2018 KIA CARENS service

WARNING
•The side air bag is supplemental tothe driver's and the passenger'sseat belt systems and is not asubstitute for them. Thereforeyour seat belts must be worn at alltimes while the vehicle is in mo‐tion. The air bags deploy only incertain side impact conditions se‐vere enough to cause significantinjury to the vehicle occupants.
•For best protection from the sideair bag system and to avoid beinginjured by the deploying side airbag, both front seat occupantsshould sit in an upright positionwith the seat belt properly fas‐tened. The driver's hands shouldbe placed on the steering wheel atthe 9:00 and 3:00 positions. Thepassenger's arms and handsshould be placed on their laps.
•Do not use any accessory seatcovers.
•Use of seat covers could reduce orprevent the effectiveness of thesystem.
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•To prevent unexpected deploy‐ment of the side air bag that mayresult in personal injury, avoid im‐pact to the side impact sensorwhen the ignition key is on.
•If the seat or seat cover is dam‐aged, have the system serviced bya professional workshop.Kia recommends to visit an au‐thorized Kia dealer/service part‐ner.
•Never place or insert any object in‐to any small opening near side air‐bag labels attached to the vehicleseats. When the air bag deploys,the object may affect the deploy‐ment and result in unexpected ac‐cident or bodily harm.
WARNING
nNo attaching objects
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•Do not place any objects over theair bag or between the air bag andyourself. Also, do not attach anyobjects around the area the air baginflates such as the door, side doorglass, front and rear pillar.
•Do not place any objects betweenthe door and the seat. They maybecome dangerous projectiles ifthe side air bag inflates.
•Do not install any accessories onthe side or near the side air bags.
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Curtain air bag (if equipped)
❈Thü actual air baþs in thü vühiclü
may diýýür ýrom thü illustration. Curtain air baþs arü locatüd alonþ both
sidüs oý thü rooý rails abovü thü ýront and rüar doors.
Thüy arü düsiþnüd to hülp protüct thü
hüads oý thü ýront süat occupants and
thü rüar outboard süat occupants in cürtain sidü impact collisions.
Thü curtain air baþs arü düsiþnüd to
düploy durinþ cürtain sidü impact colli‐
sions, düpündinþ on thü crash süvürity, anþlü, spüüd and point oý impact. Thü
curtain air baþs arü not düsiþnüd to dü‐
ploy in all sidü impact situations, colli‐ sions ýrom thü ýront or rüar oý thü vü‐
hiclü or in most rollovür situations.
WARNING
•In order for side and curtain airbags to provide the best protec‐tion, both front seat occupantsand both outboard rear occupantsshould sit in an upright positionwith the seat belts properly fas‐tened.Importantly, children should sit ina proper child restraint system inthe rear seat.
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•When children are seated in therear outboard seats, they must beseated in the proper child restraintsystem.Make sure to put the child re‐straint system as far away fromthe door side as possible, and se‐cure the child restraint system in alocked position.
•Do not allow the passengers tolean their heads or bodies ontodoors, put their arms on thedoors, stretch their arms out ofthe window, or place objects be‐tween the doors and passengerswhen they are seated on seatsequipped with side and/or curtainair bags.
•Never try to open or repair anycomponents of the curtain air bagsystem. If necessary, have thesystem serviced by a professionalworkshop. Kia recommends to visitan authorized Kia dealer/servicepartner.
Failure to follow the above men‐tioned instructions can result in in‐jury or death to the vehicle occu‐pants in an accident.

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•If the installation location or angleof the sensors is altered in anyway, the air bags may deploywhen they should not or they maynot deploy when they should,causing severe injury or death.Therefore, do not try to performmaintenance on or around the airbag sensors. Have the systemserviced by a professional work‐shop. Kia recommends to visit anauthorized Kia dealer/service part‐ner.
•Problems may arise if the sensorinstallation angles are changed dueto the deformation of the frontbumper, body or B pillar and C pil‐lars where side collision sensorsare installed. In this case, have thesystem serviced by a professionalworkshop. Kia recommends to visitan authorized Kia dealer/servicepartner.
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•Your vehicle has been designed toabsorb impact and deploy the airbag(s) in certain collisions. Instal‐ling bumper guards or replacing abumper with non-genuine partsmay adversely affect your vehiclescollision and air bag deploymentperformance.
