coolant KIA Optima 2014 3.G Owner's Guide

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Maintenance
Turn the engine off and wait until it
cools down. Use care when remov-
ing the radiator cap. Wrap a thick
towel around it, and turn it counter-
clockwise slowly to the first stop.
Step back while the pressure is
released from the cooling system.
When you are sure all the pressure
has been released, press down on
the cap, using a thick towel, and con-
tinue turning counterclockwise to
remove it.Changing the coolant
Have the coolant changed by an
authorized Kia dealer according to
the Maintenance Schedule at the
beginning of this chapter.
Put a thick cloth or fabric around the
radiator cap before refilling the
coolant in order to prevent the
coolant from overflowing into engine
parts such as the alternator.CAUTION- Removingradiator cap
Never attempt toremove the radiatorcap while the engineis operating or hot.Doing so might leadto cooling system andengine damage.

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Temperature -A, B & C
The temperature grades are A (the
highest), B and C representing the
tire's resistance to the generation of
heat and its ability to dissipate heat
when tested under controlled condi-
tions on a specified indoor laboratory
test wheel.
Sustained high temperature can
cause the material of the tire to
degenerate and reduce tire life, and
excessive temperature can lead to
sudden tire failure. Grades B and A
represent higher levels of perform-
ance on the laboratory test wheel
than the minimum required by law. Tire terminology and definitions
Air Pressure: The amount of air
inside the tire pressing outward on
the tire. Air pressure is expressed in
pounds per square inch (psi) or kilo-
pascal (kPa).
Accessory Weight
: This means the
combined weight of optional acces-
sories. Some examples of optional
accessories are, automatic
transaxle, power seats, and air con-
ditioning.
Aspect Ratio : The relationship of a
tire's height to its width.
Belt: A rubber coated layer of cords
that is located between the plies and
the tread. Cords may be made from
steel or other reinforcing materials.
Bead: The tire bead contains steel
wires wrapped by steel cords that
hold the tire onto the rim.
Bias Ply Tire : A pneumatic tire in
which the plies are laid at alternate
angles less than 90 degrees to the
centerline of the tread. Cold Tire Pressure: The amount of
air pressure in a tire, measured in
pounds per square inch (psi) or kilo-
pascals (kPa) before a tire has built
up heat from driving.
Curb Weight: This means the weight
of a motor vehicle with standard and
optional equipment including the
maximum capacity of fuel, oil and
coolant, but without passengers and
cargo.
DOT Markings: The DOT code
includes the Tire Identification
Number (TIN), an alphanumeric des-
ignator which can also identify the
tire manufacturer, production plant,
brand and date of production.
GVWR: Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
GAWR FRT: Gross Axle Weight
Rating for the Front Axle.
GAWR RR: Gross Axle Weight
Rating for the Rear axle.

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Canister
Fuel vapors generated inside the fuel
tank are absorbed and stored in the
onboard canister. When the engine is
running, the fuel vapors absorbed in
the canister are drawn into the surge
tank through the purge control sole-
noid valve.
Purge Control Solenoid Valve
(PCSV)
The purge control solenoid valve is
controlled by the Engine Control
Module (ECM); when the engine
coolant temperature is low during
idling, the PCSV closes so that evap-
orated fuel is not taken into the
engine. After the engine warms up
during ordinary driving, the PCSV
opens to introduce evaporated fuel to
the engine.
3. Exhaust emission control system
The Exhaust Emission Control
System is a highly effective system
which controls exhaust emissions
while maintaining good vehicle per-
formance.
Vehicle modifications
This vehicle should not be modified.
Modification of your vehicle could
affect its performance, safety or
durability and may even violate gov-
ernmental safety and emissions reg-
ulations.
In addition, damage or performance
problems resulting from any modifi-
cation may not be covered under
warranty.
If you use unauthorized electronic
devices, it may cause the vehicle to
operate abnormally, wire damage,
battery discharge and fire. For your
safety, do not use unauthorized
electronic devices.
Engine exhaust gas precautions
(carbon monoxide)
Carbon monoxide can be present with other exhaust fumes.
Therefore, if you smell exhaust
fumes of any kind inside your vehi-
cle, have it inspected and repaired
immediately. If you ever suspect
exhaust fumes are coming into
your vehicle, drive it only with all
the windows fully open. Have your
vehicle checked and repaired
immediately.
WARNING - Exhaust
Engine exhaust gases contain
carbon monoxide (CO). Though
colorless and odorless, it is
dangerous and could be lethal if
inhaled. Follow the instructions
on this page to avoid CO poi-
soning.

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Specifications & Consumer information
RECOMMENDED LUBRICANTS AND CAPACITIES
To help achieve proper engine and powertrain performance and durability, use only lubricants of the proper quality.
The correct lubricants also help promote engine efficiency that results in improved fuel economy.
These lubricants and fluids are recommended for use in your vehicle.
LubricantVolumeClassification
Engine oil *1 *2 (drain and refill)
Recommends2.0 T-GDI4.8 l
(5.07 US qt.)ACEA A5 or above*3
2.4 GDIAPI Service SM*3, ILSAC GF-4 or above
ACEA A5 or above
Automatic transaxle fluid
2.0 T-GDI7.8 l(8.24 US qt.)MICHANG ATF SP-IV, SK ATF SP-IV
NOCA ATF SP-IV, Kia genuine ATF SP-IV
2.4 GDI7.1 l(7.50 US qt.)
Coolant
2.0 T-GDI6.5 ~ 6.6 l
(6.87 ~ 6.97 US qt.)
Mixture of antifreeze and water
(Ethylene glycol base coolant for aluminum radiator)
2.4 GDI6.8 l(7.18 US qt.)
Brake fluid0.7~0.8 l
(0.7~0.8 US qt.)FMVSS116 DOT-3 or DOT-4
Fuel70 l(18.49 US gal.)Refer to “Fuel requirements” in chapter 1

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Index
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28 Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Tether anchorage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Using a child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33 To cancel cruise control, do one of the following . . 5-35
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
To increase cruise control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on. . 5-35
To turn cruise control off, do one of the following. . 5-36 Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10\
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Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
2
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
18 Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-18
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-18
Drive mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38 Drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Driver position memory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39 Easy access function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Storing positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-99
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-2
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6, 7-3
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
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Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
29 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-25
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32 Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Emergency fuel filler lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Opening the fuel filler lid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Do not use methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Gasoline containing alcohol and methanol . . . . . . . . 1-3
Gasoline containing MMT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Operation in foreign countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Use of MTBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 7-61 Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-66 Gross vehicle weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-30
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
If the engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
If the engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 If engine doesn’t turn over or turns over slowly . . . . 6-4
If engine turns over normally but does not start . . . . 6-4
If you have a flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Use of temporary compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
If you have a flat tire (with Tire Mobility Kit). . . . . . . 6-17 Components of the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Distributing the sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Notes on the safe use of the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . 6-18
Producing the tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
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Removable towing hook (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76 Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79\
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-22 Closing the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Emergency trunk lid release cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Emergency trunk safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Opening the trunk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57 Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
Tire and loading information label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
Warning and indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81 Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35 Checking the washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35 Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95
Escort welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95
Welcome light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-25 Power window lock button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54 Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . . 5-55
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . . 5-56
Don't let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Snowy or Icy conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
To keep locks from freezing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system . . 5-55
Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant. . . . . . . . . 5-55
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41 Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102 Windshield washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
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