2016 KIA Optima Hybrid manual

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Service plug
This service plug (1) located in the
rear trunk as shown should always
be pulled out to disconnect and turn
off the hybrid system.
IMPORTANT: Wait 5 minutes after
this lever is disconnected to work
on the car. This ensures that all
remaining electrical charge in the
system is dissipated.
Some Special Characteristics
of the Hybrid Vehicle.
Hybrid vehicles sound different than
gasoline engine vehicles. When the
hybrid system operates, you may
hear a sound from the hybrid battery
system behind the rear seat. If you
apply the accelerator pedal rapidly,
you may hear a sound. when you
apply the brake pedal, you may hear
a sound from the regenerative brake
system. When the hybrid system is
turned off or on, you may hear a
sound in the engine compartment. If
you depress the brake pedal repeat-
edly when the hybrid system is
turned on, you may hear a sound in
the engine compartment. None of
these sounds indicate a problem.
They are normal characteristics of
hybrid vehicles.
When the hybrid system is turned
on, the engine may or may not start
immediately. This does not indicate a
malfunction. If the "READY" symbol
is on, the hybrid system is operating.
Even if the gasoline engine is off, you
can operate the vehicle.
OTFH063020
WARNING - Safety plug
Never touch the safety plug. The
safety plug is attached to high
voltage hybrid battery system.
Touching safety plug can result
in death or serious injury.
Service personnel should follow
procedure in service manual.
WARNING - Interference
with electronic medical
devices
Electromagnetic waves that are
generated from the charger can
impact medical electric devices
such as an implantable cardiac
pacemaker.
When using such medical elec-
tric devices, ask your medical
professional and the device
manufacturer whether charging
your electric vehicle will impact
the operation of the medical
electric devices.

Index
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Active ECO system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Limitation of Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
When Active ECO is activated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-35 Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
How does the air bag system operate . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Inflation and non-inflation conditions of the air bag . . 3-51
Occupant detection system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34\
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Aux, USB and iPod
®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Glass antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Steering wheel audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100 Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-101
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant
and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12 Automatic transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Back-Up Warning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81 Back-Up Warning System precautions . . . . . . . . . . 4-82
Non-operational conditions ofBack-Up Warning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-82
Operation of the Back-Up Warning System . . . . . . 4-81
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-40 Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Blind spot detection system (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
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Index
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High mounted stop light replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78
Interior light bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-81
License plate light bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78
Rear combination light bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-75
Side repeater light bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-86 Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91
Headlight delay function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Headlight leveling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-40 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42 Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Rear Camera Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-84
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Maintenance under severe usage conditions . . . . . . 7-20
Normal maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 3-2 Air ventilation seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-\
16
Carrying long/narrow cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Front seat adjustment - manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4O
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