wheel KIA Optima 2007 2.G Owner's Manual

Your vehicle at a glance22INTERIOR OVERVIEW
1. Door lock/unlock button.....................3-11
2. Outside rearview mirror control switch* ...............................................3-76
3. Power window switches* ...................3-14
4. Master power door lock control* .......3-12
5. Master power window control lock*...3-17
6. Steering wheel ..................................4-16
7. Hood release lever ...........................3-71
8. Trunk release lever* ..........................3-70
9. Fuel filler lid release button ...............3-72
* : if equipped
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Front seat adjustment
(Manual type)Adjusting the seat forward and back-wardTo move the seat forward or backward:
1. Pull the seat slide adjustment lever under the front edge of the seat cush-
ion up and hold it.
2. Slide the seat to the desired position.
3. Release the lever and make sure the seat is locked in place.
Adjust the seat before driving, and make
sure the seat is locked securely by trying
to move forward and backward without
using the control knob. If the seat moves,
it is not locked properly.
WARNING
- Loose objects
Loose objects in the driver’s foot
area could interfere with the opera-
tion of the foot pedals, possibly
causing an accident. Loose objects
might interfere with the seat slide
mechanism. Do not place anything
under the front seats.
WARNING
- Seating posi-
tion
In order to avoid unnecessary air
bag injuries including the possibili-
ty of severe injury or death, always
sit as far back as possible by mov-
ing the seat far back, while still
maintaining good vehicle control.
Serious injury or death may be
caused due to the deployment of
the passenger’s air bag.
WARNING
- Driver’s seat
 Never attempt to adjust seat while the vehicle is moving. This could
result in loss of control, and an
accident causing death, serious
injury, or property damage.
 Do not allow anything to interfere with the normal position of the
seatback. Storing items against a
seatback or in any other way
interfering with proper locking of
a seatback could result in serious
or fatal injury in a sudden stop or
collision.
 Always drive and ride with your seatback upright lap portion of
the safety belt is snug and low
across the hips. This puts your
safety belts in the best position to
protect you in case of an acci-
dent.
 In order to avoid unnecessary air bag injuries including the possi-
bility of severe injury or death,
always sit as far back as possible
from the steering wheel so that
your chest is at least 250 mm (10
inches) from the steering wheel.
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Air bag system components The main components of your SRS are:
 To indicate that your vehicle is
equipped with air bags, the correspon-
ding air bag covers are marked with
“SRS AIR BAG”.
- Driver’ s air bag
- Front passenger’ s air bag
- Side air bag (if equipped)
- Curtain air bag (if equipped)
 A diagnostic system that continually
monitors the system operation.
 Air bag warning light to warn you of a
possible problem with the system.
 Emergency power backup in case your
car’ s electrical system is disconnected
in a crash. The SRS uses a collection of sensors to
gather information about the driver
’s and
front passenger’ s seat position, the dri-
ver ’s and front passenger’ s safety belt
usage and impact severity.
The driver's and front passenger's seat
position sensors, which are installed on
the seat track let the air bag control mod-
ule know where the seats are positioned.
Similarly, the safety belt usage sensors
measure if the driver and front passen-
ger’ s safety belts are fastened. These
sensors provide the ability to control the
SRS deployment based on how close the
driver’ s seat is to the steering wheel, how
close the passenger’ s seat is to the
instrument panel, whether or not the
safety belts are fastened, and the severi-
ty of the impact.
The advanced SRS offers the ability to
control the air bag inflation with two lev-
els. A first stage level is provided for mod-
erate-severity impacts. A second stage
level is provided for more severe impacts.
According to the impact severity, seating
position and safety belt usage, the SRS
Control Module controls the air bag infla-
tion.
Failure to properly wear safety belts
can increase the risk or severity of
injury in an accident.
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 Driver’s and front passenger’s air bag are designed to inflate only in
certain frontal collisions, and side
and curtain air bags are designed
to inflate in certain side impacts.
Frontal air bags are not designed
to provide protection in side
impacts, rear impacts, rollovers,
or less severe frontal collisions.
They will not provide protection
from later impacts in a multi-
impact collision.
 If your vehicle has been subject- ed to flood conditions (e.g.
soaked carpeting/standing water
on the floor of the vehicle, etc.) or
if your vehicle has become flood
damaged in any way, do not
attempt to start the vehicle or put
the key in the ignition. Have the
vehicle towed to an authorized
Kia dealer for inspection and nec-
essary repairs.
Disregarding this precaution may
cause an unexpected air bag
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Additionally, your SRS is equipped with
an occupant classification system in the
front passenger’s seat. The occupant
classification system detects the pres-
ence of a passenger in the front passen-
ger’ s seat and will turn off the front pas-
senger’ s air bag under certain conditions
in order to protect smaller front passen-
ger seat occupants. For more detail, see
“Occupant Classification System” later in
this section.
