2015 KIA Forte maintenance schedule

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Maintenance
Automatic transaxle fluid
(if equipped)
Automatic transaxle fluid should not
be checked under normal usage
conditions.
But in severe conditions, the fluid
should be changed at an authorized
Kia dealer in accordance to the
scheduled maintenance at the begin-
ning of this chapter.
✽ ✽NOTICE
Automatic transaxle fluid color is
basically red.
As the vehicle is driven, the auto-
matic transaxle fluid will begin to
look darker.
It is normal condition and you
should not judge the need to replace
the fluid based upon the changed
color.
Brake hoses and lines
Visually check for proper installation,
chafing, cracks, deterioration and
any leakage. Replace any deteriorat-
ed or damaged parts immediately.
Brake/clutch fluid
Check brake fluid level in the brake
fluid reservoir. The level should be
between “MIN” and “MAX” marks on
the side of the reservoir. Use only
hydraulic brake fluid conforming to
DOT 3 or DOT 4 specification.
Parking brake
Inspect the parking brake system
including the parking brake pedal
and cables.
Brake discs, pads, calipers
and rotors
Check the pads for excessive wear,
discs for run out and wear, and
calipers for fluid leakage.

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Changing the engine oil and
filter
Have engine oil and filter changed by
an authorized Kia dealer according
to the Maintenance Schedule at the
beginning of this chapter.
WARNING
Used engine oil may cause irri-
tation or cancer of the skin if
left in contact with the skin for
prolonged periods of time.
Always protect your skin by
washing your hands thoroughly
with soap and warm water as
soon as possible after handling
used oil.

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Maintenance
Turn the engine off and wait until it
cools down. Use care when remov-
ing the radiator cap. Wrap a thick
towel around it, and turn it counter-
clockwise slowly to the first stop.
Step back while the pressure is
released from the cooling system.
When you are sure all the pressure
has been released, press down on
the cap, using a thick towel, and con-
tinue turning counterclockwise to
remove it.Changing the coolant
Have the coolant changed by an
authorized Kia dealer according to
the Maintenance Schedule at the
beginning of this section.

Maintenance
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AIR CLEANER
Filter replacement
It must be replaced when necessary,
and should not be washed.
You can clean the filter when inspect-
ing the air cleaner element.
Clean the filter by using compressed
air. Replace the filter according to the
Maintenance Schedule.
If the vehicle is operated in extreme-
ly dusty or sandy areas, replace theelement more often than the usualrecommended intervals. (Refer to“Maintenance under severe usageconditions” in this chapter.)
OMD070010
CAUTION - Air filter
maintenance
Do not drive with the air clean- er removed; this will result inexcessive engine wear.
When removing the air cleaner filter, be careful that dust ordirt does not enter the airintake, or damage may result.
Use a Kia genuine part. Use of nongenuine part could dam-age the air flow sensor.

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Maintenance
CLIMATE CONTROL AIR FILTER (IF EQUIPPED)
Filter inspection
The climate control air filter should
be replaced according to the
Maintenance Schedule. If the vehicle
is operated in severely air-polluted
cities or on dusty rough roads for a
long period, it should be inspected
more frequently and replaced earlier.
When you replace the climate control
air filter, replace it performing the fol-
lowing procedure, and be careful to
avoid damaging other components.

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Index
Using a child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
109 Front wiper deicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
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Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
18 Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
From inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
From outside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 If the engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78 Evaporative emission control
(including ORVR: Onboard Refueling Vapor
Recovery) system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-2
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 7-3
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
29 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 ENGINE START/STOP button position . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Illuminated ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . . 5-7
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-25
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Gasoline containing alcohol and methanol . . . . . . . . 1-3
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Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
Trunk room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Interior overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 4-4 Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
LCD display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61 A/V Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
LCD Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-96 Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Headlamp escort function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100 Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Manual climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110 Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Manual transaxle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 Manual transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-46 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89 Non-operational conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
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Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Rearview camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Recommended sae viscosity number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Remote keyless entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Maintenance under severe usage conditions . . . . . . 7-23
Normal maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 3-2 Driver position memory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Folding the rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Front seat adjustment - Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Front seat adjustment - Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Headrest (Front seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Headrest (Rear seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-17 Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Seat belt (3-point system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Seat belt precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-6 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43 Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Highway driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41 Electronic power steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Flex steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-42
Tilt & telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
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