2019 KIA NIRO PHEV maintenance

Your vehicle is equipped with a cat-
alytic converter emission control
device.
Therefore, the following precautions
must be observed:
Use only UNLEADED FUEL forgasoline engines.
Do not operate the vehicle when there are signs of engine malfunc-
tion, such as misfire or a noticeable
loss of performance.
Do not misuse or abuse the engine. Examples of misuse are
coasting with the ignition off and
descending steep grades in gear
with the ignition off.
Do not operate the engine at high idle speed for extended periods (5
minutes or more).
Do not modify or tamper with any part of the engine or emission con-
trol system. All inspections and
adjustments must be made by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Avoid driving with an extremely low fuel level. Running out of fuel could
cause the engine to misfire, dam-
aging the catalytic converter. Failure to observe these precautions
could result in damage to the catalyt-
ic converter and to your vehicle.
Additionally, such actions could void
your warranties.
Perchlorate Material-special handling
may apply, See www.dtsc.ca.gov/haz-
ardouswaste/ perchlorate.
Notice to California Vehicle Dismantlers:
Perchlorate containing materials,
such as air bag inflators, seatbelt
pretensioners and keyless remote
entry batteries, must be disposed of
according to Title 22 California Code
of Regulations Chapter 67384.10
(a).
CALIFORNIA
PERCHLORATE NOTICE
Maintenance
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If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could
cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should
immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Kia
Motors America, Inc.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an
investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a
group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy cam-
paign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in indi-
vidual problems between you, your dealer, or Kia Motors
America, Inc.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety
Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-
9153); go to http://www.safercar.gov; download the
SaferCar mobile application; or write to: Administrator,
NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC
20590. You can also obtain other information about
motor vehicle safety from http://www.safercar.gov.The following publications are available on
www.KiaTechinfo.com
Service manual:
This manual covers maintenance and recommended pro-
cedures for repair to engine and chassis components. It
is written for the Journeyman mechanic, but is simple
enough for most mechanically inclined owners to under-
stand.
Electrical troubleshooting manual:
This manual complements the Service Manual by provid-
ing indepth troubleshooting information for each electrical
circuit in your vehicle.
Owner's manual:
This manual describes the overall features and operating
procedures for the vehicle.
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS
(U.S. ONLY)
ONLINE FACTORY AUTHORIZED MANUALS
(U.S. ONLY)
916
Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects

Index
4I
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
129Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-\
2
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
20 Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-21
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-20
Driver Attention Alert system (DAA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-84 Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-86
System disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-86
System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-86
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-84
Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14 Dual Clutch Transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-89
Electrical Equipment (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15 Installation of a mobile two-way radio system . . . . 9-15
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Before jump starting (for Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Method to disconnect the (-) cable for regularmaintenance (For Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-106 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-106
Evaporative emission control(Including ORVR :Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system. . . . 8-106
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-107
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 9-2
Engine clutch actuator fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27 Checking the engine clutch actuator fluid level. . . . 8-27
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 8-3
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
19 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Starting the hybrid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 8-15
Exterior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-165 Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-165
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Folding key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
4 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
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Emergency liftgate safety release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Opening the liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-84\
Back-up lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-93
Bulb replacement precaution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-84
Fog lamp/DRL bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-90
Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 8-89
Headlamp (HID type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-87
Headlamp (High/Low beam) bulb replacement . . . 8-88
Headlamp (LED type) replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-88
High mounted stop lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . 8-93
License plate lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-94
Liftgate room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 8-97
Light bulb position (Front). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-85
Light bulb position (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-86
Light bulb position (Side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-87
Map lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-95
Map lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-95
Room lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement. . . . . . . . 8-96
Room lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 8-97
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 8-94
Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 8-93
Stop and tail lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 8-90
Tail lamp (inside) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-92
Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 8-95 Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-116
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Check headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Headlight escort function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-48 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. only) . . . . . . 9-16 Electrical troubleshooting manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Owner's manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Service manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7 Owner maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
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Index
8I
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110Non-operational conditions of parkingassist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Operation of the parking assist system . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107 Non-operational conditions of rear parkingassist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Operation of the rear parking assist system . . . . . . 4-107
Rear parking assist system precautions . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Rearview camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Reporting Safety Defects (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 3-4
Driver position memory system (For power seat) . . . 3-9
Front seat adjustment - manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Headrest (For front seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-20 Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Seat belt precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Smart Cruise Control system (SCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-52 Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-62
Speed setting (SCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-53
To adjust the sensitivity of Smart Cruise Control . . 6-61
To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-61
Vehicle to vehicle distance setting (SCC) . . . . . . . . 6-58
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
11 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
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Index
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Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-42
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
Tire terminology and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-29 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Removable towing hook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-99
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Vehicle data collection and event data recorders . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-100 Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-103
Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-100
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104 Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104 GAW (Gross Axle Weight). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) . . . . . . . . . 6-104
Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94 Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128 Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-27 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-96 Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-99
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . . 6-98
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-98
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . . 6-98
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