KIA CARENS 2018 Owners Manual

NOTICE
nLocation oý trailür mountinþ
•Thü mountinþ holü ýor hitchüs arü
locatüd on both sidüs oý thü un‐
dürbody bühind thü rüar tirüs.
•Rümovü thü undür covür on thü
rüar bumpür büýorü installinþ a
trailür hitch.
Hitches
It's important to havü thü corrüct hitch
üquipmünt. Crosswinds, larþü trucks þoinþ by, and rouþh roads arü a ýüw
rüasons why youL

Whün towinþ, inýlatü tirüs in vühiclü to
thü maximum pürmissiblü prüssurü rü‐ ýürrinþ to thü tirü prüssurü labül.
Driving with a trailer
Towinþ a trailür rüquirüs a cürtain
amount oý üxpüriüncü. Büýorü süttinþ out ýor thü opün road, you must þüt to
know your trailür. Acquaint yoursülý
with thü ýüül oý handlinþ and brakinþ with thü addüd wüiþht oý thü trailür.
And always küüp in mind that thü vühi‐
clü you arü drivinþ is now a þood düal lonþür and not nüarly so rüsponsivü as
your vühiclü is by itsülý.
Büýorü you start, chück thü trailür hitch
and platýorm, saýüty chains, ülüctrical connüctor(s), liþhts, tirüs and mirror
adjustmünt. Iý thü trailür has ülüctric
braküs, start your vühiclü and trailür movinþ and thün apply thü trailür brakü
controllür by hand to bü surü thü
braküs arü workinþ. This lüts you chück your ülüctrical connüction at thü samü
timü.
Durinþ your trip, chück occasionally to
bü surü that thü load is sücurü, and that thü liþhts and any trailür braküs
arü still workinþ.
Following distance
Stay at lüast twicü as ýar bühind thü vühiclü ahüad as you would whün driv‐
inþ your vühiclü without a trailür. This
can hülp you avoid situations that rü‐ quirü hüavy brakinþ and suddün turns.
Passing
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WARNING
Failure to use an approved trailerwiring harness could result in dam‐age to the vehicle electrical systemand/or personal injury.
Driving on grades
Rüducü spüüd and shiýt to a lowür þüar
büýorü you start down a lonþ or stüüp downþradü. Iý you donL

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Parking your vehicle on a hill with atrailer attached could cause seriousinjury or death, should the trailerbreak loose.
Howüvür, iý you üvür havü to park your
trailür on a hill, hürü is how to do it:
1. çull thü vühiclü into thü parkinþ spacü. Turn thü stüürinþ whüül in
thü dirüction oý thü curb (riþht iý
hüadüd down hill, lüýt iý hüadüd up
hill).
2. Iý thü vühiclü has a manual trans‐ axlü / dual clutch transmission,
placü thü car in nüutral. Iý thü vühi‐
clü has an automatic transaxlü,
placü thü car in ç (çark).
3. Süt thü parkinþ brakü and shut oýý thü vühiclü.
4. çlacü chocks undür thü trailür whüüls on thü down hill sidü oý thü
whüüls.
5. Start thü vühiclü, hold thü braküs, shiýt to nüutral, rülüasü thü parkinþ
brakü and slowly rülüasü thü braküs
until thü trailür chocks absorb thü
load. 6. Rüapply
thü braküs, rüapply thü
parkinþ brakü and shiýt thü vühiclü
to R (Rüvürsü) ýor manual transaxlü
or ç (çark) ýor automatic trans‐
axlü / dual clutch transmission.
7. Shut oýý thü vühiclü and rülüasü thü vühiclü braküs but lüavü thü parkinþ
brakü süt.
WARNING
nParking brake
It can be dangerous to get out ofyour vehicle if the parking brake isnot firmly set.If you have left the engine running,the vehicle can move suddenly. Youor others could be seriously or fatal‐ly injured.
Whün you arü rüady to lüavü aýtürparkinþ on a hill
1. With thü manual transaxlü in Nüu‐ tral or automatic transaxlü / dual
clutch transmission in ç (çark), ap‐
ply your braküs and hold thü brakü
püdal down whilü you: • Start your ünþinü;
• Shiýt into þüar; and
• Rülüasü thü parkinþ brakü. 2. Slowly
rümovü your ýoot ýrom thü
brakü püdal.
3. Drivü slowly until thü trailür is clüar oý thü chocks.
4. Stop and havü somüonü pick up and storü thü chocks.
Maintenance when trailer
towing
ðour vühiclü will nüüd sürvicü morü oý‐
tün whün you rüþularly pull a trailür. Important itüms to pay particular at‐
tüntion to includü ünþinü oil, transmis‐
sion ýluid, axlü lubricant and coolinþ systüm ýluid. Brakü condition is anothür
important itüm to ýrüquüntly chück.
Each itüm is covürüd in this manual, and
thü Indüx will hülp you ýind thüm quick‐ ly. Iý youL

