2015 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID Owners Manual

Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
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The electrical system of your vehicle is designed to per-
form under all reasonably expected operating conditions.
However,before any additional electrical equipment is
installed in your vehicle, consult an Authorized Kia
Dealer, in order to ensure that you do not void your war-
ranty.
Certain electrical equipment, or the way in which it is
installed, may adversely affect the operation of your vehi-
cle, includingsuch systems as the engine control system,
the audio system and the electrical charging system and
thus potentially void all or part of your warranty.
We assume no responsibility for any expense you may
incur or for any malfunction of your vehicle or any of its
components or systems that may result from the installa-
tion of additional electrical equipment that is not supplied,
or recommended for installation by, Kia.Installation of a mobile two-way radio system
If a mobile two-way radio system is installed improperly,
or if an excessively powerful type of system is used, other
electronic systems may be adversely affected. To avoid
damage to your vehicle, consult an Authorized Kia Dealer
concerning the proper equipment and installation.
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (U.S. ONLY)

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Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
Kia motor vehicles are designed and manufactured to
meet or exceed all applicable safety standards.
For your safety, however, we strongly urge you to read
and follow all directions in this Owner's Manual, particu-
larly the information under the headings "NOTICE",
"CAUTION" and "WARNING".
If, after reading this manual, you have any questions
regarding the operation of your vehicle, safety issues and
defects please contact your Kia's toll-free Consumer
Assistance hot line as below:
National Consumer Affairs Manager
Kia Motors America, Inc.
P.O. Box 52410
Irvine, CA 92619-2410
1-800-333-4Kia (4542)If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could
cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should
immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Kia
Motors America, Inc.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an
investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a
group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy cam-
paign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in indi-
vidual problems between you, your dealer, or Kia Motors
America, Inc.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety
Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-
9153); go to http://www.safercar.gov; or write to:
Administrator, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE., West
Building Washington, DC 20590. You can also obtain
other information about motor vehicle safety from
http://www.safercar.gov.
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS
(U.S. ONLY)

Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
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The following publications are available on
www.KiaTechinfo.com at no charge.
Service manual:
This manual covers maintenance and recommended pro-
cedures for repair to engine and chassis components. It
is written for the Journeyman mechanic, but is simple
enough for most mechanically inclined owners to under-
stand.
Electrical troubleshooting manual:
This manual complements the Service Manual by provid-
ing indepth troubleshooting information for each electrical
circuit in your vehicle.
Owner's manual:
This manual describes the overall features and operating
procedures for the vehicle.
ONLINE FACTORY AUTHORIZED MANUALS (U.S. ONLY)

Index
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Index
2I
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-\
27
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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Brake systemPower brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Brakes fluid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36\
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Button start/stop, see engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . 5-6
Camera see the Rear Camera Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Capacities (Lubricants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Care Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48\
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92
Carrying long/narrow cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
Central door lock switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64
Chains Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27 Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27\
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Combined instrument, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . 4-45
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
120
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-32
Cooling fluid, see engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39 To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Dashboard illumination, see instrument panel illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Dashboard, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Defogging (Windshield) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116 Auto defogging system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
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Index
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Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10\
1Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Outside mirror defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Wiper deicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Defrosting (Windshield) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
2
Display illumination, see instrument panel illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Displays, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
14 Central door lock switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Drinks holders, see cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
Driver position memory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35 Storing positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Recalling positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Easy access function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Driving in the rain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56 ECO guide gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Electric chromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Electric parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
EPB malfunction indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Electric power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94
Evaporative emission control System . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-95
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-2
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Engine Coolant Temperature guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
30
Engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Evaporative emission control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-95
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-26
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87E

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Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-14Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Fluid Brakes fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Fog light (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
Front seat adjustment - Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
Fuel filler lid Emergency fuel filler lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47\
Fuse switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64\
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 7-62 Instrument panel fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-63
Fuse switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64
Multi fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-66
Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-67 Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-47
Glass antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11\
9
Glove box lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Gross vehicle weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Headlight bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77
Headlight delay function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Headlight leveling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Headlight position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Headrest(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Headrest(rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Heated steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Heater
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91
Hight adjustment (front seat belt). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-26
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-38
Hybrid information modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
FG
H