2022 KIA NIRO HYBRID EV brake fluid

Maintenance
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Brake fluid, which has been exposed
to open air for an extended time
should never be used as its quality
cannot be guaranteed. It should be
disposed of properly.
CAUTION - Brake fluid
Do not allow brake fluid to con-
tact the vehicle's body paint, as
paint damage will result.
CAUTION
To maintain your vehicle’s best
brake and ABS/ESC perform-
ance, use Kia genuine brake
fluid as in the specification.
(Classification : SAE J1704 DOT-
4 LV, ISO4925 CLASS-6,
FMVSS116 DOT-4)

Maintenance
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Occupant Distribution:Designated
seating positions.
Outward Facing Sidewall:The side
of a asymmetrical tire that has a par-
ticular side that faces outward when
mounted on a vehicle. The outward
facing sidewall bears white lettering
or bears manufacturer, brand, and/or
model name molding that is higher or
deeper than the same moldings on
the inner facing sidewall.
Passenger (P-Metric) Tire:A tire
used on passenger cars and some
light duty trucks and multipurpose
vehicles.
Ply:A layer of rubber-coated parallel
cords
Pneumatic tire:A mechanical
device made of rubber, chemicals,
fabric and steel or other materials,
that, when mounted on an automo-
tive wheel, provides the traction and
contains the gas or fluid that sustains
the load.Production options weight:The
combined weight of installed regular
production options weighing over 2.3
kg (5 lbs.) in excess of the standard
items which they replace, not previ-
ously considered in curb weight or
accessory weight, including heavy
duty brakes, ride levelers, roof rack,
heavy duty battery, and special trim.
Recommended Inflation Pressure:
Vehicle manufacturer's recommend-
ed tire inflation pressure and shown
on the tire placard.
Radial Ply Tire:A pneumatic tire in
which the ply cords that extend to the
beads are laid at 90 degrees to the
centerline of the tread.
Rim:A metal support for a tire and
upon which the tire beads are seat-
ed.
Sidewall:The portion of a tire
between the tread and the bead.Speed Rating:An alphanumeric
code assigned to a tire indicating the
maximum speed at which a tire can
operate.
Traction:The friction between the
tire and the road surface. The
amount of grip provided.
Tread:The portion of a tire that
comes into contact with the road.
Treadwear Indicators:Narrow
bands, sometimes called "wear
bars," that show across the tread of a
tire when only 1/16 inch of tread
remains.
UTQGS:Uniform Tire Quality
Grading Standards, a tire information
system that provides consumers with
ratings for a tire's traction, tempera-
ture and treadwear. Ratings are
determined by tire manufacturers
using government testing proce-
dures. The ratings are molded into
the sidewall of the tire.
Vehicle Capacity Weight:The num-
ber of designated seating positions
multiplied by 68 kg (150 lbs.) plus the
rated cargo and luggage load.

Maintenance
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Bright-metal maintenance
To remove road tar and insects,
use a tar remover, not a scraper or
other sharp object.
To protect the surfaces of bright-
metal parts from corrosion, apply a
coating of wax or chrome preser-
vative and rub to a high luster.
During winter weather or in coastal
areas, cover the bright metal parts
with a heavier coating of wax or
preservative. If necessary, coat the
parts with non-corrosive petroleum
jelly or other protective compound.
Underbody maintenance
Road salt and other corrosive chemi-
cals are used in cold weather states to
melt snow and prevent ice accumula-
tion. If these chemicals are not regu-
larly removed, they will corrode the
vehicle underbody and over time dam-
age fuel lines, the fuel tank retention
system, the vehicle suspension, the
exhaust system, and even the body
frame.
Wash the undercarriage of your
vehicle regularly during the winter
and whenever your vehicle has
been exposed to such salts or
chemicals.
Do a thorough washing of the
undercarriage at the end of the
winter.
Use professional service techni-
cians or governmental inspection
stations to annually inspect for cor-
rosion. Immediately seek an inspection of
your vehicle if you become visually
aware of corrosion flaking or scal-
ing or if you become aware of a
change in vehicle performance,
such as soft or spongey brakes,
fluids leaking, impairment of direc-
tional control, suspension noises
or rattling metal straps.

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Specifications, Consumer information and Reporting safety defects
RECOMMENDED LUBRICANTS AND CAPACITIES
To help achieve proper engine and powertrain performance and durability, use only lubricants of the proper quality.
The correct lubricants also help promote engine efficiency that results in improved fuel economy.
These lubricants and fluids are recommended for use in your vehicle.
*1: Refer to the recommended SAE viscosity numbers on the next page.
*2: To maintain your vehicle’s best brake and ABS/ESC performance, use Kia genuine brake fluid as in the specification.
Lubricant VolumeClassification
Engine oil *1
(drain and refill)
3.8 liter (4.01 US qt.)Full synthetic SAE 0W-20, API Latest(ILSAC Latest) or ACEA C5
Dual Clutch Transmission Fluid1.6 ~ 1.7 liter
(1.69 ~ 1.79 US qt.)API GL-4, SAE 70W
HK D DCTF TGO-10 PLUS (SK)
SPIRAX S6 GHDE 70W DCTF PLUS (H.K.SHELL)
Coolant5.98 liter (6.31 US qt.)Mixture of antifreeze and water
(Ethylene glycol base coolant for aluminum radiator)
Inverter coolant2.43 liter (2.56 US qt.)Mixture of antifreeze and water
(Ethylene glycol base coolant for aluminum radiator)
Brake fluid *2402.6 ± 24.4 cc
(0.425 ± 0.025 US qt.)SAE J1704 DOT-4 LV, ISO4925 CLASS-6, FMVSS116 DOT-4
Engine clutch actuator fluid100 ± 20 cc
(0.105 ± 0.021 US qt.)DOT 3 or DOT 4
FuelHEV45 liter (11.9 gal)Refer to Fuel requirements in chapter 1.PHEV43 liter (11.4 gal)

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Filter replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Air conditioner compressor label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-105
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-105
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-111
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-149
Automatic ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-159
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant
and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-162
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-161
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151Recirculated air at washer fluid spray . . . . . . . . . . 4-160
Sunroof inside air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-160
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-157
Battery (Plug-in Hybrid). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80
Blind-Spot Collision Warning setting and activation . 5-81
Warning message and function control . . . . . . . . . . 5-83
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
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
Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
A
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Index
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Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-157
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Method to disconnect the (-) cable for regular
maintenance (For Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-115
Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-115
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR:
Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system. . . . 7-115
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-116
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Engine clutch actuator fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Checking the engine clutch actuator fluid level. . . . 7-29
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 7-4
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
ENGINE START/STOP button position . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Illuminated ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . 5-11
Starting the hybrid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-15
Exterior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-183
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-183Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Folding key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Key operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA)
(Sensor fusion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
Detecting sensors (Front view camera/Front radar). 5-59
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist malfunction . . 5-61
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist setting and
activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist warning message
and function control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Limitation of Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist . 5-63
Forward/Reverse Parking Distance Warning (PDW) . 4-126
Non-operational conditions of Forward/Reverse
Parking Distance Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Operation of Forward/Reverse Parking Distance
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Fuel filler door (Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Closing the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39F
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Index
Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-163
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-163
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164
Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . 5-165
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-165
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . 5-165
Don’t let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-166
Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . 5-166
Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164
To keep locks from freezing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-165
Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system5-165
Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant. . . . . . . . 5-165Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Front windshield washers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Rear window wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . 4-141
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
W