2021 KIA RIO Owners Manual

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AM broadcasts can be received at
greater distances than FM broad-
casts. This is because AM radio
waves are transmitted at low fre-
quencies. These long, low frequency
radio waves can follow the curvature
of the earth rather than travelling
straight out into the atmosphere. In
addition, they curve around obstruc-
tions so that they can provide better
signal coverage. FM broadcasts are transmitted at
high frequencies and do not bend to
follow the earth's surface. Because
of this, FM broadcasts generally
begin to fade at short distances from
the station. Also, FM signals are eas-
ily affected by buildings, mountains,
or other obstructions. These can
result in certain listening conditions
which might lead you to believe a
problem exists with your radio. The
following conditions are normal and
do not indicate radio trouble: Fading - As your vehicle moves
away from the radio station, the
signal will weaken and sound will
begin to fade. When this occurs,
we suggest that you select another
stronger station.
Flutter/Static - Weak FM signals or large obstructions between the
transmitter and your radio can dis-
turb the signal causing static or
fluttering noises to occur. Reducing
the treble level may lessen this
effect until the disturbance clears.
JBM002
AM reception
JBM003
FM radio station
JBM004
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Features of your vehicle
Station Swapping - As a FM signalweakens, another more powerful
signal near the same frequency
may begin to play. This is because
your radio is designed to lock onto
the clearest signal. If this occurs,
select another station with a
stronger signal.
Multi-Path Cancellation - Radio signals being received from sever-
al directions can cause distortion
or fluttering. This can be caused by
a direct and reflected signal from
the same station, or by signals
from two stations with close fre-
quencies. If this occurs, select
another station until the condition
has passed.
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. If this occurs,
try using the cellular phone as far
away as possible from the audio
equipment.
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.
JBM005
WARNING
Do not use a cellular phone
while driving. Stop at a safe
location to use a cellular phone.
WARNING
Driving while distracted can
result in a loss of vehicle con-
trol that may lead to an acci-
dent, severe personal injury,
and death. The driver's primary
responsibility is in the safe and
legal operation of the vehicle,
and any handheld devices,
other equipment, or vehicle sys-
tems which take the driver's
eyes, attention, and focus away
from the safe operation of the
vehicle, or which are not per-
missible by law, should never
be used during operation of the
vehicle.
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WARNING - Audio
System
Do not disassemble, assemble,
or modify this audio system.
Such acts could result in fire or
electric shock.
WARNING - Antenna
Do not touch the antenna dur-
ing thunder or lightening as
such acts may lead to lightning
induced electric shock.
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Features of your vehicle
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.
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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 operatedwith minmum 20cm between the and your body. This transmitter must
not be collocated or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter unless authorized to do so by the
FCC.
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Driving your vehicle
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
• Ignition switch position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
• Starting the engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
• Illuminated ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . 5-10
• ENGINE START/STOP button position . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
• Starting the engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
• Stopping the engine(Manual Transmission) . . . . . . . 5-16
Manual Transmission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
• Manual transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) . . . . . . . 5-21
• Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) operation . 5-21
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
• Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
• Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
• Anti-lock Brake System (ABS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
• Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
• Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
• Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40• Good braking practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Sport mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . 5-44
• SPORT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA)
(Front view camera only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
• Function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
• FCA warning message and function control . . . . . . 5-48
• Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
• Warning message and warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
• Function malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
• Limitations of FCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
• Situation in which the function may not detect
pedestrian properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
Lane Keeping Assist (LKA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61
• Function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
• Function operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
• Function malfunction and limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66
Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) . . . . . . . . . 5-68
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
• Function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-70
• Function operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72
• Function malfunction and limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73
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Driver Attention Warning (DAW) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78
• Basic function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
5-78
• Leading Vehicle Departure Alert function . . . . . . . . 5-78
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78
• Function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
• Function operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81
• Function malfunction and limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84
Cruise Control (CC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-87
• Function operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-87
• To increase set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-88
• To decrease speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-88
• To temporarily pause the function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
• To resume the function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
Lane Following Assist (LFA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-91
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-91
• Function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-92
• Function operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-92
• Function malfunction and limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-95
Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning (RCCW) . 5-96
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• Functions settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• Function operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-98
Function malfunction and limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-99
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-104
• The radio frequency components(Rear Corner Radar) complies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-104
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-105
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5107
• Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107
• Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107
• Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-108
• Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-108
• Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-109
• Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-110
• Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-110
• Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-110
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-112
• Snowy or Icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-112
• Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant . . . . . . . . . 5-114
• Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-114
• Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . 5-115
• Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . . 5-115
• To keep locks from freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-115
• Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system5-115
• Don't let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-115
• Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . 5-115
• Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
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Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-117
• Tire and loading information label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-117
• Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-120
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-122
• Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-122
• Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-122
• Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-122
• GAW (Gross axle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-122
• GAWR (Gross axle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-122
• GVW (Gross vehicle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-122
• GVWR (Gross vehicle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-122
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