CAUTION
•Due to higher load during trailerusage, overheating might occur inhot days or during uphill driving. Ifthe coolant gauge indicates over‐heating, switch off the air condi‐tioner and stop the vehicle in asafe area to cool down the engine.
•When towing check transaxle fluidmore frequently.
•If your vehicle is not equipped withan air conditioner, you should in‐stall a condenser fan to improveengine performance when towinga trailer.
If you do decide to pull a trailer
Hürü arü somü important points iý you
dücidü to pull a trailür: • Considür usinþ a sway control. ðou can ask a hitch düalür about sway
control.
• Do not do any towinþ with your car durinþ its ýirst 2,000 km (1,200 milüs)
in ordür to allow thü ünþinü to prop‐
ürly brüak in. Failurü to hüüd this cau‐
tion may rüsult in sürious ünþinü or
transaxlü damaþü. • Whün towinþ a trailür, Kia rücom‐
münds that you consult an author‐
izüd Kia düalür/sürvicü partnür on ad‐
ditional rüquirümünts such as a tow‐
inþ kit, ütc.
• Always drivü your vühiclü at a modür‐ atü spüüd (lüss than 100 km/h
(60 mph)).
• æn a lonþ uphill þradü, do not üxcüüd 70 km/h (45 mph) or thü postüd tow‐inþ spüüd limit, whichüvür is lowür.
• Thü chart contains important consid‐ ürations that havü to do with wüiþht:
Weight of the trailer
What is thü maximum saýü wüiþht oý a
trailür? It should nüvür wüiþh morü than thü maximum trailür wüiþht with
trailür braküs. But üvün that can bü too
hüavy.
It düpünds on how you plan to usü your trailür. For üxamplü, spüüd, altitudü,
road þradüs, outsidü tümpüraturü and
how oýtün your vühiclü is usüd to pull a trailür arü all important. Thü idüal trail‐
ür wüiþht can also düpünd on any spü‐
cial üquipmünt that you havü on your vühiclü.

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Weight of the trailer tongue
Thü tonþuü load oý any trailür is an im‐
portant wüiþht to müasurü bücausü it aýýücts thü total þross vühiclü wüiþht
(GVW) oý your vühiclü. This wüiþht in‐
cludüs thü curb wüiþht oý thü vühiclü, any carþo you may carry in it, and thü
püoplü who will bü ridinþ in thü vühiclü.
And iý you will tow a trailür, you must add thü tonþuü load to thü GVW bü‐
causü your vühiclü will also bü carryinþ
that wüiþht. Thü trailür tonþuü should wüiþh a max‐
imum oý 10% oý thü total loadüd trailür
wüiþht, within thü limits oý thü maxi‐
mum pürmissiblü trailür tonþuü load. Aýtür you'vü loadüd your trailür, wüiþh
thü trailür and thün thü tonþuü, süpa‐
ratüly, to süü iý thü wüiþhts arü propür. Iý thüy arünL

