Wiper blades replace KIA FORTE 5 2016 Owners Manual

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Driving your vehicle
Adjust your mirrors to reduce theglare from other driver's head-
lights.
Keep your headlights clean and properly aimed on vehicles not
equipped with the automatic head-
light aiming feature. Dirty or
improperly aimed headlights will
make it much more difficult to see
at night.
Avoid staring directly at the head- lights of oncoming vehicles. You
could be temporarily blinded, and it
will take several seconds for your
eyes to readjust to the darkness.Driving in the rain
Rain and wet roads can make driving
dangerous, especially if you’re not
prepared for the slick pavement.
Here are a few things to consider
when driving in the rain:
A heavy rainfall will make it harderto see and will increase the dis-
tance needed to stop your vehicle,
so slow down.
Keep your windshield wiping equipment in good shape. Replace
your windshield wiper blades when
they show signs of streaking or
missing areas on the windshield. If your tires are not in good condi-
tion, making a quick stop on wet
pavement can cause a skid and
possibly lead to an accident. Be
sure your tires are in good shape.
Turn on your headlights to make it easier for others to see you.
Driving too fast through large pud- dles can affect your brakes. If you
must go through puddles, try to
drive through them slowly.
If you believe you may have gotten your brakes wet, apply them lightly
while driving until normal braking
operation returns.
Driving in flooded areas
Avoid driving through flooded areas
unless you are sure the water is no
higher than the bottom of the wheel
hub. Drive through any water slowly.
Allow adequate stopping distance
because brake performance may be
affected.
After driving through water, dry the
brakes by gently applying them sev-
eral times while the vehicle is moving
slowly.
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Maintenance
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
• Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
• Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
• Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Scheduled maintenance service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
• Normal maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
• Maintenance under severe usage conditions. . . . . . . 7-23
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . 7-25
Engine oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
• Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
• Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
• Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
• Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Brake/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
• Checking the brake/clutch fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
• Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Air cleaner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
• Filter replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
• Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
• Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
• Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
41
• For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
• Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
• Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43\
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
• Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
44
• Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-44
• Checking tire inflation pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
• Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
• Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
• Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
• Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
• Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
• Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
• Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
• All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
• Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
• Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
56
• Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56
• Low aspect raito tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-57
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Maintenance
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WIPER BLADES
Blade inspection
Commercial hot waxes applied by
automatic car washes have been
known to make the windshield diffi-
cult to clean. Contamination of either the wind-
shield or the wiper blades with for-
eign matter can reduce the effective-
ness of the windshield wipers.
Common sources of contamination
are insects, tree sap, and hot wax
treatments used by some commer-
cial car washes. If the blades are not
wiping properly, clean both the win-
dow and the blades with a good
cleaner or mild detergent, and rinse
thoroughly with clean water.
Blade replacement
When the wipers no longer clean
adequately, the blades may be worn
or cracked, and require replacement.
To prevent damage to the wiper arms
or other components, do not attempt
to move the wipers manually.
The use of a non-specified wiper
blade could result in wiper malfunc-
tion and failure.
1JBA5122CAUTION - Wiper blades
To prevent damage to the wiper
blades, do not use gasoline,kerosene, paint thinner, or othersolvents on or near them.

Index
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Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55 Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
GAW (Gross axle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
GAWR (Gross axle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
GVW (Gross vehicle weight). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
GVWR (Gross vehicle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78 Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Weight/volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108 Headlamp welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Puddle lamp and pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-27 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130 Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101 Windshield washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
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