2017 KIA Soul EV climate control

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Maintenance
4. Tire ply composition and mate-rial
The number of layers or plies of rub-
ber-coated fabric in the tire. Tire
manufacturers also must indicate the
materials in the tire, which include
steel, nylon, polyester, and others.
The letter "R" means radial ply con-
struction; the letter "D" means diago-
nal or bias ply construction; and the
letter "B" means belted-bias ply con-
struction.
5. Maximum permissible inflationpressure
This number is the greatest amount
of air pressure that should be put in
the tire. Do not exceed the maximum
permissible inflation pressure. Refer
to the Tire and Loading Information
label for recommended inflation
pressure.
6. Maximum load rating
This number indicates the maximum
load in kilograms and pounds that
can be carried by the tire. When
replacing the tires on the vehicle,
always use a tire that has the same
load rating as the factory installed
tire.
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 200
TRACTION AA
TEMPERATURE A
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 normal
service. Heat caused by hot climates
or frequent high loading conditions
can accelerate the aging process. 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.
These grades are molded on the
side-walls of passenger vehicle tires.
The tires available as standard or
optional equipment on your vehicle
may vary with respect to grade.

Index
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Active ECO system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-34 Adding equipment to or modifying your airbag-equipped vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Do not installing a child restraint on a front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
How does the air bag system operate . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Inflation and non-inflation conditions of the air bag . . 3-51
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-69 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-69
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126 Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
139
AUX, USB and iPod
®port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127 Bluetooth
®Wireless Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
How vehicle audio works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Speaker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Using iPod
®device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Using the USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
Auto defogging system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94 Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . . 4-95
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerantand compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-31 Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23\
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
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Electronic parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26 Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Using a child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
113
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-20 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32 Cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
To increase cruise control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
To resume cruising speed at more than approximately30 km/h (20 mph) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35 To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on. .
5-34
To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-93 Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
2
Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11\
Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-12
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-11
Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-19
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
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D
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Index
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Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
17 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44 Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Don’t let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . . 5-46
Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
To keep locks from freezing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system . . 5-45
Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant. . . . . . . . . 5-45
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27 Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87 Rear window wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Rear window wiper/washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Windshield washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88 Windshield wiper/washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
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Electric Vehicle Guide
❈This is an electric vehicle guide to assist drivers with
understanding their vehicle.
Refer to the following content for electric vehicle details
and precautions
Review of Electric Vehicle ........................................................2
Main Components of Electric Vehicle.......................................4
High voltage battery .................................................................5
EV Mode ........................................................................\
..........7
■ Available Range .................................................................7■ Near by stations .................................................................8■ Energy Information. ............................................................8■ ECO Driving .......................................................................9\
■ Setting Charging Times .....................................................9■ Setting Climate Times ......................................................11■ EV Setting ........................................................................\
11
Charge Types for Electric Vehicle...........................................13
Charge Indicator Lamp for Electric Vehicle ............................15
Reserved Charging ................................................................16
Reserved Climate Control. .....................................................18
Precautions for Charging Electric Vehicle ..............................19
Charging Electric Vehicle (Normal Charge) ...........................22
■ How to Connect Normal Charger .....................................22■ Unlock Charging Door in Emergency ...............................25■ Emergency Release of the Charging connector
lock system .......................................................................2\
6
■ Checking Charging Status................................................26■ How to Disconnect Normal Charger ................................27
Charging Electric Vehicle (Quick Charge) ..............................28
■ How to Connect Quick Charger .......................................28■ Unlock Charging Door in Emergency ...............................31■ Checking Charging Status................................................31■ How to Disconnect Quick Charger ...................................32
Charging Electric Vehicle (Trickle Charge) .............................34
■ How to Connect Portable Charging Cable .......................34■ Unlock Charging Door in Emergency ...............................38■ Emergency Release of the Charging connector
lock system .......................................................................3\
9
■ Checking Charging Status................................................39■ Charging Status Indicator Lamp for Portable Charging
Cable ........................................................................\
........40
■ How to Disconnect Portable Charging Cable ..................41■ Precautions for Portable Charging Cable .........................43
Driving Electric Vehicle ...........................................................44
■ How to Start the Vehicle ...................................................44■ How to Stop the Vehicle ...................................................45■ Pedestrian Warning System .............................................46■ Active ECO system ..........................................................46■ Range ........................................................................\
.......47■ Tips for Improving Distance to Empty ..............................48■ Motor Operation Gauge....................................................48■ State of charge (SOC) gauge for high voltage battery.....49■ Warning Message on LCD Display (related to charge)....50■ Warning Lamp and Indicator Lamp
(related to electric vehicle) ...............................................53
Safety Precautions for Electric Vehicle...................................56
■ Service Plug .....................................................................59
Environmental Friendliness Mark ...........................................59

