2015 KIA Optima Battery

Maintenance
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Engine room
(Battery terminal cover)
✽ ✽
NOTICE
Not all fuse panel descriptions in
this manual may be applicable to
your vehicle. It is accurate at the
time of printing. When you inspect
the fuse panel in your vehicle, refer
to the fuse panel label
OTF074089N
OVG079026

Maintenance
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Canister
Fuel vapors generated inside the fuel
tank are absorbed and stored in the
onboard canister. When the engine is
running, the fuel vapors absorbed in
the canister are drawn into the surge
tank through the purge control sole-
noid valve.
Purge Control Solenoid Valve
(PCSV)
The purge control solenoid valve is
controlled by the Engine Control
Module (ECM); when the engine
coolant temperature is low during
idling, the PCSV closes so that evap-
orated fuel is not taken into the
engine. After the engine warms up
during ordinary driving, the PCSV
opens to introduce evaporated fuel to
the engine.
3. Exhaust emission control system
The Exhaust Emission Control
System is a highly effective system
which controls exhaust emissions
while maintaining good vehicle per-
formance.
Vehicle modifications
This vehicle should not be modified.
Modification of your vehicle could
affect its performance, safety or
durability and may even violate gov-
ernmental safety and emissions reg-
ulations.
In addition, damage or performance
problems resulting from any modifi-
cation may not be covered under
warranty.
If you use unauthorized electronic
devices, it may cause the vehicle to
operate abnormally, wire damage,
battery discharge and fire. For your
safety, do not use unauthorized
electronic devices.
Engine exhaust gas precautions
(carbon monoxide)
Carbon monoxide can be present with other exhaust fumes.
Therefore, if you smell exhaust
fumes of any kind inside your vehi-
cle, have it inspected and repaired
immediately. If you ever suspect
exhaust fumes are coming into
your vehicle, drive it only with all
the windows fully open. Have your
vehicle checked and repaired
immediately.
WARNING - Exhaust
Engine exhaust gases contain
carbon monoxide (CO). Though
colorless and odorless, it is
dangerous and could be lethal if
inhaled. Follow the instructions
on this page to avoid CO poi-
soning.

Index
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Active ECO system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Limitation of active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
When active ECO is activated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-36 Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
How does the air bag system operate . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Inflation and non-inflation conditions of the air bag . . . 3-52
Occupant detection system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37\
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-97
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Aux, USB and iPod
®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Glass antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Steering wheel audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122 Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-123 Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14 Automatic transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Back-up warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94 Back-up warning system precautions . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95
Non-operational conditions of back-up warningsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
95
Operation of the back-up warning system . . . . . . . . 4-94
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-44 Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Blind spot detection system (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41 BSD (Blind Spot Detection) /LCA (Lane Change Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Non-operating condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
RCTA (Rear cross traffic alert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 7-34
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Index
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Using the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
In case of an emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 If engine stalls while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
If the engine stalls at a crossroad or crossing . . . . . . 6-3
If you have a flat tire while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58 Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
60
Instrument Cluster Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Instrument panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Interior features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142 Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108 Automatic turn off function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Glove box lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Trunk room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Interior overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Ignition switch position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Illuminated ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 4-4 Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
LCD Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64 A/V Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
LCD Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79\
Front light replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79
High mounted stop light bulb replacement . . . . . . . 7-88
Interior light bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91
License plate light bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-88
Rear combination light bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-85
Side repeater light bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-83
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-99 Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100K
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Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
Headlight escort function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Headlight leveling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Manual climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113 Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-45 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Rear camera display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
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
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 3-2 Air ventilation seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-\
16
Folding the rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Front seat adjustment - manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
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Index
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Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-23 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
Removable towing hook (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79 Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-82\
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-22 Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Emergency trunk lid release cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Opening the trunk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58 Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61
Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63 Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-84
Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-84
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98 Escort welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Welcome light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-25 Power window lock button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55 Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . . 5-56
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . . 5-57
Don't let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Snowy or Icy conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
To keep locks from freezing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system . . 5-56
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