2018 KIA SOUL service

Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
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Registering your vehicle in a foreign country
If you plan to register your vehicle in a foreign country,
you should confirm that it conforms to the regulations in
that country. Even if you successfully register the vehicle
in a foreign country, you may experience the following
problems and should therefore consider the possibility of
having to deal with them:
1. The fuel specified for your vehicle may be unavailable.
If other than the specified fuel is used, it could cause
damage to the engine, the fuel injection system, and
other fuel-related parts which may not be covered
under your New Vehicle Emissions Limited Warranty.
2. We must, therefore, clearly state that when you leave the country in which you purchased your Kia new and
register it in another country, problems arising from the
use of fuel other than the specified fuel are not subject
to manufacturer’s warranty. Because vehicles like
yours may not be marketed in the new country of reg-
istration, parts, servicing techniques and tools neces-
sary to maintain and repair your vehicle may be
unavailable.
Even if vehicles like yours are sold there, mechanical
specifications required by the government may vary
enough from the country of purchase to cause addi-
tional problems. 3. There may not be an Authorized Kia Dealer in the area
in which you plan to register your vehicle. You may
additionally experience difficulty in obtaining services
in a foreign country for any number of reasons.
Further, we cannot assume any responsibility for prob-
lems that result from unsatisfactory service or lack of
service outside of the United States.

If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could
cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should
immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Kia
Motors America, Inc.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an
investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a
group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy cam-
paign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in indi-
vidual problems between you, your dealer, or Kia Motors
America, Inc.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety
Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-
9153); go to http://www.safercar.gov; download the safer-
car mobile application; or write to: Administrator, NHTSA,
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., West Building, Washington,
DC 20590. You can also obtain other information about
motor vehicle safety from http://www.safercar.gov.The following publications are available on
www.KiaTechinfo.com.
Service manual:
This manual covers maintenance and recommended pro-
cedures for repair to engine and chassis components. It
is written for the Journeyman mechanic, but is simple
enough for most mechanically inclined owners to under-
stand.
Electrical troubleshooting manual:
This manual complements the Service Manual by provid-
ing indepth troubleshooting information for each electrical
circuit in your vehicle.
Owner's manual:
This manual describes the overall features and operating
procedures for the vehicle.
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS
(U.S. ONLY)
ONLINE FACTORY AUTHORIZED MANUALS
(U.S. ONLY)
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Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects

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Index
Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-56
Sensor to detect the distance from the vehicle in front (front radar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-53
System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-54
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-48
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 8-56 Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-57
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-56
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-58
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Blind spot detection system (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-91 BSD (Blind Spot Detection)/LCA (Lane Change Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-92
Driver's Attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-97
RCTA (Rear cross traffic alert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-95
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-46
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-46
Parking brake - Hand type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37 Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45
Brake/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45 Checking the brake/clutch* fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
California perchlorate notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-117
Capacity/weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
Child restraint system (CRS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31 Children Always in the Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Installing a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-35
Selecting a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-32
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
132
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
Consumer assistance (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Cruise Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-62 Cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-63
To cancel cruise control, do one of the following . . 6-65
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-64
To increase cruise control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-64
To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 20 mph (30 km/h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-65
To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-63
BC

Index
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Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
50
Instrument cluster control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
LCD display control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Instrument panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Interior features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136 Cargo area cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
Luggage net holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
Rear seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Seat air ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96 Glove box lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Interior lamp AUTO cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
Luggage room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
Portable lamp usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Interior overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 4-4
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Ignition switch position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Illuminated ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Lane departure warning system (LDWS) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-85 The LDWS does not operate when . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-89
The LDWS may not warn you even if the vehicle leaves the lane, or may warn you even if the
vehicle does not leave the lane when. . . . . . . . . . . 6-89
Warning indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-88
LCD display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56 LCD modes (for Type B cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Service mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
Turn by turn mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
User settings mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64K
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Index
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-22Closing the liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Emergency liftgate safety release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Opening the liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-88\
Back-up lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-100
Bulb replacement precaution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-88
Front fog lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-96
Front side marker bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-95
Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-93
Glove box lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-104
Headlamp (HID type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-90
Headlamp (Low/High beam) bulb replacement . . . . 8-91
High mounted stop lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-102
High mounted stop lamp bulb replacement . . . . . 8-101
License plate lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . 8-102
Light bulb position (Front). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-89
Light bulb position (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-90
Luggage lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-104
Map lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-102
Position lamp + DRL (LED type) bulb replacement . 8-96
Rear turn signal lamp bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-98
Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-103
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 8-97
Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . 8-101
Stop and tail lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-99
Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . 8-105 Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-88
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
Headlamp escort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Manual climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103 Air conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Manual transaxle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14 Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Manual transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-43 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
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Index
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Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. Only) . . . . . . 9-16
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 Closing the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37\
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48
Rear camera display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 Recommended sae viscosity number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Reporting safety defects (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-18
Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Seat belt precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 3-4 Front seat adjustment - manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Smart cruise control system (SCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-67 Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-78
Speed setting (SCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-69
To adjust the sensitivity of smart cruise control . . . 6-77
To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-77
Vehicle to vehicle distance setting (SCC) . . . . . . . . 6-73
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
10 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Smart key immobilizer system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
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Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-105Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-107
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-108
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-108
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-109
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-105
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-109
Reducing the risk of a rollover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-105
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-106
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-107
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39 Electric power steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Flex steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-41
Tilt and telescopic steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 Changing a tire with TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. 7-14 Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-59
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-71
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-73
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-72
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 8-59
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-71
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-71
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-59\
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-71
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-63
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-61
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-62
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-32 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Removable towing hook (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68 Accumulated info display (for Type B cluster) . . . . 4-71
Drive info display (for Type B cluster) . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Fuel economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
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