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Driving your vehicle
The ESC system should be turned
OFF prior to rocking the vehicle.
Smooth cornering
Avoid braking or gear changing in
corners, especially when roads are
wet. Ideally, corners should always
be taken under gentle acceleration. If
you follow these suggestions, tire
wear will be held to a minimum.
Driving at night
Because night driving presents more
hazards than driving in the daylight,
here are some important tips to
remember:
Slow down and keep more dis-tance between you and other vehi-
cles, as it may be more difficult to
see at night, especially in areas
where there may not be any street
lights.
CAUTION- Vehicle rocking
Prolonged rocking may causeengine overheating, transmis-sion damage or failure, and tiredamage.
CAUTION- Spinning tires
Do not spin the wheels, espe-cially at speeds more than 35mph (56 km/h). Spinning thewheels at high speeds when thevehicle is stationary couldcause a tire to overheat whichcould result in tire damage thatmay injure bystanders.
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Driving your vehicle
Driving in flooded areas
Avoid driving through flooded areas
unless you are sure the water is no
higher than the bottom of the wheel
hub. Drive through any water slowly.
Allow adequate stopping distance
because brake performance may be
affected.
After driving through water, dry the
brakes by gently applying them sev-
eral times while the vehicle is moving
slowly.
Driving off-road
Drive carefully off-road because your
vehicle may be damaged by rocks or
roots of trees. Become familiar with
the off-road conditions where you
are going to drive before you begin
driving.
Highway driving
Tires
Adjust the tire inflation pressures to
specification. Low tire inflation pres-
sures will result in overheating and
possible failure of the tires.
Avoid using worn or damaged tires
which may result in reduced traction
or tire failure.
Never exceed the maximum tire
inflation pressure shown on the tires.
Fuel, engine coolant and engine oil
High speed travel consumes more
fuel than urban motoring. Do not for-
get to check both the engine coolant
and engine oil.
Drive belt
A loose or damaged drive belt may
result in overheating of the engine.
WARNING- Under/overinflated tires
Always check the tires for proper
inflation before driving.
Underinflated or overinflated
tires can cause poor handling,
loss of vehicle control, and sud-
den tire failure leading to acci-
dents, injuries, and even death.
For proper tire pressures, refer to
“Tires and wheels” in chapter 8.
WARNING- Tire tread
Always check the tire tread
before driving your vehicle.
Worn-out tires can result in loss
of vehicle control. Worn-out tires
should be replaced as soon as
possible. For further information
and tread limits, refer to “Tires
and wheels” in chapter 7.
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Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
• Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
In case of an emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
• If the engine stalls at a crossroad or crossing. . . . . . . 6-3
• If you have a flat tire while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
• If the engine stalls while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
If the engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• If engine doesn't turn over or turns over slowly . . . . 6-4
• If engine turns over normally but does not start . . . . 6-4
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
• Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
• Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
If the engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . . . . . . 6-8
• Check tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
• Low tire pressure telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
• Low tire pressure position telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
• Changing a tire with TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
If you have a flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
• Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
• Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
• Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
If you have a flat tire (with Tire Mobility Kit) . . 6-23
• Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
• Notes on the safe use of the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . 6-25
• Components of the Tire MobilityKit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
• Using the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28
• Distributing the sealant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
• Checking the tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
• Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-\
33
• Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
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Jump starting procedure
1. Make sure the booster battery is12-volt and that its negative termi-
nal is grounded.
2. If the booster battery is in another vehicle, do not allow the vehicles
to come in contact.
3. Turn off all unnecessary electrical loads.
4. Connect the jumper cables in the exact sequence shown in the illus-
tration. First connect one end of a
jumper cable to the positive termi-
nal of the discharged battery (1),
then connect the other end to the
positive terminal of the booster
battery (2).
Proceed to connect one end of the
other jumper cable to the negative
terminal of the booster battery (3),
then the other end to a solid, sta-
tionary, metallic point (for exam-
ple, the engine lifting bracket)
away from the battery (4). Do not
connect it to or near any part that
moves when the engine is
cranked. Do not allow the jumper cables to
contact anything except the correct
battery terminals or the correct
ground. Do not lean over the bat-
tery when making connections.
5. Start the engine of the vehicle with the booster battery and let it run at
2,000 rpm, then start the engine
of the vehicle with the discharged
battery.
If the cause of your battery discharg-ing is not apparent, you should haveyour vehicle checked by an author-ized Kia dealer.
Push-starting
Vehicles equipped with automatic
transmission / dual clutch transmis-
sion lock system cannot be push-
started.
Follow the directions in this section
for jump-starting.
WARNING - Tow starting
vehicle
Never tow a vehicle to start it.
When the engine starts, the
vehicle can suddenly surge for-
ward and could cause a colli-
sion with the tow vehicle.
WARNING - Battery cables
Do not connect the jumper cable
from the negative terminal of the
booster battery to the negative
terminal of the discharged bat-
tery. This can cause the dis-
charged battery to overheat and
crack, releasing battery acid.
Make sure to connect one end of
the jumper cable to the negative
terminal of the booster battery,
and the other end to a metallic
point, far away from the battery.
