2017 KIA FORTE KOUP steering

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Safety features of your vehicle
Side air bag
❈The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ
from the illustration.
Your vehicle is equipped with a side
air bag in each front seat.The purpose of the air bag is to pro-
vide the vehicle's driver and/or the
front passenger with additional pro-
tection than that offered by the seat
belt alone.
The side air bags are designed to
deploy only during certain side-
impact collisions, depending on the
crash severity of impact.
The side impact air bags do not only
deploy on the side of the impact but
also on the opposite side.
For vehicles equipped with a rollover
sensor the side and curtain air bags
on both sides of the vehicle may
deploy if a rollover or possible
rollover is detected.
The side air bags are not designed to
deploy in all side impact situations.
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FrontWARNING - No attaching
objects
No objects (such as crash pad
cover, cellular phone holder,
cup holder, perfume or stickers)
should be placed over or near
the air bag modules on the
steering wheel, instrument
panel, windshield glass, and the
front passenger's panel above
the glove box. Such objects
could cause harm if the vehicle
is in a crash severe enough to
cause the air bags to deploy.
Do not place any objects over
the air bag or between the air
bag and yourself.
WARNING - Unexpected
deployment
Avoid impact to the side air bag
sensor when the ignition switch
is ON to prevent unexpected
deployment of the side air bag.

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Safety features of your vehicle
SRS Care
The SRS is virtually maintenance-free
and there are no parts you can safely
service by yourself. If the SRS air bag
warning light does not illuminate, or
continuously remains on, have your
vehicle immediately inspected by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Any work on the SRS system, such
as removing, installing, repairing, or
any work on the steering wheel must
be performed by an authorized Kia
dealer. Improper handling of the SRS
system may result in serious person-
al injury.
For cleaning the air bag pad covers,
use only a soft, dry cloth or one which
has been moistened with plain water.
Solvents or cleaners could adversely
affect the air bag covers and proper
deployment of the system.If components of the air bag system
must be discarded, or if the vehicle
must be scrapped, certain safety
precautions must be observed. An
authorized Kia dealer knows these
precautions and can give you the
necessary information. Failure to fol-
low these precautions and proce-
dures could increase the risk of per-
sonal injury.
Adding equipment to or modi-
fying your air bag-equipped
vehicle
If you modify your vehicle by chang-
ing your vehicle's frame, bumper sys-
tem, front end or side sheet metal or
ride height, this may affect the opera-
tion of your vehicle's air bag system.
WARNING - Tampering
with SRS
Do not tamper with or discon-
nect SRS wiring, or other com-
ponents of the SRS system.
Doing so could result in the
accidental inflation of the air
bags or by rendering the SRS
inoperative.

Features of your vehicle
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
• Smart key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
• Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Remote keyless entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
• Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
• Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
• Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
• Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
• Disarmed stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
• Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-17
• Operating door locks from inside the vehicle. . . . . . 4-17
• Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
• Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
• Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Trunk (4 Door, 2 Door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
• Opening the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
• Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
• Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Smart trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Liftgate (5 Door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
• Opening the liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
• Closing the liftgate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
• Emergency liftgate safety release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
• Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
• Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
• Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
• Opening the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
• Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
• Sunroof open warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
• Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
• Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
• Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
• Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
• Electric power steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
• Tilt and telescoping steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
• Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
• Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
• Flex steer(5 Door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
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• Checking the amount of air conditioner
refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• Air conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
Automatic climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
• Automatic heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . 4-125
• Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
• System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
Windshield defrosting and defogging . . . . . . . . . 4-134
• Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
• Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
• Defogging logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
Storage compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
• Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
• Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
• Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
• Luggage tray (5 Door). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Interior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
• Cigarette lighter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
• Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
• Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
• Sliding armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
• Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
• Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
• Climate control seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145• Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
• LCD monitor (Clock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
• Coat hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
• Floor mat anchor(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
• Luggage net (Holder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
• Covering shelf (5 Door). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
• Navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152
• Glass antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152
• Steering wheel audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
• AUX, USB and iPod
®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1544

