2018 KIA NIRO PLUG-IN HYBRID steering wheel

What to do in an emergency
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Emergency towing precautions
Turn the ignition switch to ACC so
the steering wheel isn’t locked.
Place the transaxle shift lever in N (Neutral).
Release the parking bake.
Press the brake pedal with more force than normal since you will
have reduced brake performance.
More steering effort will be required because the power steer-
ing system will be disabled.
If you are driving down a long hill, the brakes may overheat and brake
performance will be reduced. Stop
often and let the brakes cool off. If the car is being towed with all
four wheels on the ground, it can
be towed only from the front. Be
sure that the transaxle is in neutral.
Be sure the steering is unlocked by
placing the ignition switch in the
ACC position. A driver must be in
the towed vehicle to operate the
steering and brakes.
CAUTION - Dual clutchtransmission
To avoid serious damage to the
dual clutch transmission, limitthe vehicle speed to 10 mph(15 km/h) and drive less than 1mile (1.5 km) when towing.
Before towing, check the dual clutch transmission for fluidleaks under your vehicle. If thedual clutch transmission fluidis leaking, flatbed equipmentor a towing dolly must beused.

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Maintenance
OWNER MAINTENANCE
The following lists are vehicle checks
and inspections that should be per-
formed by the owner or an author-
ized Kia dealer at the frequencies
indicated to help ensure safe,
dependable operation of your vehi-
cle.
Any adverse conditions should be
brought to the attention of your deal-
er as soon as possible.
These Owner Maintenance Checks
are generally not covered by war-
ranties and you may be charged for
labor, parts and lubricants used.Owner maintenance schedule
When you stop for fuel:
Check the engine oil level.
Check the coolant level in coolantreservoir.
Check the windshield washer fluid level.
Look for low or under-inflated tires.
While operating your vehicle:
Note any changes in the sound of the exhaust or any smell of
exhaust fumes in the vehicle.
Check for vibrations in the steering wheel. Notice any increased steer-
ing effort or looseness in the steer-
ing wheel, or change in its straight-
ahead position.
Notice if your vehicle constantly turns slightly or “pulls” to one side
when traveling on smooth, level
road.
When stopping, listen and check for unusual sounds, pulling to one
side, increased brake pedal travel
or “hard-to-push” brake pedal.
If any slipping or changes in the operation of your transaxle occurs,
check the transaxle fluid level.
Check the dual clutch transmission P (Park) function.
Check the parking brake.
Check for fluid leaks under your vehicle (water dripping from the air
conditioning system during or after
use is normal).
WARNING- Hot coolant
Be careful when checking your
engine coolant level when the
engine is hot. Scalding hot
coolant and steam may blow
out under pressure.
WARNING
When you open the engine
hood, turn the Hybrid system
off. If not, it may result in death
or serious injury because of the
high voltage flow.

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Maintenance
Exhaust pipe and muffler
Visually inspect the exhaust pipes,
muffler and hangers for cracks, dete-
rioration, or damage. Start the
engine and listen carefully for any
exhaust gas leakage. Tighten con-
nections or replace parts as neces-
sary.
Suspension mounting bolts
Check the suspension connections
for looseness or damage. Retighten
to the specified torque.
Steering gear box, linkage &
boots/lower arm ball joint
With the vehicle stopped and engine
off, check for excessive free-play in
the steering wheel.
Check the linkage for bends or dam-
age. Check the dust boots and ball
joints for deterioration, cracks, or
damage. Replace any damaged
parts.
Drive shafts and boots
Check the drive shafts, boots and
clamps for cracks, deterioration, or
damage. Replace any damaged
parts and, if necessary, repack the
grease.
Air conditioning refrigerant
Check the air conditioning lines and
connections for leakage and dam-
age.When checking engine oil, engine
coolant, brake fluid, and washer fluid,
always be sure to clean the area
around any filler plug, drain plug, or
dipstick before checking or draining
any lubricant or fluid. This is espe-
cially important in dusty or sandy
areas and when the vehicle is used
on unpaved roads. Cleaning the plug
and dipstick areas will prevent dirt
and grit from entering the engine and
other mechanisms that could be
damaged.
CHECKING FLUID LEVELS

