2016 KIA Forte climate control

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Maintenance
Battery recharging
Your vehicle has a maintenance-free,
calcium-based battery.
If the battery becomes dischargedin a short time (because, for exam-
ple, the headlights or interior lights
were left on while the vehicle was
not in use), recharge it by slow
charging (trickle) for 10 hours.
If the battery gradually discharges because of high electric load while
the vehicle is being used, recharge
it at 20-30A for two hours. When recharging the battery,
observe the following precautions:
The battery must be removed from
the vehicle and placed in an area
with good ventilation.
Watch the battery during charging, and stop or reduce the charging
rate if the battery cells begin
gassing (boiling) violently or if the
temperature of the electrolyte of
any cell exceeds 49°C (120°F).
Wear eye protection when check- ing the battery during charging.
Disconnect the battery charger in the following order.
1. Turn off the battery charger main switch.
2. Unhook the negative clamp from the negative battery terminal.
3. Unhook the positive clamp from the positive battery terminal.
Before performing maintenance or recharging the battery, turn off all
accessories and stop the engine.
The negative battery cable must be removed first and installed last
when the battery is disconnected.
Reset items
Items should be reset after the bat-
tery has been discharged or the bat-
tery has been disconnected.
Auto down window (See chapter 4)
Sunroof (See chapter 4)
Trip computer (See chapter 4)
Climate control system (See chapter 4)
Clock (See chapter 4)
Audio (See chapter 4)

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7. Uniform tire quality grading
Quality grades can be found where
applicable on the tire sidewall
between tread shoulder and maxi-
mum section width.
For example:
TREADWEAR 440
TRACTION A
TEMPERATURE A
Tread wear
The tread wear grade is a compara-
tive rating based on the wear rate of
the tire when tested under controlled
conditions on a specified govern-
ment test course. For example, a tire
graded 150 would wear one-and-a-
half times (1½) as well on the gov-
ernment course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires
depends upon the actual conditions
of their use, however, and may
depart significantly from the norm
due to variations in driving habits,
service practices and differences in
road characteristics and climate. Tires degrade over time, even when
they are not being used. Regardless
of the remaining tread, we recom-
mend that tires be replaced after
approximately six (6) years of nor-
mal service. Heat caused by hot cli-
mates or frequent high loading con-
ditions can accelerate the aging
process.
These grades are molded on the
side-walls of passenger vehicle tires.
The tires available as standard or
optional equipment on your vehicles
may vary with respect to grade.
Traction - AA, A, B & C
The traction grades, from highest to
lowest, are AA, A, B and C. Those
grades represent the tires ability to
stop on wet pavement as measured
under controlled conditions on spec-
ified government test surfaces of
asphalt and concrete. A tire marked
C may have poor traction perform-
ance.
The traction grade assigned to this
tire is based on straight-ahead brak-
ing traction tests, and does not
include acceleration, cornering,
hydroplaning, or peak traction char-
acteristics.

Index
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Active eco system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Air bag-supplemental restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Ari bag system operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Do not install a child restraint on a front passenger’sseat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 3-36
Driver’s and passenger’s front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
Inflation/non-inflation conditions of air bag . . . . . . 3-50
Occupant detection system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36\
Filter replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-71 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-71
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
Aux, USB and iPod
®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
Glass antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
Steering wheel audio control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120 Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-121 Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16 Automatic transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-41 Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Brake/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 Checking the brake/clutch fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27 Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
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Using a child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
109 Front wiper deicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
2
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
18 Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
From inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
From outside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 If the engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78 Evaporative emission control
(including ORVR: Onboard Refueling Vapor
Recovery) system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-2
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 7-3
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
29 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 ENGINE START/STOP button position . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Illuminated ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . . 5-7
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-25
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Opening the fuel filler lid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Do not use methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Gasoline containing alcohol and methanol . . . . . . . . 1-3
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Index
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Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 7-58Engine compartment fuse panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64
Engine compartment fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . 7-61
Engine room (Battery terminal cover) . . . . . . . . . . . 7-65
Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-63
Instrument panel fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-32 Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
If the engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 If engine doesn't turn over or turns over slowly . . . . 6-4
If engine turns over normally but does not start . . . . 6-4
If you have a flat tire (with spare tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14 Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Jack label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
If you have a flat tire (with tire mobility kit) . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Components of the TireMobilityKit. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Notes on the safe use of the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . 6-9 Using the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55 Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
57
Instrument Cluster Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Instrument panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Interior features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138 Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13\
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Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
Climate control seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
LCD monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Sliding armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104 Automatict turn off function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
Glove box lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
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Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
Trunk room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Interior overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 4-4 Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
LCD display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61 A/V Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
LCD Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-96 Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Headlamp escort function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100 Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Manual climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110 Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Manual transaxle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 Manual transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-46 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89 Non-operational conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
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Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55 Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
GAW (Gross axle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
GAWR (Gross axle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
GVW (Gross vehicle weight). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
GVWR (Gross vehicle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78 Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Weight/volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108 Headlamp welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Puddle lamp and pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-27 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130 Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101 Windshield washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
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