2019 KIA OPTIMA Owners Manual

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Features of your vehicle
AM reception
AM broadcasts can be received at
greater distances than FM broad-
casts. This is because AM radio
waves are transmitted at low fre-
quencies. These long distance,low
frequency radio waves can follow the
curvature of the earth rather than
travelling straight. In addition, they
curve around obstructions resulting
in better signal coverage.
FM radio station
FM broadcasts are transmitted at
high frequencies and do not bend to
follow the earth's surface. Because
of this, FM broadcasts generally
begin to fade within short distances
from the station. Also, FM signals are
easily affected by buildings, moun-
tains, and obstructions. This can lead
to undesirable or unpleasant listen-
ing conditions which might lead you
to believe a problem exists with your
radio. The following conditions are
normal and do not indicate radio
trouble: Fading - As your vehicle moves
away from the radio station, the
signal will weaken and sound will
begin to fade. When this occurs,
we suggest that you select another
station with a stronger signal.
Flutter/Static - Weak FM signals or large obstructions between the
transmitter and your radio can dis-
turb the signal causing static or
fluttering noises to occur. Reducing
the treble level may lessen this
effect until the disturbance clears.
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Station Swapping - As an FM sig-
nal weakens, another more power-
ful signal near the same frequency
may begin to play. This is because
your radio is designed to lock onto
the clearest signal. If this occurs,
select another station with a
stronger signal.
Multi-Path Cancellation - Radio sig- nals being received from several
directions can cause distortion or
fluttering. This can be caused by a
direct and reflected signal from the
same station, or by signals from
two stations with close frequencies.
If this occurs, select another station
until the condition has passed.
Using a cellular phone or a two-
way radio
When a cellular phone is used inside
the vehicle, noise may be produced
from the audio system. This does not
mean that something is wrong with
the audio equipment. In such a case,
try to operate mobile devices as far
from the audio equipment as possible.
When using a communication sys-
tem such as a cellular phone or a
radio set inside the vehicle, a sepa-
rate external antenna must be fitted.
When a cellular phone or a radio set
is used with an internal antenna
alone, it may interfere with the vehi-
cle's electrical system and adversely
affect safe operation of the vehicle.
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WARNING- Cell phone use
Do not use a cellular phone
while driving. Stop at a safe
location to use a cellular phone.
WARNING- Distracted driving
Driving while distracted can
result in a loss of vehicle con-
trol that may lead to an acci-
dent, severe bodily injury, or
death. The driver's primary
responsibility is the safe and
legal operation of the vehicle,
and the use of any handheld
devices, other equipment, or
vehicle systems which take the
driver's eyes, attention, and
focus away from the safe opera-
tion of the vehicle, or which are
not permissible by law, should
never be used during the opera-
tion of the vehicle.
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Features of your vehicle
Declaration of Conformity
FCC
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15
of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a resi-
dential installation.
This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions,may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or tel-
evision reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to cor-
rect the interference by one or more of the following measures : Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Caution: Any changes or modifications to this device not explicitly approved by manufacturer could void
your authority to operate this equipment.
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This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions :
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, includ-
ing interference that may cause undesired operation.
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment.
This equipment should be installed and operatedwith minmum 20cm between the and your body. This transmitter must
not be collocated or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter unless authorized to do so by the
FCC.
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Driving your vehicle
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
• Illuminated ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
• Ignition switch position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
• Starting the engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
• Illuminated engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
• Engine start/stop button position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
• Starting the engine with a smart key. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
• Automatic transaxle operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
• Dual clutch transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
• LCD display for transmission temperature and warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
• Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
• Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
• Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39 • Auto hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
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• Anti-lock Brake System (ABS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
• Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
• Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
• Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
• Good braking practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
Forward Collision-avoidance Assist (FCA)
(Camera type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
• System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
• FCA warning message and system control . . . . . . . . 5-62
• Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
• FCA front radar/Camera sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64
• System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
• Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67
Forward Collision-avoidance Assist (FCA) (Smart cruise control system equipped) . . . . . . 5-72
• System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72
• FCA warning message and system control . . . . . . . . 5-74
• Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75
• FCA front radar/Camera sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-76
• System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78
• Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80
• Recognizing pedestrians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84
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Cruise control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-87
• To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-88
• To increase cruise control set speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-88
• To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
• To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on . 5-89
• To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
• To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 20 mph (30 km/h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-90
• To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-90
Smart cruise control with Stop & Go system . . . 5-91
• Smart cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-93
• Smart cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-93
• Vehicle to vehicle distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-98
• When the lane ahead is clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-99
• When there is a vehicle ahead of you in your lane 5-100
• To adjust the sensitivity of smart cruise control . . 5-104
• To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-105
• Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-105
Drive mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . 5-112
• Drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-112
Blind-spot Collision Warning (BCW). . . . . . . . . 5-115
• BCW (Blind-spot Collision Warning)/ LCA (Lane Change Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
• RCCW (Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning) . . 5-119
• Driver's Attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-123
Lane Keeping Assist (LKA) system . . . . . . . . . . 5-125
• LKA operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-126
• LKA malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-132
• LKA function change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-133
Driver Attention Warning (DAW) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-134
• System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-134
• Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-136
• System disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-137
• System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-137
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-139
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-141
• Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-141
• Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-141
• Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-142
• Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-142
• Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143
• Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-144
• Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-144
• Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-144
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-145
• Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-145
• Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant . . . . . . . . . 5-147
• Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-147
• Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . 5-147
• Check spark plugs and ignition system. . . . . . . . . . 5-147
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• To keep locks from freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148
• Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
5-148
• Don’t let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148
• Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . 5-148
• Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149
• Tire and loading information label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149
• Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-153
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154
• Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154
• Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154
• Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154
• GAW (Gross Axle Weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154
• GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154
• GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154
• GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) . . . . . . . . . . 5-154
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Be sure the exhaust system does
not leak.
The exhaust system should be
checked whenever the vehicle is
raised to change the oil or for any
other purpose. If you hear a change in
the sound of the exhaust or if you drive
over something that strikes the under-
neath side of the vehicle, have the
exhaust system checked as soon as
possible by an authorized Kia dealer.
WARNING- Engineexhaust
Do not inhale exhaust fumes or
leave your engine running in a
enclosed area for a prolonged
time. Exhaust fumes contain
carbon monoxide, a colorless,
odorless gas that can cause
unconsciousness and death by
asphyxiation.
WARNING- Open trunk
Do not drive with the trunk open.
Poisonous exhaust gases can
enter the passenger compart-
ment. If you must drive with the
trunk open proceed as follows:
1. Close all windows.
2. Open side vents.
3. Set the air intake control at “Fresh”, the air flow control
at “Floor” or “Face” and the
fan at the highest speed.
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