climate control KIA Optima Hybrid 2014 3.G Owner's Guide

Maintenance
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Battery recharging
Your vehicle has a maintenance-free,
calcium-based battery.
If the battery becomes discharged
in a short time (because, for exam-
ple, the headlights or interior lights
were left on while the vehicle was
not in use), recharge it by slow
charging (trickle) for 10 hours.
If the battery gradually discharges because of high electric load while
the vehicle is being used, recharge
it at 20-30A for two hours. When recharging the battery,
observe the following precautions:
The battery must be removed from
the vehicle and placed in an area
with good ventilation.
Watch the battery during charging, and stop or reduce the charging
rate if the battery cells begin
gassing (boiling) violently or if the
temperature of the electrolyte of
any cell exceeds 49°C (120°F).
Wear eye protection when check- ing the battery during charging.
Disconnect the battery charger in the following order.
1. Turn off the battery charger main switch.
2. Unhook the negative clamp from the negative battery terminal.
3. Unhook the positive clamp from the positive battery terminal.
Before performing maintenance or recharging the battery, turn off all
accessories and stop the engine.
The negative battery cable must be removed first and installed last
when the battery is disconnected.
Reset items
Items should be reset after the bat-
tery has been discharged or the bat-
tery has been disconnected.
Auto down window (See chapter 4)
Sunroof (See chapter 4)
Trip computer (See chapter 4)
Climate control system (See chapter 4)
Clock (See chapter 4)
Audio (See chapter 4)

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Maintenance
7. Uniform tire quality grading
Quality grades can be found where
applicable on the tire sidewall
between tread shoulder and maxi-
mum section width.
For example:
TREADWEAR 440
TRACTION A
TEMPERATURE A
Tread wear
The tread wear grade is a compara-
tive rating based on the wear rate of
the tire when tested under controlled
conditions on a specified govern-
ment test course. For example, a tire
graded 150 would wear one-and-a-
half times (1½) as well on the gov-
ernment course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires
depends upon the actual conditions
of their use, however, and may
depart significantly from the norm
due to variations in driving habits,
service practices and differences in
road characteristics and climate.Tires degrade over time, even when
they are not being used. Regardless
of the remaining tread, we recom-
mend that tires be replaced after
approximately six (6) years of nor-
mal service. Heat caused by hot cli-
mates or frequent high loading con-
ditions can accelerate the aging
process.
These grades are molded on the
side-walls of passenger vehicle tires.
The tires available as standard or
optional equipment on your vehicles
may vary with respect to grade.
Traction - AA, A, B & C
The traction grades, from highest to
lowest, are AA, A, B and C. Those
grades represent the tires ability to
stop on wet pavement as measured
under controlled conditions on spec-
ified government test surfaces of
asphalt and concrete. A tire marked
C may have poor traction perform-
ance.
The traction grade assigned to this
tire is based on straight-ahead brak-
ing traction tests, and does not
include acceleration, cornering,
hydroplaning, or peak traction char-
acteristics.

Index
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Active ECO system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Limitation of Active ECO operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
When Active ECO is activated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-34 Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
How does the air bag system operate . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Inflation and non-inflation conditions of the air bag . . 3-50
Occupant detection system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34\
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-89
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Aux, USB and iPod
®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
Glass antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Steering wheel audio controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107 Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-107
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant
and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12 Automatic transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Back-Up Warning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88 Back-Up Warning System precautions . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Non-operational conditions ofBack-Up Warning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Operation of the Back-Up Warning System . . . . . . 4-88
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-40 Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Blind spot detection system (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
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BSD (Blind Spot Detection) /LCA (Lane Change Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Non-operating condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
RCTA (Rear cross traffic alert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31\
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27 Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Tether anchorage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Using a child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-27 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27 Inverter coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Cruise Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31 To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
To increase cruise control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
To resume cruising speed at more than approximately25 mph (40 km/h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on . . 5-33
To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
106 Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
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Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
14 Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-14
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-14
Driver position memory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35 Easy access function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Storing positions into memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
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Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-43
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43\
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-25 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Removable towing hook (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74 Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74
One time driving information mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76\
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-18 Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Emergency trunk lid release cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Opening the trunk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78 Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92 Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
Welcome light (position light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
Welcome light (room lamp, positon light) . . . . . . . . 4-92
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-21 Power window lock button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50 Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . . 5-51
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
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