KIA Sorento Owner's manual

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A/V Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66

Active ECO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56

Active headrest(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Active bonnet system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-76

AFLS (Adaptive Front Lighting System). . . . . . . . . . 4-125

Air bag warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75

Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54

Air bags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51

Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75

Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54

Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65

Do not install a child restraint on the front passenger’s

seat.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54

Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52

Passenger’s front air bag OFF indicator. . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

Passenger’s front air bag ON indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

Passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch . . . . . . . . . 3-62

Side impact air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-64

SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56

Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59

Air conditioner compressor label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

Air Conditioning refrigerant label. . . . . . . . . . 4-148, 4-162

Air ventilation seat, see seat cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Airconditioning system

Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150

Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139

Alarm system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15, 4-17

Antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-182

Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39

Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-114

Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-114

Interior care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-119

Armrest (2nd row seat). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-171

Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-182

Antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-182

Aux, USB and iPod port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-184

Steering wheel audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-183

Auto light/AFLS position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118

Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150

3rd row air conditioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-159

Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-158

Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-162

Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . . 4-152

Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-161

Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153

Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

Shift lock override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22

Aux, USB and iPod port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-184

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Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-67

Battery capacity label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-68

Battery capacity label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-68

Battery replacement (Remote keyless entry) . . . . . . . . 4-10

Battery replacement (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115

Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Bottle holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-173

Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35

Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39

Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

Emergency Stop Signal (ESS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46

Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47

Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37

Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35

TSA (Trailer stability assist). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48

Vehicle stability management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45

Brakes/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54

Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-98

Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Button start/stop, see engine start/stop button . . . . . . . 5-10

Camera (Rear view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113

Capacities (Lubricants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Care

Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-114

Interior care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-119

Tyre care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-71

Cargo security screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-178

Centre console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-168

Central door lock switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21

Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Chains

Tyre chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66

Checking tyre inflation pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-72

Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39

ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46

Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42

Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44

Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23

Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-171

Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-167

Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148, 4-161, 7-61

Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-176

Combined instrument, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . 4-52

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Compact spare tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

Compact spare tyre replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76

Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51

Cooling fluid, see engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51

Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-121

Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50

Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-172

Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65

Dashboard illumination, see instrument panel

illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53

Dashboard, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52

Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48

Daytime running light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124

Deadlocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22

Defogging (Windscreen). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164

Defroster (Rear window) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138

Outside rearview mirror defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138

Wiper deicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138

Defrosting (Windscreen). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164

Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-175

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Display illumination, see instrument panel illumination . . 4-53

Displays, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52

Do not install a child restraint on the front passenger’s seat.3-54

Door courtesy lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135

Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20

Central door lock switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21

Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23

Deadlocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22

Drinks holders, see cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-172

Driver position memory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Driver's and passenger's front air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59

Driving at night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62

Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63

Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62

Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63

DRL, see Day time running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124

Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57

Electric chromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46

Electric power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42

Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

Emergency commodity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34

Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Emergency Stop Signal (ESS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46

Emergency tailgate safety release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25

Emergency whilst driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

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Emission control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-121

Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-121

Evaporative emission control System . . . . . . . . . . . 7-121

Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-122

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Engine compartment fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-83

Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51

Engine Coolant Temperature guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56

Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49

Engine overheats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Evaporative emission control System . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-121

Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-122

Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-45

Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-114

Exterior overview (Front). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Exterior overview (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Flat tyre (with spare tyre) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

Changing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17

Compact spare tyre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

Removing and storing the spare tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

Flat tyre (with tyre mobility kit). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

Flex steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45

Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-176

Fluid

Brakes/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54

Power steering fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55

Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56

Fog light (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122

Fog light (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123

Folding the rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

Four wheel drive (4WD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27

Front seat adjustment - Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76

Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34

Fuel filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-58

Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57

Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Fuse switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-83

Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-81

Engine compartment fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-83

Fuse switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-83

Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-85

Instrument panel fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82

Multi fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84

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Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55

Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-168

Glove box lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136

Gross vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Hazard warning flasher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114

Hazardous driving conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59

Headlamp welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137

Headlight(Headlamp) escort function. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115

Headlight bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-98

Headlight levelling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124

Headlight position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117

Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131

Headrest(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Headrest(rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Heated steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44

Heater

Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150

Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139

Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119

Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63

Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47

Bonnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32

Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45

How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Immobiliser system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89

Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52

Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55

Instrument panel illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53

LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54

Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59

Instrument panel fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82

Instrument panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Intrusion protection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Interior care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-119

Interior features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-171

Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-171

Bottle holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-173

Cargo security screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-178

Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-171

Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-176

Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-172

Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-175

Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-176

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Luggage net (holder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-177

Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-174

Side curtain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-177

Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-174

Interior lamp Automatic turn off function . . . . . . . . . 4-133

Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133

Door courtesy lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135

Glove box lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136

Interior lamp Automatic turn off function . . . . . . . . 4-133

Luggage lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135

Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133

Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134

Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136

Interior light welcome function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137

Interior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46

Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

Jump starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Immobiliser system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Label

Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75

Air conditioner compressor label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

Tyre sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77

Tyre specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Vehicle certification label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Lap belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29

Lap/shoulder belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

LCD display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60

A/V Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66

LCD modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60

Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61

Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66

User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67

LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54

LCD modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60

Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-97

Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115

AFLS (Adaptive Front Lighting System) . . . . . . . . 4-125

Auto light/AFLS position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118

Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115

Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124

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Front fog light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122

Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115

Headlight levelling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124

Headlight position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117

High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119

Position light position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116

Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123

Smart cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115

Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120

Lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-170

Luggage net (holder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-177

Luggage room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135

Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Maintenance

Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . 7-45

Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Tyre maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76

Maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Manual climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139

3rd row air conditioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145

Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146

Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148

Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148

Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140

Manual transaxle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48

Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48

Electric chromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49

Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48

Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49

Moonroof, see panorama sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37

Multi fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84

Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58

Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49

Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49

Outside rearview mirror defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138

Outside temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58

Overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

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Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37

Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98

Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37

Parking brake maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-57

Passenger’s front air bag OFF indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

Passenger’s front air bag ON indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

Passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch . . . . . . . . . . 3-62

Pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137

Position light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116

Power brakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35

Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-174

Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43

Power steering fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55

Power window lock button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30

Pre-tensioner seat belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94

Rear seat adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113

Rear window wiper and washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131

Recommended cold tyre inflation pressures . . . . . . . . 7-71

Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

Reducing the risk of a rollover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59

Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

Remote keyless entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Replacement light bulb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-97

Restrictions in handling keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60

Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-180

Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134

Rotation (Tyre) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-73

Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26

Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24

Height adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

Lap belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29

Lap/shoulder belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35

Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26

Stowing the rear seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

Seat cooler (Air ventilation seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Seat warmer (2nd row seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Seat warmer(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

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Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Active headrest(front). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Armrest (2nd row seat). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Driver position memory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Folding the rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

Front seat adjustment - Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Headrest(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Headrest(rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Rear seat adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Seat cooler (Air ventilation seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Seat warmer (2nd row seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Seat warmer(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61

Shift lock override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

Side curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-177

Side impact air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-64

Smart cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115

Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Restrictions in handling keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Smart parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103

Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61

Snow tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65

Spare tyre

Changing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17

Compact spare tyre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

Compact spare tyre replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76

Removing and storing the spare tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59

Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62

Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63

Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62

Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63

Hazardous driving conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59

Highway driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63

Reducing the risk of a rollover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59

Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60

Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61

Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55

Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22

SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56

Starting difficulties, see engine will not start . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42

Electric power steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42

Flex steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45

Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44

Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45

Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43

Tilt steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43

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Steering wheel audio controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-183

