2015 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID air condition

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Maintenance
Vehicle Maximum Load on the
Tire: Load on an individual tire due to
curb and accessory weight plus
maximum occupant and cargo
weight.
Vehicle Normal Load on the Tire:
Load on an individual tire that is
determined by distributing to each
axle its share of the curb weight,
accessory weight, and normal occu-
pant weight and driving by 2.
Vehicle Placard: A label permanent-
ly attached to a vehicle showing the
original equipment tire size and rec-
ommended inflation pressure.All season tires
Kia specifies all season tires on
some models to provide good per-
formance for use all year round,
including snowy and icy road condi-
tions. All season tires are identified
by ALL SEASON and/or M+S (Mud
and Snow) on the tire sidewall. Snow
tires have better snow traction than
all season tires and may be more
appropriate in some areas.
Summer tires
Kia specifies summer tires on some
models to provide superior perform-
ance on dry roads. Summer tire per-
formance is substantially reduced in
snow and ice. Summer tires do not
have the tire traction rating M+S
(Mud and Snow) on the tire side wall.
If you plan to operate your vehicle in
snowy or icy conditions, Kia recom-
mends the use of snow tires or all
season tires on all four wheels.
Snow tires
If you equip your car with snow tires,
they should be the same size and
have the same load capacity as the
original tires. Snow tires should be
installed on all four wheels; other-
wise, poor handling may result.
Snow tires should carry 4 psi (28
kPa) more air pressure than the
pressure recommended for the stan-
dard tires on the tire label on the dri-
ver's side of the center pillar, or up to
the maximum pressure shown on the
tire sidewall, whichever is less.
Do not drive faster than 75 mph (120
km/h) when your vehicle is equipped
with snow tires.

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Maintenance
Low aspect ratio tire
(if equipped)
Low aspect ratio tires, whose aspect
ratio is lower than 50, are provided
for sporty looks.
Because the low aspect ratio tires
are optimized for handling and brak-
ing, it may be more uncomfortable to
ride in and there is more noise com-
pare with normal tires.
CAUTION
Because the sidewall of the lowaspect ratio tire is shorter thanthe normal, the wheel and tire ofthe low aspect ratio tire is easi-er to be damaged. So, follow theinstructions below.
- When driving on a rough road or off road, drive cautiouslybecause tires and wheels maybe damaged. And after driv-ing, inspect tires and wheels.
- When passing over a pothole, speed bump, manhole, or curbstone, drive slowly so that thetires and wheels are not dam-aged.
- If the tire is impacted, we rec- ommend that you inspect thetire condition or contact anauthorized Kia dealer.
- To prevent damage to the tire, inspect the tire condition andpressure every 1,900 miles(3,000 km).
CAUTION
It is not easy to recognize the tire damage with your owneyes. But if there is the slight-est hint of tire damage, eventhough you cannot see the tiredamage with your own eyes,have the tire checked orreplaced because the tiredamage may cause air leak-age from the tire.
If the tire is damaged by driv- ing on a rough road, off road,pothole, manhole, or curbstone, it will not be covered bythe warranty.
You can find out the tire infor- mation on the tire sidewall.

