2017 KIA OPTIMA brake

Features of your vehicle
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If the warning light stays on while the
engine is running, it indicates that
there may be serious engine dam-
age or malfunction. In this case,
1. Stop the vehicle as soon as it is
safe to do so.
2. Turn off the engine and check the oil level. If the oil level is low, fill the
engine oil to the proper level.
3. Start the engine again. If the warn- ing light stays on after the engine
is started, turn the engine off
immediately. In this case, have
your vehicle inspected by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Low Tire Pressure
Warning Light (if equipped)
This warning light illuminates:
Once you set the ignition switch or Engine Start/Stop Button to the ON
position.
- It illuminates for approximately 3seconds and then goes off.
When one or more of your tires are significantly underinflated.
For more details, refer to “Tire
Pressure Monitoring System
(TPMS)” in chapter 7.
This warning light remains on after
blinking for approximately 60 seconds
or repeats blinking and off at the
intervals of approximately 3 seconds:
When there is a malfunction with the TPMS.
In this case, have your vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer as soon as possible.
For more details, refer to “Tire
Pressure Monitoring System
(TPMS)” in chapter 7. The TPMS cannot alert you to
severe and sudden tire damage
caused by external factors.
If you notice any vehicle instability, immediately take your foot off the
accelerator pedal, apply the brakes
gradually with light force, and slow-
ly move to a safe position off the
road.
CAUTION - Engine
damage
If the engine is not stoppedimmediately after the engine oilpressure warning light is illumi-nated and stays on while theengine is running, seriousengine damage may result.
WARNING - Low tire
pressure
Significantly low tire pressure makes the vehicle unstable
and can contribute to loss of
vehicle control and increased
braking distances.
Continued driving or low pres- sure tires will cause the tires to
overheat and fail.
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Features of your vehicle
Electronic Parking Brake(EPB) Warning Light(if equipped)
This warning light illuminates:
Once you set the ignition switch or Engine Start/Stop Button to the ON
position.
- It illuminates for approximately 3seconds and then goes off.
When there is a malfunction with the EPB.
In this case, have your vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer.
✽ ✽ NOTICE- Electronic Parking
Brake (EPB) Warning Light
The Electronic Parking Brake
(EPB) Warning Light may illumi-
nate when the Electronic Stability
control (ESC) Indicator Light comes
on to indicate that the ESC is not
working properly (This does not
indicate malfunction of the EPB).
Master Warning light (if equipped)
This warning light informs the driver of the following situations
- Blind Spot Detection (BSD) mal-function (if equipped)
- Advanced Smart Cruise Control (ASCC) malfunction (if equipped)
- Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) malfunction (if equipped)
- Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) malfunction (if equipped)
- High Beam Assist(HBA) malfunc- tion (if equipped)
- Lamp malfunction and so on.
The Master Warning Light illumi-
nates when more than one of the
above warning situations occur. At
this time, the LCD Modes Icon will
change from ( ) to ( ).
If the warning situation is solved, the
master warning light will be turned off
and the LCD Modes Icon will be
changed back to its previous icon ( ).
Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) Warninglight (if equipped)
This indicator light illuminates:
When there is a malfunction with the AEB.
In this case, have the vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia deal-
er.
EPB
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Features of your vehicle
Light ON Indicator Light
This indicator light illuminates:
When the tail lights or headlightsare on.
Cruise Indicator Light
(if equipped)
This indicator light illuminates:
When the cruise control system is enabled.
For more details, refer to “Cruise
Control System” in chapter 6.
Cruise SET Indicator Light (if equipped)
This indicator light illuminates:
When the cruise control speed is set.
For more details, refer to “Cruise
Control System” in chapter 6.
AUTO HOLD IndicatorLight (if equipped)
This indicator light illuminates:
[White] When you activate the auto hold system by pressing the AUTO
HOLD button.
[Green] When you stop the vehicle completely by depressing the
brake pedal with the auto hold sys-
tem activated.
[Yellow] When there is a malfunc- tion with the auto hold system.
In this case, have your vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer.
❈ For more details, refer to “Auto
Hold” in chapter 6.
AUTO
HOLDSET
CRUISE
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This system will activate when
backing up with the ignition switch
ON.
If the vehicle is moving at a speed
over 5 km/h (3 mph), the system
may not be activated correctly.
The sensing distance while the back-up warning system is in oper-
ation is approximately 120 cm (47
in.) at the rear bumper center area,
60 cm (23.5 in.) at the rear bumper
both side area.
When more than two objects are sensed at the same time, the clos-
est one will be recognized first.Types of warning sound
When an object is 120 cm to 61 cm(47 in. to 24 in.) from the rear
bumper: Buzzer beeps intermit-
tently.
When an object is 60 cm to 31 cm (24 in. to 12 in.) from the rear
bumper: Buzzer beeps more fre-
quently.
When an object is within 40 cm (16 in.) of the rear bumper:
Buzzer sounds continuously.
