2021 KIA NIRO parking brake

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Maintenance
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NOTICE - NHTSA Safety
Corrosion Alert
NHTSA has warned all vehicle own-
ers of all brands that they must main-
tain their vehicles in a manner which
will prevent brake hose and brake line
failures due to corrosion when such
vehicles are exposed to winter road
salt and related chemicals. While seri-
ous corrosion conditions typically only
manifest themselves as safety issues
after 7 years of vehicle use, the corro-
sion process starts immediately and
thus underbody cleaning maintenance
must commence from your vehicle's
first exposure to road salts and chem-
icals. NHTSA urges vehicle owners to
take the following steps to prevent
corrosion:
(Continued)(Continued)
1. Wash the undercarriage of your
vehicle regularly throughout the
winter and do a thorough washing
in the spring to remove road salt
and other de-icing chemicals.
2. Monitor the brake system for
signs of corrosion by having regu-
lar professional inspections and
watching for signs of problems,
including loss of brake fluid,
unusual leaks and soft or spongy
feel in the brake pedal.
3. Replace the entire brake pipe
assembly if you find severe corro-
sion that causes scaling or flaking
of brake components.
Brake fluid
Check the brake fluid level in the
brake fluid reservoir. The level should
be between “MIN” and “MAX” marks
on the side of the reservoir. Use only
hydraulic brake fluid conforming to
DOT 4 specification.
Parking brake
Inspect the parking brake system
including the parking brake pedal
and cables.
Brake discs, pads, calipers
and rotors
Check the pads for excessive wear,
discs for run out and wear, and
calipers for fluid leakage.

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Maintenance
Checking the parking brake
(if equipped)
Check whether the stroke is within
specification when the parking brake
pedal is depressed with 66 lb, 294 N
(30 kg) of force. Also, the parking
brake alone should securely hold the
vehicle on a fairly steep grade. If the
stroke is more or less than specified,
have the parking brake adjusted by
an authorized Kia dealer.
Stroke : 6~7 notch
PARKING BRAKE
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Maintenance
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LIGHT BULBS
Bulb replacement precaution
Please keep extra bulbs on hand
with appropriate wattage ratings in
case of emergencies.
Refer to “Bulb Wattage” in chapter 8.
When changing lamps, first turn off
the engine at a safe place, firmly
apply the parking brake and detach
the battery’s negative (-) terminal.
Use only bulbs of the specified
wattage.✽ ✽
NOTICE
• If the light bulb or lamp connector
is removed while the lamp is still
on, the fuse box's electronic sys-
tem may log it as a malfunction.
Therefore, a lamp malfunction
incident may be recorded as a
Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) in
the fuse box.
• It is normal for an operating lamp
to flicker momentarily. This is due
to a stabilization function of the
vehicle’s electronic control device.
If the lamp lights up normally
after momentarily blinking, then
it is functioning as normal.
However, if the lamp continues to
flicker several times or turns off
completely, there may be an error
in the vehicle’s electronic control
device. Please have the vehicle
checked by an authorized Kia
dealer immediately.
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NOTICE
We recommend that the headlight
aiming be adjusted by an authorized
Kia dealer after an accident or after
the headlight assembly is reinstalled.
WARNING- Working on
the lights
Prior to working on the light,
firmly apply the parking brake,
ensure that the engine
start/stop button is in OFF posi-
tion and turn off the lights to
avoid sudden movement of the
vehicle and burning your fingers
or receiving an electric shock.
CAUTION -Light replace-
ment
Be sure to replace the burned-
out bulb with one of the same
wattage rating. Otherwise, it
may cause damage to the fuse
or electric wiring system.
CAUTION -Headlamp
Lens
To prevent damage, do not
clean the headlamp lens with
chemical solvents or strong
detergents.

Index
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Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-47
Adding equipment to or modifying your
air bag-equipped vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62
How does the air bag system operate? . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-72
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Air conditioner compressor label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-104
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-104
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-110
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-154
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-142
Automatic ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant
and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-155
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-154Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Recirculated air at washer fluid spray . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
Sunroof inside air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Battery (Plug-in Hybrid). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
Function description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
Function setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
Warning message and function control . . . . . . . . . . 5-99
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
AUTO HOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
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Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
California perchlorate notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-117
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Children always in the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Installing a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-39
Selecting a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-36
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Consumer assistance (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Emergency roadside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Registering your vehicle in a foreign country . . . . . 8-15
Toll free consumer assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Trip interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Inverter coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Recommended coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23Cruise Control (CC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-114
Driving Assist button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-115
To cancel Cruise Control, do one of the following. . 5-117
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
To increase Cruise Control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
To resume cruising speed at more than approximately
20 mph (30 km/h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-118
To set Cruise Control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-115
To temporarily accelerate with Cruise Control on . 5-117
To turn Cruise Control off, do one of the following . 5-118
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-182
FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-182
Declaration of conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-173
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-23
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-22
Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) system. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Driver Attention Warning (DAW). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107
Leading Vehicle Departure Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-112
Low Activity Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107
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Tail lamp (inside) (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . 7-95
Vanity mirror lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . 7-101
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Check headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
Headlight escort function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
High Beam Assist (HBA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Navigation-based Smart Cruise Control (NSCC). . . . 5-141
Function operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143
Function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-142Highway Auto Curve Slowdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-142
Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. only) . . . . . . 8-17
Electrical troubleshooting manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Owner's manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Service manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Owner maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning (RCCW). . . . . 5-164
Function description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164
Function setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164
Warning message and function control . . . . . . . . . 5-166
Rear View Monitor (RVM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Regenerative braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Regenerative Braking (Paddle Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
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Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-193
Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-196
Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-193
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
GAW (Gross axle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
GAWR (Gross axle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
GVW (Gross vehicle weight). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
GVWR (Gross vehicle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Pocket lamp (if equipped) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-157
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-157Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-158
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-189
Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-192
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . 5-191
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-191
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . 5-191
Don’t let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-192
Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . 5-192
Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-189
To keep locks from freezing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-192
Use approved window washer anti-freeze
in system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-192
Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant. . . . . . . . 5-191
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
Front windshield washers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
Rear window wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
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