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Aluminum wheel maintenance
The aluminum wheels are coated
with a clear protective finish.
Do not use any abrasive cleaner,
polishing compound, solvent, or
wire brushes on aluminum wheels.
They may scratch or damage the
finish.
Clean the wheel when it has cooled.
Use only a mild soap or neutral detergent, and rinse thoroughly
with water. Also, be sure to clean
the wheels after driving on salted
roads. This helps prevent corro-
sion.
Avoid washing the wheels with high-speed car wash brushes.
Do not use any alkaline or acid detergent. It may damage and cor-
rode the aluminum wheels coated
with a clear protective finish.
Corrosion protection
Protecting your vehicle from corro-
sion
By using the most advanced design
and construction practices to combat
corrosion, we produce vehicles of
the highest quality. However, this is
only part of the job. To achieve the
long-term corrosion resistance your
vehicle can deliver, the owner's
cooperation and assistance is also
required.
Common causes of corrosion
The most common causes of corro-
sion on your vehicle are:
Road salt, dirt and moisture that isallowed to accumulate underneath
the vehicle.
coatings by stones, gravel, abra-
sion or minor scrapes and dents
which leave unprotected metal
exposed to corrosion. High-corrosion areas
If you live in an area where your vehi-
cle is regularly exposed to corrosive
materials, corrosion protection is
particularly important. Some of the
common causes of accelerated cor-
rosion are road salts, dust control
chemicals, ocean air and industrial
pollution.
Moisture breeds corrosion
Moisture creates the conditions in
which corrosion is most likely to
occur. For example, corrosion is
accelerated by high humidity, partic-
ularly when temperatures are just
above freezing. In such conditions,
the corrosive material is kept in con-
tact with the vehicle surfaces by
moisture that is slow to evaporate.
Mud is particularly corrosive
because it dries slowly and holds
moisture in contact with the vehicle.
Although the mud appears to be dry,
it can still retain the moisture and
promote corrosion.

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Do not operate the engine in con-
fined or closed areas (such as
garages) any more than what is
necessary to move the vehicle in or
out of the area.
When the vehicle is stopped in an open area for more than a short
time with the engine running,
adjust the ventilation system (as
needed) to draw outside air into the
vehicle.
Never sit in a parked or stopped vehicle for any extended time with
the engine running.
When the engine stalls or fails to start, excessive attempts to restart
the engine may cause damage to
the emission control system.Operating precautions for catalyt-
ic converters (if equipped)
Your vehicle is equipped with a cat-
alytic converter emission control
device.
Therefore, the following precautions
must be observed: Use only UNLEADED FUEL for
gasoline engines.
Do not operate the vehicle when there are signs of engine malfunc-
tion, such as misfire or a noticeable
loss of performance.
Do not misuse or abuse the engine. Examples of misuse are
coasting with the ignition off and
descending steep grades in gear
with the ignition off.
Do not operate the engine at high idle speed for extended periods (5
minutes or more).
Do not modify or tamper with any part of the engine or emission con-
trol system. All inspections and
adjustments must be made by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Avoid driving with a extremely low fuel level. Running out of fuel could
cause the engine to misfire, dam-
aging the catalytic converter.
Failure to observe these precautions
could result in damage to the catalyt-
ic converter and to your vehicle.
Additionally, such actions could void
your warranties.
WARNING- Fire
Do not park, idle or drive the vehicle over or near flamma-
ble objects, such as grass,
vegetation, paper, leaves, etc.
A hot exhaust system can
ignite flammable items under
your vehicle.
Also, do not remove the heat sink around the exhaust sys-
tem, do not seal the bottom of
the vehicle or do not coat the
vehicle for corrosion control.
It may present a fire risk under
certain conditions.
WARNING- Catalytic
converter
Keep away from the catalytic
converter and exhaust system
while the vehicle is running or
immediately thereafter. The
exhaust and catalytic systems
are very hot and may burn you.

Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
8-2
Gross vehicle weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
8-3
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . 8-6
• Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Vehicle certification label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Refrigerant label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Consumer assistance (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Electrical equipment (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Reporting safety defects (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
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Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
LUGGAGE VOLUME
ltemGasoline 2.4L
SAE 10.78 cu ft (305 l)
BATTERY
ltem
Hybrid
Battery pack voltage 270V
Cell voltage 3.75V
Cell and module configuration 72 cells (9 modules x 8 cells per module)
Battery system weight 93 Ibs. (42 kg) (system)
Dimensions 54.4L (211 X 355 X 726)
Components powered by the battery pack
- Electric motor, Power cable, HSG, Inverter/LDC, A/C Compressor
Lubricant
VolumeClassification
A/C Refrigerant550gR-134a
Compressor oil 33cc
POE (Polyol Ester)
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM

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
A
B

I9
Index
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-\
57
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-\
122
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Tire chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
58
T