2019 KIA OPTIMA PHEV Owners Manual

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What to do in an emergency
Attach a towing strap to the towhook.
Use only a cable or chain specifical- ly intended for use in towing vehi-
cles. Securely fasten the cable or
chain to the towing hook provided.
Before emergency towing, check if the hook is not broken or damaged.
Fasten the towing cable or chain securely to the hook.
Do not jerk the hook. Apply it steadily and with even force.
To avoid damaging the hook, do not pull from the side or at a vertical
angle. Always pull straight ahead. Use a towing strap less than 16
feet (5 m) long. Attach a white or
red cloth (about 12 inches (30 cm)
wide) in the middle of the strap for
easy visibility.
Drive carefully so that the towing strap is not loosened during tow-
ing.
CAUTION
Using a portion of the vehicleother than the tow hooks fortowing may damage the body ofyour vehicle.
WARNING- Emergency
Towing Precautions
Use extreme caution when tow-
ing the vehicle.
Avoid sudden starts or erratic driving maneuvers which
would place excessive stress
on the emergency towing hook
and towing cable or chain. The
hook and towing cable or
chain may break and cause
serious injury or damage.
If the disabled vehicle is unable to be moved, do not
forcibly continue the towing.
We recommend that you con-
tact an authorized Kia dealer
or a commercial tow truck
service for assistance.
Tow the vehicle as straight ahead as possible.
Keep away from the vehicle during towing.
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Emergency towing precautions
Turn the ignition switch to ACC so
the steering wheel isn’t locked.
Place the transaxle shift lever in N (Neutral).
Release the parking bake.
Press the brake pedal with more force than normal since you will
have reduced brake performance.
More steering effort will be required because the power steer-
ing system will be disabled.
If you are driving down a long hill, the brakes may overheat and brake
performance will be reduced. Stop
often and let the brakes cool off. If the car is being towed with all
four wheels on the ground, it can
be towed only from the front. Be
sure that the transaxle is in neutral.
Be sure the steering is unlocked by
placing the ignition switch in the
ACC position. A driver must be in
the towed vehicle to operate the
steering and brakes.
CAUTION - Automatic
transaxle
To avoid serious damage to the automatic transaxle, limitthe vehicle speed to 10 mph(15 km/h) and drive less than 1mile (1.5 km) when towing.
Before towing, check the auto- matic transaxle for fluid leaksunder your vehicle. If the auto-matic transaxle fluid is leak-ing, flatbed equipment or atowing dolly must be used.

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What to do in an emergency
IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURS
✽ ✽ NOTICE
Any gas or electrolyte leakage from
your vehicle is not only poisonous
but also flammable. Upon witness-
ing gas or electrolyte leakage, make
sure your car is parked in a safe area
away from any roads, open the win-
dows, and maintain a safe distance
away from the vehicle. Immediately
contact an authorized Kia dealer
and advise them that a hybrid vehi-
cle is involved.
If you need towing, refer to
"Towing" in the previous pages.
When the vehicle is severely dam- aged, remain a safe distance of 50
feet (15 meter) or more between
your vehicle and other
vehicles/flammables.
If a small scale fire occurs, use a fire extinguisher (ABC, BC) that is
meant for electrical fires.
If it is impossible to extinguish the
fire in the early stage, remain a
safe distance from the vehicle and
immediately call 911. Also, advise
them that a hybrid vehicle is
involved.
If the fire spreads to the high volt-
age battery, a large amount of
water is needed to put out the fire.
Using small amount of water or fire
extinguishers not meant for electri-
cal fires could cause serious injury
or death from electrical shocks.
WARNING - High voltage
components
For your safety, do not touch high voltage cables, connec-
tors and package modules.
High voltage components are
orange in color.
Exposed cables or wires may be visible inside or outside of
the vehicle. Never touch the
wires or cables, because an
electrical shock, an injury, or a
death may occur.WARNING- Submersion
in water
Do not touch your vehicle if it
has been submerged in water.
The high-voltage battery may
cause shock or may catch fire.
Immediately contact the author-
ities and advise them of the
condition of your vehicle and
that a hybrid vehicle is involved.