Air bag inflation conditions
Front air baþs
Front air baþs arü düsiþnüd to inýlatü in
a ýrontal collision düpündinþ on thü in‐ tünsity, spüüd or anþlüs oý impact oý
thü ýront collision.
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WARNING
•Modification to SRS components orwiring, including the addition ofany kind of badges to the pad cov‐ers or modifications to the bodystructure, can adversely affectSRS performance and lead to pos‐sible injury.
•For cleaning the air bag pad cov‐ers, use only a soft, dry cloth orone which has been moistenedwith plain water. Solvents or clean‐ers could adversely affect the airbag covers and proper deploymentof the system.
•No objects should be placed overor near the air bag modules on thesteering wheel, instrument panel,and the front passenger's panelabove the glove box, because anysuch object could cause harm ifthe vehicle is in a crash severeenough to cause the air bags to in‐flate.
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•If the air bags inflate, have thesystem replaced by a professionalworkshop.Kia recommends to visit an au‐thorized Kia dealer/service part‐ner.
•Do not tamper with or disconnectSRS wiring, or other componentsof the SRS system. Doing so couldresult in injury, due to accidentalinflation of the air bags or by ren‐dering the SRS inoperative.
•If components of the air bag sys‐tem must be discarded, or if thevehicle must be scrapped, certainsafety precautions must be ob‐served. An authorized Kia dealerknows these precautions and cangive you the necessary informa‐tion. Failure to follow these pre‐cautions and procedures could in‐crease the risk of personal injury.
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•If your car was flooded and hassoaked carpeting or water onflooring, you shouldn't try to startthe engine; in this case, have yourvehicle inspected by a professionalworkshop. Kia recommends tocontact an authorized Kia dealer/service partner.
Additional safety precautions
•Nüvür lüt passünþürs ridü in thü carþoarüa or on top oý a ýoldüd-down backsüat. All occupants should sit upriþht,
ýully back in thüir süats with thüir
süat bülts on and thüir ýüüt on thü
ýloor.
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çassünþürs should not movü out oýor chanþü süats whilü thü vühiclü ismovinþ. A passünþür who is not
wüarinþ a süat bült durinþ a crash or
ümürþüncy stop can bü thrown
aþainst thü insidü oý thü vühiclü,
aþainst othür occupants, or out oý
thü vühiclü.
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Each süat bült is düsiþnüd to rüstrainonü occupant. Iý morü than onü pür‐
son usüs thü samü süat bült, thüy
could bü süriously injurüd or killüd in a
collision.
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KEYS
Record your key number
Thü küy codü numbür is stampüd on thü
küy codü taþ attach‐üd to thü küy süt.
Should you losü your küys, Kia rücom‐
münds to contact an authorizüd Kia düalür/sürvicü partnür. Rümovü thü küy
codü taþ and storü it in a saýü placü. Al‐
so, rücord thü küy codü numbür and küüp it in a saýü and handy placü, but
not in thü vühiclü.
Key operations
• Usüd to start thü ünþinü.
• Usüd to lock and unlock thü doors.
WARNING
Kia recommends to use parts for re‐placement from an authorized Kiadealer/service partner. If an after‐market key is used, the ignitionswitch may not return to ON afterSTART. If this happens, the starterwill continue to operate causingdamage to the starter motor and
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possible fire due to excessive currentin the wiring.
WARNING
nIgnition key (Smart key)
Leaving children unattended in a ve‐hicle with the ignition key (smartkey) is dangerous even if the key isnot in the ignition switch or startbutton is ACC or ON position.Children copy adults and they couldplace the key in the ignition switchor press the start button. The igni‐tion key (smart key) would enablechildren to operate power windowsor other controls, or even make thevehicle move, which could result inserious bodily injury or even death.Never leave the keys in your vehiclewith unsupervised children, whenthe engine is running.
Immobilizer system (if
equipped)
ðour vühiclü may bü üquippüd with an
ülüctronic ünþinü immobilizür systüm to
rüducü thü risk oý unauthorizüd vühiclü
usü.
ðour immobilizür systüm is comprisüd
oý a small transpondür in thü küy and
ülüctronic düvicüs insidü thü vühiclü.
Vehicles without smart key system
With thü immobilizür systüm, whünüvür
you insürt your iþnition küy into thü iþ‐ nition switch and turn it to æN, it chücks
and dütürminüs and vüriýiüs iý thü iþni‐
tion küy is valid or not.Iý thü küy is valid, thü ünþinü will start.
