brakes KIA FORTE 2018 Owner's Guide

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Maintenance
APPEARANCE CARE
Exterior care
Exterior general caution
It is very important to follow the label
directions when using any chemical
cleaner or polish. Read all warning
and caution statements that appear
on the label.
Finish maintenance
Washing
To help protect your vehicle’s finish
from rust and deterioration, wash it
thoroughly and frequently at least
once a month with lukewarm or cold
water.If you use your vehicle for off-road
driving, you should wash it after each
off-road trip. Pay special attention to
the removal of any accumulation of
salt, dirt, mud, and other foreign mate-
rials. Make sure the drain holes in the
lower edges of the doors and rocker
panels are kept clear and clean.
Insects, tar, tree sap, bird droppings,
industrial pollution and similar
deposits can damage your vehicle’s
finish if not removed immediately.
Even prompt washing with plain water
may not completely remove all these
deposits. A mild soap, safe for use on
painted surfaces, may be used.
After washing, rinse the vehicle thor-
oughly with lukewarm or cold water.
Do not allow soap to dry on the finish.
After washing the vehicle, test the
brakes while driving slowly to see if
they have been affected by water. If
braking performance is impaired, dry
the brakes by applying them lightly
while maintaining a slow forward
speed.
CAUTION - Headlight
Lens
To prevent damage, do not
clean headlight lens with chem-ical solvents or strong deter-gents.
CAUTION
Do not use strong soap, chem- ical detergents or hot water,and do not wash the vehicle indirect sunlight or when thebody of the vehicle is warm.
Be careful when washing the side windows of your vehicle.Especially, with high-pressurewater. Water may leak throughthe windows and wet the inte-rior.
To prevent damage to the plastic parts and lamps, donot clean with chemical sol-vents or strong detergents.

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Maintenance
Finish damage repair
Deep scratches or stone chips in the
painted surface must be repaired
promptly. Exposed metal will quickly
rust and may develop into a major
repair expense.
✽ ✽NOTICE
If your vehicle is damaged and
requires any metal repair or
replacement, be sure the body shop
applies anti-corrosion materials to
the parts repaired or replaced.
Bright-metal maintenance
To remove road tar and insects,
use a tar remover, not a scraper or
other sharp object.
To protect the surfaces of bright- metal parts from corrosion, apply a
coating of wax or chrome preser-
vative and rub to a high luster.
During winter weather or in coastal areas, cover the bright metal parts
with a heavier coating of wax or
preservative. If necessary, coat the
parts with non-corrosive petroleum
jelly or other protective compound.
Underbody maintenance
Road salt and other corrosive chemi-
cals are used in cold weather states to
melt snow and prevent ice accumula-
tion. If these chemicals are not regu-
larly removed, they will corrode the
vehicle underbody and over time dam-
age fuel lines, the fuel tank retention
system, the vehicle suspension, the
exhaust system, and even the body
frame. The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration has warned all
vehicle owners of all brands of the
need to take the following steps:
Wash the undercarriage of yourvehicle regularly during the winter
and whenever your vehicle has
been exposed to such salts or
chemicals.
Do a thorough washing of the undercarriage at the end of the
winter.
Use professional service techni- cians or governmental inspection
stations to annually inspect for cor-
rosion. Immediately seek an inspection of
your vehicle if you become visually
aware of corrosion flaking or scal-
ing or if you become aware of a
change in vehicle performance,
such as soft or spongey brakes,
fluids leaking, impairment of direc-
tional control, suspension noises
or rattling metal straps.
Aluminum wheel maintenance
The aluminum wheels are coated with
a clear protective finish.
Do not use any abrasive cleaner, pol-ishing compound, solvent, or wire
brushes on aluminum wheels. They
may scratch or damage the finish.
Clean the wheel when it has cooled.
Use only a mild soap or neutral deter- gent, and rinse thoroughly with water.
Also, be sure to clean the wheels
after driving on salted roads. This
helps prevent corrosion.
Avoid washing the wheels with high- speed car wash brushes.
Do not use any alkaline or acid deter- gent. It may damage and corrode the
aluminum wheels coated with a clear
protective finish.

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Index
BSD (Blind Spot Detection) /LCA (Lane Change Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75
Limitations condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
RCTA (Rear Cross Traffic Alert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Power brakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Brake/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38 Checking the brake/clutch* fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Checking fluid levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27 Using a child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
132
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Filter replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Cruise Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58 Cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61 To decrease the cruising speed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
To increase cruise control set speed: . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 40 km/h (25 mph) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61
To set cruise control speed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on . . 5-60
To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
108 Front wiper deicer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
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Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
17 Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-18
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-17
Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Drive mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63 DRIVE mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24 Dual clutch transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Paddle shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
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