tow KIA Rondo 2016 3.G Workshop Manual

What to do in an emergency
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Use a towing strap less than 5 m
(16 feet) long. Attach a white or red
cloth (about 30 cm (12 inches)
wide) in the middle of the strap for
easy visibility.
Drive carefully so that the towing strap is not loosened during tow-
ing.
Emergency towing precautions
Turn the ignition switch to ACC sothe steering wheel isn’t locked.
Place the transaxle shift lever in N (Neutral).
Release the parking brake.
Press the brake pedal with more force than normal since you will
have reduced brake performance.
More steering effort will be required because the power steer-
ing system will be disabled.
If you are driving down a long hill, the brakes may overheat and brake
performance will be reduced. Stop
often and let the brakes cool off.
If the car is being towed with all four
wheels on the ground, it can be
towed only from the front. Be sure
that the transmission is in neutral. Be
sure the steering is unlocked by plac-
ing the ignition switch in the ACC
position. A driver must be in the
towed vehicle to operate the steering
and brakes.WARNING
Use extreme caution when tow-
ing the vehicle.
Avoid sudden starts or erratic driving maneuvers which
would place excessive stress
on the emergency towing
hook and towing cable or
chain. The hook and towing
cable or chain may break and
cause serious injury or dam-
age.
If the disabled vehicle is unable to be moved, do not
forcibly continue the towing.
We recommend that you con-
tact an authorized Kia dealer
or a commercial tow truck
service for assistance.
Tow the vehicle as straight ahead as possible.
Keep away from the vehicle during towing.
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What to do in an emergency
CAUTION - Automatic
transaxle
If the car is being towed with allfour wheels on the ground, itcan be towed only from thefront. Be sure that the transaxleis in neutral. Be sure the steer-ing is unlocked by placing theignition switch in the ACC posi-tion. A driver must be in thetowed vehicle to operate thesteering and brakes.
To avoid serious damage to the automatic transaxle, limitthe vehicle speed to 15 km/h(10 mph) and drive less than1.5 km (1 mile) when towing.
Before towing, check under your vehicle for leaking auto-matic transaxle fluid. If theautomatic transaxle fluid isleaking, a flatbed equipmentor towing dolly must be used.

Maintenance
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SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS
A - Repeatedly driving short distance of less than 8 km (5 miles)
in normal temperature or less than 16 km (10 miles) in freez-
ing temperature
B - Extensive engine idling or low speed driving for long dis- tances
C - Driving on rough, dusty, muddy, unpaved, graveled or salt- spread roads
D - Driving in areas using salt or other corrosive materials or in very cold weather
E - Driving in sandy areas F - Driving in heavy traffic area over 32°C (90°F)
G- Driving on uphill, downhill, or mountain road
H - Towing a Trailer, or using a camper, or roof rack
I - Driving as a patrol car, taxi, other commercial use or vehicle
towing
J - Driving over 170 km/h (106 mph)
K - Frequently driving in stop-and-go conditions
MAINTENANCE ITEMMAINTENANCE OPERATIONMAINTENANCE INTERVALSDRIVING
CONDITION
FRONT DISC BRAKE/PADS, CALIPERS
AND ROTORSIMORE FREQUENTLYC, D, G, H
REAR DISC BRAKE/PADS, PARKING
BRAKEIMORE FREQUENTLYC, D, G, H
STEERING GEAR BOX, LINKAGE &
BOOTS/LOWER ARM BALL JOINT, UPPER
ARM BALL JOINT
IMORE FREQUENTLYC, D, E, F, G, H, I
DRIVE SHAFTS AND BOOTSIEVERY 120,000 KM (75,000 MILES) OR 6 MONTHSC, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
CLIMATE CONTROL AIR FILTER (FOR
EVAPORATOR AND BLOWER UNIT)RMORE FREQUENTLYC, E

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Maintenance
ENGINE COOLANT
The high-pressure cooling system
has a reservoir filled with year-round
antifreeze coolant. The reservoir is
filled at the factory.
Check the antifreeze protection and
coolant level at least once a year, at
the beginning of the winter season,
and before traveling to a colder cli-
mate.Checking the coolant level
WARNING
Removing radiatorcap
Never attempt to remove the
radiator cap while the engine
is operating or hot. Doing so
might lead to cooling system
and engine damage. Also, hot
coolant or steam could cause
serious personal injury.
Turn the engine off and wait until it cools down. Use
extreme care when removing
the radiator cap. Wrap a thick
towel around it, and turn it
counterclockwise slowly to
the first stop. Step back while
the pressure is released from
the cooling system.
(Continued)
(Continued)When you are sure all the
pressure has been released,
press down on the cap, using
a thick towel, and continue
turning counterclockwise to
remove it.
Even if the engine is not oper- ating, do not remove the radi-
ator cap or the drain plug
while the engine and radiator
are hot. Hot coolant and
steam may still blow out
under pressure, causing seri-
ous injury.

Index
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Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45\
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-96
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28 Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Portable lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-170
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-163
Power window lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Pre-tensioner seat belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Precautions (seat belt). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Puddle lamp welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-102
Rear window wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . . . 7-46 Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Resetting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17\
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Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119 Rotation (Tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-21
3- point rear seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
3- point system seat belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Precautions (seat belt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Stowing the rear seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-159
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 3-2 Front seat adjustment - Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Headrest (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Headrest (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Shift lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Side air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-70\
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Index
Side curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-171
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
11Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Smart key precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
60
Spare tire Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55 Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53
Starting difficulties, see engine will not start . . . . . . . . . 6-4 Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Electric power steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
FLEX STEER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-49
Tilt and telescopic steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Steering wheel audio control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-165
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152 Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
Floor under tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-155
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-152
Luggage tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-154
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-154
Stowing the rear seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-154
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-45
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
162
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60\
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-27 Emergency tailgate safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
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Tire and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-46
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46\
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-25
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
Transaxle Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Manual transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-78
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75 Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78\
Trip Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75 Trip Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75\
Turn By Turn Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
Vehicle break in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69
Warnings and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Welcome system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
Headlamp welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
Puddle lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-121
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
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