air condition KIA AMANTI 2006 User Guide

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Side air bag (if equipped)
Side air bags (side and/or curtain air
bags) are designed to inflate when
an impact is detected by side colli-
sion sensors depending on the
strength, speed or angles of impact
of side impact of side impact collision
or rollover. Although the front air bags (driver’
s
and front passenger’ s air bags) are
designed to inflate only in frontal col-
lision, it may inflate in any collision if
front impact sensors detect a suffi-
cient impact. Side air bags (side
and/or curtain air bags) are designed
to inflate only in side impact collision,
it may inflate in any collision if side
impact sensors detect a sufficient
impact.
If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved
roads or sidewalks, air bags may
deploy. Drive carefully on unim-
proved roads or on surfaces not
designed for vehicle traffic to prevent
unintended air bag deployment.
To protect occupants, front air bags
or pre-tensioner seat belts may
deploy in certain side impact colli-
sions.
Air bag non-inflation conditions In certain low-speed collisions the
air bags may not deploy. The air
bags are designed not to deploy in
such cases because the risk of
injuries which can be caused by
the air bags exceeds the benefits
they provide in protecting occu-
pants.
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NOTICE• Use when the engine is running
and remove a plug from the power
outlet after using the electric
appliance. Using when the engine
stops or remaining the electric
appliance with plugged in for
many hours may cause the battery
to be discharged.
• Only use the electric appliances which are less than 12V and 10A
in electric capacity.
• Adjust the air-conditioner or heater to the lowest operation level
when you have to use the power
socket while using air-conditioner
or heater.
• Close the cover when not in use.
• Some electronic devices can cause electronic interference and when
plugged into a vehicle's power out-
let. These devices may cause
excessive audio static and mal-
functions in other electronic sys-
tems or devices used in your vehi-
cle.
ClockAnalog (if equipped)Whenever the battery terminals, A/V
CLOCK fuse, or Power Connect are
disconnected, you must reset the
time.
When the ignition switch is in the
ACC or ON position, the clock but-
tons operate as follows:
➀
(+) : time increases one minute
each time the button is
pressed. It increases continu-
ously if pressed longer than 3
seconds.
➁
(-) : time decreases one minuteeach time the button is
pressed. It decreases continu-
ously if pressed longer than 3
seconds.
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Disc brakes wear indicator Your vehicle has disc brakes.
When your brake pads are worn and
it's time for new pads, you will hear a
high-pitched warning sound from
your front brakes or rear brakes. You
may hear this sound come and go or
it may occur whenever you depress
the brake pedal.
Please remember that some driving
conditions or climates may cause a
brake squeal when you first apply (or
lightly apply) the brakes. This is nor-
mal and does not indicate a problem
with your brakes.
✽ ✽
NOTICETo avoid costly brake repairs, do not
continue to drive with worn brake
pads.
WARNING
- Brake wear
This brake wear warning sound
means your vehicle needs serv-
ice. If you ignore this audible
warning, you will eventually lose
braking performance, which
could lead to a serious accident.
CAUTION
Always replace brake pads as complete front or rear axle sets.
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 Wet brakes may result in the vehicle not slowing down at
the usual rate and pulling to
one side when the brakes are
applied. Applying the brakes
lightly will indicate whether
they have been affected in this
way. Always test your brakes
in this fashion after driving
through deep water. To dry the
brakes, apply them lightly
while maintaining a safe for-
ward speed until brake per-
formance returns to normal.

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Lane change signals To signal a lane change, move the
turn signal lever slightly and hold it in
position. The lever will return to the
OFF position when released.
If an indicator stays on and does not
flash or if it flashes abnormally, one
of the turn signal bulbs may be
burned out and will require replace-
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NOTICEIf an indicator flash is abnormally
quick or slow, bulb may be burned
out or have a poor electrical con-
nection in the circuit. Automatic headlight aiming
(if equipped)
To provide better driver visibility and
reduce eye fatigue, the headlight
aiming (direction) is automatically
controlled depending on vehicle load
and vehicle angle (when vehicle is
loaded with passengers, cargo or
used for towing, the additional load
can alter the headlight aiming point
on the road surface). This system
provides constant automatic head-
light aiming under various vehicle
conditions and angles to ensure the
headlights are always pointed in the
right direction.
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NOTICEIf the automatic headlight aiming
system does not operate when the
vehicle is loaded with passengers
and the front portion of the vehicle
is at an elevated angle, or it is not
adjusting correctly, have the vehicle
checked and repaired by an author-
ized Kia dealer. Do not attempt to
adjust the headlights manually,
damage to the automatic headlight
aiming system could occur.

