2014 KIA Soul Owner's Manual

Specifications & Consumer information
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Recommended SAE viscosity
number
Always be sure to clean the area
around any filler plug, drain plug, or
dipstick before checking or draining
any lubricant. This is especially
important in dusty or sandy areas
and when the vehicle is used on
unpaved roads. Cleaning the plug
and dipstick areas will prevent dirt
and grit from entering the engine and
other mechanisms that could be
damaged.Engine oil viscosity (thickness) has
an effect on fuel economy and cold
weather operating (engine start and
engine oil flowability). Lower viscosi-
ty engine oils can provide better fuel
economy and cold weather perform-
ance, however, higher viscosity
engine oils are required for satisfac-
tory lubrication in hot weather.
Using oils of any viscosity other than
those recommended could result in
engine damage.
When choosing an oil, consider the
range of temperature your vehicle
will be operated in before the next oil
change. Proceed to select the rec-
ommended oil viscosity from the
chart.
Temperature Range for SAE Viscosity Numbers
Temperature
Gasoline
Engine Oil *
1
°C
(°F)-30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 -10 0 20 40 60 80 100 120
1. For better fuel economy, it is recommended to use theengine oil of a viscosity grade SAE 5W-20 (API SM /
ILSAC GF-4). However, if the engine oil is not avail-
able in your country, select the proper engine oil using
the engine oil viscosity chart.
10W-30
5W-20 (5W-30)

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Specifications & Consumer information
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN)
The vehicle identification number
(VIN) is the number used in register-
ing your vehicle and in all legal mat-
ters pertaining to its ownership, etc.
The number is punched on the floor
under the front passenger seat. To
check the number, remove the cover
(1).The VIN is also on a plate attached
to the top of the dashboard. The
number on the plate can easily be
seen through the windshield from
outside.
The vehicle certification label
attached on the driver’s side center
pillar gives the vehicle identification
number (VIN).
OUN088001OVQ076002N
OUN086004
VEHICLE CERTIFICATION
LABEL

Specifications & Consumer information
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The tires supplied on your new vehi-
cle are chosen to provide the best
performance for normal driving.
The tire label located on the driver's
side center pillar gives the tire pres-
sures recommended for your vehicle.
The engine number is stamped on
the engine block as shown in the
drawing.
ENGINE NUMBER
OUN086005
TIRE SPECIFICATION AND
PRESSURE LABEL
OAM082007L
■Engine 2.0
■Engine 1.6
ORB080005

Index
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Active ECO system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Limitation of Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
When Active ECO is activated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-40 Adding equipment to or modifying your air bag-equipped vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69
Additional safety precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-70
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60
Do not Installing a child restraint on a front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53
How does the air bag system operate . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Inflation and non-inflation conditions of the air bag . . 3-63
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59
SRS care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67\
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36\
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-88 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-88
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143 Advanced lighting speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
Audio remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Aux, USB and iPod®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113 Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-114
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerantand compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19 Automatic transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-44 Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
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Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Parking brake - Hand type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Brake/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32 Checking the brake/clutch fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31 Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Using a child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
129
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38 Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40 Cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
To cancel cruise control, do one of the following . . 5-43
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
To increase cruise control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
To resume cruising speed at more thanapproximately 20 mph (30 km/h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on . . 5-43
To turn cruise control off, do one of the following . 5-44 Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
102
Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
2
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
19 Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-20
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-19
Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-95
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-2
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 7-3
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
27 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
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Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Starting the engine with a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-23
Exterior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141 Mounting bracket for roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Opening the fuel filler lid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Do not use methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Gasoline containing alcohol and methanol . . . . . . . . 1-3
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 7-62 Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-67
Gross vehicle weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-32
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
If the engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
If the engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 If engine doesn’t turn over or turns over slowly . . . . 6-4
If engine turns over normally but does not start . . . . 6-4
If you have a flat tire (with Spare Tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Use of temporary compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
If you have a flat tire (with Tire Mobility Kit). . . . . . . 6-17 Components of the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Distributing the sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Notes on the safe use of the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . 6-22
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Using the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
In case of an emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 If the engine stalls at a crossroad or crossing . . . . . . 6-3
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If the engine stalls while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
If you have a flat tire while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54 Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
56
Instrument Cluster Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Instrument panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Interior features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133 Cargo area cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
Luggage net holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Rear seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136
Seat air ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97 Glove box lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Interior lamp auto cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Luggage room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Portable lamp usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Interior overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 ISG (Idle Stop and Go) system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Auto start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Auto stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Condition of ISG system operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48
ISG system deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-49
ISG system malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 4-4 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Ignition switch position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Illuminated ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
LCD Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62 A/V Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
LCD Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
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