KIA CEED 2014 Owners Manual

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CAUTION
Do not operate the engine withinthe tachometer's RED ZONE. This may cause severe engine damage.
Instrument panel illumination
The instrument panel illumination intensity
can be adjusted as follows:
 Ignition switch in the ON position
 Pressing the upper or lower part of the switch
The illumination intensity is shown on the
instrument cluster LCD display. Gauges
Speedometer
The speedometer indicates the vehicle speed.
The speedometer is calibrated in kilome-
ters per hour and/or miles per hour.
Tachometer
The tachometer indicates the engine
speed in revolutions per minute (rpm). Use the tachometer to select the correct
shift points and to prevent lugging and/or
over-revving the engine.
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Diesel Engine
■ Petrol Engine
■ Type A
■ Type B
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Fuel gauge
The fuel gauge indicates the approxi- mate amount of fuel remaining in the fueltank.
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Manual transaxle shift indicator (if equipped)
This indicator informs you which gear is
desired whilst driving to save fuel.
For example: Indicates that shifting up to the 3rdgear is desired (currently the shift
lever is in the 2nd or 1st gear).
: Indicates that shifting down to the 3rd gear is desired (currently the
shift lever is in the 4th or 5th gear).
You can turn off the indicator. Refer to
“User setting” in this section. Automatic transaxle shift position indicator (if equipped)
The indicator displays which automatic
transaxle shift lever is selected.
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CAUTION
If the gauge pointer moves beyond
the normal range area toward the
“130°C”, it indicates overheatingthat may damage the engine.
WARNING
Never remove the radiator cap
when the engine is hot. The enginecoolant is under pressure and
could cause severe burns. Wait
until the engine is cool before
adding coolant to the reservoir.
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Double clutch transmission (DS mode) shift indicator(if equipped)
The indicator displays which Double clutch
transmission shift lever is selected.
In DS mode, the “SPORTS” indicator dis-
plays in cluster. For more detailed informa-
tion about DS mode, refer to the chapter 5. Speed limiter indicator (if equipped) The indicator illuminates when the speed
limit control system is enabled by move
the lever up on the steering wheel.
The indicator goes off when the lever
up again to deactivate the system.
If there is a problem with the speed limit
control system, the “---” indicator will blink.
If this occurs, we recommend that the
system be checked by an authorised Kia
dealer.
For more details, refer to “Speed limit
control system” in section 5.The speed limiter indicators illuminates
on the LCD display.
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* DCT : Double clutch transmission
CAUTION - DCT
 When the problem of gear system
occurs, the transaxle indicator
will blink. For your safety, we rec-ommend that you contact anauthorised Kia dealer and havethe system checked.
 When the clutch is overheated, the safe protection mode oper-ates. According to the safe protec-tion mode, the transaxle indicator
blinks with buzzer sound. The buzzer beeps 3 times. In this time,the LCD warning about safe pro- tection mode also displays. In this
condition, the driving may not be smoothly. If you ignore this warn- ing, the driving condition is get-
ting worse and the system may have problem. To return the nor-mal driving condition, apply the foot brake and stop the vehicle for
few minutes before driving off.
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Odometer (km or mi.) The odometer indicates the total dis-
tance the vehicle has been driven.
You will also find the odometer useful to
determine when periodic maintenance
should be performed.Trip computer
The trip computer is a microcomputer-
controlled driver information system that
displays information related to driving
when the ignition switch is in the ON
position. All stored driving information
(except odometer, distance to empty and
instant fuel economy) resets if the batteryis disconnected.Press the
▲or ▼ button for less than 1
second to select any mode as follows:
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Instant fuel consumption*
Tripmeter A
Distance to empty*
Average fuel consumption*
Engine coolant temperature gauge
* : if equippedElapsed time*
Average speed*
↔↔
↔
↔
↔
↔
↔
↔
Service*
↔
User setting*
↔
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Tripmeter (km or mi.)
This mode indicates the distance of indi-
vidual trips selected since the last trip-meter reset.
The meter's working range is from 0.0 to 9999.9 km (0.0 to 9999.9 miles).
Pressing the button for more than 1
second, clears the tripmeter to zero (0.0).
Distance to empty (km or mi.)
This mode indicates the estimated dis-
tance the vehicle can be driven with the
remaining fuel. When the remaining dis-
tance is below 50 km (30 miles), “---” will
be displayed.
The meter’s working range is from 50 to 999 km (30 to 999 miles).
Average fuel economy (if equipped)
(L/100 km or MPG)
This mode calculates the average fuel consumption from the total fuel used and
the distance since the last average fuel
economy reset. The total fuel used is cal-culated from the fuel consumption input.
For an accurate calculation, drive morethan 50 m (0.03 miles).
To clear the average fuel economy to
zero (--.-), do as follow;
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Average speed (km/h or MPH)
This mode calculates the average speed
of the vehicle since the last averagespeed reset.
Even if the vehicle is not in motion, the
average speed keeps going whilst the
engine is running.
Pressing the button for more than 1
second, when the average speed is dis-
played, clears the average speed to zero(---).
Elapsed time
This mode indicates the total time trav-
eled since the last driving time reset.
Even if the vehicle is not in motion, the
driving time keeps going whilst the
engine is running.
The meter’s working range is from 0:00~99:59.
Pressing the button for more than 1
second, when the driving time is being
displayed, clears the driving time to zero(0:00).
Service mode
This mode calculates when you need a
scheduled maintenance service (mileage
or days)
If you want to see the service mode when
other modes are displayed, press the ▲
or ▼ button less than 1 second.
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If you do not have your vehicle serviced according to the scheduled maintenance
service on the LCD display, this LCD dis-
play will show the elapsed mileage or
days.
If you want to reset the maintenance
schedule, when the service required mes-
sage is displayed :
- Press the button more than 5 sec-onds.
- " : Reset" will be shown on the LCD display.
- Press the button again more than 1 second.
If you do not press the button within 5
seconds, " : Reset" will disap pear.If you want to change the interval of the
maintenance service schedule, we rec-
ommend that you consult an authorised
Kia dealer.
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User Settings
In this mode there are 3 kinds of the sub-
menu. 1. Stop the vehicle with the ignition
switch in the ON position or engine
running.
2. Press the ▲ or ▼ button until the User
setting mode is displayed.
3. With the User setting mode displayed, press the button until the screenis changed.
4. You can change the item by pressing the ▲ or ▼ button and select an item
by pressing the button. Door Menu