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■ ■Set Climate Times
This is a feature that automatically
starts climate control on the reserved
day and time along with the tempera-
ture designated by the user. Two sep-
arate reservations can be set.
■ ■EV Setting
You can change the EV warning alarm.
  Warning Settings
–Low battery warning : You can
select several battery levels at
which to display an alarm mes-
sage.
– Frequency : You can select the
repetition interval to display the
Low battery warning.
Description
When selecting the list again, change
the setting.
If you do not want use the reserved
setting, select OFF.
NameDescription
Vehicle
Departure TimeEnter the anticipated depar-
ture time for the vehicle.
Set
TemperatureEnter the temperature that
you desire.
Repeat Day of
WeekSelect the day of the week
you wish to reserve for
automatic air conditioning.
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You can set reserved climate con-trol using the AVN.
Refer to the AVN for detailed infor-
mation about the reserved climate
control setting.
Reserved climate control can only be done when using the normal
charger or portable charging cable
(ICCB: In-Cable Control Box).
If reserved climate control is set and the charging cable is connect-
ed, reserved climate control starts
operating 30 minutes prior to the
set time (departure time).
❈ Refer to "Normal Charge, Trickle
Charge" for details about connect-
ing the normal charger and the
portable charging cable (ICCB: In-
Cable Control Box). If you press the Set Reserved cli-
mate control button [ ], the indi-
cator lamp on the button blinks
three times and the reserved cli-
mate control setting screen is dis-
played on the AVN.
Refer to the AVN manual for
details about setting reserved cli-
mate control. ❈
Lamp ON Conditions
1. Blinks three times: When you press the set button and enter the
AVN reserved climate control set-
ting screen.
2. ON: When reserved air condition- ing is set.
3. Blinking: Reserved climate control is operating (only operates when
the charging cable is connected).
RESERVED CLIMATE CONTROL
Reserved Climate Control
(if equipped)
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The Pedestrian Warning System
generates engine sound for pedestri-
ans to hear vehicle sound because
there is little sound while the Electric
Vehicle (EV) is operating.
If the vehicle is moving at a slow
speed, the Pedestrian Warning
System will be operated.
- When the reduction gear is shiftedto [R], the Pedestrian Warning
System will be operated immedi-
ately.
The vehicle generates little sound. Be aware of your driving environ-
ment and drive safely.
After you park the vehicle or while you are waiting at a traffic light,
check whether there are kids or
obstacles around the vehicle.
Check if there is something behind the vehicle when driving in
reverse. Pedestrians may not hear
the sound of the vehicle. Active ECO helps improve energy
efficiency by controlling certain
motor and climate contol system
operating parameters. Energy effi-
ciency depends on the driver's driv-
ing habit and road condition.
When the Active ECO button is
pressed the ECO indicator (green)
will illuminate to show that the
Active ECO is operating. When the Active ECO is activated,
it will remain on until the Active
ECO button is pressed again.
Active ECO does not turn off when
the vehicle is restarted. To turn off
Active ECO, press the Active ECO
button again.
If Active ECO is turned off, the sys- tem will return to normal mode.
Pedestrian Warning System Active ECO system
DRIVING ELECTRIC VEHICLE
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