window KIA NIRO PLUG-IN HYBRID 2018 Owners Manual

Your vehicle at a glance
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EXTERIOR OVERVIEW
1. Hood ......................................................4-32
2. Head lamp (Features of your vehicle) ...4-117
Head lamp (Maintenance) .....................8-91
3. Day time running light (D.R.L) .............4-116
4. Fog lamp ....................................4-120, 8-91
5. Wheel and tire ................................8-48, 9-4
6. Outside rearview mirror .........................4-50
7. Sunroof ..................................................4-39
8. Front windshield wiper blades (Features of your vehicle)....................4-121
Front windshield wiper blades
(Maintenance) .......................................8-42
9. Windows ................................................4-27
10. Parking assist system .......................4-110
11. Roof rack ...........................................4-165
12. Charging door (plug-in).......................Intro
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■ Front view
❈ The actual shape may differ from the illustration.

Your vehicle at a glance
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INTERIOR OVERVIEW
1. Inside door handle.................................4-21
2. Power window switch ............................4-27
3. Central door lock switch ........................4-22
4. Power window lock button .....................4-30
5. Outside rearview mirror control .............4-51
6. Outside rearview mirror folding .............4-52
7. Instrument panel illumination control ....4-56
8. BSD On/Off button ................................6-66
9. LKAS On/Off button ..............................6-74
10. 12V battery reset switch ........................7-5
11. ESC Off button ....................................6-29
12. Fuel filler lid open button............4-34, 4-35
13. Auto Lock mode button (plug-in) .........Intro
14. Scheduled charging deactivation button(plug-in) ...............................................Intro
15. Steering wheel ....................................4-44
16. Tilt and telescopic steering control lever .....................................................4-45
17. Inner fuse panel ..................................8-63
18. Brake pedal .........................................6-23
19. Parking brake pedal ...................6-25, 8-35
20. Hood release lever ..............................4-32
21. Seat .......................................................3-4
ODEP017003N❈ The actual shape may differ from the illustration.
■Plug-in Hybrid■Hybrid

Safety features of your vehicle
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3
Noise and smoke
When inflated, the air bags make a
loud noise and leave smoke and
powder in the air inside the vehicle.
This is normal and is a result of the
ignition of the air bag inflator. After
the air bag inflates, you may feel sub-
stantial discomfort in breathing due
to the contact of your chest with both
the seat belt and the air bag, as well
as from breathing the smoke and
powder. Open your doors and/or
windows as soon as possible after
impact in order to reduce discom-
fort and prevent prolonged expo-
sure to the smoke and powder.
Though smoke and powder are non-
toxic, it may cause irritation to the
skin (eyes, nose and throat, etc). If
this is the case, wash and rinse with
cold water immediately and consult a
doctor if the symptom persists.WARNING- Hot compo-
nents
Do not touch the air bag storage
area's internal components
immediately after airbag infla-
tion. The air bag related parts in
the steering wheel, instrument
panel and the roof rails above
the front and rear doors are
very hot. Hot components can
result in burn injuries.
WARNING
Do not install or place any
accessories near air bag
deployment areas, such as the
instrument panel, windows, pil-
lars, and roof rails.
WARNING- Airbag infla- tion
Sit as far back as possible from
the steering wheel while still
maintaining comfortable con-
trol of your vehicle. A distance
of at least 10" from your chest
to the steering wheel is recom-
mended. Failure to do so can
result in airbag inflation injuries
to the driver.

Safety features of your vehicle
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3
Curtain air bag
❈ The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ
from the illustration.
Curtain air bags are located along
both sides of the roof rails above the
front and rear doors.
They are designed to help protect
occupants in certain side impacts
and to help prevent them from eject-
ing out of the vehicle as a result of a
rollover, especially when the seat-
belts are also in use.
The curtain air bags are designed to deploy during certain side impact
collisions, depending on the crash
severity, angle, speed and point of
impact. However, when side deploy-
ment threshold is satisfied at front-
impact, side air bags may deploy.
The curtain air bags may deploy on the side of the impact or on both
sides.
Also, the curtain air bags on both sides of the vehicle will deploy in
certain rollover situations.
The curtain air bags are not designed to deploy in all side
impact or rollover situations. Do not allow the passengers to lean
their heads or bodies against the
doors, put their arms on the doors,
stretch their arms out of the window
or place objects between the doors
and passengers when they are seat-
ed on seats equipped with side
impact and/or curtain air bags.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
Never try to open or repair any com-
ponents of the side and curtain air
bag system. This should only be
done by an authorized Kia dealer.ODE036042
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WARNING - No attaching
objects
Do not place any objects over the air bag. Also, do not attach
any objects around the area
the air bag inflates such as the
door, side door glass, front
and rear pillar, roof side rail.
objects on the clothes hanger.