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What to do in an emergency
IF THE ENGINE OVERHEATS
If your temperature gauge indicates
overheating, you experience a loss
of power, or hear loud pinging or
knocking, the engine will probably be
too hot. If this happens, you should:
1.Pull off the road and stop as soonas it is safe to do so.
2.Place the shift lever in P (for Automatic transmission / Dual
clutch transmission) and set the
parking brake. If the air condition-
ing is on, turn it off.
3.If engine coolant is running out under the vehicle or steam is com-
ing out from underneath the hood,
stop the engine. Do not open the
hood until the coolant has stopped
running or the steaming has
stopped. If there is no visible loss
of engine coolant and no steam,
leave the engine running and
check to be sure the engine cool-
ing fan is operating. If the fan is not
running, turn the engine off. 4.Check to see if the water pump
drive belt is missing. If it is not
missing, check to see that it is
tight. If the drive belt seems to be
satisfactory, check for coolant leak-
ing from the radiator, hoses or
under the vehicle. (If the air condi-
tioning had been in use, it is nor-
mal for cold water to be draining
from it when you stop).
5.If the water pump drive belt is bro- ken or engine coolant is leaking
out, stop the engine immediately
and call the nearest authorized Kia
dealer for assistance. 6.If you cannot find the cause of the
overheating, wait until the engine
temperature has returned to nor-
mal. If coolant has been lost, care-
fully add coolant to the reservoir to
bring the fluid level in the reservoir
up to the halfway mark.
7.Proceed with caution, keeping alert for further signs of overheat-
ing. If overheating happens again,
call an authorized Kia dealer for
assistance.
Serious loss of coolant indicates
there is a leak in the cooling system
and this should be checked as soon
as possible by an authorized Kia
dealer.
WARNING - Under the hood
While the engine is running, keep hair,
hands and clothing
away from moving
parts such as the fan
and drive belts to pre-
vent injury.
WARNING - Radiator cap
Do not remove the
radiator cap when the
engine is hot. This may
result in coolant being
blown out of the open-
ing and cause serious
burns.
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What to do in an emergency
It is possible that some tires, espe-
cially with larger punctures or dam-
age to the sidewall, cannot be sealed
completely.
Air pressure loss in the tire may
adversely affect tire performance.
For this reason, you should avoid
abrupt steering or other driving
maneuvers, especially if the vehicle is
heavily loaded or if a trailer is in use.
The Tire Mobility Kit is not designed
or intended as a permanent tire
repair method and is to be used for
one tire only.
This instruction shows you step by
step how to temporarily seal the
puncture.
Read the section "Notes on the safe
use of the Tire Mobility Kit".Notes on the safe use of the
Tire Mobility Kit
Park your car at the side of theroad so that you can work with the
Tire Mobility Kit away from moving
traffic.
To be sure your vehicle will not move, even when you're on fairly
level ground, always set your park-
ing brake.
Only use the Tire Mobility Kit for sealing/inflation passenger car
tires. Only punctured areas located
within the tread region of the tire
can be sealed using the Tire
Mobility Kit.
Do not use on motorcycles, bicy- cles or any other type of tires.
When the tire and wheel are dam- aged, do not use Tire Mobility Kit
for your safety. Use of the Tire Mobility Kit may not
be effective for tire damage larger
than approximately 0.24 in (6 mm).
Please contact the nearest Kia
dealership if the tire cannot be
made roadworthy with the Tire
Mobility Kit.
Do not remove any foreign objects such as nails or screws that have
penetrated the tire.
Provided the car is outdoors, leave the engine running. Otherwise
operating the compressor may
eventually drain the car battery.
Never leave the Tire Mobility Kit unattended while it is being used.
Do not leave the compressor run- ning for more than 10 min. at a time
or it may overheat.
Do not use the Tire Mobility Kit if the ambient temperature is below -22°F
(-30°C).
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Index
Dual clutch transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22Dual clutch transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Dynamic Bending Light (DBL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148
Electric Chromic Mirror (ECM) with UVO link . . . . . 4-54
Electric power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Electrical equipment (U.S. ONLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-102 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-102
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR: Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system . . . 7-102
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-103
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-2
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 7-4
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28 Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Engine coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
26
Checking the engine oil level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Engine overheats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Engine start/stop button illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR: Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-102
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-103
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-22 Engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Drive belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Fuel filter (for gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Fuel lines, fuel hoses and connections . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Vapor hose and fuel filler cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Vacuum crankcase ventilation hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Air cleaner filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Valve clearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
23
Automatic transmission fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Dual clutch transmission fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
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Index
Occupant detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
63
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. ONLY) . . . . 8-17
Operation in foreign countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Other fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-\
4
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Outside temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
6-7
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Panoramic Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42 Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44\
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Closing the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Parking & Tail light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Parking distance warning-reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98 Operation of the parking distance warning-reverse . 4-98
Non-operational conditions of parking distance
warning-reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Parking distance warning-reverse precautions. . . . 4-100
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
Personal lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-92
Pocket lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
Position lamp/Day time running lamp (LED type) replacement (Headlamp Type A, B). . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-83
Power brakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
Power window lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Precautions-seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Pre-tensioner seat belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17 Headrest (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-\
18
Folding the rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Rear turn signal lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
Rear view monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7 Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Record your key number (Folding key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Record your key number (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
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