2019 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID maintenance

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Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
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)

Index
4I
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
117Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-\
2
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
13 Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-14
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-13
Drive mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-82 Hybrid vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-82
Limitation of Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-83
When Active ECO is activated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-83
Driver position memory system (for power seat) . . . . . 3-11
Driving the hybrid/plug-in hybrid vehicle . . . . . . . . . . H21
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-102
Electrical Equipment (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14 Installation of a mobile two-way radio system . . . . 9-14
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-96
Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-96
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR:Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system. . . . . 8-96
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-97
Energy flow hybrid/plug-in hybrid vehicle . . . . . . . . . . H28
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 9-2
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Engine maintenance mode (for plug-in Hybrid) . . . . . 8-20 Starting engine maintenance mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Stopping engine maintenance mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
18 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Starting the hybrid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 8-14
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Forward Collision-avoidance Assist (FCA) . . . . . . . . . 6-43 Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-46
FCA front radar/Camera sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-47
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Index
Light bulb position (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-75
Light bulb position (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-75
Light bulb position (side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-76
Map lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-85
Personal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-86
Position lamp + DRL (LED type) bulb replacement . 8-80
Rear turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-81
Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-86
Side repeater lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-81
Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 8-82
Trunk lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-87
Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 8-85
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-102 AFLS (Adaptive Front Lighting System) . . . . . . . 4-110
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Check headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Headlight leveling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
High Beam Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5 Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-47 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. only) . . . . . . 9-15 Electrical troubleshooting manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Owner's manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Service manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37 Closing the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39\
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41M
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Index
8I
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27
Parking distance warning-reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98 Non-operational conditions of the parking distance warning-reverse system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Operation of the parking distance warning-reverse . 4-98
Parking distance warning-reverse system precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
PHEV (plug-in electric vehicle) system . . . . . . . . . . . . . H3
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Rearview monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6 Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Reporting Safety Defects (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 3-4 Driver position memory system (for power seat) . . 3-11
Front seat adjustment - manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Headrest (for front seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-21 Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Seat belt precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Smart Cruise Control with Stop & Go system . . . . . . . 6-62 Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-76
Smart Cruise Control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-64
Smart Cruise Control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-64
To adjust the sensitivity of Smart Cruise Control . . 6-75
To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-75
Vehicle to vehicle distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-70
When there is a vehicle ahead of you in your lane . 6-71
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-4 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Smart key immobilizer system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
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Index
Smart trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18\
Detecting area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
How to deactivate the Smart Trunk function using the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
How to use the Smart Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104 Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-105
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-107
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-106
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-107
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-107
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-105
Starting the hybrid/plug-in hybrid vehicle (smart key). . H32
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43 Electric Power Steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-46
Tilt and telescopic steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138 Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Disarmed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 Changing a tire with TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Check tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Low tire pressure position telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39 All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-53
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 8-39
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44T