power steering KIA AMANTI 2006 User Guide

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7SCHEDULE 2 - SEVERE MAINTENANCE (CONTINUED)
MAINTENANCE
INTERVALS
MAINTENANCE
ITEM
Number of Months or Miles (kilometers), whichever comes first
Months 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
Miles x 1,000 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
(km x 1,000)
(8) (16) (24) (32) (40) (48) (56) (64) (72) (80) (88) (96) (104) (112)
Power steering fluid I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
Steering operation, linkage and hoses I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
Front suspension ball joints L L L
Drive shaft and boots Inspect every 6 months or 7,500 miles
Tire Please refer to section “Tires and wheels” on page 7-37 II I III II II I III
Chassis/body nuts and bolts I I I
All locks and hinges L L L L L L L L L L L L L L
Air conditioner refrigerant Inspect refrigerant amount annually
Air conditioner compressor Inspect operation annually
Air conditioner air filter Replace every 10,000 miles
I: Inspect and, if necessary, adjust, correct, clean or replace.
R: Replace or change.
Pressure
Tread wear

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7At least monthly: Check coolant level in the coolant
recovery reservoir.
 Check the operation of all exterior lights, including the stoplights, turn
signals and hazard warning flash-
ers.
 Check the inflation pressures of all tires including the spare.
At least twice a year
(i.e., every Spring and Fall) : Check radiator, heater and air con- ditioning hoses for leaks or da-
mage.
 Check windshield washer spray and wiper operation. Clean wiper
blades with clean cloth dampened
with washer fluid.
 Check headlight alignment.
 Check muffler, exhaust pipes, shields and clamps.
 Check the lap/shoulder belts for wear and function.
 Check for worn tires and loose wheel lug nuts.
At least once a year : Clean body and door drain holes.
 Lubricate door hinges and checks,and hood hinges.
 Lubricate door and hood locks and latches.
 Lubricate door rubber weather- strips.
 Check the air conditioning system before the warm weather season.
 Check the power steering fluid level.
 Inspect and lubricate automatic transaxle linkage and controls.
 Clean battery and terminals.
 Check the brake fluid level.
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ENGINE COMPARTMENT
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1. Windshield washer fluid reservoir
2. Power steering fluid reservoir
3. Engine oil filler cap
4. Auto transaxle oil dipstick
5. Air cleaner
6. Brake fluid reservoir
7. Engine oil dipstick
8. Radiator cap
9. Positive battery terminal
10. Engine coolant reservoir
11. Negative battery terminal

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POWER STEERING Checking the power steering
fluid level With the vehicle on level ground,
check the fluid level in the power
steering reservoir periodically. The
fluid should be between MAX and
MIN marks on the level gauge
attached to the cap.
Before adding power steering fluid,
thoroughly clean the area around the
reservoir cap to prevent power steer-
ing fluid contamination.
If the level is low, add fluid to the
MAX level. In the event the power steering sys-
tem requires frequent addition of
fluid, the vehicle should be inspected
by an Authorized Kia Dealer.
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NOTICE• To avoid damage to the power
steering pump, do not operate the
vehicle for prolonged periods with
a low power steering fluid level.
• Never start the engine when the reservoir tank is empty.
• When adding fluid, be careful that dirt does not get into the tank.
• Too little fluid can make the steer- ing wheel heavier or strange noise
can be generated.
• The use of the non-specified fluid could reduce the effectiveness of
the power steering wheel and
cause damage to it.Use only the specified power steer-
ing fluid. (Refer to "RecommendedLubricants" later in this section.)
Power steering hoseCheck the connections for oil leaks,
severe damage and the twists in the
power steering hose before driving.
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LUBRICANT SPECIFICATIONS Recommended lubricants To help achieve proper engine and
powertrain performance and durabil-
ity, use only lubricants of the proper
quality. The correct lubricants also
help promote engine efficiency that
results in improved fuel economy.
Engine oils labeled Energy
Conserving Oil are now available.
Along with other additional benefits,
they contribute to fuel economy by
reducing the amount of fuel neces-
sary to overcome engine friction.
Often, these improvements are diffi-
cult to measure in everyday driving,
but in a year’s time, they can offer
significant cost and energy savings.
*¹ Refer to the recommended SAE viscosity numbers on the next page.These lubricants and fluids are recommended for use in your vehicle.
Lubricant Classification
Engine oil *¹
API Service SL or above, ILSAC GF-3 or above
Automatic transaxle fluid DIAMOND ATF SP-III or SK ATF SP-III
Power steering fluid PSF-IV
Brake fluid FMVSS116 DOT-3 or DOT-4

