2018 KIA SOUL refrigerant type

Features of your vehicle
112
4
✽
✽
NOTICE
• Replace the filter every 15,000
miles or once a year.
If the vehicle is being driven in
severe conditions such as dusty or
rough roads, more frequent air
conditioner filter inspections and
changes are required.
• When the air flow rate suddenly decreases, the system should be
checked at an authorized Kia
dealer.
Air Conditioning refrigerant
label
❈ The actual Air Conditioning refrigerant
label in the vehicle may differ from the
illustration.
Each symbols and specification on
air conditioning refrigerant label
means as below ;
1. Classification of refrigerant
2. Amount of refrigerant
3. Classification of Compressor lubri- cant
Refer to chapter 8 for more detail
location of air conditioning refrigerant
label.
OXM063009
■
Example
CAUTION- Proper Oil &
Refrigerant
It is important that the correcttype and amount of oil andrefrigerant is used, otherwisedamage to the vehicle and injurymay occur. To prevent damage,the air conditioning system inyour vehicle should only beserviced by trained and certifiedtechnicians.

4113
Features of your vehicle
Checking the amount of air
conditioner refrigerant and
compressor lubricant
When the amount of refrigerant is
low, the performance of the air con-
ditioning is reduced. Overfilling also
has a negative impact on the air con-
ditioning system. Therefore, if abnor-
mal operation is found, have the sys-
tem inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer.
✽ ✽NOTICE
It is important that the correct type
and amount of oil and refrigerant is
used. Otherwise, damage to the
compressor and abnormal system
operation may occur.
WARNING
The oil and refrigerant in your
vehicle’s air conditioning sys-
tem is under very high pressure.
If proper service procedures are
not followed an explosion may
result. To reduce the risk of seri-
ous injury or death, the air con-
ditioning system in your vehicle
should only be serviced by
trained and certified technicians.

Features of your vehicle
126
4
✽
✽
NOTICE
• Replace the filter every 15,000
miles or once a year.
If the vehicle is being driven in
severe conditions such as dusty or
rough roads, more frequent air
conditioner filter inspections and
changes are required.
• When the air flow rate suddenly decreases, the system should be
checked at an authorized Kia
dealer.
Air Conditioning refrigerant
label
❈ The actual Air Conditioning refrigerant
label in the vehicle may differ from the
illustration.
Each symbols and specification on
air conditioning refrigerant label
means as below ;
1. Classification of refrigerant
2. Amount of refrigerant
3. Classification of Compressor lubri- cant
Refer to chapter 8 for more detail
location of air conditioning refrigerant
label.
OXM063009
■
Example
CAUTION- Proper Oil &
Refrigerant
It is important that the correcttype and amount of oil and refrig-erant is used, otherwise damageto the vehicle may occur. To pre-vent damage, the air conditioningsystem in your vehicle shouldonly be serviced by trained andcertified technicians.

4127
Features of your vehicle
Checking the amount of air
conditioner refrigerant and
compressor lubricant
When the amount of refrigerant is
low, the performance of the air con-
ditioning is reduced. Overfilling also
has a negative impact on the air con-
ditioning system.
Therefore, if abnormal operation is
found, have the system inspected by
an authorized Kia dealer.
✽ ✽NOTICE
It is important that the correct type
and amount of oil and refrigerant is
used. Otherwise, damage to the
compressor and abnormal system
operation may occur.
WARNING
The oil and refrigerant in your
vehicle's air conditioning sys-
tem is under very high pres-
sure. If proper service proce-
dures are not followed an explo-
sion may result. To reduce the
risk of serious injury or death,
the air conditioning system in
your vehicle should only be
serviced by trained and certi-
fied technicians.

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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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