2015 KIA Soul EV warning

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When you paint or apply heattreatment to the vehicle as a result
of an accident, the performance of
the high voltage battery can be
reduced.
If heat treatment is required, we
recommend that you contact an
authorized Kia dealer.
An air inlet is installed under thefront seat for cooling the driving
battery. Do not block the air inlet
with a foreign substance.
Other Precautions for
Electric Vehicle
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
OPSE0Q4053
CAUTION- Non-genuine
parts
Do not use, remodel, or installnon-genuine parts.
This may damage the electricpower system.
WARNING- Damaging
Battery
When you clean the motor com-
partment, do not use high pres-
sure water to wash. This may
cause an electric shock due to a
discharge in high voltage elec-
tricity, or damage the vehicle's
electric system.

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Kia Motors 'Soul Electric Vehicle' uses
eco-friendly bioplastics, fiber, and
board for the interior materials and
has passed close inspection and vali-
dation. The plastic is validated
20,450g biomaterial where 9% is plant
derived carbon (14C). (Leather Seat)
The plastic is validated 23,942g bio-
material where 10% is plant derived
carbon (14C). (Fabric Seat). It has
been awarded the UL Bio environ-
mental friendliness mark for the first
time in vehicle industry.The 'Soul Electric Vehicle' not only
uses eco-friendly interior materials,
but it also does not emit exhaust
gases, using regenerative biomass
to prevent the generation of carbon
dioxide (a major cause of global
warming). This also helps curb the
depletion of oil resources.
Environmental Friendliness
MarkService Plug
OPSE0Q4042OPSE0Q4033L
Leather Seat
Fabric Seat
ENVIRONMENTAL
FRIENDLINESS MARK
WARNING- Service plug
Do not touch the service plug
installed at the rear seat
footrest. The service plug is
designed to block high voltage
electricity when repairing the
vehicle. If you are careless
when handling the service plug,
an electric shock may occur.

Index
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Active ECO system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-34 Adding equipment to or modifying your airbag-equipped vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Do not installing a child restraint on a front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
How does the air bag system operate . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Inflation and non-inflation conditions of the air bag . . 3-51
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-68 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-68
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-73
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116 Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Audio remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Aux, USB and iPod
®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
Speaker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119 Auto defogging system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerantand compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-31 Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23\
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Electric parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
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LCD Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-58\
Front light replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-58
High mounted stop light bulb replacement . . . . . . . 7-65
Interior light bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-67
License plate light bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-66
Rear combination light bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-63
Side repeater light bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-63
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-75 Abnormal lamp operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Abnormal lamp operation due to stabilization ofelectric control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
Headlamp escort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-29 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Motor number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Motor room compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70 Non-operational conditions of parking assist system . . 4-72
Operation of the parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
POWER button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 Illuminated POWER button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Pedestrian Warning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
POWER button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Starting the vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Turing off the Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Power electric specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2M
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Index
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Rear camera display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Reduction gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Reduction gear operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-12 Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Seat belt precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 3-2 Front seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-4 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Smart key immobilizer system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39 Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Highway driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Reducing the risk of a rollover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24 Electric power steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
FLEX STEER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-26
Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-15 Closing the tailgate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Emergency tailgate safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
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Opening the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Changing a tire with TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Low tire pressure indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
TPMS malfunction indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-34
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34\
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-20 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Removable towing hook (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Trailer Towing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55 Energy consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-58
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56\
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Vehicle Data Collection and Event Data Recorders . . . . 1-2
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Vehicle weight glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51 Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
GAW (Gross axle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
GAWR (Gross axle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
GVW (Gross vehicle weight). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
GVWR (Gross vehicle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59 Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
17 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102V
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