2014 KIA Carens brake light

Maintenance
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OWNER MAINTENANCE
The following lists are vehicle checks
and inspections that should be per-
formed by the owner or an author-
ized Kia dealer at the frequencies
indicated to help ensure safe,
dependable operation of your vehi-
cle.
Any adverse conditions should be
brought to the attention of your deal-
er as soon as possible.
These Owner Maintenance Checks
are generally not covered by war-
ranties and you may be charged for
labor, parts and lubricants used.Owner maintenance schedule
When you stop for fuel:
Check the engine oil level.
Check the coolant level in coolantreservoir.
Check the windshield washer fluid level.
Look for low or under-inflated tires.
While operating your vehicle:
Note any changes in the sound of the exhaust or any smell of
exhaust fumes in the vehicle.
Check for vibrations in the steering wheel. Notice any increased steer-
ing effort or looseness in the steer-
ing wheel, or change in the
straight-ahead position.
Notice if your vehicle constantly turns slightly or “pulls” to one side
when traveling on smooth, level
road.
When stopping, listen and check for unusual sounds, pulling to one
side, increased brake pedal travel
or “hard-to-push” brake pedal.
If any slipping or changes in the operation of your transaxle occurs,
check the transaxle fluid level.
Check the automatic transaxle P (Park) function.
Check the parking brake.
Check for fluid leaks under your vehicle (water dripping from the air
conditioning system during or after
use is normal).
WARNING
Be careful when checking your
engine coolant level when the
engine is hot. Scalding hot
coolant and steam may blow
out under pressure. This could
cause burns or other serious
injury.

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At least monthly:
Check the coolant level in theengine coolant reservoir.
Check the operation of all exterior lights, including the stoplights, turn
signals and hazard warning flash-
ers.
Check the inflation pressures of all tires including the spare.
At least twice a year (i.e., every Spring and Fall) :
Check the radiator, heater and air conditioning hoses for leaks or
damage.
Check the windshield washer spray and wiper operation. Clean
the wiper blades with clean cloth
dampened with washer fluid.
Check the headlight alignment.
Check the muffler, exhaust pipes, shields and clamps.
Check the lap/shoulder belts for wear and function.
Check for worn tires and loose wheel lug nuts.
At least once a year :
Clean the body and door drainholes.
Lubricate the door hinges and checks, and hood hinges.
Lubricate the door and hood locks and latches.
Lubricate the door rubber weather- strips.
Check the air conditioning system.
Check the power steering fluid level.
Inspect and lubricate automatic transaxle linkage and controls.
Clean the battery and terminals.
Check the brake/clutch fluid level.

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Compact spare tire replacement
A compact spare tire has a shorter
tread life than a regular size tire.
Replace it when you can see the
tread wear indicator bars on the tire.
The replacement compact spare tire
should be the same size and design
tire as the one provided with your
new vehicle and should be mounted
on the same compact spare tire
wheel. The compact spare tire is not
designed to be mounted on a regular
size wheel, and the compact spare
tire wheel is not designed for mount-
ing a regular size tire.
Wheel replacement
When replacing the metal wheels for
any reason, make sure the new
wheels are equivalent to the original
factory units in diameter, rim width
and offset.(Continued)
Using tires and wheels otherthan the recommended sizes
could cause unusual handling
characteristics and poor vehi-
cle control, resulting in a seri-
ous accident.
Wheels that do not meet Kia’s specifications may fit poorly
and result in damage to the
vehicle or unusual handling
and poor vehicle control.
The ABS works by comparing the speed of the wheels. The
tire size affects wheel speed.
When replacing tires, all 4
tires must use the same size
originally supplied with the
vehicle. Using tires of a differ-
ent size can cause the ABS
(Anti-lock Brake System) and
ESC (Electronic Stability
Control) to work irregularly.
WARNING
A wheel that is not the correct
size may adversely affect wheel
and bearing life, braking and
stopping abilities, handling
characteristics, ground clear-
ance, body-to-tire clearance,
snow chain clearance,
speedometer and odometer cal-
ibration, headlight aim and
bumper height.