Steering wheel heater, see Heated steering wheel . . . . 4-44

Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-168

Centre console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-168

Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-168

Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-170

Sunglass holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-169

Stowing the rear seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-169

Sunroof, see panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37

Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-174

Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56

Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

Emergency tailgate safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25

Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44

Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15, 4-17

Tilt steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43

Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29

TPMS, see Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-70

Transaxle

Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

Manual transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59

Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74

Fuel Economy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76

Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75

TSA (Trailer stability assist). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48

Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66

Turn signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120

Tyre & wheel specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Tyre chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66

Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Tyre rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-73

Tyre specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Tyres and wheels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-71

Checking tyre inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-72

Compact spare tyre replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76

Recommended cold tyre inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-71

Tyre care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-71

Tyre maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76

Tyre replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75

Tyre rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-73

Tyre sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77

Tyre traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76

Wheel alignment and tyre balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74

Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76

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User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63

Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136

Vehicle break-in process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Vehicle handling instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Vehicle stability management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45

Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80

Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67

Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56

Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137

Headlamp welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137

Interior light welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137

Pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137

Wheel alignment and tyre balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74

Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76

Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27

Power window lock button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30

Windscreen defrosting and defogging . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164

Windscreen washers (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130

Windscreen wipers (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128

Winter driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65

Snow tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65

Tyre chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66

Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-63

Wiper deicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138

Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126

Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131

Rear window wiper and washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131

Windscreen washers (Front). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130

Windscreen wipers (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128

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Kia, THE COMPANY

Enjoy your vehicle and Kia’s “Family-like Care” experience!

Thank you for becoming the owner of a new Kia vehicle.

As a global car manufacturer focused on building high-quality, value for

money prices, Kia Motors is dedicated to providing you with a customer

service experience that exceeds your expectations.

At all of our Kia dealerships you will be treated with warmth, hospitality

and professionalism by people who care based on our “Family-like Care”

promise.

All information contained in this Owner’s Manual is accurate at the

time of publication. However, Kia reserves the right to make changes

at any time so that our policy of continual product improvement can be

carried out.

This manual applies to all Kia models and includes descriptions and

explanations of optional as well as standard equipment. As a result, you

may encounter material in this manual that is not applicable to your

specific Kia vehicle.

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This manual will familiarize you with operational, maintenance and safety information about your new vehicle. It is

supplemented by a Warranty and Maintenance book that provides important information on all warranties regarding

your vehicle. Kia urges you to read these publications carefully and follow the recommendations to help assure

enjoyable and safe operation of your new vehicle.

Kia offers a great variety of options, components and features for its various models. Therefore, some of the equip-

ment described in this manual, along with the various illustrations, may not be applicable to your particular vehicle.

The information and specifications provided in this manual were accurate at the time of printing. Kia reserves the

right to discontinue or change specifications or design at any time without notice and without incurring any obliga-

tion. If you have questions, always check with your authorised Kia dealer.

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Introduction

Your vehicle at a glance

Safety features of your vehicle

Features of your vehicle

Driving your vehicle

What to do in an emergency

Maintenance

Specifications & Consumer information

Index

table of contents

Introduction

How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

• Petrol engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

• Diesel engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Vehicle handling instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

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We want to help you get the greatest

possible driving pleasure from your

vehicle. Your Owner’s Manual can

assist you in many ways. We strong-

ly recommend that you read the

entire manual. In order to minimise

the chance of death or injury, you

must read the WARNING and CAU-

TION sections in the manual.

Illustrations complement the words

in this manual to best explain how to

enjoy your vehicle. By reading your

manual, you learn about features,

important safety information, and

driving tips under various road condi-

tions.

The general layout of the manual is

provided in the Table of Contents.

Use the index when looking for a

specific area or subject; it has an

alphabetical listing of all information

in your manual.

Sections:This manual has eight sec-

tions plus an index. Each section

begins with a brief list of contents so

you can tell at a glance if that section

has the information you want.

