towing KIA Carens 2014 3.G Owner's Guide

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What to do in an emergency
Use a towing strap less than 5 m (16 feet) long. Attach a white or red
cloth (about 30 cm (12 inches)
wide) in the middle of the strap for
easy visibility.
Drive carefully so that the towing strap is not loosened during tow-
ing.
Emergency towing precautions
Turn the ignition switch to ACC sothe steering wheel isn’t locked.
Place the transaxle 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.
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.WARNING
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 dam-
age.
If the disabled vehicle is unable to be moved, do not
forcibly continue the towing.
We recommend that you con-
tact 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.
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What to do in an emergency
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CAUTION - Automatic
transaxle
If the car is being towed with all
four wheels on the ground, itcan be towed only from thefront. Be sure that the transaxleis in neutral. Be sure the steer-ing is unlocked by placing theignition switch in the ACC posi-tion. A driver must be in thetowed vehicle to operate thesteering and brakes.
To avoid serious damage to the automatic transaxle, limitthe vehicle speed to 15 km/h(10 mph) and drive less than1.5 km (1 mile) when towing.
Before towing, check under your vehicle for leaking auto-matic transaxle fluid. If theautomatic transaxle fluid isleaking, a flatbed equipmentor towing dolly must be used.

Maintenance
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SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS
A - Repeatedly driving short distance of less than 8 km (5 miles)
in normal temperature or less than 16 km (10 miles) in freez-
ing temperature
B - Extensive engine idling or low speed driving for long dis- tances
C - Driving on rough, dusty, muddy, unpaved, graveled or salt- spread roads
D - Driving in areas using salt or other corrosive materials or in very cold weather
E - Driving in sandy areas F - Driving in heavy traffic area over 32°C (90°F)
G- Driving on uphill, downhill, or mountain road
H - Towing a Trailer, or using a camper, or roof rack
I - Driving as a patrol car, taxi, other commercial use or vehicle
towing
J - Driving over 170 km/h (106 mph)
K - Frequently driving in stop-and-go conditions
MAINTENANCE ITEMMAINTENANCE OPERATIONMAINTENANCE INTERVALSDRIVING
CONDITION
FRONT DISC BRAKE/PADS, CALIPERS
AND ROTORSIMORE FREQUENTLYC, D, G, H
REAR DISC BRAKE/PADS, PARKING
BRAKEIMORE FREQUENTLYC, D, G, H
STEERING GEAR BOX, LINKAGE &
BOOTS/LOWER ARM BALL JOINT, UPPER
ARM BALL JOINT
IMORE FREQUENTLYC, D, E, F, G, H, I
DRIVE SHAFTS AND BOOTSIEVERY 120,000 KM (75,000 MILES) OR 6 MONTHSC, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
CLIMATE CONTROL AIR FILTER (FOR
EVAPORATOR AND BLOWER UNIT)RMORE FREQUENTLYC, E

Index
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Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41\
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-91
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Portable lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-160
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-155
Power window lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Precautions (seat belt). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Pre-tensioner seat belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Puddle lamp welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-97
Rear window wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16\
2 Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Rotation (Tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-19
3-point rear seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
3-point system seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Precautions (seat belt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Stowing the rear seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 3-2 Front seat adjustment - Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Headrest(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Headrest(rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Shift lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
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Index
Side air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-63\
Side curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-161
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
11Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Smart key precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
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Spare tire Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53 Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Highway driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48 Starting difficulties, see engine will not start . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Electric power steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
FLEX STEER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-45
Tilt and telescopic steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Steering wheel audio control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-165
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Floor under tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Luggage tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
Stowing the rear seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-41
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
154
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56\
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-25 Emergency tailgate safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
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Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Tire and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-46
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46\
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-24
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61
Transaxle Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Manual transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-73
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71 Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73\
Trip Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Trip Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71\
Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-71
Vehicle stability management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-77
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Warnings and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114 Headlamp welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Puddle lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
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