Maintenance
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
• Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
• Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
• Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Scheduled maintenance service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . 8-14
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Engine oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
• Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
• Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Engine maintenance mode (for plug-in Hybrid) . 8-20
• Starting engine maintenance mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
• Stopping engine maintenance mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21\
• Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
• Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
• Inverter coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
• Recommended coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
• Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
• Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
• Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27
• Checking the parking brake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27
Air cleaner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-28
• Filter replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-28
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
• Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
• Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
• Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
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• For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-36
• Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
• Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38\
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
• Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
39
• Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 8-39
• Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
• Checking tire inflation pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
• Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41
• Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-42
• Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
• Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
• Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
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• Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
• Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
• All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51
• Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51
• Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
51
• Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52\
• Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52
• Low aspect ratio tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-53
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
8-54
• Inner panel fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-56
• Engine compartment fuse replacement. . . . . . . . . . . 8-57
• Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-74
• Bulb replacement precaution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-74
• Light bulb position (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-75
• Light bulb position (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-75
• Light bulb position (side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-76
• Headlamp (Low beam) bulb replacement (Headlamp Type A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-76
• Headlamp (High beam) bulb replacement (Headlamp Type A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-78
• Headlamp (Low/High beam,LED type) bulb replacement (Headlamp Type B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-79
• Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 8-79 • Position lamp + DRL (LED type) bulb
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-80
• Side repeater lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-81
• Rear turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 8-81
• Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 8-82
• Back-up lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-83
• License plate lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-84
• High mounted stop lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . 8-84
• Map lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-85
• Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 8-85
• Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-86
• Personal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-86
• Glove box lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-87
• Trunk lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-87Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-88
• Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-88
• Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-93
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
California perchlorate notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-99
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Maintenance
ENGINE COMPARTMENT
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■ ■Gasoline Engine (Nu 2.0L - GDI)❈ The actual engine compartment in the vehicle may differ from the illustration. 1. Engine coolant reservoir
2. Engine oil filler cap
3. Engine oil dipstick
4. Brake fluid reservoir
5. Air cleaner
6. Fuse box
7. Inverter coolant reservoir
8. Radiator cap
9. Windshield washer fluid reservoir

Maintenance
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MAINTENANCE SERVICES
You should exercise the utmost care
to prevent damage to your vehicle
and injury to yourself whenever per-
forming any maintenance or inspec-
tion procedures.
Should you have any doubts con-
cerning the inspection or servicing of
your vehicle, we strongly recom-
mend that you have an authorized
Kia dealer perform this work.
An authorized Kia dealer has factory-
trained technicians and genuine Kia
parts to service your vehicle proper-
ly. For expert advice and quality serv-
ice, see an authorized Kia dealer.
Inadequate, incomplete or insuffi-
cient servicing may result in opera-
tional problems with your vehicle that
could lead to vehicle damage, an
accident, or personal injury.Owner’s responsibility
✽ ✽NOTICE
Maintenance Service and Record
Retention are the owner's responsi-
bility.
You should retain documents that
show proper maintenance has been
performed on your vehicle in accor-
dance with the scheduled mainte-
nance service charts shown on the
following pages. You need this infor-
mation to establish your compliance
with the servicing and maintenance
requirements of your vehicle war-
ranties.
Detailed warranty information is
provided in your Warranty &
Consumer Information manual.
Repairs and adjustments required as
a result of improper maintenance or
a lack of required maintenance are
not covered.
We recommend you have your vehi-
cle maintained and repaired by an
authorized Kia dealer. An authorized
Kia dealer meets Kia’s high service
quality standards and receives tech-
nical support from Kia in order to pro-
vide you with a high level of service
satisfaction.
✽ ✽NOTICE - NHTSA Safety
Corrosion Alert
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) has
issued a general warning to all vehi-
cle owners of all brands regarding
the risks associated with vehicle
underbody corrosion. From your
initial purchase, take the following
steps to prevent unsafe corrosion
damage to your vehicle:
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• Wash the undercarriage of yourvehicle regularly during the win-
ter and whenever your vehicle has
been exposed to such salts or
chemicals.
• Do a thorough washing of the undercarriage at the end of the
winter.
• Use professional service techni- cians or governmental inspection
stations to annually inspect for
corrosion.
• Immediately seek an inspection of your vehicle if you become visual-
ly aware of corrosion flaking or
scaling or if you become aware of
a change in vehicle performance,
such as soft or spongy brakes, flu-
ids leaking, impairment of direc-
tional control, suspension noises
or rattling metal straps.
NHTSA further advises that after
a vehicle is 7 years old, it is essen-
tial that you take these indicated
maintenance steps to ensure that
you protect yourself from unsafe
corrosion conditions.Owner maintenance precau-
tions
Improper or incomplete service may
result in problems. This section gives
instructions only for the maintenance
items that are easy to perform.
As explained earlier in this section,
several procedures can be done only
by an authorized Kia dealer with spe-
cial tools.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
Improper owner maintenance dur-
ing the warranty period may affect
warranty coverage. For details, read
the separate Warranty & Consumer
Information manual provided with
the vehicle. If you're unsure about
any servicing or maintenance proce-
dure, have it done by an authorized
Kia dealer.
WARNING- Maintenance
work
Do not wear jewelry or loose
clothing while working under
the hood of your vehicle with
the engine running. These items
can become entangled in mov-
ing parts, if you must run the
engine while working under the
hood, make certain that you
remove all jewelry (especially
rings, bracelets, watches, and
necklaces) and all neckties,
scarves, and similar loose
clothing before getting near the
engine or cooling fans.
WARNING- Touching metal parts
Do not touch metal parts
(including strut bars) while the
engine is operating or hot.
Doing so could result in serious
bodily injury. Turn the engine off
and wait until the metal parts
cool down to perform any main-
tenance work on the vehicle.