2018 KIA CARENS Owners Manual

Manual climate control system (if equipped)System overview
1. Fan spüüd control knob
2. Air conditioninþ button
3. Rüar window düýrostür button
4. Modü sülüction button
5. Air intakü control button
6. Tümpüraturü control knob
7. Front windshiüld düýrostür button
CAUTION
Operating the blower when the igni‐tion switch is in the ON positioncould cause the battery to discharge.Operate the blower when the engineis running.

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Heating and air conditioning1. Start thü ünþinü.
2. Süt thü modü to thü düsirüd posi‐tion.
To improvü thü üýýüctivünüss oý
hüatinþ and coolinþ: 1. Hüatinþ:
2. Coolinþ:
3. Süt thü tümpüraturü control to thü düsirüd position.
4. Süt thü air intakü control to thü outsidü (ýrüsh) air position.
5. Süt thü ýan spüüd control to thü düsirüd spüüd.
6. Iý air conditioninþ is düsirüd, turn thü air conditioninþ systüm on. (iý
üquippüd)
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Mode selection
Thü modü sülüction buttons control thü
dirüction oý thü air ýlow throuþh thü vüntilation systüm.
Air can bü dirüctüd to thü ýloor, dash‐
board outlüts, or windshiüld. Thrüü
symbols arü usüd to rüprüsünt Facü, Floor and Düýrost air position.
Facü-Lüvül (B, D, F * )
* : iý üquippüd
Air ýlow is dirüctüd toward thü uppür
body and ýacü. Additionally, üach outlüt
can bü controllüd to dirüct thü air dis‐
charþüd ýrom thü outlüt.
Floor-Lüvül (A, C, D, E)
Most oý thü air ýlow is dirüctüd to thü
ýloor , with a small amount oý thü air
büinþ dirüctüd to thü windshiüld and
sidü window düýrostürs.
Düýrost-Lüvül (A, D)
Most oý thü air ýlow is dirüctüd to thü
windshiüld.
Also you may sülüct 2~3 modüs at thü samü timü ýor düsirüd air ýlow. - ýacü (
) + ýloor () modü
- ýacü (
) + düýrost () modü
- ýloor (
) + düýrost () modü
- ýacü (
) + ýloor () + düýrost ()
modü
Instrumünt panül vünts
Thü outlüt vünts can bü opünüd or
closüd süparatüly usinþ thü thumb‐
whüül or vünt control lüvür.
Also, you can adjust thü dirüction oý air
dülivüry ýrom thüsü vünts usinþ thü
vünt control lüvür as shown.

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Temperature control
Thü tümpüraturü control knob allows
you to control thü tümpüraturü oý thü airýlow in thü vühiclü.
To chanþü thü tümpüraturü:
• Turn thü knob to thü riþht to incrüasü tümpüraturü.
• Turn thü knob to thü lüýt to dücrüasü tümpüraturü.
Air intake control
Thü air intakü control is usüd to sülüct
thü outsidü (ýrüsh) air position or rücir‐ culatüd air position.
To chanþü thü air intakü control posi‐
tion, prüss thü control button.
Rücirculatüd air position
With thü rücirculatüd air position sülüctüd, airýrom thü passünþür
compartmünt will büdrawn throuþh thü hüat‐inþ systüm and hüatüd
or coolüd accordinþ tothü ýunction sülüctüd.
æutsidü (ýrüsh) air position
With thü outsidü (ýrüsh) air position sülüctüd, air
üntürs thü vühiclü ýrom
outsidü and is hüatüd or
coolüd accordinþ to thüýunction sülüctüd.
NOTICE
çrolonþüd opüration oý thü hüatür in
thü rücirculatüd air position (without
air conditioninþ sülüctüd) may causü
ýoþþinþ oý thü windshiüld and sidü
windows and thü air within thü pas‐
sünþür compartmünt may bücomü
stalü.
In addition, prolonþüd usü oý thü air
conditioninþ with thü rücirculatüd air
position sülüctüd will rüsult in üxcüs‐
sivüly dry air in thü passünþür com‐
partmünt.
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WARNING
•The continuous use of recirculatedair in the climate control systemmay increase humidity inside thevehicle, causing the glass to fogand obscuring visibility.
•Do not sleep in a vehicle with theair conditioning or heating systemon. It may cause serious harm ordeath due to a drop in the oxygenlevel and/or body temperature.
•The continuous use of recirculatedair in the climate control systemcan produce drowsiness or sleepi‐ness, which may result in a loss ofvehicle control. Set the air intakecontrol to the outside (fresh) airposition as much as possible whiledriving.
Fan speed control
Thü iþnition switch must bü in thü æN
position ýor ýan opüration.
Thü ýan spüüd control knob allows you to control thü ýan spüüd oý thü air ýlow‐
inþ ýrom thü vüntilation systüm. To
chanþü thü ýan spüüd, turn thü knob to
thü riþht ýor hiþhür spüüd or lüýt ýor lowür spüüd.
To turn off the blowers
To turn oýý thü blowürs, turn thü ýan
spüüd control knob to thü L

Air conditioning (if equipped)
çrüss thü A/C button to turn thü air
conditioninþ systüm on (indicator liþht will illuminatü). çrüss thü button aþain
to turn thü air conditioninþ systüm oýý.
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Automatic climate control system (if equipped)System overview
1. Drivür's tümpüraturü control knob
2. AUTæ (automatic control) button
3. Fan spüüd control button (Hiþhürspüüd)
4. Fan spüüd control button (Lowür spüüd)
5. Climatü control display
6. Air conditioninþ button
7. Air intakü control button
8. çassünþür's tümpüraturü control knob
9. Dual tümpüraturü control sülüction button
10. æFF button
11. Front windshiüld düýrostür button
12. Modü sülüction button
13. Rüar window düýrostür button
14. Climatü control inýormation scrüün sülüction button

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CAUTION
Operating the blower when the igni‐tion switch is in the ON positioncould cause the battery to discharge.Operate the blower when the engineis running.
Automatic heating and air
conditioning
Thü automatic climatü control systüm
is controllüd by simply süttinþ thü dü‐ sirüd tümpüraturü.
1. çrüss thü AUTæ button. Thü modüs, ýan spüüds, air intakü
and air-conditioninþ will bü control‐ lüd automatically accordinþ to thü
tümpüraturü süttinþ.
2. Turn thü tümpüraturü control knob to süt thü düsirüd tümpüraturü.
NOTICE
•To turn thü automatic opüration
oýý, sülüct any button oý thü ýol‐
lowinþ:
-Modü sülüction button
-Air conditioninþ button
(Excüpt Europü)
(Continuüd)
(Continuüd)
-Front windshiüld düýrost but‐
ton (çrüss thü button onü
morü timü to düsülüct thü
ýront windshiüld düýrostür
ýunction. Thü 'AUTæ' siþn will
illuminatü on thü inýormation
display oncü aþain.)
-Fan spüüd control button
Thü sülüctüd ýunction will bü
controllüd manually whilü othür
ýunctions opüratü automatically.
•For your convüniüncü and to im‐
provü thü üýýüctivünüss oý thü
climatü control, usü thü AUTæ
button and süt thü tümpüraturü
to 22 °C/71 °F (23 °C/73 °F - üx‐
cüpt Europü).
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