page 3 KIA RIO 2022 Owners Manual

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What to do in an emergency
TOWING
Towing service
If emergency towing is necessary,
we recommend having it done by an
authorized Kia dealer or a commer-
cial tow-truck service. Proper lifting
and towing procedures are neces-
sary to prevent damage to the vehi-
cle. The use of wheel dollies or
flatbed is recommended.It is acceptable to tow the vehicle
with the rear wheels on the ground
(without dollies) and the front wheels
off the ground.
If any of the loaded wheels or sus-
pension components are damaged
or the vehicle is being towed with the
front wheels on the ground, use a
towing dolly under the front wheels.
When being towed by a commercial
tow truck and wheel dollies are not
used, the front of the vehicle should
always be lifted, not the rear.
OMC045012
dolly
WARNING- Side and cur-
tain air bag
If your vehicle is equipped with
side and curtain air bags, set
the ignition switch to the LOCK
or ACC position when the vehi-
cle is being towed. The side and
curtain air bag may deploy
when the ignition is in the ON
position and the rollover sensor
detects a rollover situation.
HXD02
HXD03
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When towing your vehicle in an
emergency without wheel dollies :
1. Set the ignition switch in the ACC
position.
2. Place the transmission shift lever in N (Neutral).
3. Release the parking brake.Removable towing hook (front)
(if equipped)
1. Remove the towing hook from the tool case located in the trunk/lift-
gate.
2. Remove the hole cover pressing the lower part of the cover on the
front bumper.
3. Install the towing hook by turning it clockwise into the hole until it is
fully secured.
4. Remove the towing hook and install the cover after use.
CAUTION- Towing gear
position
Always place the transmissionshift lever in N (Neutral) whentowing your vehicle. Failure toplace the transmission shiftlever in N (Neutral) may causeinternal damage to the trans-mission.
OSC061008N
CAUTION- Towing
 Do not tow the vehicle back- wards with the front wheels onthe ground as this may causedamage to the vehicle.
 Do not tow with sling-type equipment. Use wheel lift orflatbed equipment.
 Do not tow the vehicle with 4 wheels on the ground (suchas dinghy towing behind amotorhome or other motorvehicle) as this can seriouslydamage the IntelligentVariable Transmission.
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What to do in an emergency
Emergency towingIf towing is necessary, we recom-
mend you have it done by an
authorized Kia dealer or a com-
mercial tow truck service.
If towing service is not available in an
emergency, your vehicle may be
temporarily towed using a cable or
chain secured to the emergency tow-
ing hook under the front (or rear) of
the vehicle. Use extreme caution
when towing the vehicle. A driver
must be in the vehicle to steer it and
operate the brakes.
Towing in this manner may be done
only on hard-surfaced roads for a
short distance and at low speeds.
Also, the wheels, axles, power train,
steering and brakes must all be in
good condition.
 Do not use the towing hooks to pulla vehicle out of mud, sand or other
conditions from which the vehicle
cannot be driven out under its own
power.
 Avoid towing a vehicle heavier than the vehicle doing the towing.  The drivers of both vehicles should
communicate with each other fre-
quently.
OSC061009N
OSC060010N
 Front
 Rear (4 Door)
OSC061051N
 Rear (5 Door)
CAUTION
 Attach a towing strap to the
towing hook.
 Using a portion of the vehicle other than the tow hooks fortowing may damage the bodyof your vehicle.
 Use only a cable or chain specifically intended for usein towing vehicles. Securelyfasten the cable or chain tothe towing hook provided.
 Accelerate or decelerate the vehicle in a slow and gradualmanner while maintaining ten-sion on the tow rope or chainto start or drive the vehicle,otherwise tow hooks and thevehicle may be damaged.
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 Before emergency towing, check
whether the hook is broken or
damaged.
 Fasten the towing cable or chain securely to the hook.
 Do not jerk the hook. Apply it steadily with even force.
 To avoid damaging the hook, do not pull from the side or at a vertical
angle. Always pull straight ahead.