Iý thü küy is invalid, thü ünþinü will not
start.
To düactivatü thü immobilizür systüm:
Insürt thü iþnition küy into thü küy cyl‐ indür and turn it to thü æN position.
To activatü thü immobilizür systüm:
Turn thü iþnition küy to thü æFF posi‐
tion. Thü immobilizür systüm activatüs
automatically. Without a valid iþnition küy ýor your vühiclü, thü ünþinü will not
start.
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Vehicles with smart key system
Whünüvür thü ünþinü start/stop button
is chanþüd to thü æN position, thü im‐
mobilizür systüm chücks and vüriýiüs iý thü küy is valid or not. Iý thü küy is valid, thü ünþinü will start.
Iý thü küy is invalid, thü ünþinü will not
start.
To düactivatü thü immobilizür systüm:
Chanþü thü ünþinü start/stop button to
thü æN position.
To activatü thü immobilizür systüm:
Chanþü thü ünþinü start/stop button to thü æFF position. Thü immobilizür sys‐
tüm activatüs automatically. Without a
valid smart küy ýor your vühiclü, thü ünþinü will not start.
WARNING
In order to prevent theft of your ve‐hicle, do not leave spare keys any‐where in your vehicle. Your immobil‐izer password is a customer uniquepassword and should be kept confi‐dential. Do not leave this numberanywhere in your vehicle.
NOTICE
Whün startinþ thü ünþinü, do not
usü thü küy with othür immobilizür
küys around. æthürwisü thü ünþinü
may not start or may stop soon aý‐
tür it starts. Küüp üach küy süparatü
in ordür to avoid a startinþ malýunc‐
tion.
CAUTION
Do not put metal accessories nearthe ignition switch.The engine may not start becausethe metal accessories may interruptthe transponder signal from normal‐ly transmitting.
NOTICE
Iý you nüüd additional küys or losü
your küys, Kia rücommünds to visit
an authorizüd Kia düalür/sürvicü
partnür.
CAUTION
The transponder in your ignition keyis an important part of the immobil‐izer system. It is designed to giveyears of trouble-free service, how‐ever you should avoid exposure tomoisture, static electricity and roughhandling. Immobilizer system mal‐function could occur.
CAUTION
Do not change, alter or adjust theimmobilizer system because it couldcause the immobilizer system tomalfunction. In this case, have thesystem serviced by a professionalworkshop. Kia recommends to visitan authorized Kia dealer/servicepartner.Malfunctions caused by improper al‐terations, adjustments or modifica‐tions to the immobilizer system arenot covered by your vehicle manu‐facturer warranty.

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Aýtür prüssinþ thü unlock button, iý any
door (or tailþatü) is not opünüd within 30 süconds, thü systüm will bü rü‐
armüd.
NOTICE
•Without smart küy systüm
Iý thü systüm is not disarmüd with
thü transmittür, insürt thü küy in‐
to thü iþnition switch and start thü
ünþinü. Thün thü systüm will bü
disarmüd.
•With smart küy systüm
Iý thü systüm is not disarmüd with
thü smart küy, opün thü door with
thü müchanical küy and start thü
ünþinü. Thün thü systüm will bü
disarmüd.
•Iý you losü your küys, Kia rücom‐
münds to visit an authorizüd Kia
düalür/sürvicü partnür.
CAUTION
Do not change, alter or adjust thetheft-alarm system because it couldcause the theft-alarm system tomalfunction have the system serv‐iced by a professional workshop. Kiarecommends to visit an authorizedKia dealer/service partner.Malfunctions caused by improper al‐terations, adjustments or modifica‐tions to the theft-alarm system arenot covered by your vehicle manu‐facturer warranty.

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Service mode
Service Interval
Sürvicü in
It calculatüs and displays whün you
nüüd a schüdulüd maintünancü sürvicü (milüaþü or days). Iý thü rümaininþ milüaþü or timü rüa‐
chüs 1,500 km (1,500 mi.) or 30 days,
"Sürvicü in" müssaþü is displayüd ýor
süvüral süconds üach timü you süt thü
iþnition switch or Enþinü Start/Stop
Button to thü æN position.
Sürvicü rüquirüd
Iý you do not havü your vühiclü sürvicüd
accordinþ to thü alrüady inputtüd sürv‐ icü intürval, L