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Specifications
Light Bulbs1)HID(High Intensity Discharge) type2)With sunroof
* This mark indicates the filament is not used Capacities
Light Bulb
Wattage
Headlights (High/Low) 55/55 or 35
1)
Front turn signal lights (LED type) 13.2
Position lights 5
Side mark lights 5
Front fog lights (if equipped) 55
Stop and tail lights 28/8
Rear turn signal lights 28/8*
Back-up lights 16
High mounted stop light (LED type) 2.54
License plate lights 5
Front map lamp 5 or 10
2)
Center dome lamp 10
Door courtesy lamps 5
Vanity mirror lamps 3
Trunk room lamp 5
Foot lamp 5
Glove box lamp 5
LubricantVolume Classification
Engine oil
*1
4.5 qt. (4.3 l)
API Service SL or above,
(with filter change) ILSAC GF-3 or above
Transaxle
9.0 qt. (8.5 l)DIAMOND ATF SP-III,
fluid SK ATF SP-III
Power steering 1.1 qt. (1.0 l) PSF-IV
Coolant 10.8 qt.
Ethylene glycol base for
(10.2
l) aluminum radiator
Brake fluid0.7~0.8 qt.
FMVSS116 DOT-3
(
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l) or DOT-4
Fuel 18.5 gal Unleaded gasoline with
(70 l) AKI 87 or higher
*¹Refer to the recommended SAE viscosity numbers on the page 7-52.

Index2
10Air Bag - Advanced Supplemental Restraint System . 3-60
Air Bag Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-81
Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Air Conditioner (Specifications) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63 Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
System Operation Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Air Intake Control Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
Alignment, Tire Balance and Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Aluminum Wheel Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-111
Anti-Lock Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Anti-Theft Steering Column Lock, Ignition Switch and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-102
Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Headlight Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Power Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5, 7-25
Transaxle (Specifications) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Transaxle Fluid Level, Checking the . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Window Reversal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Balance, Wheel Alignment and Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Service, for Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Before Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Belts, Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Pre-tensioner, seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Blade Replacement, Windshield Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Blades, Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Body Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Brake Fluid Level, Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13, 7-22
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
System, Anti-Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Wear Indicators, Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
7-21 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Break-In Process, Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Bulbs, Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Capacities (Specifications) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Capacity, Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Care of the Safety Belt System, Proper Use and . . . . . . . 3-47
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-53
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
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Oil And Filter, Changing the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Engine and Oil Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Filter, Engine Oil and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Level, Checking the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Pressure Warning, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
One-Touch Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Outside Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-92
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Overloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Owner Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13, 7-22
Brake and Brake Fluid Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Power Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-105
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18, 7-24
Steering Fluid Level, Checking the . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Pregnant Women, Restraint of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Proper Use and Care of the Safety Belt System . . . . . 3-47
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Rain, Driving in the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Rear
Climate Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
Door Child Safety Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Lap/Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
3-30
Window Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Rearview Mirrors Day/Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-94
Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-92
Recharging, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Recliner, Adjusting the Driver’s seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Adjusting seatback (Front Passenger Seat) . . . . . . . 3-26
Recommended Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
SAE Viscosity Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Registering Your Vehicle in a Foreign Country . . . . . . 9-3
Relay panel description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Reminder Warning Chime, Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Remote Keyless entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Restraint Of Infants and Small Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Of Large Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Of Pregnant Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
System, Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
System, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
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Road Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Rocking the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Rotation, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Into the auto lock mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53
Restraint System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
System, Proper Use and Care of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Warning Light and Chime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
Into the Auto Lock mode, placing a passenger . . . . 3-53
Safety Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Schedule 1- Normal Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Schedule 2- Service Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Scheduled Maintenance Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 3-18 Adjustment, Driver’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Adjusting the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
3-30
Severe maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Snow Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Spare Tire Removing the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Special Driving Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 Lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 Starting
Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
6-4
The Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Steering Column Lock, Ignition Switch and Anti-Theft . . . . . 4-2
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18, 7-24
Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18, 7-25
Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 4-19
Storage Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-99
Suggestions for Economical Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Sunglass Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-101
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-108
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-104
Switch, Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Temperature Control Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Gauge, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Tie-down Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Tilt Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Tips On Driving Your Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
For Towing a Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Tire Balance, Wheel Alignment and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
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Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
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