2019 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID TPMS

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What to do in an emergency
✽ ✽NOTICE
If the TPMS, Low Tire Pressure
indicator does not illuminate for 3
seconds when the ignition switch is
turned to the ON position or if they
remain illuminated after coming on
for approximately 3 seconds, take
your vehicle to your nearest author-
ized Kia dealer and have the system
checked.
Low tire pressure
telltale
Low tire pressure position tell-
tale
When the tire pressure monitoring
system warning indicators are illumi-
nated, one or more of your tires is
significantly under-inflated.
If the telltale illuminates, immediately
reduce your speed, avoid hard cor-
nering and anticipate increased stop-
ping distances. You should stop and
check your tires as soon as possible. Inflate the tires to the proper pres-
sure as indicated on the vehicle’s
placard or tire inflation pressure label
located on the driver’s side center pil-
lar outer panel. If you cannot reach a
service station or if the tire cannot
hold the newly added air, replace the
low pressure tire with the spare tire.
Then the TPMS malfunction indicator
and the Low Tire Pressure telltale
may turn on and illuminate after
restarting and about 20 minutes of
continuous driving before you have
the low pressure tire repaired and
replaced on the vehicle.
In winter or cold weather, the low tire
pressure telltale may be illuminated if
the tire pressure was adjusted to the
recommended tire inflation pressure
in warm weather. It does not mean
your TPMS is malfunctioning
because the decreased temperature
leads to a proportional lowering of
tire pressure.
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When you drive your vehicle from a
warm area to a cold area or from a
cold area to a warm area, or the out-
side temperature is greatly higher or
lower, you should check the tire infla-
tion pressure and adjust the tires to
the recommended tire inflation pres-
sure.
When filling tires with more air, con-
ditions to turn off the low tire pres-
sure telltale may not be met. This is
because a tire inflator has a margin
of error in performance. The low tire
pressure telltale will be turned off if
the tire pressure is above the recom-
mended tire inflation pressure.TPMS (Tire Pressure
Monitoring System)malfunction indicator
The low tire pressure telltale will illu-
minate after it blinks for approximate-
ly one minute when there is a prob-
lem with the Tire Pressure
Monitoring System. If the system is
able to correctly detect an underinfla-
tion warning at the same time as sys-
tem failure then it will illuminate both
the TPMS malfunction and low tire
pressure position telltales e.g. if
Front Left sensor fails, the TPMS
malfunction indicator illuminates, but
if the Front Right, Rear Left, or Rear
Right tire is under-inflated, the low
tire pressure position telltales may
illuminate together with the TPMS
malfunction indicator.
Have the system checked by an
authorized Kia dealer as soon as
possible to determine the cause of
the problem. The TPMS malfunction indicator
may be illuminated if the vehicle is
moving around electric power sup-
ply cables or radios transmitters
such as at police stations, govern-
ment and public offices, broadcast-
ing stations, military installations,
airports, or transmitting towers,
etc. This can interfere with normal
operation of the Tire Pressure
Monitoring System (TPMS).
The TPMS malfunction indicator may be illuminated if snow chains
are used or some separate elec-
tronic devices such as notebook
computer, mobile charger, remote
starter or navigation etc., are used
in the vehicle. This can interfere
with normal operation of the Tire
Pressure Monitoring System
(TPMS).
WARNING- Low pressure
damage
Do not drive on low pressure
tires. Significantly low tire pres-
sure can cause the tires to over-
heat and fail making the vehicle
unstable resulting in increased
braking distances and a loss of
vehicle control.

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What to do in an emergency
Changing a tire with TPMS
If you have a flat tire, the Low Tire
Pressure telltale will come on. Have
the flat tire repaired by an authorized
Kia dealer as soon as possible or
replace the flat tire with the spare
tire.
Each wheel is equipped with a tire
pressure sensor mounted inside the
tire behind the valve stem. You must
use TPMS specific wheels. It is rec-
ommended that you always have
your tires serviced by an authorized
Kia dealer.Even if you replace the low pressure
tire with the spare tire, the Low Tire
Pressure telltale will remain on until
the low pressure tire is repaired and
placed on the vehicle.
After you replace the low pressure
tire with the spare tire, the TPMS
malfunction indicator may illuminate
after a few minutes because the
TPMS sensor mounted on the spare
wheel is not initiated.
Once the low pressure tire is inflated
again to the recommended pressure
and installed on the vehicle or the
TPMS sensor mounted on the
replaced spare wheel is initiated by
an authorized Kia dealer, the TPMS
malfunction indicator and the low tire
pressure telltale will turn off within a
few minutes of driving.
If the indicator has not disappeared
after a few minutes of driving, please
visit an authorized Kia dealer.
If an original mounted tire is replaced
with the spare tire, the TPMS sensor
on the replaced spare wheel should
be initiated and the TPMS sensor on
the original mounted wheel should be
deactivated. If the TPMS sensor on
the original mounted wheel located in
the spare tire carrier still activates,
the tire pressure monitoring system
may not operate properly. Have the
tire with TPMS serviced or replaced
by an authorized Kia dealer.
CAUTION-Repair Agents
Never use a puncture-repairing
agent not approved by Kia torepair and/or inflate a low pres-sure tire. The sealant notapproved by Kia may damagethe tire pressure sensor.

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You may not be able to identify a low
tire by simply looking at it. Always
use a good quality tire pressure
gauge to measure the tire's inflation
pressure. Please note that a tire that
is hot (from being driven) will have a
higher pressure measurement than a
tire that is cold (from sitting station-
ary for at least 3 hours and driven
less than 1 mile (1.6 km) during that
3 hour period).
Allow the tire to cool before measur-
ing the inflation pressure. Always be
sure the tire is cold before inflating to
the recommended pressure.
A cold tire means the vehicle has
been sitting for 3 hours and driven for
less than 1 mile (1.6 km) in that 3
hour period.
Never use tire sealant if your vehicle
is equipped with a Tire Pressure
Monitoring System. The liquid
sealant can damage the tire pres-
sure sensors. The TPMS cannot alert you to
severe and sudden tire damage
caused by external factors such as
nails or road debris.
If you feel any vehicle instability, immediately take your foot off the
accelerator, apply the brakes grad-
ually and with light force, and slow-
ly move to a safe position off the
road.✽ ✽ NOTICE - Protecting TPMS
Tampering with, modifying, or dis-
abling the Tire Pressure Monitoring
System (TPMS) components may
interfere with the system's ability to
warn the driver of low tire pressure
conditions and/or TPMS malfunc-
tions. Tampering with, modifying,
or disabling the Tire Pressure
Monitoring System (TPMS) compo-
nents may void the warranty for
that portion of the vehicle.

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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