engine KIA K900 2019 Owners Manual

If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could
cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should
immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Kia
Motors America, Inc.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an
investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a
group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy cam-
paign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in indi-
vidual problems between you, your dealer, or Kia Motors
America, Inc.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety
Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-
9153); go to http://www.safercar.gov; download the
SaferCar mobile application; or write to: Administrator,
NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC
20590. You can also obtain other information about motor
vehicle safety from http://www.safercar.gov.The following publications are available on
www.KiaTechinfo.com
Service manual:
This manual covers maintenance and recommended pro-
cedures for repair to engine and chassis components. It
is written for the Journeyman mechanic, but is simple
enough for most mechanically inclined owners to under-
stand.
Electrical troubleshooting manual:
This manual complements the Service Manual by provid-
ing indepth troubleshooting information for each electrical
circuit in your vehicle.
Owner's manual:
This manual describes the overall features and operating
procedures for the vehicle.
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS
(U.S. ONLY)
ONLINE FACTORY AUTHORIZED MANUALS
(U.S. ONLY)
816
Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects

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Index
Battery replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10, 7-34
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-34Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Blind-Spot Collision Warning/ Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
System description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-117
Warning message and system control . . . . . . . . . . 5-119
Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-125
Blind-spot view monitor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Bonnet see the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Brake discs, pads, calipers and rotors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19, 7-26 Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Brake hoses and lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31 Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Auto hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43 Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-49
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Button start/stop, see engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . 5-7
California perchlorate notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-95
Camera (rear view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Care Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75
Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Central door lock switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Chains - Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-153
Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
C
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Index
ECO coasting system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23The ECO-coasting system setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
ECO-coasting operation conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
The ECO-coasting system release conditions . . . . . 5-24
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146
Electric Chromic Mirror (ECM) with
HomeLink
®system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
Electric power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR:Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system. . . . . 7-92
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 7-4
Engine compartment fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-57
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23 Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Engine coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
21
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Engine start/stop button illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR: Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system . . . . . . 7-92
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93
Exhaust pipe and muffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-17 Engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Drive belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Fuel filter (for Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Fuel lines, fuel hoses and connections . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Vapor hose and fuel filler cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Vacuum crankcase ventilation hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Air cleaner filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Valve clearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
18
Automatic transmission fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
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Index
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Brake hoses and lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Brake discs, pads, calipers and rotors . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Exhaust pipe and muffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Suspension mounting bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Steering gear box, linkage & boots/lower arm ball joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Drive shafts and boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Filter replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-14 Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Removing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-163
Folding the outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68 Forward Collision-Avoidance assist (FCA) . . . . . . . . . 5-53
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
FCA warning message and system control . . . . . . . 5-55
Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
FCA sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
Recognizing pedestrians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist-Lane-Change Oncoming function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-114
Function operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-114
Warning message and function control . . . . . . . . . 5-114
Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-115
Front passenger's seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Front seat adjustment (Power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Front seat position memory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Fuel filter (for Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72\
Fuel lines, fuel hoses and connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Fuse/relay panel description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 7-53 Inner panel fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Engine compartment fuse replacement . . . . . . . . . . 7-57
Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59
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Index
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Smart key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Smart trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32\
Smart ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-152, 7-50
Spare tireRemoving the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18\
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148 Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149
Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-150
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-151
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-151
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-151
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
SRS Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-75
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54
Starting difficulties, see engine will not start . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Starting the engine - With a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Steering gear box, linkage & boots/ lower arm ball joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20 Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Electric power steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Tilt and telescopic steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-57
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-48 Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50\
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-50
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
156
Surround View Monitoring System (SVM) . . . . . . . . 4-112
Suspension mounting bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71\
Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
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