You will find various WARNINGs,

CAUTIONs, and NOTICEs in this

manual. These WARNINGs were

prepared to enhance your personal

safety.You should carefully read and

follow ALL procedures and recom-

mendations provided in these

WARNINGs, CAUTIONs and

NOTICEs.

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NOTICE

A NOTICE indicates interesting or

helpful information is being provided.

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

WARNING

A WARNING indicates a situation

in which harm, serious bodily

injury or death could result if the

warning is ignored.

CAUTION

A CAUTION indicates a situation

in which damage to your vehicle

could result if the caution is

ignored.

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Introduction

Petrol engine

Unleaded

For Europe

For the optimal vehicle performance,

we recommend you to use unleaded

petrol with an octane rating of RON

(Research Octane Number) 95 / AKI

(Anti Knock Index) 91 or higher.

You may use unleaded petrol with an

octane rating of RON 91~94 / AKI

87~90 but it may result in slight per-

formance reduction of the vehicle.

Except Europe

Your new Kia vehicle is designed to

use only unleaded fuel having an

Octane Rating of RON (Research

Octane Number) 91 / AKI (Anti-

Knock Index) 87 or higher.

Your new vehicle is designed to

obtain maximum performance with

UNLEADED FUEL, as well as min-

imise exhaust emissions and spark

plug fouling.

Leaded (if equipped)

For some countries, your vehicle is

designed to use leaded petrol.When

you are going to use leaded petrol,

we recommend that you ask an

authorised Kia dealer whether lead-

ed petrol in your vehicle is available

or not.

Octane Rating of leaded petrol is

same with unleaded one.

FUEL REQUIREMENTS

WARNING

• Do not "top off" after the noz-

zle automatically shuts off

when refuelling.

• Always check that the fuel cap

is installed securely to pre-

vent fuel spillage in the event

of an accident.

CAUTION

NEVER USE LEADED FUEL.The

use of leaded fuel is detrimental

to the catalytic converter and

will damage the engine control

system’s oxygen sensor and

affect emission control.

Never add any fuel system

cleaning agents to the fuel tank

other than what has been speci-

fied. (We recommend that you

consult an authorised Kia deal-

er for details.)

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Petrol containing alcohol and

methanol

Gasohol, a mixture of petrol and

ethanol (also known as grain alco-

hol), and petrol or gasohol containing

methanol (also known as wood alco-

hol) are being marketed along with or

instead of leaded or unleaded petrol.

Do not use gasohol containing more

than 10% ethanol, and do not use

petrol or gasohol containing any

methanol. Either of these fuels may

cause drivability problems and dam-

age to the fuel system.

Discontinue using gasohol of any

kind if drivability problems occur.

Vehicle damage or drivability prob-

lems may not be covered by the

manufacturer’s warranty if they result

from the use of:

1.Gasohol containing more than

10% ethanol.

2.Petrol or gasohol containing

methanol.

3. Leaded fuel or leaded gasohol.

Use of MTBE

Kia recommends avoiding fuels con-

taining MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl

Ether) over 15.0% vol. (Oxygen

Content 2.7% weight) in your vehicle.

Fuel containing MTBE over 15.0%

vol. (Oxygen Content 2.7% weight)

may reduce vehicle performance and

produce vapour lock or hard starting.

Do not use methanol

Fuels containing methanol (wood

alcohol) should not be used in your

vehicle. This type of fuel can reduce

vehicle performance and damage

components of the fuel system.

CAUTION

Your New Vehicle Limited

Warranty may not cover damage

to the fuel system and any per-

formance problems that are

caused by the use of fuels con-

taining methanol or fuels con-

taining MTBE (Methyl Tertiary

Butyl Ether) over 15.0% vol.

(Oxygen Content 2.7% weight.)

CAUTION

Never use gasohol which con-

tains methanol. Discontinue use

of any gasohol product which

impairs drivability.

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