2015 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID sport mode

Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
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Roadside Assistance is provided on all new current
model year Kia Vehicles from the date the vehicle is deliv-
ered to the first retail buyer or otherwise put into use (in-
service date), whichever is earlier, for a period of 60
months or 60,000 miles, whichever is earlier, subject to
the terms, conditions and exclusions set forth in the Kia
Warranty and Consumer Information Manual applicable
to your model year vehicle.
KMA reserves the right to limit or deny services or other
benefits to any owner or driver when, in KMA's judgment,
the claims and/or service requests are excessive in fre-
quency or type of occurrence.
Toll free consumer assistance
Kia's toll-free Consumer Assistance hot line is staffed
from 5:00 AM to 6:00 PM PST, Monday through Friday
and is accessible by dialing 1-800-333-4Kia (4542).
For more information regarding assistance available,
please refer to your Kia Warranty & Consumer
Information Manual.
Emergency roadside assistance
Kia's toll free Roadside Assistance hot line is staffed 24
hours a day, 365 days a year and is accessible by dialing
1-800-333-4Kia (4542).
Please note that you must provide your Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN) to verify coverage at the time
of your call. The VIN can be found on the dash of your vehicle on the
driver’s side, on the door jamb of the driver’s door, your
vehicle’s registration or proof of insurance card.
Kia utilizes a network of over 30,000 roadside assistance
providers. Should you accidentally run out of fuel, require
a battery jump, or need help changing a tire, a Kia
Roadside Assistance Representative will dispatch some-
one to deliver a small quantity of gas, change a flat tire
with your inflated spare, or arrange a battery jump to
allow you to proceed to your destination. We have access
to a network of over 10,000 locksmiths to help you should
you become locked out of your Kia.
In the event that mechanical difficulty renders your vehi-
cle undriveable due to a warranty-related concern, Kia’s
Roadside Assistance Representative will arrange to
transport your vehicle to the nearest Kia dealer or to an
authorized Kia alternative service location.
Your vehicle must be accessible to our dispatch transport
vehicle, as determined by our driver, to receive this serv-
ice.
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NOTICE
Roadside Assistance benefits are not available for any
Kia vehicle that has ever been or should be issued a “sal-
vage” title or similar “branded” title under any state’s
law or has been declared a “total loss” or equivalent by
a financial institution or insurance company.
CONSUMER ASSISTANCE (U.S. ONLY)

Index
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Active ECO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43\
Air bag warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Air bags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 3-34Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Occupant detection system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Inflation and non-inflation conditions . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39\
Air ventilation seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Airconditioning system Automatic climatecontrol system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Antenna see the Glass antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92
Armrest (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126 Glass antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Steering wheel audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
Aux, USB and iPod®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Auto defogging system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
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Auto light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102 Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-103
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12 Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Shift-lock override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Aux, USB and iPod
®port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Back-Up Warning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
Non-operational conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-84
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-45
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Blind spot detection system(BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44 BSD (Blind Spot Detection)/LCA (Lane Change Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
RCTA (Rear cross traffic alert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
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Shift-lock override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Side air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48\
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-4Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Smart key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Smart key precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
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Spare tire Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53 Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
SRS Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-55 SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Starting difficulties, see engine will not start . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Starting the hybrid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Starting the hybrid system
With a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
State of charge guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37 Electric power steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Tilt and telescopic steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-38
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Steering wheel audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-31
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
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Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Tire chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
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