2018 KIA FORTE warning

Maintenance
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7
Do not operate the engine in con-
fined or closed areas (such as
garages) any more than what is
necessary to move the vehicle in or
out of the area.
When the vehicle is stopped in an open area for more than a short
time with the engine running,
adjust the ventilation system (as
needed) to draw outside air into the
vehicle.
Never sit in a parked or stopped vehicle for any extended time with
the engine running.
When the engine stalls or fails to start, excessive attempts to restart
the engine may cause damage to
the emission control system.Operating precautions for catalyt-
ic converters (if equipped)
Your vehicle is equipped with a cat-
alytic converter emission control
device.
Therefore, the following precautions
must be observed: Use only UNLEADED FUEL for
gasoline 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 an 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.
WARNING- Fire
Do not park, idle or drive the vehicle over or near flamma-
ble objects, such as grass,
vegetation, paper, leaves, etc.
A hot exhaust system can
ignite flammable items under
your vehicle.
Also, do not remove the heat sink around the exhaust sys-
tem, do not seal the bottom of
the vehicle or do not coat the
vehicle for corrosion control.
It may present a fire risk under
certain conditions.
WARNING- Catalytic
converter
Keep away from the catalytic
converter and exhaust system
while the vehicle is running or
immediately thereafter. The
exhaust and catalytic systems
are very hot and may burn you.

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Air bag-supplemental restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34Adding equipment to or modifying your airbag- equipped vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
Air bag warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Driver's and passenger's front air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
How does the air bag system operate . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Occupant detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Side air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
SRS Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57\
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Why didn’t my air bag go off in a collision? (Inflation and non-inflation conditions of the air bag) . . . . . . 3-52
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
40 Filter replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93
Interior care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-98
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
AUX, USB and iPod
®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
Glass antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
How vehicle audio works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Steering wheel audio controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119 Automatic heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
Automatic transaxle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18 Automatic transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Autonomous emergency braking (AEB) / Forward collision warning (FCW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47 AEB warning message and system control . . . . . . . 5-49
Brake operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Recognizing pedestrians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Sensor to detect the distance from the vehicle in front (front radar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-47 Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Blind spot detection system (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-74
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Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7Recommended SAE viscosity number . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Remote keyless entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Scheduled maintenance service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 3-2 Driver position memory system (for power seat). . . . 3-8
Front seat adjustment - manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Headrest (for front seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 3-17 Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Seat belt precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17 Smart key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-6
Smart key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Smart trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24\
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84 Driving at night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-85
Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-86
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-86
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-87
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-87
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-85
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 Starting the engine with a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Starting the engine with an ignition key . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46 Electric power steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
FLEX STEER (5 Door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-47
Tilt and telescoping steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Storage compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Luggage tray (5 Door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45\
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Tailgate (5 Door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28 Opening the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Closing the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Emergency tailgate safety release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Disarmed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50 All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-61
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Low aspect ratio tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-62
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-62
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-50
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-62
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-61
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Tire maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55 Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Tire traction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-53
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-22 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Removable towing hook (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Trunk (4 Door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22 Opening the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Vehicle data collection and event data recorders . . . . . . 1-7
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-91 Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-94
Tire and loading information label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-91
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96 Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
GAW (Gross axle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
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GAWR (Gross axle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
GVW (Gross vehicle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
GVWR (Gross vehicle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80 Indicator Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Weight/volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107 Headlamp welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Interior light welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Puddle lamp and pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-31 Power windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Windshield defrosting and defogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-88 Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-90
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . . 5-89
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . . 5-89 Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . . 5-90
Don't let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-90
Snowy or Icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-88
To keep locks from freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant . . . . . . . . . 5-89
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44 Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100 Rear window wiper and washer switch (5 Door) . . 4-102
Windshield washers (front). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
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