climate control KIA NIRO 2020 Owner's Manual

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3. Remove the climate control air fil-ter cover while pressing the lock
on both sides of the cover. 4. Replace the climate control air fil-
ter.
5. Reassemble in the reverse order of disassembly.
When replacing the climate control
air filter install it properly. Otherwise,
the system may produce noise and
the effectiveness of the filter may be
reduced.
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When recharging the battery,
observe the following precautions:
The battery must be removed fromthe 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
Sunroof
Trip computer
Climate control system
Driver position memory system
Audio

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5. Maximum permissible inflation
pressure
This number is the greatest amount of
air pressure that should be put in the
tire. Do not exceed the maximum per-
missible inflation pressure. Refer to
the Tire and Loading Information label
for recommended inflation pressure.
6. Maximum load rating
This number indicates the maximum
load in kilograms and pounds that can
be carried by the tire. When replacing
the tires on the vehicle, always use a
tire that has the same load rating as
the factory installed tire.
7. Uniform tire quality grading
Quality grades can be found where
applicable on the tire sidewall
between tread shoulder and maxi-
mum section width.
For example:
TREADWEAR 440
TRACTION A
TEMPERATURE A 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.

Index
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Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-47Adding equipment to or modifying your air bag-equipped vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62
How does the air bag system operate? . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-72
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32\
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Air conditioner compressor label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-104 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-104
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-110
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131 Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-132
Automatic ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144 Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Recirculated air at washer fluid spray . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
Sunroof inside air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-143
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
Battery (Plug-in Hybrid). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39 For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96 System description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
Warning message and system control . . . . . . . . . . . 5-99
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26\
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30 Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Auto hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
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Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
California perchlorate notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-117
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35 Children always in the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Installing a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-39
Selecting a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-36
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Consumer assistance (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13 Emergency roadside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Registering your vehicle in a foreign country . . . . . 8-15
Toll free consumer assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Trip interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-21 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Inverter coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Recommended coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23 Cruise Control (CC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-115
Cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-118
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-117
To increase cruise control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-117
To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 20 mph (30 km/h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119
To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on. 5-118
To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-172 FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-172
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
130 Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
2
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
21 Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-22
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-21
Driver Attention Warning (DAW). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107 Leading vehicle departure alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-112
Low activity warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107
Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16 Dual clutch transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
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GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182
GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) . . . . . . . . . 5-182
Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182
Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96 Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-105
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129 Headlight (Headlamp) escort function . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Pocket lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-29 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-174 Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-177
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . 5-176
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . 5-176
Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . 5-177
Don't let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-177
Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-174 To keep locks from freezing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-177
Use approved window washer anti-freeze in
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17\
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Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant. . . . . . . . 5-176
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36 Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122 Front windshield washers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
Rear window wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
W