Features of your vehicle
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Electric power steering (EPS)
Power steering uses the motor to
assist you in steering the vehicle. If
the engine is off or if the power steer-
ing system becomes inoperative, the
vehicle may still be steered, but it will
require increased steering effort.
The electric power steering is con-
trolled by the power steering control
unit which senses the steering wheel
torque and vehicle speed to com-
mand the motor.
The steering wheel becomes heavier
as the vehicle’s speed increases and
becomes lighter as the vehicle’s
speed decreases for better control of
the steering wheel.
Should you notice any change in the
effort required to steer during normal
vehicle operation, have the power
steering checked by an authorized
Kia dealer.
✽NOTICE
The following symptoms may occur
during normal vehicle operation:
• The steering effort is increased
immediately after turning the igni-
tion switch on. This happens as the
system performs the EPS system
diagnostics. When the diagnostics
are completed, the steering wheel
will return to its normal condition
• A click noise may be heard from
the EPS relay after the ignition
switch is turned to the ON or
LOCK position.
• Motor noise may be heard when
the vehicle is at a stop or at a low
driving speed.
• The steering effort increases if the
steering wheel is rotated continu-
ously when the vehicle is not in
motion. However, after a few min-
utes, it will return to its normal
condition.
• When you operate the steering
wheel in low temperature, noise
may occur. If the temperature
rises, the noise will likely disap-
pear. This is a normal condition.
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• When the charging system warn-
ing light comes on or the battery
voltage is low (when the alternator
or battery does not operate nor-
mally), the steering wheel may get
heavy and become difficult to con-
trol operate abnormally.
If the Electric Power Steering System
does not operate normally, the warn-
ing light will illuminate on the instru-
ment cluster. The steering wheel may
require increased steering effort.
Take your vehicle to an authorized
Kia dealer and have the vehicle
checked as soon as possible.
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Features of your vehicle
Tilt and telescoping steering
Tilt steering allows you to adjust the
steering wheel before you drive. You
can also raise it to give your legs
more room when you exit and enter
the vehicle.
The steering wheel should be posi-
tioned so that it is comfortable for
you to drive, while permitting you to
see the instrument panel warning
lights and gauges.
To change the steering wheel angle,
pull down the lock release lever (1),
adjust the steering wheel to the
desired angle (2) and height (3), then
pull up the lock-release lever to lock
(4) the steering wheel in place. Be
sure to adjust the steering wheel to
the desired position before driving.
Horn
To sound the horn, press the horn
symbol on your steering wheel.
Check the horn regularly to be sure it
operates properly.
To sound the horn, press the area
indicated by the horn symbol on your
steering wheel (see illustration). The
horn will operate only when this area
is pressed.WARNING - Steering
wheel adjustment
Never adjust the angle and
height of the steering wheel
while driving. You may lose
steering control
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Features of your vehicle
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Heated steering wheel
(if equipped)
With the ignition switch in the ON
position, pressing the heated steer-
ing wheel button warms the steering
wheel. The indicator on the button
will illuminate and notify you on the
LCD display.
To turn the heated steering wheel off,
press the button once again. The
indicator on the button will turn off
and notify you on the LCD display.
If you turn on the ignition again after
turning off your engine in half an
hour (after operating heater button),
the heating system will be main-
tained in its 'on' condition.
✽NOTICE
The heated steering wheel will turn
off automatically approximately 30
minutes after the heated steering
wheel is turned on.
CAUTION
• Do not install any grip to oper-
ate the steering wheel. This
causes damage to the heated
steering wheel system.
• When cleaning the heated
steering wheel, do not use an
organic solvent such as paint
thinner, benzene, alcohol and
gasoline. Doing so may dam-
age the surface of the steering
wheel.
• If the surface of the steering
wheel is damaged by a sharp
object, damage to the heated
steering wheel components
could occur.
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WARNING
If the steering wheel becomes
too warm, turn the system off.
The heated steering wheel may
cause burns even at low tem-
peratures, especially if used for
long periods of time.

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Features of your vehicle
FLEX STEER
(5door, if equipped)
The FLEX STEER controls steering
effort based upon driver's preference
or road condition.
You can select the desired steering
mode by pressing the FLEX STEER
button.When the steering mode button is
pressed, the selected steering mode
will appear on the LCD display.
If the steering mode button is
pressed within 4 seconds, the steer-
ing mode will change as shown
above the pictures.
If the steering mode button is not
pressed for about 4 seconds, the
LCD display will change to the previ-
ous screen.
Normal mode
The normal mode offers medium
steering effort.
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