2014 KIA Forte Owner's Manual

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Safety features of your vehicle
❈The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ
from the illustration.
Side air bags
Side air bags (side and/or curtain air
bags) are designed to inflate when an
impact is detected by side collision
sensors depending on the strength,
speed or angles of impact resulting
from a side impact collision. Although the front air bags (driver’s
and front passenger’s air bags) are
designed to inflate in frontal colli-
sions, they also may inflate in other
types of collisions if the front impact
sensors detect a sufficient frontal
force in another type of impact. Side
and curtain air bags are designed to
inflate in certain side impact colli-
sions. They may inflate in other type
of collisions where a side force is
detected by the sensors.
If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved
roads or sidewalks, air bags may
deploy. Drive carefully on unim-
proved roads or on surfaces not
designed for vehicle traffic to prevent
unintended air bag deployment.
Air bag non-inflation conditions
In certain low-speed collisions the
air bags may not deploy. The air
bags are designed not to deploy in
such cases because they may not
provide benefits beyond the pro-
tection of the seat belts in such col-
lisions.
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Air bags are not designed to inflate
in rear collisions, because occu-
pants are moved backward by the
force of the impact. In this case,
inflated air bags would not be able
to provide any additional benefit. Front air bags may not inflate in
side impact collisions, because
occupants move to the direction of
the collision, and thus in side
impacts, front air bag deployment
would not provide additional occu-
pant protection. In a slant or angled collision, the
force of impact may direct the
occupants in a direction where the
air bags would not be able to pro-
vide any additional benefit, and
thus the sensors may not deploy
any air bags.
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Just before impact, drivers oftenbrake heavily. Such heavy braking
lowers the front portion of the vehi-
cle causing it to “ride” under a vehi-
cle with a higher ground clearance.
Air bags may not inflate in this
"under-ride" situation because
deceleration forces that are detect-
ed by sensors may be significantly
replaced by such “under-ride” colli-
sions. Air bags do not inflate in all rollover
accidents, even though the vehicle
is equipped with side air bags and
curtain air bags. Air bags may not inflate if the vehi-
cle collides with objects such as
utility poles or trees, where the
point of impact is concentrated to
one area and the full force of the
impact is not delivered to the sen-
sors.
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SRS Care
The SRS is virtually maintenance-free
and there are no parts you can safely
service by yourself. If the SRS air bag
warning light does not illuminate, or
continuously remains on, have your
vehicle immediately inspected by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Any work on the SRS system, such
as removing, installing, repairing, or
any work on the steering wheel must
be performed by an authorized Kia
dealer. Improper handling of the SRS
system may result in serious person-
al injury.
For cleaning the air bag pad covers,
use only a soft, dry cloth or one
which has been moistened with plain
water. Solvents or cleaners could
adversely affect the air bag covers
and proper deployment of the sys-
tem. If components of the air bag system
must be discarded, or if the vehicle
must be scrapped, certain safety
precautions must be observed. An
authorized Kia dealer knows these
precautions and can give you the
necessary information. Failure to fol-
low these precautions and proce-
dures could increase the risk of per-
sonal injury.
Adding equipment to or modi-
fying your air bag-equipped
vehicle
If you modify your vehicle by chang-
ing your vehicle's frame, bumper sys-
tem, front end or side sheet metal or
ride height, this may affect the oper-
ation of your vehicle's air bag sys-
tem.
WARNING - Tampering
with SRS
Do not tamper with or discon-
nect SRS wiring, or other com-
ponents of the SRS system.
Doing so could result in the
accidental inflation of the air
bags or by rendering the SRS
inoperative.

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Air bag warning label
Air bag warning labels, some
required by the Canada Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS),
are attached to the sunvisor to alert
the driver and passengers of poten-
tial risks of the air bag system.
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Features of your vehicle
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 4-4
• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
• Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
• Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
7
Remote keyless entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
• Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
• Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
• Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
• Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
• Disarmed stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
• From outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
• From inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
• Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
• Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
• Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
• Child-protector rear door lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-22
• Opening the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
• Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23• Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
• Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-29
• Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
• Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
• Opening the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
• Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34\
• Sunroof open warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
• Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
• Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
• Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
36
• Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
• Electronic power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
• Tilt & telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
• Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-39
• Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
• FLEX STEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43\
• Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
• Outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
4

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
• Instrument Cluster Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
• LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
• Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-54
• Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
LCD display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
• LCD Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
• Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
• User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
• A/V Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
63
• Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
• Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
• Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
71
• Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
• Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-73
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
• Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
• Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
• Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
87
• Non-operational conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
• Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93\
• Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
• Headlamp escort function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
• Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
• Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
• High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
• Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
• Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
• Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
• Windshield washers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
• Automatict turn off function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
• Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10\
1
• Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
• Trunk room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
• Glove box lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
• Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
• Headlamp welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
• Interior light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
• Puddle lamp and pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
• Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
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• Front wiper deicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
• Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
• Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
• Refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Automatic climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
• Automatic heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . 4-118
• Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
• System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Windshield defrosting and defogging . . . . . . . . . 4-127
• Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
• Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
• Defogging logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
• Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
• Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13\
2
• Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
133
• Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
Interior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
• Cigarette lighter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
• Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-135
• Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136
• Sliding armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136
• Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
137• Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
• Climate control seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
• Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
• LCD monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
• Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
• Floor mat anchor(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
• Navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
• Glass antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
• Steering wheel audio control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
• Aux, USB and iPod
®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1464