Driver’s air bag The driver’ s air bag is stored in the cen-
ter of the steering wheel.
WARNING
- Seating sen-
sors malfunction
If the seat position sensor is not
working properly, the air bag warn-
ing light ( ) on the instrument
panel will illuminate because the air
bag warning light is connected with
the seat position sensor. If the air
bag warning light does not illumi-
nate when the ignition key is turned
to the "ON" position, if it remains
illuminated after illuminating for
approximately 6 seconds, or if it
illuminates while the vehicle is
being driven, have an authorized
Kia dealer inspect your vehicle as
soon as possible.
AIR
BAG
WARNING
- Seat usage
 Modification to the seat structure
can damage the seat position
sensor and cause the air bag to
deploy at a different level than
should be provided.
 Do not place any objects under- neath the front seats since they
could damage the seat position
sensor or interfere with the occu-
pant classification system.
 Do not place any objects that may cause magnetic fields near the
front seat. These may cause a
malfunction of the seat position
sensor.
 Have your car checked by a Kia dealer as soon as possible if the
SRS warning light comes on.
Ignoring the indicator light can
result in serious or fatal injury.
 Sitting improperly or out of posi- tion can provide incorrect data to
the occupant classification sys-
tem and result in serious or fatal
injury in a crash. All occupants
should sit upright in their seats
with their feet on the floor.
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Front passenger’s air bag Front passenger’ s air bag is stored in the
instrument panel on the glove box.
Never put any objects or ornaments on
the instrument panel.
Occupant classification systemThe occupant classification system
detects the presence of a passenger in
the front passenger’ s seat and will turn
off the front passenger’ s air bag under
certain conditions.
The occupant classification system is
designed to detect the presence of a
properly-seated occupant and determine
if the front passenger’ s air bag should be
enabled (may inflate) or not.
WARNING
- Steering
wheel
 You must always sit as far back from the steering wheel air bag as
possible (chest at least 250 mm
(10 inches) away from the steer-
ing wheel), while still maintaining
a comfortable seating position for
good vehicle control, in order to
reduce the risk of injury or death
in a collision.
 Never place objects over the air bag storage compartments or
between the air bags and your-
self. Due to the speed and force of
the air bag inflation, such objects
could hit your body at high speed
and cause severe bodily injury
and even death.
 Do not put stickers or ornaments on the steering wheel cover.
These may interfere with the
deployment of the air bag.
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✽NOTICE• If luggage or other objects are placed
on the front passenger's seat or if the
temperature of the seat changes while
the seat is unoccupied, the "PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF" indicator may
blink. These conditions do not indi-
cate a problem.
• Do not put heavy objects on the front passenger's seat. This may cause front
passenger air bag deployment in the
event of an accident, thus increasing
your repair costs.
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 Kia does not endorse nor will it
support any changes to any part
or structure of the vehicle that
could affect the advanced air bag
system, including the occupant
classification system.
Specifically, the front passenger
seat, dashboard or door should
not be replaced except by an
authorized Kia dealer using origi-
nal Kia parts designed for this
vehicle and model. Any other
such replacement or modification
could adversely affect the opera-
tion of the occupant classification
system and your advanced air
bags.
For the same reason, do not
attach anything to the seat, dash-
board or door, even temporarily. If
the system is adversely affected,
it could cause severe personal
injuries or death in a collision.
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 Do not place sharp objects on thefront passenger seat. These can
damage the occupant classifica-
tion system, if they puncture the
seat cushion.
 Do not install accessory seat cov- ers on the front seats, since these
will interfere with proper sensor
operation.
WARNING
 The front seat passenger’s air bagis much larger than the steering
wheel air bag and inflates with
considerably more force. It can
seriously hurt or kill a passenger
who is not in the proper position
and wearing the safety belt prop-
erly. The front passengers
should always move their seat as
far back as practical and sit back
in their seat.
 It is essential that the front pas- sengers always wear their safety
belts when vehicle is in motion,
even when the vehicle is moving
in a parking lot or up a driveway
into garage.
 If the driver brakes the vehicle heavily in urgent situations, occu-
pants will be thrown forward. If
front passengers are not wearing
the safety belts, they will be
directly in front of the air bags
when inflation occurs. In that sit-
uation, severe injury or death is
possible.
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Air bag system operation Air bags only operate when the ignition
switch is turned to the ON or START
positions.
 Air bags inflate instantly in the event of
serious frontal or side collision (if
equipped with side air bag or curtain
air bag) in order to help protect the
occupants from serious physical injury.
 There is no single vehicle speed at
which the air bags will inflate.
 Air bag deployment depends on a
number of factors including vehicle
speed, angles of impact and the densi-
ty and stiffness of the vehicles or
objects which your vehicle hits in the
collision. However, factors are not limit-
ed to those mentioned above.
 The front air bags will completely
inflate and deflate in an instant.
