2022 KIA NIRO HYBRID EV Owners Manual

Safety features of your vehicle
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SRS Care
The SRS is virtually maintenance-
free and so there are no parts you can
safely service by yourself. If the SRS
air bag warning light does not illumi-
nate, 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, front seats
and roof rails must be performed by
an authorized Kia dealer. Improper
handling 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.
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.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 off
when your vehicle is being
towed. The side air bags may
inflate if the vehicle is tilted
such as when being towed
because of the rollover sensors
in the vehicle.

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Safety features of your vehicle
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 Canada Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS),
are attached to the sun visor to alert
the driver and passengers of poten-
tial risks of the air bag system.
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Features of your vehicle
Folding key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20

Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
. . . . 4-22
. . . . . . 4-23
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28\
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28

Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-36
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Fuel filler door (Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Fuel filler door (Plug-in hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44\

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47

Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
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. . . 4-52
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Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53\
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-70
. . . . . . . . . . 4-76
LCD Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Rear View Monitor (RVM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
Reverse Parking Distance Warning (PDW) . . . . 4-123
. . . . 4-123
. 4-124
. . 4-125
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Forward/Reverse Parking Distance Warning(PDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126

Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12\
7
Parking Distance Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
. . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
. . . . . . . . . 4-141
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
. . . . . . . . . . 4-146
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
Automatic climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
. . . . . . . . . 4-149
. . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-157
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-159
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-160
. . . . . . . . . . 4-160
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-161
and compressor lubricant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-162
Windshield defrosting and defogging . . . . . . . . . 4-163
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-163

Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-167
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-167
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16\
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-168
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-169
Interior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-170
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-170
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-170 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-172
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
173
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-173
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-174
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-175
. . . . . . . . . . 4-176
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-180

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-181
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-182
Exterior features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-183
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18\
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Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-185

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
185
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-186
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-189

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Features of your vehicle
4 4
Record your key number
The key code num-
ber is stamped on
the key code tag
attached to the key
set. Should you
lose your keys, this number will
enable an authorized Kia dealer to
duplicate the keys easily. Remove
the key code tag and store it in a safe
place. Also, record the key code
number and keep it in a safe place,
but not in the vehicle.
Key operations
• Used to start the engine.
Used to lock and unlock the doors.
To unfold the key, press the release
button then the key will unfold auto-
matically. To fold the key, fold the
key manually while pressing the
release button.
FOLDING KEY (IF EQUIPPED)
CAUTION
Do not fold the key without
pressing the release button.
This may damage the key.
WARNING - Aftermarket
key
Use only Kia original parts for
the ignition key in your vehicle.
If an aftermarket key is used,
the ignition switch may not
return to ON after START. If this
happens, the starter will contin-
ue to operate causing damage
to the starter motor and possi-
ble fire due to excessive current
in the wiring.
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Features of your vehicle
Door Lock (1)
1. Close all doors, engine hood and
liftgate.
2. Press the lock button(1).
3. All doors and liftgate will lock. The
hazard warning lights will blink
once.
4. If the lock button is pressed once
more within 4 seconds, the hazard
warning lights will blink and the
horn will sound once.
5. Make sure that doors are locked by
checking the door lock button inside
or pulling the outside door handle.
Door Unlock (2)
1. Press the unlock button(2).
2. The driver's door will unlock. The
hazard warning lights will blink two
times.
3. Press the unlock button(2) twice
within 4 seconds and all doors and
liftgate will unlock. The hazard
warning lights will blink two times.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
You can active or deactivate the Two
Press Unlock function from the User
Settings mode in the LCD display.
Refer to “User Settings” in this
chapter.
WARNING- Ignition key
(smart key)
Never leave the keys in your
vehicle with unsupervised chil-
dren. Leaving children unat-
tended in a vehicle with a man-
ual ignition key or a smart key
is dangerous. Children copy
adults and they could place the
key in the ignition switch or
press the start button. The key
would enable children to oper-
ate power windows or other
controls, or even make the vehi-
cle move, which could result in
serious bodily injury or death.
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Features of your vehicle
6 4
Liftgate unlock (3)
The liftgate is unlocked if the button
is pressed for more than 1 second.
Also, once the liftgate is opened and
then closed, the liftgate will be locked
automatically.
Panic (4)
The horn sounds and hazard warn-
ing lights flash for about 27 seconds
if this button is pressed for more than
0.5 seconds. To stop the horn and
lights, press any button on the trans-
mitter.
Transmitter precautions
The transmitter will not work if any
of following occur:
- The ignition key is in the ignition
switch.
- You exceed the operating dis-
tance limit (about 10 m [30 feet]).
- The battery in the transmitter is
weak.
- Other vehicles or objects are
blocking the signal.
- The weather is extremely cold.
- The transmitter is close to a radio
transmitter such as a radio sub-
station or an airport which can
interfere with normal operation of
the transmitter.