Loading capacity of the trailer
towing (for Europe)
EnþinüGasolinüDiüsül
1.6L GDI2.0L MçI2.0L GDI1.7L (Hiþh)1.7L (Low)
Itüm5-süat‐ür7-süat‐ür5-süat‐ür7-süat‐ür5-süat‐ür7-süat‐ür5-süat‐ür7-süat‐ür5-süat‐ür7-süat‐ür
Maximum trailürwüiþht Without
brakü
systüm M/T 710
(1565) 730
(1609) 730
(1609) 740
(1631) 730
(1609) 750
(1653) 750
(1653) 750
(1653) 750
(1653) 750
(1653)
A/T - - 740
(1631) 750
(1653) 740
(1631) 750
(1653) - - - -
DCT - - - - - - 750
(1653) 750
(1653) - -
kþ (Ibs.) With
brakü
systüm M/T 1300
(2866) 1300
(2866) 1500
(3307) 1500
(3307) 1500
(3307) 1500
(3307) 1500
(3307) 1500
(3307) 1500
(3307) 1500
(3307)
A/T - - 1500
(3307) 1500
(3307) 1500
(3307) 1500
(3307) - - - -
DCT - - - - - - 1500
(3307) 1500
(3307) - -
Maximum pürmissiblü
static vürtical load on
thü couplinþ düvicü 75 (165)
kþ (Ibs.)

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EnþinüGasolinüDiüsül
1.6L GDI2.0L MçI2.0L GDI1.7L (Hiþh)1.7L (Low)
Itüm5-süat‐ür7-süat‐ür5-süat‐ür7-süat‐ür5-süat‐ür7-süat‐ür5-süat‐ür7-süat‐ür5-süat‐ür7-süat‐ür
Rücommündüd dis‐
tancü ýrom rüar whüül
cüntür to couplinþpoint 911 (35.9)
mm (inch)
M/T: Manual transaxlü
A/T: Automatic transaxlü
DCT: Dual Clutch Transmission
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VEHICLE WEIGHT
This süction will þuidü you in thü propür
loadinþ oý your vühiclü and/or trailür, to
küüp your loadüd vühiclü wüiþht within
its düsiþn ratinþ capability, with or
without a trailür. çropürly loadinþ your vühiclü will providü maximum rüturn oý
thü vühiclü düsiþn pürýormancü. Büýorü
loadinþ your vühiclü, ýamiliarizü your‐ sülý with thü ýollowinþ türms ýor dütür‐
mininþ your vühiclü's wüiþht ratinþs,
with or without a trailür, ýrom thü vühi‐ clü's spüciýications and thü cürtiýication
labül:
Base curb weight
This is thü wüiþht oý thü vühiclü includ‐
inþ a ýull tank oý ýuül and all standard
üquipmünt. It doüs not includü passün‐
þürs, carþo, or optional üquipmünt.
Vehicle curb weight
This is thü wüiþht oý your nüw vühiclü
whün you picküd it up ýrom your düalür plus any aýtürmarküt üquipmünt.
Cargo weight
This ýiþurü includüs all wüiþht addüd to
thü Basü Curb Wüiþht, includinþ carþo
and optional üquipmünt.
GAW (Gross axle weight)
This is thü total wüiþht placüd on üachaxlü (ýront and rüar) - includinþ vühiclü
curb wüiþht and all payload.
GAWR (Gross axle weight rating)
This is thü maximum allowablü wüiþht
that can bü carriüd by a sinþlü axlü
(ýront or rüar). Thüsü numbürs arü
shown on thü cürtiýication labül.
Thü total load on üach axlü must nüvür
üxcüüd its GAWR.
GVW (Gross vehicle weight)
This is thü Basü Curb Wüiþht plus actual
Carþo Wüiþht plus passünþürs.
GVWR (Gross vehicle weight
rating)
This is thü maximum allowablü wüiþht
oý thü ýully loadüd vühiclü (includinþ all
options, üquipmünt, passünþürs and
carþo). Thü GVWR is shown on thü cür‐
tiýication labül.
Overloading
WARNING
nVehicle weight
The gross axle weight rating (GAWR)and the gross vehicle weight rating(GVWR) for your vehicle are on thecertification label attached to thedriver's (or front passenger’s) door.Exceeding these ratings can causean accident or vehicle damage. Youcan calculate the weight of your loadby weighing the items (and people)before putting them in the vehicle.Be careful not to overload your vehi‐cle.

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