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Safety features of your vehicle
A fully inflated air bag, in combina-
tion with a properly worn seat belt,
slows the driver's or the passenger's
forward motion, reducing the risk of
head and chest injury.
After complete inflation, the air bag
immediately starts deflating, enabling
the driver to maintain forward visibility
and the ability to steer or operate
other controls.
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Driver’s front air bag (3)
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Passenger’s front air bag
WARNING- Air bagobstructions
Do not install or place any
accessories on the steering
wheel, instrument panel, or on
the front passenger's panel
above the glove box in a vehi-
cle. Such objects may become
dangerous projectiles if the air
bag deploys.
WARNING- Flying objects
Do not place any objects (an
umbrella, bag, etc.) between the
front door and the front seat.
Such objects may become dan-
gerous projectiles if the side
airbag inflates.
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If the occupant detection system is
not working properly, the SRS air
bag warning light on the instrument
panel will illuminate because the
passenger's front air bag is connect-
ed with the occupant detection sys-
tem. If there is a malfunction of the
occupant detection system, the PAS-
SENGER AIR BAG “OFF” indicator
will not illuminate and the passen-
ger's front air bag will inflate in frontal
impact crashes even if there is no
occupant in the front passenger's
seatDriver's and passenger's front air
bag
Your vehicle is equipped with an
Advanced Supplemental Restraint
(Air Bag) System and lap/shoulder
belts at both the driver and passen-
ger seating position.The indication of the system's pres-
ence are the letters "AIR BAG" locat-
ed on the air bag pad cover on the
steering wheel and the passenger's
side front panel pad above the glove
box.
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The SRS consists of air bags
installed under the pad covers in the
center of the steering wheel and the
passenger's side front panel above
the glove box.
The purpose of the SRS is to provide
the vehicle's driver and/or the front
passenger with additional protection
than that offered by the seat belt sys-
tem alone in case of a frontal impact
of sufficient severity. The SRS uses
sensors to gather information about
the driver's and front passenger's
seat belt usage and impact severity.
The seat belt buckle sensors deter-
mine if the driver and front passen-
ger's seat belts are fastened. These sensors provide the ability to
control the SRS deployment based on
whether or not the seat belts are fas-
tened, and how severe the impact is.
The advanced SRS offers the ability
to control the air bag inflation with
two levels. A first stage level is pro-
vided for moderate-severity impacts.
A second stage level is provided for
more severe impacts.
The passenger’s front air bag is
designed to help reduce the injury of
children sitting close to the instru-
ment panel in low speed collisions.
However, children are safer if they
are restrained in the rear seat.
According to the impact severity and
seat belt usage, the SRSCM (SRS
Control Module) controls the air bag
inflation. Failure to properly wear
seat belts can increase the risk or
severity of injury in an accident.Additionally, your vehicle is equipped
with an occupant detection system in
the front passenger's seat. The occu-
pant detection system detects the
presence of a passenger in the front
passenger's seat and will turn off the
front passenger's air bag under cer-
tain conditions. For more detail, see
"Occupant detection system" in this
chapter.
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Front air bags are not intended to
deploy in side-impact, rear-impact or
rollover crashes. However, when
frontal deployment threshold is satis-
fied at side-impact, front air bags
may deploy. In addition, front air bags
will not deploy in frontal crashes
below the deployment threshold.Side air bag
Your vehicle is equipped with a side
air bag in each front seat. The pur-
pose of the air bag is to provide the
vehicle's driver and/or the front pas-
senger with additional protection than
that offered by the seat belt alone. The side air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side-impact
collisions, depending on the crash
severity, angle, speed and point of
impact. However, when side deploy-
ment threshold is satisfied at front-
impact, side air bags may deploy.
The side air bags may deploy on the side of the impact or on both
side.
The side and/or curtain air bags on both sides of the vehicle will deploy
if a rollover or possible rollover is
detected.
The side air bags are not designed to deploy in all side impact or
rollover situations.
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WARNING- No attaching
objects
No objects (such as crash pad
cover, cellular phone holder, cup
holder, perfume or stickers)
should be placed over or near the
air bag modules on the steering
wheel, instrument panel, wind-
shield glass, and the front pas-
senger's panel above the glove
box. Such objects could cause
harm if the vehicle is in a crash
severe enough to cause the air
bags to deploy. Do not place any
objects over the air bag or
between the air bag and yourself.
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The side air bag is supplemental tothe driver's and the passenger's
seat belt systems and is not a sub-
stitute for them. Therefore your
seat belts must be worn at all times
while the vehicle is in operation.
