2021 KIA RIO warning

Safety features of your vehicle
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Side air bag
❈ The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ
from the illustration.
Your vehicle is equipped with a side
air bag in each front seat. The purpose of the air bag is to pro-
vide the vehicle's driver and/or the
front passenger with additional pro-
tection than that offered by the seat
belt alone.
The side air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side-impact
collisions, depending on the crash
severity, angle, speed and point of
impact. However, when side deploy-
ment threshold is satisfied in a front-
impact crash, the side air bags may
deploy.
The side air bags may deploy on the side of the impact or on both
sides.
The side and/or curtain air bags on both sides of the vehicle will deploy
if a rollover or possible rollover is
detected.
The side air bags are not designed to deploy in all side impact or
rollover situations.
WARNING
Never place or insert any object
into any small opening near
side airbag labels attached to
the vehicle seats. When the air
bag deploys, the object may
affect the deployment and
result in an unexpected acci-
dent or bodily harm.
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The side air bag is supplemental to
the driver's and the passenger's seat
belt systems and is not a substitute
for them. Therefore your seat belts
must be worn at all times while the
vehicle is in operation.
For best protection from the side air
bag system and to avoid being
injured by the deploying side air bag,
both front seat occupants should sit
in an upright position with the seat
belt properly fastened. The driver's
hands should be placed on the steer-
ing wheel at the 9:00 and 3:00 posi-
tions. The passenger's arms and
hands should be placed on their laps.If the seat or seat cover is damaged,
have the vehicle checked and
repaired by an authorized Kia dealer.
Inform that your vehicle is equipped
with side air bags and an occupant
detection system.
WARNING - Unexpected
deployment
Avoid impact to the side air bag
sensor when the ignition switch
is ON to prevent unexpected
deployment of the side air bag.WARNING - Deployment
Do not install any accessories
including seat covers, on the
side or near the side air bag as
this may affect the deployment
of the side air bags.
WARNING - Flying objects
Do not place any objects (an
umbrella, bag, etc.) between the
front door and the front seat.
Such objects may become dan-
gerous projectiles if the side air
bag inflates.
WARNING - No attaching
objects
Do not place any objects over the air bag or between the air
bag and yourself. Also, do not
attach any objects around the
area in which the air bag
inflates such as the door, side
door glass, front and rear pillar.
Do not place any objects between the door and the
seat. They may become dan-
gerous projectiles if the side
air bag inflates.
Do not install any accessories on the side or near the side air
bags.
Do not hang heavy items on the coat hooks for safety rea-
sons.
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Do not allow the passengers to lean
their heads or bodies onto doors, put
their arms on the doors, stretch their
arms out of the window, or place
objects between the doors and pas-
sengers when they are seated on
seats equipped with side and/or cur-
tain air bags.
✽ ✽NOTICE
Never try to open or repair any com-
ponents of the side curtain air bag
system. This should only be done by
an authorized Kia dealer.
WARNING - No attaching
objects
Do not place any objects over the air bag. Also, do not attach
any objects around the area
the air bag inflates such as the
door, side door glass, front
and rear pillar, roof side rail.
Do not hang hard or breakable objects on the clothes hanger.
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Problems may arise if the sensor
installation angles are changed due
to the deformation of the front
bumper, body or B pillar where side
collision sensors are installed. Have
the vehicle checked and repaired by
an authorized Kia dealer.
Installing aftermarket bumper guards
or replacing a bumper with non-gen-
uine parts may adversely affect your
vehicle’s collision and air bag deploy-
ment performance.Air bag inflation conditions
Front air bags
Front air bags are designed to inflate
in a frontal collision depending on
the severity of impact of the front col-
lision.
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WARNING - Air bag sensors
Do not hit or allow any objects to impact the locations where
air bag or sensors are installed.
This may cause unexpected
air bag deployment, which
could result in serious per-
sonal injury or death.
If the installation location or angle of the sensors is altered
in any way, the air bags may
deploy when they should not
or they may not deploy when
they should.
Therefore, do not try to perform
maintenance on or around the
air bag sensors. Have the vehi-
cle checked and repaired by an
authorized Kia dealer.
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Air bags may not inflate if the vehi-cle collides with objects such as
utility poles or trees, where the
point of impact is concentrated to
one area and the full force of the
impact is not delivered to the sen-
sors.
SRS Care
The SRS is virtually maintenance-free
and there are no parts you can safely
service by yourself. If the SRS air bag
warning light does not illuminate, or
continuously remains on, have your
vehicle immediately inspected by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Any work on the SRS system, such
as removing, installing, repairing, or
any work on the steering wheel, the
front passenger's panel, and front
seats must be performed by an
authorized Kia dealer. Improper han-
dling of the SRS system may result
in serious personal injury.
For cleaning the air bag pad covers,
use only a soft, dry cloth or one which
has been moistened with plain water.
Solvents or cleaners could adversely
affect the air bag covers and proper
deployment of the system.
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WARNING- Tampering
with SRS
Do not tamper with or discon-
nect SRS wiring, or other com-
ponents of the SRS system.
Doing so could result in the
accidental inflation of the air
bags or render the SRS inoper-
ative.
WARNING- Towing Vehicle
Always have the ignition switch
in the LOCK position when your
vehicle is being towed. The side
air bags may inflate if the vehi-
cle is tilted (such as when being
towed) because of the rollover
sensors in the vehicle.
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If components of the air bag system
must be discarded, or if the vehicle
must be scrapped, certain safety
precautions must be observed. An
authorized Kia dealer knows these
precautions and can give you the
necessary information. Failure to fol-
low these precautions and proce-
dures could increase the risk of per-
sonal injury.Adding equipment to or modi-
fying your air bag-equipped
vehicle
If you modify your vehicle by chang-
ing your vehicle's frame, bumper sys-
tem, front end or side sheet metal or
ride height, this may affect the opera-
tion of your vehicle's air bag system
Air bag warning label
Air bag warning labels, some
required by the U.S. National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), are attached to alert the
driver and passengers of potential
risks of the air bag system.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
Be sure to read all of the informa-
tion about the air bags that are
installed on your vehicle in this
Owner`s Manual.
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Features of your vehicle
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 4-4
• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Remote keyless entry system operations . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
• Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
• Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
• Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
• Smart key functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
• Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
• Smart key immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
• Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
• Disarmed stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
• Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-18
• Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . . 4-19
• Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
• Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
• Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
• Child-protector rear door lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
• Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Trunk (for 4 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
• Opening the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
• Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
• Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Smart trunk release (4 door). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Liftgate (for 5 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
• Opening the liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
• Closing the liftgate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
• Emergency liftgate safety release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
• Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
• Manual windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-39
• Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
• Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
• Hood open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
• Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
• Closing the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
• Electric power steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
• Tilt steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
• Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-47
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Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48\
• Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
• Outside rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
• Instrument Cluster Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
• LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
• Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-53
• Transmission Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
• Trip information (Trip computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
• Service Mode (for type A cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
LCD display (for type B cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
• LCD Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
• Driving Assist mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
• User Settings Mode (for type B cluster) . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
• Warning messages (for type B cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
• Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
• Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Rear View Monitor (RVM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93\
• Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
• Headlight escort function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
• Headlight welcome function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
• Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94• High beam operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
• High Beam Assist (HBA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
• Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
• Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100
• Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
• Windshield washers (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
• Rear window wiper and washer switch
(for 5 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-104
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
• Automatic turn off function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
• Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10\
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• Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
• Trunk/Liftgate room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• Glove box lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
• Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
• Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
• Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
• System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
• Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
• Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerantand compressor lubricant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
• Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
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