2017 KIA SOUL maintenance

8117
Maintenance
Your vehicle is equipped with a cat-
alytic converter emission control
device.
Therefore, the following precautions
must be observed:
Use only UNLEADED FUEL forgasoline engines.
Do not operate the vehicle when there are signs of engine malfunc-
tion, such as misfire or a noticeable
loss of performance.
Do not misuse or abuse the engine. Examples of misuse are
coasting with the ignition off and
descending steep grades in gear
with the ignition off.
Do not operate the engine at high idle speed for extended periods (5
minutes or more).
Do not modify or tamper with any part of the engine or emission con-
trol system. All inspections and
adjustments must be made by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Avoid driving with a extremely low fuel level. Running out of fuel could
cause the engine to misfire, dam-
aging the catalytic converter. Failure to observe these precautions
could result in damage to the catalyt-
ic converter and to your vehicle.
Additionally, such actions could void
your warranties.
Perchlorate Material-special handling
may apply, See www.dtsc.ca.gov/haz-
ardouswaste/ perchlorate.
Notice to California Vehicle Dismantlers:
Perchlorate containing materials,
such as air bag inflators, seatbelt
pretensioners and keyless remote
entry batteries, must be disposed of
according to Title 22 California Code
of Regulations Section 67384.10 (a).
CALIFORNIA
PERCHLORATE NOTICE

If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could
cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should
immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Kia
Motors America, Inc.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an
investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a
group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy cam-
paign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in indi-
vidual problems between you, your dealer, or Kia Motors
America, Inc.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety
Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-
9153); go to http://www.safercar.gov; or write to:
Administrator, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., West
Building, Washington, DC 20590. You can also obtain
other information about motor vehicle safety from
http://www.safercar.gov.The following publications are available on

www.K
iaTechinfo.com.
Service manual:
This manual covers maintenance and recommended pro-
cedures for repair to engine and chassis components. It
is written for the Journeyman mechanic, but is simple
enough for most mechanically inclined owners to under-
stand.
Electrical troubleshooting manual:
This manual complements the Service Manual by provid-
ing indepth troubleshooting information for each electrical
circuit in your vehicle.
Owner's manual:
This manual describes the overall features and operating
procedures for the vehicle.
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS
(U.S. ONLY) ONLINE FACTORY AUTHORIZED MANUALS
(U.S. ONLY)
916
Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects

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Index
ECO mode (Drive mode integrated control system) . . 6-50
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-69
Electric power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Electrochromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-114 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-114
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR:Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system. . . . 8-114
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-115
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 9-3
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41 Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41
Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
39 Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
Engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Engine start/stop button illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR: Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system . . . . . 8-114
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-115
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 8-34 Engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Drive belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Fuel filter (for gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Fuel lines, fuel hoses and connections . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Vapor hose and fuel filler cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Vacuum crankcase ventilation hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
Air cleaner filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
Valve clearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35\
Manual transaxle fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-36
Automatic transaxle fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-36
Dual clutch transmission fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-36
Brake hoses and lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-36
Brake/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
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Index
Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-93
Front side marker bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-95
Position lamp + DRL (LED type) bulb replacement 8-96
Front fog lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-96
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . 8-97
Rear turn signal lamp bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-98
Stop and tail lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 8-99
Back-up lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-100
Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 8-101
High mounted stop lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . 8-101
High mounted stop lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-102
License plate lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . 8-102
Map lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-102
Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-103
Glove box lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-104
Luggage lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-104
Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . 8-105
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-88 Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Parking light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Auto light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Headlight position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92 Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
Luggage lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-104
Luggage room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Maintenance
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . 8-34
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10 Normal Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Maintenance Under Severe Usage Conditions. . . . . 8-32
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Manual Climate Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103 Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Manual transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14 Manual transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
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Index
10I
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
96
Map lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-102
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-43 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Electrochromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Folding the outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Occupant Detection System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
52
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
ONLINE FACTORY AUTHORIZED MANUALS . . . 9-16
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
7-8
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48
Parking light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89 Portable lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Position lamp + DRL (LED type) bulb replacement . . 8-96
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
Power window lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24\
Pre-tensioner seat belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Rear camera display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Rear turn signal lamp bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 8-98
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Reducing the risk of a rollover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-71
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Remote control (outside rear view mirror) . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-72
Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97\
Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-103
Rotation (Tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-61
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Index
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10Normal Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Maintenance Under Severe Usage Conditions. . . . . 8-32
Seat air ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-18 Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Driver's 3-point systemwith emergencylocking retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Seatback pocket (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 3-4 Front seat adjustment (manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Front seat adjustment (power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Headrest(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Seatback pocket (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Headrest (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Securing a child restraint seatwith "Tether Anchor system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38\
Securing a child restraint with alap belt or lap/
shoulder belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Securing a child restraint withthe LATCH anchors system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Service mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
Shift-lock override - Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Shift-lock override - DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Side air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59\
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . 8-97
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
10 Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Using the button on the smart key . . . . . . . . . 4-12, 4-13
Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Smart key immobilizer system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Smart key battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Smart key battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Smart key immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Smart key precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-73
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-\
76
Spare tire Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-71
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Index
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-61
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-62
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-63
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Tire terminology and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-68
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-71
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-71
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-71
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-71
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-72
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-73
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-32 Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Removable towing hook (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-79
Transaxle - Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Transaxle - DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION. . . . . 6-24
Transaxle shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Trip information (Trip computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68 Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69\
Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
Accumulated Info display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Drive Info display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Turn by turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Turn signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91\
User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
Using the button on the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12, 4-13
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-105
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Vehicle data collection and event data recorders . . . . . . 1-7
Vehicle handling instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
VEHICLE LOAD LIMIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-80
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-86
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