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10. Install the rear combination lampassembly to the body of the vehi-
cle.
11. Install the service cover.Side marker (rear) (LED type)
bulb replacement
If the side marker (LED) (1) does not
operate, have the vehicle checked by
an authorized Kia dealer.
The LED lamps cannot be replaced
as a single unit because it is an inte-
grated unit. The LED lamps has to be
replaced with the unit.
A skilled technician should check or
repair the side marker (LED), for it
may damage related parts of the
vehicle.
Tail lamp (inside) (Bulb type)
bulb replacement
1. Open the liftgate.
2. Remove the service cover.
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3. Remove the socket from the
assembly by turning the socket
counterclockwise until the tabs on
the socket align with the slots on
the assembly.
4. Remove the bulb from the socket by pressing it in and rotating it
counterclockwise until the tabs on
the bulb align with the slots in the
socket. Pull the bulb out of the
socket.
5. Insert a new bulb by inserting it into the socket and rotating it until
it locks into place. 6. Install the socket in the assembly
by aligning the tabs on the socket
with the slots in the assembly.
Push the socket into the assembly
and turn the socket clockwise.
7. Install the service cover.
Back up lamp (Bulb type) bulb
replacement
1. Open the liftgate.
2. Remove the service cover.
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3. Remove the socket from theassembly by turning the socket
counterclockwise until the tabs on
the socket align with the slots on
the assembly.
4. Remove the bulb from bulb-socket by pulling it out.
5. Insert a new bulb by inserting it into the bulb-socket.
6. Install the socket in the assembly by aligning the tabs on the socket
with the slots in the assembly.
Push the socket into the assembly
and turn the socket clockwise.
7. Install the service cover.
Stop and tail lamp (LED type)
bulb replacement
If the stop and tail lamp (LED) (1,2),
does not operate, have the vehicle
checked by an authorized Kia dealer.
The LED lamps cannot be replaced
as a single unit because it is an inte-
grated unit. The LED lamps has to be
replaced with the unit.
A skilled technician should check or
repair the stop and tail lamp (LED),
for it may damage related parts of
the vehicle.
High mounted stop lamp (LED
type) bulb replacement
If the high mounted stop lamp (LED)
(1) does not operate, have the vehi-
cle checked by an authorized Kia
dealer.
The LED lamps cannot be replaced
as a single unit because it is an inte-
grated unit. The LED lamps has to be
replaced with the unit.
A skilled technician should check or
repair the high mounted stop lamp
(LED), for it may damage related
parts of the vehicle.
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Use professional service techni-
cians or governmental inspection
stations to annually inspect for cor-
rosion.
Immediately seek an inspection of your vehicle if you become visually
aware of corrosion flaking or scal-
ing or if you become aware of a
change in vehicle performance,
such as soft or spongey brakes,
fluids leaking, impairment of direc-
tional control, suspension noises
or rattling metal straps.Aluminum wheel maintenance
The aluminum wheels are coated
with a clear protective finish.
Do not use any abrasive cleaner,polishing compound, solvent, or
wire brushes on aluminum wheels.
They may scratch the finish.
Clean the wheel when it has cooled.
Use only a mild soap or neutral detergent, and rinse thoroughly
with water. Also, be sure to clean
the wheels after driving on salted
roads. This helps prevent corro-
sion.
Avoid washing the wheels with highspeed vehicle wash brushes.
Do not use any alkaline or acid detergents It may damage and cor-
rode the aluminum wheels coated
with a clear protective finish.
Corrosion protection
Protecting your vehicle from corro-
sion
By using the most advanced design
and construction practices to combat
corrosion, we produce vehicles of
the highest quality. However, this is
only part of the job. To achieve the
long-term corrosion resistance your
vehicle can deliver, the owner's
cooperation and assistance is also
required.
Common causes of corrosion
The most common causes of corro-
sion on your vehicle are:
Road salt, dirt and moisture that isallowed to accumulate underneath
the vehicle.
coatings by stones, gravel, abra-
sion or minor scrapes and dents
which leave unprotected metal
exposed to corrosion.

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Index
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14Automatic transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Automatic turn off function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136
AUX, USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-188
Back up lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-84
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-34 For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Battery replacement (Folding key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Battery replacement (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) system . . . . . . 5-101 BCW (Blind-Spot Collision Warning) . . . . . . . . . . 5-102
RCCW (Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning) . . 5-104
Driver's attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-108
Bonnet see the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Bottle holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-173
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24\
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24 Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Electronic parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Auto hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-69
Bulb replacement precaution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-69
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Button start/stop, see engine start/stop button . . . . . . . 5-10
Camera (Rear view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Capacities (Lubricants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Care Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37\
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-96
Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-169
Central door lock switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
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Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement (Headlamp Type A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76
Position lamp (LED type) replacement (Headlamp Type A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76
Side marker (front) (LED type) bulb replacement . 7-77
Headlamp (LED type) replacement | (Headlamp Type B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-78
Front fog lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78
Stop and tail lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . 7-79
Rear turn signal lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . 7-80
Side marker (rear) (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . 7-82
Side marker (rear) (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-83
Tail lamp (inside) (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . 7-83
Back up lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . 7-84
Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-85
High mounted stop lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-85
License plate lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Map lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Map lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Personal lamp (LED type) bulb replacement. . . . . . 7-88
Glove box lamp replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-88
Luggage lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . 7-89
Luggage lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . 7-89
Vanity mirror lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement. . 7-90
Vanity mirror lamp (LED type) bulb replacement. . 7-90 Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
Parking & Tail light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Auto light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Headlight position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
High beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Check headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Headlight leveling device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Dynamic Bending Light (DBL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Loss of the smart key (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-171
Luggage lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
Luggage lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-89
Luggage lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-89
Luggage net (Holder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-183
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Maintenance Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
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Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . 7-15
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 Normal maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Maintenance under severe usage conditions . . . . . . 7-13
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Maintenance when trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-131
Manual climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141 Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
3rd row air conditioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13\
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Map lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Map lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-61 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Day/Night rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Electro Chromic Mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Electric Chromatic Mirror (ECM) with compass . . 4-63
Electro chromic mirror with HomeLink system . . . 4-66
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Reverse parking aid function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
Folding the outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
Occupant detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
79
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
One time driving information mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Online factory authorized manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Operation in foreign countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Operation (Air bags) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Other fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-\
4
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Outside temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
Overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51 Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53\
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
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Room lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Rotation (Tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Safety chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9Normal maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Maintenance under severe usage conditions . . . . . . 7-13
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-26 Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Seat cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-174
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-173
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 3-2 Front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
2nd row seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3rd row seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Securing a child restraint seat withchild seat lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Securing a child restraint seatwith tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Side air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-61\
Side curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-183
Side marker (front) (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . 7-77
Side marker (rear) (Bulb type) bulb replacement. . . . . 7-82
Side marker (rear) (LED type) bulb replacement. . . . . 7-83
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . 7-78
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Smart cruise control with stop & go system . . . . . . . . 5-67
Smart cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
Speed setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
Vehicle to vehicle distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-74
To adjust the sensitivity of smart cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
12 Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Smart key function (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Smart key precautions (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Smart liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 How to use the Smart Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
How to deactivate the Smart Liftgate function using the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Detecting area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
S