For best protection from the side air bag system and to avoid being
injured by the deploying side air
bag, both front seat occupants
should sit in an upright position
with the seat belt properly fas-
tened. The driver's hands should
be placed on the steering wheel at
the 9:00 and 3:00 positions. The
passenger's arms and hands
should be placed on their laps. If seat or seat cover is damaged,
have the vehicle checked and
repaired by an authorized Kia deal-
er. Inform the dealer that your vehi-
cle is equipped with side air bags
and an occupant detection system.
WARNING- Unexpected
deployment
Avoid impact to the side impact
airbag sensor when the ignition
switch is ON to prevent unex-
pected deployment of the side
air bag.WARNING- Deployment
Do not install any accessories
including seat covers, on the
side or near the side air bag as
this may affect the deployment
of the side air bags.
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Air bags may not inflate if the vehi-cle collides with objects such as
utility poles or trees, where the
point of impact is concentrated to
one area and the full force of the
impact is not delivered to the sen-
sors.
SRS Care
The SRS is virtually maintenance-
free and so there are no parts you can
safely service by yourself. If the SRS
air bag warning light does not illumi-
nate, or continuously remains on,
have your vehicle immediately
inspected by an authorized Kia dealer.
Any work on the SRS system, such
as removing, installing, repairing, or
any work on the steering wheel, the
front passenger’s panel, front seats
and roof rails must be performed by
an authorized Kia dealer. Improper
handling of the SRS system may
result in serious personal injury. For cleaning the air bag pad covers,
use only a soft, dry cloth or one
which has been moistened with plain
water. Solvents or cleaners could
adversely affect the air bag covers
and proper deployment of the sys-
tem.
If components of the air bag system
must be discarded, or if the vehicle
must be scrapped, certain safety
precautions must be observed. An
authorized Kia dealer knows these
precautions and can give you the
necessary information. Failure to fol-
low these precautions and proce-
dures could increase the risk of per-
sonal injury.
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Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62\
• Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
• Tilting the sunroof (for front sunroof) . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
• Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
65
• Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
• Rear sunroof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
• Sunroof open warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
• Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
• Electric power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
• Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
• Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69
• Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-70
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71\
• Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
• Outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-82
• Instrument Cluster Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
• LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
• Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-84
• Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
LCD Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
• LCD Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
• Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
• User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92• Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
• SCC/LDWS Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
• A/V Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
96
• Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
• Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-103
• Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
104
• Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
• Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
• One time driving information mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
• Operation of the rear parking assist system . . . . . . 4-121
• Non-operational conditions of rear parking
assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
• Rear parking assist system precautions . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
• Operation of the parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
• Non-operational conditions of parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
• Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
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Features of your vehicle
Power steering (if equipped)
Power steering uses energy from the
engine to assist you in steering the
vehicle. If the engine is off or if the
power steering system becomes
inoperative, the vehicle may still be
steered, but it will require increased
steering effort.
Should you notice any change in the
effort required to steer during normal
vehicle operation, have the power
steering checked by an authorized
Kia dealer.If the power steering drive belt
breaks or if the power steering pump
malfunctions, the steering effort will
greatly increase.
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NOTICE
• If the vehicle is parked for extend-
ed periods outside in cold weather
(below -10°C/14°F), the power
steering may require increased
effort when the engine is first
started. This is caused by
increased fluid viscosity due to the
cold weather and does not indicate
a malfunction.
When this happens, increase the
engine RPM by depressing the
accelerator until the RPM reaches
1,500 rpm then release or let the
engine idle for two or three min-
utes to warm up the fluid.
Electric power steering
(if equipped)
Power steering uses the motor to
assist you in steering the vehicle. If
the engine is off or if the power steer-
ing system becomes inoperative, the
vehicle may still be steered, but it will
require increased steering effort.
The motor driven power steering is
controlled by the power steering con-
trol unit which senses the steering
wheel torque and vehicle speed to
command the motor.
The steering wheel becomes heavier
as the vehicle’s speed increases and
becomes lighter as the vehicle’s
speed decreases for better control of
the steering wheel.
Should you notice any change in the
effort required to steer during normal
vehicle operation, have the power
steering checked by an authorized
Kia dealer.
STEERING WHEEL
CAUTION - Power
steering pump
Never hold the steering wheel to
the extreme right or left for morethan 5 seconds with the enginerunning. Holding the steeringwheel for more than 5 seconds ineither position may cause dam-age to the power steering pump.