climate control KIA NIRO 2019 Owner's Manual

Maintenance
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When recharging the battery,
observe the following precautions:
The battery must be removed from
the vehicle and placed in an area
with good ventilation.
Do not allow cigarettes, sparks, or flame near the battery.
Watch the battery during charging, and stop or reduce the charging
rate if the battery cells begin
gassing (boiling) violently or if the
temperature of the electrolyte of
any cell exceeds 120°F (49°C).
Wear eye protection when check- ing the battery during charging.
Disconnect the battery charger in the following order.
1. Turn off the battery charger main switch.
2. Unhook the negative clamp from the negative battery terminal.
3. Unhook the positive clamp from the positive battery terminal. Before performing maintenance or
recharging the battery, turn off all
accessories and stop the engine.
The negative battery cable must be removed first and installed last
when the battery is disconnected.Reset items
The following items should be reset
after the battery has been dis-
charged or the battery has been dis-
connected.
Auto up/down window (See chapter 4)
Sunroof (See chapter 4)
Trip computer (See chapter 4)
Climate control system (See chapter 4)
Driver position memory system (See chapter 3)
Audio (See chapter 5)

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Maintenance
Tread wear
The tread wear grade is a compara-
tive rating based on the wear rate of
the tire when tested under controlled
conditions on a specified govern-
ment test course. For example, a tire
graded 150 would wear one-and-a-
half times (1½) as well on the gov-
ernment course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires
depends upon the actual conditions
of their use, however, and may
depart significantly from the norm
due to variations in driving habits,
service practices and differences in
road characteristics and climate.Tires degrade over time, even when
they are not being used. Regardless
of the remaining tread, we recom-
mend that tires be replaced after
approximately six (6) years of normal
service. Heat caused by hot climates
or frequent high loading conditions
can accelerate the aging process.
These grades are molded on the
side-walls of passenger vehicle tires.
The tires available as standard or
optional equipment on your vehicles
may vary with respect to grade.
Traction - AA, A, B & C
The traction grades, from highest to
lowest, are AA, A, B and C. Those
grades represent the tires ability to
stop on wet pavement as measured
under controlled conditions on spec-
ified government test surfaces of
asphalt and concrete. A tire marked
C may have poor traction perform-
ance.
The traction grade assigned to this
tire is based on straight-ahead brak-
ing traction tests, and does not
include acceleration, cornering,
hydroplaning, or peak traction char-
acteristics.

Index
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Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-43Adding equipment to or modifying your airbag-equipped vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-63
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58
How does the air bag system operate? . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-61
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31\
Filter replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Air conditioner compressor label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-98 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-98
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-103
Audio (With Touch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 Feature of Your Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
5-11
Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
5-24
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
5-10
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 5-32 Audio System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
2
AUX, USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130 Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-131
Automatic ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerantand compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
Sunroof inside air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36 AEB warning message and system control . . . . . . . 6-39
Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
Sensor to detect the distance from the vehiclein front (front radar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
Battery (Plug-in Hybrid). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38 For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
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Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Blind Spot Detection system (BSD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-68 BSD (Blind Spot Detection) /LCA (Lane Change Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-69
Limitations condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-74
RCTA (Rear Cross Traffic Alert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-72
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26\
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23 Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
California perchlorate notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-109
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32 Children always in the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32 Installing a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-36
Selecting a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-33
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
Consumer Assistance (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12 Emergency roadside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Registering your vehicle in a foreign country . . . . . 9-14
Toll free consumer assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Trip interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 8-21 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
Inverter coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
Recommended coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-48 To cancel cruise control, do one of the following . . 6-50
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50
To increase cruise control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-49
To resume cruising speed at more thanapproximately 20 mph (30 km/h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-51
To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-49
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50
To turn cruise control off, do one of the following . 6-51
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Index
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Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-42
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
Tire terminology and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-29 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Removable towing hook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-99
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Vehicle data collection and event data recorders . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-100 Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-103
Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-100
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104 Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104 GAW (Gross Axle Weight). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) . . . . . . . . . 6-104
Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-104
Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94 Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128 Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-27 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-146
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-96 Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-99
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . . 6-98
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-98
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . . 6-98
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