2019 KIA FORTE manual transmission

Maintenance
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OWNER MAINTENANCE
The following lists are vehicle checks
and inspections that should be per-
formed by the owner or an author-
ized Kia dealer at the frequencies
indicated to help ensure safe,
dependable operation of your vehi-
cle.
Any adverse conditions should be
brought to the attention of your deal-
er as soon as possible.
These Owner Maintenance Checks
are generally not covered by war-
ranties and you may be charged for
labor, parts and lubricants used.Owner maintenance schedule
When you stop for fuel:
Check the engine oil level.
Check the coolant level in coolantreservoir.
Check the windshield washer fluid level.
Look for low or under-inflated tires.
While operating your vehicle:
Note any changes in the sound of the exhaust or any smell of
exhaust fumes in the vehicle.
Check for vibrations in the steering wheel. Notice any increased steer-
ing effort or looseness in the steer-
ing wheel, or change in its straight-
ahead position.
Notice if your vehicle constantly turns slightly or “pulls” to one side
when traveling on smooth, level
road.
When stopping, listen and check for unusual sounds, pulling to one
side, increased brake pedal travel
or “hard-to-push” brake pedal.
If any slipping or changes in the operation of your transmission
occurs, check the transmission
fluid level.
Check manual transaxle operation, including clutch operation.
Check the parking brake.
Check for fluid leaks under your vehicle (water dripping from the air
conditioning system during or after
use is normal).
WARNING- Hot coolant
Be careful when checking your
engine coolant level when the
engine is hot. Scalding hot
coolant and steam may blow
out under pressure.
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Maintenance
Number of months or driving distance, whichever comes first
Months1224364860728496108120132144156168180
Miles×1,0007.51522.530 37.5 45 52.5 60 67.5 75 82.5 90 97.5 105 112.5
Km×1,00012 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 156 168 180
Cooling system---I-I-I-I-I-I-
Intelligent Variable Transmission(IVT)
fluidNo check, No service required
Manual transmission fluid *3---I---I---I---
Vapor hose and fuel filler cap-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-
Fuel tank air filter *4-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-
Fuel lines, hoses and
connections of each part---I---I---I---
Parking brake (Hand type)-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-
Brake fluid-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-
Cooling system hoses and connectionsInspect every 12,000 km (7,500 miles) or 6 months
Clutch (if equipped) and brake pedal
free playInspect every 12,000 km (7,500 miles) or 6 months
All latch, hinges and locksInspect every 24,000 km (15,000 miles) or 12 months
MAINTENANCEINTERVALS
MAINTENANCE
ITEM
Normal Maintenance Schedule - Non Turbo Models (CONT.)
I : Inspect and if necessary, adjust, correct, clean or replace.
R : Replace or change.
*
3: Manual transmission fluid should be changed anytime it has been submerged in water.
*4: Fuel tank air filter is considered to be maintenance free but periodic inspection is recommended as the level of maintenance will be dependent upon the quality fuel used in the vehicle.
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Maintenance Under Severe Usage Conditions - Non Turbo Models
The following items must be serviced more frequently on cars normally used under severe driving conditions. Refer
to the chart below for the appropriate maintenance intervals.
R : Replace I : Inspect and, after inspection, clean, adjust, repair or replace if neces\
sary
MAINTENANCE ITEMMAINTENANCE
OPERATIONMAINTENANCE INTERVALSDRIVING
CONDITION
Engine oil and
engine oil filterNu 2.0L MPIREvery 6,000 km (3,750 miles) or 6 monthsA, B, C, D, E,
F, G, H, I, J, K
Air cleaner filterRMore frequentlyC, E
Spark plugs RMore frequentlyA, B, F, G, H, I, K
Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) fluidREvery 96,000 km (60,000 miles)A, C, D, E,
F, G, H, I, J
Manual transmission fluidREvery 120,000 km (75,000 miles)C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
Brake discs and pads, calipers and rotorsIMore frequentlyC, D, E, G, H
Parking brake (Hand type)IMore frequentlyC, D, G, H
Steering gear rack, linkage and bootsIMore frequentlyC, D, E, F, G
Suspension ball joints and mounting boltsIMore frequentlyC, D, E, F, G
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7
Manual transaxle fluid
(if equipped)
Inspect the manual transaxle fluid
according to the maintenance sched-
ule.
Brake hoses and lines
Visually check for proper installation,
chafing, cracks, deterioration and
any leakage. Replace any deteriorat-
ed or damaged parts immediately.CAUTION
Use only specified Intelligent
Variable Transmission (IVT)fluid. The use of non-specifiedfluid (even marked as compati-ble with genuine) could resultin shift quality deteriorationand vibrations, eventually, thetransmission failure.
(Refer to “Recommended lubri-cants and capacities” in chapter8.)
OBD078066
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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.
*1Refer to the recommended SAE viscosity numbers on the next page.
*2Engine oils labeled Energy Conserving Oil are now available. Along with other additional benefits, they contribute to fuel econo my 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.
*
3If the API SM engine oil is not available, you can use API SN or above.
*4If the ILSAC GF-4 engine oil is not available, you can use ILSAC GF-5 or above.
LubricantVolume Classification
Engine oil *
1*2
(drain and refill)
Recommends
4.0 l(4.2 US qt.) SAE 5W20 / API Latest (ILSAC Latest) *4
ACEA A5 (or ABOVE) / 5W 20 *4
Manual transmission fluid1.7 ~ 1.8 l
(1.6 ~ 1.7 US qt.) API Service GL-4 SAE 70W
- HK SYN MTF 70W
- SPIRAX S6 GHME 70W MTF - GS MTF HD 70W
Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT)
6.7 l(7.1 US qt.)
IVTF SP-CVT1
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Index
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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Index
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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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Low tire pressure position telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Low tire pressure telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40 All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-53
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-40
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40\
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-53
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
Tire terminology and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-33
Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35
Removable towing hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
Transmission - Manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Transmission shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Trip modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64\
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-24 Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Emergency Trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Opening the trunk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Trunk room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Trunk room lamp replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-89
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
USB charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-149
User settings mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-88
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
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