2019 KIA CADENZA brake fluid

Maintenance
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CHECKING FLUID LEVELS
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 the engine oil level
1. Be sure the vehicle is on level
ground.
2. Start the engine and allow it to reach normal operating tempera-
ture.
3. Turn the engine off and wait for a few minutes (about 5 minutes) for
the oil to return to the oil pan.
4. Pull the dipstick out, wipe it clean, and reinsert it fully. 5. Pull the dipstick out again and
check the level. The level should
be between F and L.
CAUTION - Replacing
engine oil
Do not overfill the engine oil. Itmay damage the engine.
WARNING- Radiator hose
Be very careful not to touch the
radiator hose when checking or
adding the engine oil as it may
be hot enough to burn you.
OYG076007
■Gasoline Engine (Lambda 3.3L - GDI)
ENGINE OIL

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BRAKE FLUID
Checking the brake fluid level
Check the fluid level in the reservoir
periodically. The fluid level should be
between MAX (Maximum) and MIN
(Minimum) marks on the side of the
reservoir.
Before removing the reservoir cap
and adding brake fluid, clean the
area around the reservoir cap thor-
oughly to prevent brake fluid contam-
ination.If the level is low, add fluid to the
MAX (Maximum) level. The level will
fall with accumulated mileage. This is
a normal condition associated with
the wear of brake linings. If the fluid
level is excessively low, have the
brake system checked by an author-
ized Kia dealer.
Use only the specified brake fluid.
(Refer to “Recommended lubricantsand capacities” in chapter 8.)
Never mix different types of fluid.
In the event the brake system
requires frequent additions of fluid,
the vehicle should be inspected by
an authorized Kia dealer.
When changing and adding brake
fluid, handle it carefully. Do not let it
come in contact with your eyes. If
brake fluid should come in contact
with your eyes, immediately flush
them with a large quantity of fresh
tap water. Have your eyes examined
by a doctor as soon as possible.
Brake fluid, which has been exposed
to open air for an extended time
should never be used as its quality
cannot be guaranteed. It should be
disposed of properly.
OYG076015CAUTION - Brake fluid
Do not allow brake fluid to con-tact the vehicle's body paint, aspaint damage will result.
CAUTION - Proper fluid
Only use brake fluid in brakesystem. Small amounts ofimproper fluids (such as engineoil) can cause damage to thebrake system.

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Do a thorough washing of theundercarriage at the end of the
winter.
Use professional service techni- cians or governmental inspection
stations to annually inspect for cor-
rosion.
Immediately seek an inspection of your vehicle if you become visually
aware of corrosion flaking or scal-
ing or if you become aware of a
change in vehicle performance,
such as soft or spongey brakes,
fluids leaking, impairment of direc-
tional control, suspension noises
or rattling metal straps.Aluminum wheel maintenance
The aluminum wheels are coated
with a clear protective finish.
Do not use any abrasive cleaner,polishing compound, solvent, or
wire brushes on aluminum wheels.
They may scratch the finish.
Clean the wheel when it has cooled.
Use only a mild soap or neutral detergent, and rinse thoroughly
with water. Also, be sure to clean
the wheels after driving on salted
roads. This helps prevent corro-
sion.
Avoid washing the wheels with highspeed vehicle wash brushes.
Do not use any alkaline or acid detergents It may damage and cor-
rode the aluminum wheels coated
with a clear protective finish.
Corrosion protection
Protecting your vehicle from corrosion
By using the most advanced design
and construction practices to combat
corrosion, we produce vehicles of
the highest quality. However, this is
only part of the job. To achieve the
long-term corrosion resistance your
vehicle can deliver, the owner's
cooperation and assistance is also
required.
Common causes of corrosion
The most common causes of corro-
sion on your vehicle are:
Road salt, dirt and moisture that isallowed to accumulate underneath
the vehicle.
Removal of paint or protective coatings by stones, gravel, abra-
sion or minor scrapes and dents
which leave unprotected metal
exposed to corrosion.

Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
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RECOMMENDED LUBRICANTS AND CAPACITIES
To help achieve proper engine and powertrain performance and durability, use only lubricants of the proper quality.
The correct lubricants also help promote engine efficiency that results in improved fuel economy.
These lubricants and fluids are recommended for use in your vehicle.
*1: Refer to the recommended SAE viscosity numbers on the next page.
*2: Engine oils labeled Energy Conserving Oil are now available. Along with other additional benefits, they contribute to fuel economy by reducing the amount of fuel necessary to overcome engine friction. Often, these improvements are difficult to measure in everyday driving, but in a year’s
time, they can offer significant cost and energy savings.
*
3: If the ACEA A5 engine oil is not available in your country, you are able to use API service SM or above, ILSAC GF-4 or above, ACEA A3
LubricantVolume Classification
Engine oil *1*2
(drain and refill)
Recommends
3.3L GDI6.87 US qt (6.5 liter)ACEA A5 *3or above
API SM or above, ILSAC GF-4 or above
Automatic transmission
fluid 3.3L GDI
7.39 US qt. (7.0 liter)ATF SP-IV
(Recommended Kia genuine, Michang, SK, NOCA,
S-OIL)
Coolant 3.3L GDI
8.98 US qt. (8.5 liter) Mixture of antifreeze and distilled water
(Ethylene glycol base coolant for aluminum radiator)
Brake fluid
0.74 ~ 0.85 US qt. (0.7 ~ 0.8 liter) FMVSS116 DOT-3 or DOT-4
Fuel
18.5 US gal. (70l) Unleaded gasoline

Index
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Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-39Adding equipment to or modifying your air bag-equipped vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54
How does the air bag system operate? . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
SRS care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-64\
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26\
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-160 Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-160
AUX, USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-162
Steering wheel audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-161
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128 Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-129 Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant and
compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Automatic transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Automatic ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-33 For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Blind-spot Collision Warning (BCW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84 BCW (Blind-spot Collision Warning) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-85
Driver's Attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-91
RCCW (Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning) . . . 5-87
Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist (BCA) . . . . . . 5-93
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23\
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
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Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Auto hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Parking brake - Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
California perchlorate notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28 Children always in the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Installing a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-32
Selecting a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-29
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
145 To cancel or reset the automatic ventilation . . . . . 4-145
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Consumer assistance (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10 Emergency roadside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Registering your vehicle in a foreign country . . . . . 8-12 Toll free consumer assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Trip interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53 To cancel cruise control, do one of the following . . 5-55
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
To increase cruise control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 20 mph (30 km/h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on . 5-55
To turn cruise control off, do one of the following . 5-56
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-163 FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-163
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
127 Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
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Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
16 Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-17
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-16
Drive mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-76 Conditions that limit active ECO mode . . . . . . . . . . 5-77
Drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-76
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Index
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Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Vehicle data collection and event data recorders . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-122Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-125
Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-122
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-126
Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93 Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126 Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-32 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142 Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-118
Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-121
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . 5-120
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-120
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . 5-120
Don’t let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-121
Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . 5-121
Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-118
To keep locks from freezing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-121
Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12\
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Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant. . . . . . . . 5-120
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30 Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120 Front windshield washers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
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