2015 KIA SOUL tires

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Maintenance
Radial-ply tires
Radial-ply tires provide improved
tread life, road hazard resistance and
smoother high speed ride. The radi-
al-ply tires used on this vehicle are of
belted construction, and are selected
to complement the ride and handling
characteristics of your vehicle.
Radial-ply tires have the same load
carrying capacity, as bias-ply or bias
belted tires of the same size, and use
the same recommended inflation
pressure. Mixing of radial-ply tires
with bias-ply or bias belted tires is
not recommended. Any combina-
tions of radial-ply and bias-ply or bias
belted tires when used on the same
vehicle will seriously deteriorate
vehicle handling. The best rule to fol-
low is: Identical radial-ply tires should
always be used as a set of four.Longer wearing tires can be more
susceptible to irregular tread wear. It
is very important to follow the tire
rotation interval shown in this section
to achieve the tread life potential of
these tires. Cuts and punctures in
radial-ply tires are repairable only in
the tread area, because of sidewall
flexing. Consult your tire dealer for
radial-ply tire repairs.
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.

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CAUTION
Because the sidewall of the low
aspect 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 driving,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.

Specifications, Consumer information and Reporting safety defects
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
8-2
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Gross vehicle weight/Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . 8-6
• Recommended sae viscosity number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Vehicle certification label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Refrigerant label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Consumer assistance (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Electrical equipment (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
Reporting safety defects (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
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TIRES AND WHEELS
ItemTire size Wheel sizee Inflation pressure bar psi (kPa)
Wheel lug nut torque lb•ft,
Normal load
()Maximum load()
Front Rear Front Rear
Full size tire 205/60R16 6.5JX16
33 (230) 33 (230) 33 (230) 33 (230)
65~79
(9~11, 88~107)
215/55R17 6.5JX17
235/45R18 7.5JX18
Compact spare tire (if equipped) T125/80D16 4.0TX16 60 (420) 60 (420) 60 (420) 60 (420)
CAUTION
When replacing tires, use the same size originally supplied with the vehicle.
Using tires of a different size can damage the related parts or make it work irregularly.

Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
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The tires supplied on your new vehi-
cle are chosen to provide the best
performance for normal driving.
The tire label located on the driver's
side center pillar gives the tire pres-
sures recommended for your vehicle.
The engine number is stamped on
the engine block as shown in the
drawing.The refrigerant label is located on
the underside of the hood.
ENGINE NUMBER
OUN086005OPS073040
TIRE SPECIFICATION AND
PRESSURE LABEL
OAM082007L
■Engine 2.0
■Engine 1.6
ORB080005
REFRIGERANT LABEL
(IF EQUIPPED)

I5
Index
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Engine Coolant Temperature guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
27
Engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Starting the engine with a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Evaporative emission control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-23
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Exterior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141 Mounting bracket for roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-13 Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137 Fluid
Brakes/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Folding the rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Front seat adjustment - Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Front wiper deicer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54\
Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Do not use methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Gasoline containing alcohol and methanol . . . . . . . . 1-3
Gasoline containing MMT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Fuse switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-63\
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 7-61 Fuse switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-63
Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-66
Instrument panel fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-62
Multi fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-65
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-52 Engine Coolant Temperature guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
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Index
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Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-163 Point rear center belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Hight adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Lap/shoulder belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Seat belt Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Seat cooler see air ventilation seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 3-2 Armrest (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Folding the rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Front seat adjustment - Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Headrest(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Headrest(rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
Shift lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Shift-lock override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Side air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52\
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10,1\
3
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
55
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
6-15 Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15 Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50 Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Reducing the risk of a rollover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Starting difficulties, see engine will not start . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Starting the engine with a key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Starting the engine with a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40 Electric power steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
FLEX STEER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-42
Tilt and telescopic steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129

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Index
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
132
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52\
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-22
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Tire and loading information label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
Tire chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
56
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46,8-4 Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-46
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46\
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51 Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-30 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
Removable towing hook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-69
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68 Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69\
Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Vehicle data collection and event data recorders . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59 Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
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