2018 KIA NIRO PLUG-IN HYBRID parking brake

Maintenance
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NOTICE - NHTSA Safety
Corrosion Alert
NHTSA has warned all vehicle own-
ers of all brands that they must main-
tain their vehicles in a manner which
will prevent brake hose and brake line
failures due to corrosion when such
vehicles are exposed to winter road
salt and related chemicals. While seri-
ous corrosion conditions typically only
manifest themselves as safety issues
after 7 years of vehicle use, the corro-
sion process starts immediately and
thus underbody cleaning maintenance
must commence from your vehicle's
first exposure to road salts and chem-
icals. NHTSA urges vehicle owners to
take the following steps to prevent
corrosion:
(Continued)(Continued)
1. Wash the undercarriage of your
vehicle regularly throughout the
winter and do a thorough washing
in the spring to remove road salt
and other de-icing chemicals.
2. Monitor the brake system for signs of corrosion by having regu-
lar professional inspections and
watching for signs of problems,
including loss of brake fluid,
unusual leaks and soft or spongy
feel in the brake pedal.
3. Replace the entire brake pipe assembly if you find severe corro-
sion that causes scaling or flaking
of brake components.
Brake fluid
Check the brake fluid level in the
brake fluid reservoir. The level should
be between “MIN” and “MAX” marks
on the side of the reservoir. Use only
hydraulic brake fluid conforming to
DOT 3 or DOT 4 specification.
Parking brake
Inspect the parking brake system
including the parking brake pedal
and cables.
Brake discs, pads, calipers
and rotors
Check the pads for excessive wear,
discs for run out and wear, and
calipers for fluid leakage.

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Maintenance
Checking the parking brake
Check whether the stroke is within
specification when the parking brake
pedal is depressed with 66 lb, 294 N
(30 kg) of force. Also, the parking
brake alone should securely hold the
vehicle on a fairly steep grade. If the
stroke is more or less than specified,
have the parking brake adjusted by
an authorized Kia dealer.
Stroke : 6~7 notch
PARKING BRAKE
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Maintenance
LIGHT BULBS
Bulb replacement precaution
Please keep extra bulbs on hand
with appropriate wattage ratings in
case of emergencies.
Refer to “Bulb Wattage” in chapter 9.
When changing lamps, first turn off
the engine at a safe place, firmly
apply the parking brake and detach
the battery’s negative (-) terminal.
Use only bulbs of the specifiedwattage.✽ ✽ NOTICE
• If the light bulb or lamp connector
is removed while the lamp is still
on, the fuse box's electronic sys-
tem may log it as a malfunction.
Therefore, a lamp malfunction
incident may be recorded as a
Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) in
the fuse box.
• It is normal for an operating lamp to flicker momentarily. This is due
to a stabilization function of the
vehicle’s electronic control device.
If the lamp lights up normally
after momentarily blinking, then
it is functioning as normal.
However, if the lamp continues to
flicker several times or turns off
completely, there may be an error
in the vehicle’s electronic control
device. Please have the vehicle
checked by an authorized Kia
dealer immediately.
WARNING- Working on
the lights
Prior to working on the light,
firmly apply the parking brake,
ensure that the engine
start/stop button is in OFF posi-
tion and turn off the lights to
avoid sudden movement of the
vehicle and burning your fingers
or receiving an electric shock.
CAUTION -Light replace-
ment
Be sure to replace the burned- out bulb with one of the samewattage rating. Otherwise, itmay cause damage to the fuseor electric wiring system.
CAUTION -Headlamp
Lens
To prevent damage, do notclean the headlamp lens withchemical solvents or strongdetergents.

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Index
Back-up lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-100
Battery (Plug-in hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-47
Battery replacement (for smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Before Jump starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Blind Spot Detection System(BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-66 BSD (Blind Spot Detection) /LCA (Lane Change Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-67
RCTA (Rear cross traffic alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-70
Limitations condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-72
Bonnet see the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33\
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23 Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-91
Bulb replacement precaution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-91 Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Button start/stop, see engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . 6-9
California Perchlorate notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-116
Camera (Rear view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Capacities (Lubricants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Care
Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-66
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-105
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-110
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48\
Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
Central door lock switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-101
Chains - Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-95
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-49
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31 "Securing a child restraint withthe LATCH anchors system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37\
"Securing a child restraint seatwith" "Tether Anchor" "system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
"Securing a child restraint with alap/shoulder belt" . 3-39
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
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Fuel lines, fuel hoses and connections . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
Vapor hose and fuel filler cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
Vacuum crankcase ventilation hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Air cleaner filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Coolant (Engine/Inverter). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Dual clutch transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Brake hoses and lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Brake discs, pads, calipers and rotors . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Exhaust pipe and muffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Suspension mounting bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Steering gear box, linkage & boots/lower arm ball joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Drive shafts and boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-105
Exterior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-165 Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-165
Exterior overview (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Exterior overview (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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Flat tire (with Tire Mobility Kit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
"Notes on the safe use of the Tire Mobility Kit" . . . 7-19
Components of the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Using the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Distributing the sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Checking the tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-162
Fluid Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
Engine clutch actuator fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-36
Fog lamp/DRL bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-97
Fog light (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Folding key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
4 Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Folding the outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Folding the rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Front seat adjustment (Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Front seat adjustment (Power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 8-96
Fuel filler lid (Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 Opening the fuel filler lid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34F

Index
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Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Normal maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Maintenance under severe usage conditions . . . . . . 8-21
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Manual mode - Dual clutch transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12\
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Map lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . 8-102
Map lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . 8-102
"Method to disconnect the (-) cable for regular maintenance" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-48 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Electrochromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
"Electric chromatic mirror(ECM) with UVO service" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50\
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Folding the outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Occupant detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
62 Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Online factory authorized manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Outside temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
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Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110 Operation of the parking assist system . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Non-operational conditions of parking assist system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11\
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Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25,8-37 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
Parking light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-155
Power window lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28\
Pre-tensioner seat belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107 Operation of the rear parking assist system . . . . . . 4-107
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