Non-operational conditions of
rear parking assist system
The rear parking assist system
may not operate properly when:
1. Moisture is frozen to the sensor. (It will operate normally once the
moisture clears.
2. The sensor is covered with foreign matter, such as snow or water, or
the sensor cover is blocked. (It will
operate normally when the materi-
al is removed or the sensor is no
longer blocked.)
3. Driving on uneven road surfaces (unpaved roads, gravel, bumps,
gradient).
4. Objects generating excessive noise (vehicle horns, loud motor-
cycle engines, or truck air brakes)
are within range of the sensor.
5. Heavy rain or water spray exists.
6. Wireless transmitters or mobile phones are within range of the
sensor.
7. The sensor is covered with snow.
8. Trailer towing
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Driving your vehicle
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
• Illuminated ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
• Ignition switch position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
• Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
• Illuminated ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . . 6-9
• ENGINE START/STOP button position . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
• Starting the engine with a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
• Automatic transaxle operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
• Paddle shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
• Shift lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Dual clutch transmission (DCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
• Dual clutch transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28
• Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28
• Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
• Electronic parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
• Auto hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-\
38• Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
• Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44
• Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-48
• Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-49
• Good braking practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50
Autonomous emergency braking (AEB)/
Forward collision warning (FCW) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-51
• System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-51
• AEB warning message and system control . . . . . . . . 6-54
• Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-55
• Sensor to detect the distance from the
vehicle in front (front radar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-56
• System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-57
• Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-58
• Recognizing pedestrians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-61
Cruise Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-62
• To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-63
• To increase cruise control set speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-63
• To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-64
• To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-64
• To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-64
• To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 30 km/h (20 mph) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-65
• To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-65
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Advanced smart cruise control system (ASCC) . . 6-66
• Speed setting (ASCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-67
• Vehicle to vehicle distance setting (ASCC) . . . . . . . . 6-72
• To adjust the sensitivity of
Advanced Smart Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-76
• To convert to cruise control mode: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-77
• Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-77
Drive mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . 6-83
• DRIVE mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-83
Blind spot detection system (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-86
• BSD (Blind Spot Detection) / LCA (Lane Change Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-87
• RCTA (Rear Cross Traffic Alert). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-90
• Limitations condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-92
Lane departure warning system (LDWS) . . . . . . 6-94
• Warning indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-96
• Conditions that cause the LDWS not to operate . . . 6-96
• Conditions that cause missed warnings and false warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-\
97
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-98
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-100
• Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-100
• Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-100
• Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-101
• Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-101 • Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-102
• Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-103
• Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-103
• Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-103
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
• Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
• Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant . . . . . . . . . 6-105
• Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-105
• Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . 6-105
• Check spark plugs and ignition system. . . . . . . . . . 6-105
• To keep locks from freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-105
• Use approved window washer anti-freeze in
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
6-105
• Don’t let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-106
• Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . 6-106
• Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-106
• Trailer towing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10\
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Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-107
• Tire and loading information label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-107
• Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-111
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-112
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Before entering vehicle
• Be sure that all windows, outsidemirror(s), and outside lights are
clean.
Check the condition of the tires.
Check under the vehicle for any sign of leaks.
Be sure there are no obstacles behind you if you intend to back up.
Necessary inspections
Fluid levels, such as engine oil,
engine coolant, brake fluid, and
washer fluid should be checked on a
regular basis, at the exact interval
depending on the fluid. Further
details are provided in chapter 8,
“Maintenance”.
Before starting
Close and lock all doors.
Position the seat so that all con-trols are easily reached.
Buckle your seat belt.
Adjust the inside and outside rearview mirrors.
Be sure that all lights work.
Check all gauges.
Check the operation of warning lights when the ignition switch is
turned to the ON position.
Release the parking brake and make sure the brake warning light
goes out.
For safe operation, be sure you are
familiar with your vehicle and its
equipment.
BEFORE DRIVING
WARNING - Distracted driving
Focus on the road while driving.
The driver's primary responsi-
bility is in the safe and legal
operation of the vehicle. Use of
any handled devices, other
equipment or vehicle systems
that distract the drive should
not be used during vehicle
operation.
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Illuminated ignition switch
Whenever a front door is opened, the
ignition switch will illuminate for your
convenience, provided the ignition
switch is not in the ON position. The
light will go off immediately when the
ignition switch is turned on. It will
also go off after about 30 seconds
when the door is closed.
Ignition switch position
LOCK
The ignition key can be removed only
in the LOCK position.
ACC (Accessory)
The electrical accessories are opera-
tive. If difficulty is experienced turn-
ing the ignition switch to the ACC
position, turn the key while turning
the steering wheel right and left to
release the tension.
ON
The warning lights can be checked
before the engine is started. This is
the normal running position after the
engine is started.
Do not leave the ignition switch ON ifthe engine is not running to preventbattery discharge.
START
Turn the ignition switch to the START
position to start the engine. The
engine will crank until you release
the key; then it returns to the ON
position. The brake warning light can
be checked in this position.
KEY POSITIONS (IF EQUIPPED)
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