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AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM
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1. Driver’s temperature control button
2. Front windshield defrost button
3. Rear window defrost button
4. Fan speed control button
5. Recirculated air position button
6. Outside (fresh) air position button
7. Passenger’s temperature control button 8. Dual temperature control selection button
9. Mode selection button
10. Air conditioning button
11. A/C display
12. OFF button
13. AUTO (automatic control) button
14. Rear climate control selection button

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Automatic operationThe automatic climate control sys-
tem is controlled by simply setting
the desired temperature.
The Full Automatic Temperature
Control (FATC) system automatically
controls the heating and cooling sys-
tem as follows;
1. Push the AUTO button. The indica-tor light will come on and the
modes, fan speeds, air intake and
air-conditioning will be controlled
automatically by temperature set-
ting. 2. Push the TEMP button to set the
desired temperature.
If the temperature is set to the
lowest setting 62°F/17°C (Lo), the
air conditioning system will oper-
ate continuously.
3. To turn the automatic operation off, press any button except tem-
perature control button. If you
press the mode selection button,
air-conditioning button, defrost
button, recirculated air position
button, outside (fresh) air position
button or fan speed button, the
selected function will be controlled
manually while other functions
operate automatically.
Regardless of the temperature set-
ting, when using automatic opera-
tion, the air conditioning system will
automatically turn on to decrease the
humidity inside the vehicle, even if
the temperature is set to warm.
✽ ✽ NOTICENever place anything over the sen-
sor located on the instrument panel
to ensure better control of the heat-
ing and cooling system.
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Manual operation The heating and cooling system can
be controlled manually as well by
pushing buttons other than the AUTO
button. In this case, the system
works sequentially according to the
order of buttons selected.
When pressing any button except
AUTO, the functions of the buttons
not selected will be controlled auto-
matically.
Press the AUTO button in order to
convert to full automatic control of
the system.
Temperature control buttonThe temperature will increase to the
maximum 90°F/32°C (HI) by pushing
the up button. Each push of the button
will cause the temperature to increase
by 1°F/0.5 °C.
The temperature will decrease to the
minimum 62°F/17°C (Lo) by pushing
the down button. Each push of the but-
ton will cause the temperature to
decrease by 1°F/0.5°C. When set to
the lowest temperature setting, the air
conditioning will operate continuously.
Dual temperature control
selection buttonAdjusting the driver and passenger
side temperature individually
1. Press the DUAL button to operate
the driver and passenger side
temperature individually (the indi-
cator light in the button illumi-
nates). Pressing the right tempera-
ture control button will automati-
cally switch to the DUAL mode as
well.
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Outside (fresh) air positionThe indicator light on the button is
illuminated when the outside (fresh)
air position button is depressed.
With the outside (fresh) air position
selected, air enters the vehicle from
outside and is heated or cooled
according to the function selected.
When starting the vehicle, the sys-
tem is automatically set to the out-
side (fresh) air position. Press the
button once to select the recirculated
air position.
✽ ✽NOTICEIt should be noted that prolonged
operation of the heating in recircu-
lated air position will cause fogging
of the windshield and side windows
and the air within the passenger
compartment will become stale.
In addition, prolonged use of the air
conditioning with the “recirculated
air position” selected, will result in
excessively dry air in the passenger
compartment.
WARNING
Continued climate control
system operation in the recir-
culated air position may allow
humidity to increase inside
vehicle which may fog the
glass and obscure visibility.
 Do not sleep in a vehicle with
air conditioning or heating
system on. It may cause seri-
ous harm or death due to a
drop in the oxygen level
and/or body temperature.
 Continued climate control
system operation in the
reciruclated air position can
cause drowsiness or sleepi-
ness, and loss of vehicle con-
trol. Set the air intake control
to the outside (fresh) air posi-
tion as much as possible
while driving.
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Face position Air flow is directed towardthe upper body and face.
Additionally, each outlet can be controlled to direct the
air discharged from the out-
let. (outlet port: )
Face - floor position Air flow is directed towardsthe face and the floor. The
air to the floor is warmer
than the air to the face
(except when the tempera-
ture control is set to the
extreme cold position).
(outlet port: , , ) Floor position
Most of the air flow is direct-ed to the floor, with a small
amount of the air being
directed to the windshield
and side window defroster.
(outlet port: , , , )
Floor - defrost position Most of the air flow is direct-ed to the floor and the wind-
shield with a small amount
directed to the side window
defrosters.
(outlet port: , , , )
The air conditioning will automatically operate based
on the ambient temperature
and outside(fresh) air posi-
tion will be selected auto-
matically.
Defrost button Most of the air flow is directed to the
windshield with a small amount of
air directed to the side window
defrosters. (outlet port: , )
When the defrost button is pressed,
the outside (fresh) air position will
automatically be selected and air will
be discharged through the wind-
shield defrost vents. The air condi-
tioning will automatically operate
based on ambient temperature.
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Instrument panel ventsIf air flow control is not satisfactory,
check the instrument panel vents.
The outlet port ( ) can be opened or
closed separately using the vertical
thumbwheel. To close the vent, rotate
it upward to the maximum position.
To open the vent, rotate it downward.
Also, you can adjust the direction of
air delivery from these vents using
vertical or horizontal thumbwheels
as shown.
Air conditioning button Push the A/C button to turn the air
conditioning system on (indicator
light will illuminate).
Push the button again to turn the air
conditioning system off.
OFF buttonPush the OFF button to turn off the
air climate control system. However
you can still operate the mode, air
intake buttons as long as the ignition
switch is ON.
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