 Use a towing strap less than 16feet (5 m) long. Attach a white or
red cloth (about 12 inches (30 cm)
wide) in the middle of the strap for
easy visibility.
 Drive carefully so that the towing strap is not loosened during tow-
ing.
 The driver must be in the vehicle for steering and braking operations
when the vehicle is towed and pas-
sengers other than the driver must
not be allowed to be on board.
OSC061052N
WARNING- Emergency
Towing Precautions
Use extreme caution when tow-
ing the vehicle.
 Avoid sudden starts or erratic driving maneuvers which
would place excessive stress
on the emergency towing hook
and towing cable or chain. The
hook and towing cable or
chain may break and cause
serious injury or damage.
 If the disabled vehicle is unable to be moved, do not
forcibly continue the towing.
In this case, contact an
authorized Kia dealer or a
commercial tow truck service
for assistance.
 Tow the vehicle as straight ahead as possible.
 Keep away from the vehicle during towing.
CAUTION
Using a portion of the vehicleother than the tow hooks fortowing may damage the body ofyour vehicle.
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What to do in an emergency
Emergency towing precautions
 Turn the ignition switch to ACC sothe steering wheel isn’t locked.
 Place the transmission shift lever in N (Neutral).
 Release the parking brake.
 Press the brake pedal with more force than normal since you will
have reduced brake performance.
 More steering effort will be required because the power steer-
ing system will be disabled.
 If you are driving down a long hill, the brakes may overheat and brake
performance will be reduced. Stop
often and let the brakes cool off.
 To avoid serious damage to the Intelligent Variable Transmission,
limit the vehicle speed to 10 mph
(15 km/h) and drive less than 1
mile (1.5 km) when towing. (for
Intelligent Variable Transmission
vehicle) If the car is being towed with all four
wheels on the ground, it can be
towed only from the front. Be sure
that the transmission is in neutral. Be
sure the steering is unlocked by plac-
ing the ignition switch in the ACC
position. A driver must be in the
towed vehicle to operate the steering
and brakes.CAUTION- Intelligent
Variable Transmission
Before towing, check for an Intelligent Variable Transmissionfluid leak under your vehicle. If theIntelligent Variable Transmissionfluid is leaking, a flatbed equip-ment or towing dolly must beused.
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Maintenance
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
• Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
• Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
• Owner maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Scheduled maintenance service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
• Scheduled maintenance service precaution . . . . . . . . 7-9
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . 7-15
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Engine oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
• Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
• Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
• Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
• Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
• Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
• Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
• Checking the parking brake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Air cleaner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
• Filter replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
• Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
• Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
• Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
39
• For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
• Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
• Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41\
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
• Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
42
• Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . 7-42
• Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
• Checking tire inflation pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
• Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
• Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
• Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
• Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
• Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
• Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
• Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
• All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54
• Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54
• Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
54
• Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55\
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• Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
• Low aspect ratio tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
7-57
• Inner panel fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59
• Memory fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-60
• Engine compartment fuse replacement. . . . . . . . . . . 7-61
• Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-63
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-72
• Bulb replacement precaution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-72
• Light bulb position (Front). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74
• Light bulb position (Rear) (5 Door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75
• Light bulb position (Rear) (4 Door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76
• Light bulb position (Side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77
• Headlamp (Low/High beam) (Bulb type)bulb replacement (Headlamp Type A) . . . . . . . . . . 7-77
• Headlamp (Low/High beam) (Bulb type) bulb replacement (Headlamp Type B) . . . . . . . . . . 7-78
• Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement (Headlamp Type A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-80
• Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement (Headlamp Type B, C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-80
• Position lamp bulb replacement (Headlamp Type A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-81
• Side marker (front) (Bulb type) bulb replacement (Headlamp Type A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82 • Static bending light replacement
(Headlamp Type B, C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82
• Front fog lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . 7-83
• Headlamp (Low/High beam) (LED type) bulb replacement (Headlamp Type C) . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
• Position lamp + DRL (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
• Side marker (front) (LED type) bulb replacement (Headlamp Type B, C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
• Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . 7-85
• Side repeater lamp (bulb type) bulb replacement . . 7-85
• Rear turn signal lamp bulb replacement (for 5 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
• Back-up lamp bulb replacement (for 5 door) . . . . . . 7-87
• Stop and tail lamp bulb replacement (for 5 door) . . 7-88
• Tail lamp (inside) bulb replacement (for 5 door) . . . 7-89
• Side marker (rear) (Bulb type) bulb replacement (Rear combination lamp Type A) (for 5 door) . . . . 7-90
• Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement (for 5 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91
• Side marker (rear) (LED type) bulb replacement (Rear combination lamp Type B) (for 5 door) . . . . 7-91
• License plate lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92
• High mounted stop lamp bulb replacement (for 5 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92
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• Rear turn signal lamp bulb replacement(for 4 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93
• Back-up lamp bulb replacement (for 4 door) . . . . . . 7-94
• Stop and tail lamp / Side marker (Bulb type) replacement (for 4 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94
• Tail lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement (for 4 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-95
• Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement (for 4 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-96
• Side marker (rear) (LED type) bulb replacement (Rear combination lamp Type B) (for 4 door) . . . . 7-97
• High mounted stop lamp bulb replacement (for 4 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-97
• Trunk lamp bulb replacement (for 4 door) . . . . . . . 7-98
• Map lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-98
• Vanity mirror lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-99
• Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-100
• Glove box lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-100
• Liftgate room lamp bulb replacement (for 5 door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-101
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-102
• Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-102
• Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-108
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-111
• Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-111
• Evaporative emission control (including ORVR:Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system . . . . 7-111
• Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-112
California perchlorate notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-114
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ENGINE COMPARTMENT
OSC078047N
■ ■Smartstream G1.6❈ The actual engine compartment in the vehicle may differ from the illustration. 1. Engine coolant reservoir
2. Engine oil filler cap
3. Brake fluid reservoir
4. Air cleaner
5. Fuse box
6. Negative battery terminal
7. Positive battery terminal
8. Engine oil dipstick
9. Radiator cap
10. Windshield washer fluid reservoir
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Maintenance
MAINTENANCE SERVICES
You should exercise the utmost care
to prevent damage to your vehicle
and injury to yourself whenever per-
forming any maintenance or inspec-
tion procedures.
Should you have any doubts con-
cerning the inspection or servicing of
your vehicle, we strongly recom-
mend that you have an authorized
Kia dealer perform this work.
An authorized Kia dealer has factory-
trained technicians and genuine Kia
parts to service your vehicle proper-
ly. For expert advice and quality serv-
ice, see an authorized Kia dealer.
Inadequate, incomplete or insuffi-
cient servicing may result in opera-
tional problems with your vehicle that
could lead to vehicle damage, an
accident, or personal injury.Owner’s responsibility
✽ ✽NOTICE
Maintenance Service and Record
Retention are the owner's responsi-
bility.
You should retain documents that
show proper maintenance has been
performed on your vehicle in accor-
dance with the scheduled mainte-
nance service charts shown on the
following pages. You need this infor-
mation to establish your compliance
with the servicing and maintenance
requirements of your vehicle war-
ranties.
Detailed warranty information is
provided in your Warranty &
Consumer Information manual.
Repairs and adjustments required as
a result of improper maintenance or
a lack of required maintenance are
not covered.
We recommend you have your vehi-
cle maintained and repaired by an
authorized Kia dealer. An authorized
Kia dealer meets Kia’s high service
quality standards and receives tech-
nical support from Kia in order to pro-
vide you with a high level of service
satisfaction.
✽ ✽NOTICE - NHTSA Safety
Corrosion Alert
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) has
issued a general warning to all vehi-
cle owners of all brands regarding
the risks associated with vehicle
underbody corrosion. From your
initial purchase, take the following
steps to prevent unsafe corrosion
damage to your vehicle:
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