Maintenance
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Keep paint and trim in good con-
dition
Scratches or chips in the finish
should be covered with "touch-up"
paint as soon as possible to reduce
the possibility of corrosion. If bare
metal is showing through, the atten-
tion of a qualified body and paint
shop is recommended.
Bird droppings : Bird droppings are
highly corrosive and may damage
painted surfaces in just a few hours.
Always remove bird droppings as
soon as possible.
Don't neglect the interior
Moisture can collect under the floor
mats and carpeting and cause corro-
sion. Check under the mats periodi-
cally to be sure the carpeting is dry.
Use particular care if you carry fertil-
izers, cleaning materials or chemi-
cals in the vehicle.
These should be carried only in prop-
er containers and any spills or leaks
should be cleaned up, flushed with
clean water and thoroughly dried.Interior care
Interior general precautions
Prevent chemicals such as perfume,
cosmetic oil, sun cream, hand clean-
er, and air freshener from contacting
the interior parts because they may
cause damage or discoloration. If
they do contact the interior parts,
wipe them off immediately. If neces-
sary, use a vinyl cleaner, see product
instructions for correct usage.
CAUTION - Electrical
components
Never allow water or other liq-
uids to come in contact withelectrical/electronic compo-nents inside the vehicle as thismay damage them.
CAUTION - Leather
When cleaning leather products(steering wheel, seats etc.), useneutral detergents or low alco-hol content solutions. If you usehigh alcohol content solutionsor acid/alkaline detergents, thecolor of the leather may fade orthe surface may get stripped off.

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Index
Fuel filler lid (Plug-in Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35Opening the fuel filler lid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Fuel gauge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
59
Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-63 Inner panel fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Engine compartment fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . 8-66
Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-69
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-57
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14\
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Gross vehicle weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-89
Headlamp (HID type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 8-94
Headlamp (High/Low beam) bulb replacement . . . . . . 8-95
Headlamp (LED type) replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-95
Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Headlight position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Headrest (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Headrest (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Heated steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46 High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
High mounted stop lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 8-100
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-93
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-32
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Hood open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-47
"Hybrid Battery SOC (State of Charge) Gauge" . . . . . 4-59
Hybrid System Gauge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
If an accident occurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Ignition switch illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Ignition switch position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Important safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53 Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Instrument cluster control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
LCD window control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
57
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
Instrument panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
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Index
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Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . 8-101
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Smart cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-51Speed setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-52
Vehicle to vehicle distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-57
To adjust the sensitivity of smart cruise control . . . 6-60
To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-60
Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-61
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
11 Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Smart key precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-91
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-\
94
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-89 Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-89
Reducing the risk of a rollover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-89
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-91
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-91
Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-92
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-92
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-93
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-93
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-93
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57 SRS Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Starting difficulties, see engine will not start . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Starting the engine - With a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Starting the hybrid system - With an ignition key . . . . . 6-7
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Electric power steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Tilt and telescopic steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-47
Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement. . . . 8-100
Stop and tail lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-97
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-39 Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42\
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-42
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
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Index
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57\
Tail lamp (inside) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-99
Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Disarmed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Tire and loading information label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-98
Tire chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-\
95
Tire pressure monitoring system(TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12 Check tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Low tire pressure position telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Changing a tire with TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
"This device complies with Part15 of the FCC rules.". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48 Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48\
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 8-48
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-49
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-49
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50 Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-53
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-53
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-53
Tire terminology and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-57
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-61
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-61
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-28 Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Removable towing hook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Transmission - Dual clutch transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Trip information (Trip computer,for Plug-in Hybrid) . 4-71
Trip information (Trip computer,for Hybrid) . . . . . . . . 4-64
Turn signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
USB charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-156
User settings mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81
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