Features of your vehicle
Folding key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
• Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Theft-alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Door locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
. . . . 4-20
. . . . . . 4-21
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25\
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25


Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-32
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Fuel filler lid lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Fuel filler lid (Plug-in Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39\

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-47
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48\
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
. 4-50
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
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Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-57
. . . . . . . . . . 4-63
LCD windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
64
for Hybrid) . . . . . 4-64
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69
for Plug-in Hybrid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75

Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94

Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107

system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-108
. . . . . . . . . 4-109
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
. . . . . . . . . . 4-110
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-112
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117

. . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
. . . . . . . . . 4-123
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12\
6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-127
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Features of your vehicle
Door Lock (1)
1. Close all doors, engine hood andliftgate.
2. Press the lock button(1).
3. All doors and liftgate will lock. The hazard warning lights will blink
once.
4. If the lock button is pressed once more within 4 seconds, the hazard
warning lights will blink and the
horn will sound once.
5. Make sure that doors are locked by checking the door lock button inside
or pulling the outside door handle.
Door Unlock (2)
1. Press the unlock button(2).
2. The driver's door will unlock. Thehazard warning lights will blink two
times.
3. Press the unlock button(2) twice within 4 seconds and all doors and
liftgate will unlock. The hazard
warning lights will blink two times.
✽ ✽NOTICE
You can activate or deactivate the
Two Turn Unlock function. Refer to
“User settings” in this chapter.
WARNING- Ignition key
(smart key)
Never leave the keys in your
vehicle with unsupervised chil-
dren. Leaving children unat-
tended in a vehicle with a man-
ual ignition key or a smart key
is dangerous. Children copy
adults and they could place the
key in the ignition switch or
press the start button. The key
would enable children to oper-
ate power windows or other
controls, or even make the vehi-
cle move, which could result in
serious bodily injury or death.
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Features of your vehicle
Record your key number
The key code number
is stamped on the bar
code tag attached to
the key set. Should
you lose your keys,
this number will enable an author-
ized Kia dealer to duplicate the keys
easily. Remove the bar code tag and
store it in a safe place. Also, record
the code number and keep it in a
safe and handy place, but not in the
vehicle.
Smart key function
To remove the mechanical key, press
and hold the release button(1) and
remove the mechanical key (2).
To reinstall the mechanical key, put
the key into the hole and push it until
a click sound is heard. With a smart key, you can lock or
unlock a door (and liftgate) and start
the engine.
Refer to the following for more details.
SMART KEY (IF EQUIPPED)
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WARNING- Smart key
Never leave the keys in your
vehicle with unsupervised chil-
dren. Leaving children unat-
tended in a vehicle with a man-
ual a smart key is dangerous.
Children copy adults and they
could press the start button.
The key would enable children
to operate power windows or
other controls, or even make
the vehicle move, which could
result in serious bodily injury or
death.

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Features of your vehicle
To lock a door without the key,push the inside door lock button (1)
or central door lock switch (2) to
the “Lock” position and close the
door (3).
If you lock the door with the central door lock switch (2), all vehicle
doors will lock automatically.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
Always turn the Engine Start/Stop
button to OFF position, engage the
parking brake, close all windows,
and lock all doors when leaving your
vehicle unattended.
Operating door locks from
inside the vehicle
With the door lock button
To unlock a door, pull the door lock
button (1) to the “Unlock” position.
The red mark on the button will be
visible.
To lock a door, push the door lock button (1) to the “Lock” position. If
the door is locked properly, the red
mark on the door lock button will
not be visible.
To open a door, pull the door handle (2) outward. If the inner door handle of the dri-
ver’s (or front passenger’s) door is
pulled when the door lock button is
in the lock position, the button will
unlock and the door will open.
Doors cannot be locked if the smart key is in the vehicle and an
door is open.
If a power door lock ever fails to func-
tion while you are in the vehicle, try
one or more of the following tech-
niques to exit:
Operate the door unlock feature repeatedly (both electronic and
manual) while simultaneously
pulling on the door handle.
Operate the other door locks and handles, front and rear.
Lower a front window and use the key to unlock the door from out-
side.
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Features of your vehicle
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4
Emergency liftgate safety
release
Your vehicle is equipped with the
emergency liftgate safety release
lever located on the bottom of the lift-
gate. When someone is inadvertent-
ly locked in the luggage compart-
ment. The liftgate can be opened by
doing as follows:
1. Input the mechanical key into the
hole.
2. Push the mechanical key to the right (1).
3. Push up the liftgate.
WARNING- Rear cargo area
Occupants should never ride in
the rear cargo area where no
restraints are available.
Occupants should always be
properly restrained.
WARNING- Exhaust fumes
Driving with the liftgate open is
not advisable. Dangerous
exhaust fumes can enter the
passenger compartment. If you
must drive with the liftgate
opened, keep the air vents and
all windows open so that addi-
tional outside air can enter.WARNING
No one should be allowed to occupy the cargo area of the
vehicle at any time. The cargo
area is a very dangerous loca-
tion in the event of a crash.
Use the release lever for emergencies only. Use with
extreme caution, especially
while the vehicle is in motion.
ODE046009NCAUTION
Make sure nothing is near theliftgate latch and striker whileclosing the liftgate. It may dam-age the liftgate's latch.