2019 KIA FORTE climate control

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Maintenance
When recharging the battery,
observe the following precautions:
The battery must be removed fromthe vehicle and placed in an area
with good ventilation.
Do not allow cigarettes, sparks, or flame near the battery.
Watch the battery during charging, and stop or reduce the charging
rate if the battery cells begin
gassing (boiling) violently or if the
temperature of the electrolyte of
any cell exceeds 49°C (120°F).
Wear eye protection when check- ing the battery during charging.
Disconnect the battery charger in the following order.
1. Turn off the battery charger main switch.
2. Unhook the negative clamp from the negative battery terminal.
3. Unhook the positive clamp from the positive battery terminal. Before performing maintenance or
recharging the battery, turn off all
accessories and stop the engine.
The negative battery cable must be removed first and installed last
when the battery is disconnected.Reset items
The following should be reset after
the battery has been discharged or
the battery has been disconnected.
Auto up/down window (See chapter 4)
Sunroof (See chapter 4)
Trip computer (See chapter 4)
Climate control system (See chapter 4)
Driver position memory system (See chapter 3)
Audio (See chapter 4)
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Tread wear
The tread wear grade is a compara-
tive rating based on the wear rate of
the tire when tested under controlled
conditions on a specified govern-
ment test course. For example, a tire
graded 150 would wear one-and-a-
half times (1½) as well on the gov-
ernment course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires
depends upon the actual conditions
of their use, however, and may
depart significantly from the norm
due to variations in driving habits,
service practices and differences in
road characteristics and climate. Tires degrade over time, even when
they are not being used. Regardless
of the remaining tread, we recom-
mend that tires be replaced after
approximately six (6) years of normal
service. Heat caused by hot climates
or frequent high loading conditions
can accelerate the aging process.
These grades are molded on the
side-walls of passenger vehicle tires.
The tires available as standard or
optional equipment on your vehicles
may vary with respect to grade.
Traction - AA, A, B & C
The traction grades, from highest to
lowest, are AA, A, B and C. Those
grades represent the tires ability to
stop on wet pavement as measured
under controlled conditions on spec-
ified government test surfaces of
asphalt and concrete. A tire marked
C may have poor traction perform-
ance.
The traction grade assigned to this
tire is based on straight-ahead brak-
ing traction tests, and does not
include acceleration, cornering,
hydroplaning, or peak traction char-
acteristics.
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Index
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Air bag warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Air bags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 3-43Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58
Inflation conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-64
Non-inflation conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-66
Occupant detection system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29\
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Air conditioning system lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Air ventilation seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-155
Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-96
Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Armrest (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-155
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-155
AUX, USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-156
How vehicle audio works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-156
Auto defogging system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Auto light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10\
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Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125 Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-126
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
Automatic heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
AUX, USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-156
Back up lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-37 For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
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Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) system . . . . . . 5-102BCW (Blind-spot Collision Warning)/LCA (Lane Change Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-103
RCCW (Rear Cross-traffic Collision Warning) . . . 5-106
Bonnet see the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31 Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Brake/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26 Checking the brake/clutch fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-71
Bulb replacement precaution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-71
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Button start/stop, see engine start/stop button . . . . . . . 5-11
Camera (Rear view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Capacities (Lubricants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Care Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-96
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68 Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40\
Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Central door lock switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32 Installing a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-36
"Lower Anchors and Tether forChildren (LATCH) System" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
"Securing a child restraint seatwith “Tether Anchor” system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39\
"Securing a child restraint with alap/shoulder belt" 3-40
"Securing a child restraint withthe LATCH anchors system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38\
Selecting a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-33
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
Combined instrument, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . 4-56
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-23
Cooling fluid, see engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-99
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73 To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75
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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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Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-136Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-140
Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-136
Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Vehicle weight glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-141
Warning and Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
Warning messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27 Checking the washer fluid level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113 Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-30 Power window lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Windshield washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108 Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-132
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-132
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33 Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108 Windshield washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Wireless smart phone charging system . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
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