2019 KIA FORTE maintenance schedule

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Maintenance
For mixture percentage, refer to the
following table.Changing the coolant
Have the coolant changed by an
authorized Kia dealer according to
the Maintenance Schedule at the
beginning of this chapter.
Ambient
Temperature Mixture Percentage
(volume)
Antifreeze Water
-15°C (5°F)35 65
-25°C (-13°F)4060
-35°C (-31°F)5050
-45°C (-49°F)6040
WARNING
Radiator cap
Do not remove the radiator cap
when the engine and radiator
are hot. Scalding hot coolant
and steam may blow out under
pressure which may result in
serious injury.
CAUTION
Put a thick cloth or fabric around the radiator cap beforerefilling the coolant in order toprevent the coolant from over-flowing into engine parts suchas the alternator.
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7
✽ ✽
NOTICE
Insert the hinge(1) and engage the
clips when mounting the air cleaner
cover.
Replace the filter according to the
Maintenance Schedule.
If the vehicle is operated in extreme-
ly dusty or sandy areas, replace the
element more often than the usual
recommended intervals. (Refer to
“Maintenance under severe usage
conditions” in this chapter.)
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CAUTION - Air filter
maintenance
Do not drive with the air clean-
er removed; this will result inexcessive engine wear.
When removing the air cleaner filter, be careful that dust ordirt does not enter the airintake, or damage may result.
Use a Kia genuine part. Use of a non-genuine part coulddamage the air flow sensor.
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Maintenance
CLIMATE CONTROL AIR FILTER
Filter inspection
The climate control air filter should
be replaced according to the
Maintenance Schedule. If the vehicle
is operated in severely air-polluted
cities or on dusty rough roads for a
long period, it should be inspected
more frequently and replaced earlier.
When you replace the climate control
air filter, replace it performing the fol-
lowing procedure, and be careful to
avoid damaging other components.1. Open the glove box and removethe stoppers on both sides. 2. With the glove box open, pull the
support strap (1).
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Emergency Trunksafety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-99Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-99
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR: Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system . . . . 7-99
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-100
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-2
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Engine coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
21 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Checking the engine oil level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Engine overheats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Illuminated engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Engine start/stop button illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 Evaporative emission control (including ORVR:
Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system . . . . . 7-99
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-100
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-16 Air cleaner filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Brake discs, pads, calipers and rotors . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Brake hoses and lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17\
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Drive belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Drive shafts and boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Exhaust pipe and muffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Fuel filter (for gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Fuel lines, fuel hoses and connections . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) fluid . . . . . 7-17
Manual transaxle fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Steering gear box, linkage & boots/lower arm ball joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Suspension mounting bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Vacuum crankcase ventilation hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Vapor hose and fuel filler cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91
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Headlamp (High beam) bulb replacement (Headlamp Type A,B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77
Headlamp (LED type) replacement (Headlamp Type C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79
Headlamp (Low beam) bulb replacement (Headlamp Type A,B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75
High mounted stop lamp (bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-85
High mounted stop lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
License plate lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-85
Light bulb position (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-73
Light bulb position (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74
Light bulb position (side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75
Map lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Map lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Position lamp/Day time running lamp (LED type) replacement (Headlamp Type B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79
Rear turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 7-84
Room lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement. . . . . . . . 7-87
Room lamp (LED type) bulb replacement. . . . . . . . 7-88
Side marker (LED type) bulb replacement (Rear combination lamp Type B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-83
Side marker bulb replacement (Headlamp Type A,B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78
Side repeater lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . 7-80
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-80
Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement (Rear combination lamp Type B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-83
Stop and tail lamp/side marker (Bulb type) bulb replacement (Rear combination lamp Type A) . . . 7-81
Tail lamp (inside) (Bulb type) bulb replacement (Rear combination lamp Type A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82
Trunk room lamp replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-89
Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-88
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-100 Auto light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Headlight position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
High beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
Parking & Tail light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
"Lower Anchors and Tether forChildren (LATCH) System" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37\
Lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Maintenance Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . 7-16
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
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Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
Maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 Maintenance under severe usage conditions - Non turbo models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Normal maintenance schedule - Non turbo models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115 Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
Manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18 Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Manual transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Map lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Map lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-51 Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
ElectroChromic Mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Folding the outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51 Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Non-inflation conditions (Air bags) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-66
Occupant Detection System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
60
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Opening the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Outside Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
6-7
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Parking & Tail light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
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Parking distance warning-reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96Non-operational conditions of parking distance warning-reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Operation of the parking distance warning-reverse . 4-96
parking distance warning-reverse precautions . . . . . 4-98
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Pocket lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Position lamp / Day time running lamp (LED type) replacement (Headlamp Type B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-79
Power brakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Power window lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Power windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28\
Pre-tensioner seat belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-13
Rear turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
Rear view monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Remote control (outside rear view mirror) . . . . . . . . . . 4-53 Remote keyless entry
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-128
Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Room lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Room lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . 7-88
Rotation (Tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 Maintenance under severe usage conditions - Non turbo models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Normal maintenance schedule - Non turbo models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-18 Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Driver's seat belt warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Front passenger seat belt warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
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