service KIA NIRO PHEV 2022 Workshop Manual

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Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
Reporting Safety Defects.
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
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
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)

Index
2I
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33\
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Air conditioner compressor label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-105 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-105
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-111
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141 Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-155
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-142
Automatic ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerantand compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-156
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-154 Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Recirculated air at washer fluid spray . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
Sunroof inside air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Battery (Plug-in Hybrid). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40 For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96 Blind-Spot Collision Warning setting and activ ation. 5-97
Warning message and function control . . . . . . . . . . 5-99
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27\
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
AUTO HOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
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Index
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Room lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement. . . . . . . 7-103
Room lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . 7-103
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . 7-101
Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-99
Stop and tail lamp, Rear turn signal lamp (Bulb type)bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-95
Tail lamp (inside) (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . 7-96
Vanity mirror lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . 7-102
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-125 Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Check headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
Headlight escort function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-53 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63 Navigation-based Smart Cruise Control (NSCC). . . . 5-141
Highway Auto Curve Slowdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-142
Navigation-based Smart Cruise Control operation 5-143
Navigation-based Smart Cruise Control settings . . 5-142
Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. only) . . . . . . 8-17 Electrical troubleshooting manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Owner's manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Service manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 Owner maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning (RCCW). . . . . 5-163 Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning setting andactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-163
Warning message and function control . . . . . . . . . 5-165
Rear View Monitor (RVM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
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Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Regenerative braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28 Regenerative Braking (Paddle Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Reporting Safety Defects (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Reverse Parking Distance Warning (PDW) . . . . . . . . 4-122 Reverse Parking Distance Warning not operation . 4-123
Reverse Parking Distance Warning operation . . . . 4-122
Reverse Parking Distance Warning precautions . . 4-124
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 3-4 Driver position memory system (for power seat) . . 3-10
Front seat adjustment - manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Front seat adjustment - power (for driver’s seat) . . . . 3-8
Headrest (for front seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-21 Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Seat belt precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31 Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Smart Cruise Control (SCC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119 Detecting sensor (Front view camera/Front radar) . 5-132
Driving Assist button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119
Limitations of Smart Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . 5-135
Set Smart Cruise Control Reaction . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
To convert to Cruise Control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-134
Vehicle distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
When the lane ahead is clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-128
When there is a vehicle ahead of you in your lane . 5-129
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
11 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Mechanical key operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-183 Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-186
Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-187
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-186
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-187
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-183
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-187
Reducing the risk of a rollover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-183
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-185
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-185
Starting the hybrid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
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Index
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Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49Electric Power Steering (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-52
Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-161 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-161
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-161
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-163
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-162
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-44 Automatic reversal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Slide open/close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44\
Tilt open/close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19 Armed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Disarmed stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Theft-alarm stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . 6-13 Changing a tire with TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Check tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Low tire pressure position telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15 Low tire pressure telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43, 8-5 All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-57
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-43
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43\
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Tire terminology and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-39 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
Removable towing hook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39
Trailer Towing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-191
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