It is impossible for you to see the air
bags inflate during an accident. It is
much more likely that you will simply
see the deflated air bags hanging out
of their storage compartments after the
collision. 
In order to help provide protection in a
severe collision, the air bags must
inflate rapidly. The speed of air bag
inflation is a consequence of the
extremely short time in which a collision
occurs and the need to get the air bag
between the occupant and the vehicle
structures before the occupant impacts
those structures. This speed of inflation
reduces the risk of serious or life-
threatening injuries in a severe collision
and is thus a necessary part of air bag
design.
However, air bag inflation can also
cause injuries which normally can
include facial abrasions, bruises and
broken bones, and sometimes more
serious injuries because the inflation
speed also causes the air bags to
expand with a great deal of force.
 There are even circumstances under which contact with the steer-
ing wheel air bag can cause fatal
injuries, especially if the occupant
is positioned excessively close to
the steering wheel.
WARNING -
Seated
positioning
 To avoid severe personal injury ordeath caused by deploying air
bags in a collision, the driver
should sit as far back from the
steering wheel air bag as possible
(at least 250 mm (10 inches) away).
The front passenger should
always move their seat as far back
as possible and sit back in their
seat.
 Air bag inflates instantly in an event of collision, passengers
may be injured by the air bag
expansion force if they are not in
proper position.
 Air bag inflation may cause injuries which normally include
facial or bodily abrasions, injuries
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3Noise and smokeWhen the air bags inflate, they make a
loud noise and they leave smoke and
powder in the air inside of the vehicle.
This is normal. After the air bag inflates,
you may feel substantial discomfort in
breathing due to the contact of your
chest to both the safety belt and the air
bag, as well as from breathing the smoke
and powder. We strongly urge you to
open your doors and/or windows as
soon as possible after impact in order
to reduce discomfort and prevent pro-
longed exposure to the smoke and
powder.
Though the smoke and powder are non-
toxic, it may cause irritation to the skin
(eyes, nose and throat etc.). Wash and
rinse with cold water immediately and
consult a doctor if symptoms persist.
Installing a child restraint on a
front passenger seat is extremely
dangerous and should never be
done.Never place a rear-facing child restraint
in the front passenger’ s seat. If the air
bag deploys, it would impact the rear-fac-
ing child restraint, causing severe or fatal
injuries.
In addition, do not place front-facing child
restraint in the front passenger’ s seat
either. If the front passenger air bag
inflates, it may cause severe or fatal
injuries to the child.
WARNING
- Hot air bag
parts
When the air bags deploy, the air
bag related parts in steering wheel
and/or instrument panel and/or in
both sides of the roof rails above
the front and rear doors are very
hot. To prevent injury, do not touch
the air bag storage area’s internal
components immediately after an
air bag has inflated.
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3Repairing or scrapping the vehicle Repairing/replacing the steering
wheel, instrument panel, center con-
sole headliner/pillar trim, or modifying
vehicle sheet metal components could
disable the air bag system. Have such
repairs and maintenance performed by
an authorized Kia dealer.
 Special care must be taken in scrap-
ping or junking an air bag-equipped
vehicle. Always refer such activities to
a qualified professional.
WARNING
- No mainte-
nance or repair
 Do not work on the air bag sys-
tem’s components or wiring. This
could cause the air bags to inflate
inadvertently, possibly seriously
injuring someone. Working on the
system could also disable the
system so that the air bags would
not deploy in a collision.
 Any work on the air bag system, such as removing, installing, or
repairing the steering wheel must
be performed by a qualified Kia
technician. Improper handling of
the air bag system including the
steering wheel may result in seri-
ous personal injury or death.
Air bag warning labelAir bag warning labels are attached to alert driver and passengers of potential risk of
air bag system.
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3The steering wheel audio remote control
button is installed to promote safe driv-
ing.✽ ✽
NOTICEDo not operate audio remote control
buttons simultaneously.
MODEPress the MODE button to select Radio,
Tape (if equipped) or CD (compact disc).
Each press of the button changes the
display as follows:MUTEPress the MUTE button to deactivate
the sound.
 Once again press the MUTE button to
reactivate the sound.VOL ( /) Press the VOL () button to increase
volume.
 Press the VOL () button to decease
volume.
SEEK (/) Press the SEEK switch 1 sec. or more.RADIO modeWhen the SEEK () is pressed, the unit
will automatically tune to the next higher
frequency and when the SEEK ( )
switch is pressed, it will automatically
tune to the next lower frequency.TAPE mode Pressing the SEEK () will play the
beginning of the next music segment.
 Pressing the SEEK () will start replay
at the beginning of the music just lis-
tened to.CD (Compact Disc)/CDC (Compact
Disc Changer) mode Press the SEEK () once to skip for-
ward to the beginning of the next track.
 Press the SEEK () once to skip back
to the beginning of the track.
AUDIO REMOTE CONTROL (IF EQUIPPED)
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