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APPEARANCE CARE
Exterior care
Exterior general caution
It is very important to follow the label
directions when using any chemical
cleaner or polish. Read all warning
and caution statements that appear
on the label.
Finish maintenance
Washing
To help protect your vehicle’s finish
from rust and deterioration, wash it
thoroughly and frequently at least
once a month with lukewarm or cold
water.
If you use your vehicle for off-road
driving, you should wash it after each
off-road trip. Pay special attention to
the removal of any accumulation of
salt, dirt, mud, and other foreign
materials. Make sure the drain holes
in the lower edges of the doors and
rocker panels are kept clear and
clean.
Insects, tar, tree sap, bird droppings,
industrial pollution and similar
deposits can damage your vehicle’s
finish if not removed immediately.
Even prompt washing with plain
water may not completely remove all
these deposits. A mild soap, safe for
use on painted surfaces, may be
used.
After washing, rinse the vehicle thor-
oughly with lukewarm or cold water.
Do not allow soap to dry on the fin-
ish.After washing the vehicle, test the
brakes while driving slowly to see if
they have been affected by water. If
braking performance is impaired, dry
the brakes by applying them lightly
while maintaining a slow forward
speed.
CAUTION
Do not use strong soap, chem-
ical detergents or hot water,and do not wash the vehicle indirect sunlight or when thebody of the vehicle is warm.
Be careful when washing the side windows of your vehicle.Especailly, with high-pressurewater. Water may leak throughthe windows and wet the inte-rior.
To prevent damage to the plastic parts and lamps, donot clean with chemical sol-vents or strong detergents.

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Waxing
Wax the vehicle when water will no
longer bead on the paint.
Always wash and dry the vehicle
before waxing. Use a good quality
liquid or paste wax, and follow the
manufacturer’s instructions. Wax all
metal trim to protect it and to main-
tain its luster.
Removing oil, tar, and similar materi-
als with a spot remover will usually
strip the wax from the finish. Be sure
to re-wax these areas even if the rest
of the vehicle does not yet need wax-
ing.
CAUTION
Water washing in the engine
compartment including highpressure water washing maycause the failure of electricalcircuits located in the enginecompartment.
Never allow water or other liq- uids to come in contact withelectrical/electronic compo-nents inside the vehicle asthis may damage them.
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WARNING - Wet brakes
After washing the vehicle, test
the brakes while driving slowly
to see if they have been affected
by water. If braking performance
is impaired, dry the brakes by
applying them lightly while
maintaining a slow forward
speed.

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Finish damage repair
Deep scratches or stone chips in the
painted surface must be repaired
promptly. Exposed metal will quickly
rust and may develop into a major
repair expense.
✽ ✽NOTICE
If your vehicle is damaged and
requires any metal repair or
replacement, be sure the body shop
applies anti-corrosion materials to
the parts repaired or replaced.
Bright-metal maintenance
To remove road tar and insects,
use a tar remover, not a scraper or
other sharp object.
To protect the surfaces of bright- metal parts from corrosion, apply a
coating of wax or chrome preser-
vative and rub to a high luster.
During winter weather or in coastal areas, cover the bright metal parts
with a heavier coating of wax or
preservative. If necessary, coat the
parts with non-corrosive petroleum
jelly or other protective compound.CAUTION
Wiping dust or dirt off the body with a dry cloth willscratch the finish.
Do not use steel wool, abra- sive cleaners, or strong deter-gents containing highly alka-line or caustic agents onchrome-plated or anodizedaluminum parts. This mayresult in damage to the pro-tective coating and cause dis-coloration or paint deteriora-tion.
WARNING
After washing the vehicle, test
the brakes while driving slowly
to see if they have been affected
by water. If braking performance
is impaired, dry the brakes by
applying them lightly while
maintaining a slow forward
speed.

Index
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A/V Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64\
Active ECO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50\
Air bag warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Air bags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 3-44Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-64
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
Inflation and non-inflation conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 3-66
Occupant Detection System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-63
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38\
Air ventilation seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
Airconditioning system Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-164
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-80
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-149 Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164
Steering wheel audio control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-165
Auto defogging system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Auto light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17 Paddle shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Shift lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Aux, USB and iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-156
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-43
Battery replacement (folding key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Battery replacement (smart key). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Bottle holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Electric parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Vehicle stability management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
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Index
Brakes/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Button start/stop, see engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . 5-8
Camera (Rear view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Capacities (Lubricants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
CareExterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-80
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46\
Cargo security screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-158
Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Central door lock switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35 Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37\
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
144
Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-156
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Combined instrument, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . 4-54
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22 Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
146
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-31
Cooling fluid, see engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-64
Dashboard illumination, see instrument panel
illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Dashboard, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Daytime running light (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Defogging (Windshield) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140 Auto defogging system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Defroster (Rear window) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Defrosting (Windshield) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
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Display illumination, see instrument panel illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Displays, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
21 Central door lock switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Drinks holders, see cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
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