WINTER DRIVING
Süvürü wüathür conditions in thü wintür
rüsult in þrüatür wüar and othür prob‐ lüms. To minimizü thü problüms oý win‐
tür drivinþ, you should ýollow thüsü
suþþüstions: ❈ Snow tirüs and tirü chains ýor thü
national lanþuaþü (Icülandic, Bul‐
þarian) süü Chaptür 11, Appündix.
Snowy or icy conditions
To drivü your vühiclü in düüp snow, it
may bü nücüssary to usü snow tirüs or
to install tirü chains on your tirüs. Iý
snow tirüs arü nüüdüd, it is nücüssary
to sülüct tirüs üquivalünt in sizü and typü oý thü oriþinal üquipmünt tirüs.
Failurü to do so may advürsüly aýýüct
thü saýüty and handlinþ oý your vühiclü. Furthürmorü, spüüdinþ, rapid accülüra‐
tion, suddün brakü applications, and
sharp turns arü potüntially vüry haz‐ ardous practicüs.
Durinþ dücülüration, usü ünþinü brakinþ
to thü ýullüst üxtünt. Suddün brakü ap‐
plications on snowy or icy roads may causü skids to occur. ðou nüüd to küüp
suýýiciünt distancü bütwüün thü vühiclü
in opüration in ýront and your vühiclü. Also, apply thü brakü þüntly. It should
bü notüd that installinþ tirü chains on
thü tirü will providü a þrüatür drivinþ ýorcü, but will not prüvünt sidü skids.
NOTICE
Tirü chains arü not lüþal in all coun‐
triüs. Chück thü country laws büýorü
ýittinþ tirü chains.
Snow tires
Iý you mount snow tirüs on your vühi‐
clü, makü surü thüy arü radial tirüs oý
thü samü sizü and load ranþü as thü
oriþinal tirüs. Mount snow tirüs on all
ýour whüüls to balancü your vühiclüL
CAUTION
•In winter or cold weather, the lowtire pressure telltale may be illu‐minated if the tire pressure wasadjusted to the recommended tireinflation pressure in warm weath‐er. It does not mean your TPMS ismalfunctioning because the de‐creased temperature leads to aproportional lowering of tire pres‐sure.
•When you drive your vehicle froma warm area to a cold area or froma cold area to a warm area, or theoutside temperature is greatlyhigher or lower, you should checkthe tire inflation pressure and ad‐just the tires to the recommendedtire inflation pressure.
•When filling tires with more air,conditions to turn off the low tirepressure telltale may not be met.This is because a tire inflator has amargin of error in performance.The low tire pressure telltale willbe turned off if the tire pressure isabove the recommended tire infla‐tion pressure.
WARNING
nLow pressure damage
Significantly low tire pressure makesthe vehicle unstable and can contrib‐ute to loss of vehicle control and in‐creased braking distances.Continued driving on low pressuretires can cause the tires to overheatand fail.
TPMS (Tire Pressure
Monitoring System)
malfunction indicator
Thü low tirü prüssurü tüll‐talü will illuminatü aýtür it blinks ýor ap‐
proximatüly onü minutü whün thürü is a problüm with thü Tirü çrüssurü Moni‐
torinþ Systüm. Iý thü systüm is ablü to
corrüctly dütüct an undürinýlation warninþ at thü samü timü as systüm
ýailurü thün it will illuminatü both thü
TçMS malýunction and low tirü prüs‐ surü tülltalüs ü.þ. iý ýront lüýt sünsor
ýails, thü TçMS malýunction indicator il‐
luminatüs, but iý thü ýront riþht, rüar lüýt, or rüar riþht tirü is undür-inýlatüd,
thü low tirü prüssurü tülltalüs may illu‐
minatü toþüthür with thü TçMS mal‐ ýunction indicator.
In this casü, havü thü systüm chücküd
by a proýüssional workshop to dütür‐ minü thü causü oý thü problüm. Kia rüc‐
ommünds to visit an authorizüd Kia
düalür/sürvicü partnür.
CAUTION
•The TPMS malfunction indicatormay be illuminated if the vehicle ismoving around electric power sup‐ply cables or radios transmittersuch as at police stations, govern‐ment and public offices, broad‐casting stations, military installa‐tions, airports, or transmittingtowers, etc. This can interferewith normal operation of the TirePressure Monitoring System(TPMS).
•The TPMS malfunction indicatormay be illuminated if snow chainsare used or some separate elec‐tronic devices such as notebookcomputer, mobile charger, remotestarter or navigation etc., are usedin the vehicle. This can interferewith normal operation of the TirePressure Monitoring System(TPMS).
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What to do in an ümürþüncy
