2021 KIA NIRO PHEV Owners Manual

4181
Features of your vehicle
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.
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 control
that may lead to an accident,
severe personal injury, and death.
The driver's primary responsibili-
ty is in the safe and legal opera-
tion of a vehicle, and use of any
handheld devices, other equip-
ment, or vehicle systems which
take the driver's eyes, attention
and focus away from the safe
operation of a vehicle or which
are not permissible by law should
never be used during operation
of the vehicle.

Features of your vehicle
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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.

4183
Features of your vehicle
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 operated with minimum 20cm between the radiator and your body. This trans-
mitter must not be collocated or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter unless authorized to
do so by the FCC.

Driving your vehicle
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
. . . . . . 5-11
. . . . . . . . . . 5-11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Regenerative braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
. . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52

Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA)
(Front view camera only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
. . . . . . 5-57
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61

Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA)(Sensor fusion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-70
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-70
. . . . . . 5-73
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. 5-75
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-77

Lane Keeping Assist (LKA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-87
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-88
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-90
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-92
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Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) . . . . . . . . . 5-96
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
. . . . . . . . . . . 5-99
Driver Attention Warning (DAW). . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-112
Cruise Control (CC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-114

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-115

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
. . 5-117
do one of the following . 5-117
approximately 20 mph (30 km/h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-118
do one of the following . 5-118
Smart Cruise Control (SCC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-128
. . 5-129

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-134 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-135
Navigation-based Smart Cruise Control (NSCC) . 5-141
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-142
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-142
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143
Lane Following Assist (LFA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-150
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-153

Highway Driving Assist (HDA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-156

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-157
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-157
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-158

period of time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-159
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-161
Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning (RCCW) . 5-164
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164
. . . . . . . . . . 5-166
Declaration of conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-173
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182
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Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-184
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-184

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-186
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-186
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-187
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-187
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-188
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-188
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-188
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-189
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-189
. . . . . . . . . 5-191
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-191
. . . . . . 5-191

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-192
in system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19\
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-192
. . . 5-192
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-192
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-192
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-193
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-193
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-196
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
. . . . . . . . . . . 5-197
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Driving your vehicle
4 5
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- Engine
exhaust
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 liftgate
Do not drive with the liftgate
open. Poisonous exhaust gases
can enter the passenger com-
partment. If you must drive with
the liftgate open proceed as fol-
lows:
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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Driving your vehicle
Before entering vehicle
• Be sure that all windows, outside
mirror(s), and outside lights are
clean.
Check the condition of the tires.
Check under the vehicle for any
sign of leaks.
Be sure there are no obstacles
behind you if you intend to back up.
Necessary inspections
Fluid levels, such as engine oil,
engine coolant, brake fluid, and
washer fluid should be checked on a
regular basis, at the exact interval
depending on the fluid. Further
details are provided in chapter 7,
“Maintenance”.
Before starting
Close and lock all doors.
Position the seat so that all con-
trols are easily reached.
Buckle your seat belt.
Adjust the inside and outside
rearview mirrors.
Be sure that all lights work.
Check all gauges.
Check the operation of warning
lights when the ignition switch or
ENGINE START/STOP button is in
the ON position.
Release the parking brake and
make sure the brake warning light
goes out.
For safe operation, be sure you are
familiar with your vehicle and its
equipment.
BEFORE DRIVING
WARNING - Distracted
driving
Focus on the road while driving.
The driver's primary responsi-
bility is in the safe and legal
operation of the vehicle. Any
handled devices, other equip-
ment or vehicle systems that
distract the driver should not be
used during vehicle operation.