check for your-
self before changing lanes.
The system may not alert the
driver in some conditions so
always check the surround-
ings while driving.
CAUTION
The system may not work properly if the bumper hasbeen replaced or if repair workhas been done near the sen-sor.
The detection area differs according to the roads width.If the road is narrow the sys-tem may detect other vehiclesin the next lane.
To the contrary, if the road is very wide the system may notdetect other vehicles.
The system may turn off due to strong electromagneticwaves.
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Non-operating condition
Driver's Attention
The driver must be cautious in the
following situations in which the sys-
tem may not assist the driver and
may not function properly.
- Curved roads, tollgates, etc.
- The surrounding of the sensor iscovered by rain, snow, mud, etc
- The rear bumper near the sensor is covered or hidden with a foreign
matter such as a sticker, bumper
guard, bicycle stand etc.
- The rear bumper is damaged or the sensor is out of place.
- The height of the vehicle is changed or altered such as when
the trunk is loaded with heavy
objects, or has abnormal tire pres-
sure etc.
- Due to bad weather such as heavy rain or snow.
- A fixed object is near such as a guardrail, tunnel, animals etc.
- A lot of amount of metal sub- stances are near the vehicles such
as a construction area. - A big vehicle is near such as a bus
or truck.
- A motorcycle or bicycle is near.
- A flat trailer like vehicle is near.
- If the vehicle has started at the same time as the vehicle next to it
and has accelerated.
- When the other vehicle passes by very fast.
- When changing lanes.
- When going down or up a steep road where the height of the lane is
different.
- When the other vehicle drives at the rear very nearby or drives very
close.
- When the temperature near the bumper is high.
- When a trailer or carrier is installed.
Outside rearview mirror may not alert the driver when:
- The outside rearview mirror hous- ing is covered with foreign matter.
- The window is covered with foreign matter.
- The windows are severely tinted.
Index
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Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
17Central door lock switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Drinks holders, see cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
Driver position memory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 Easy access function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Recalling positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Storing positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67
Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-68
Driving in the rain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-68
DRL see Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64
Electric chromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Electric parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Electric power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Emergency filler lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-81 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-81 Evaporative emission control System . . . . . . . . . . . 7-81
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-3
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Engine Coolant Temperature guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
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Engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Evaporative emission control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-81
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-25
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74
Exterior overview (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Exterior overview (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-14 Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Fluid Brakes fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
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Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
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Folding the outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55\
Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Fuse switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-63\
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 7-61 Fuse switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-63
Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-65
Instrument panel fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-65
Main fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64
Multi fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13\
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Glove box lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Gross vehicle weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66
Headlamp escort function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97 Headlight leveling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
Headrest(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Headrest(rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Heated steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-113
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
HomeLink system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-27
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-39
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Inflation and non inflation conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
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Instrument panel illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
Instrument panel fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-62
Instrument panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Interior care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79\
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