KIA SORENTO 2018 Owners Manual

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GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM LUGGAGE VOLUME
ItemWeight of volume Classification
Refrigerant
FRONT A/CON650 ± 25g R-134a
FRONT + REAR A/CON850 ± 25g
Compressor lubricantFRONT A/CON120 ± 10gPAG(FD46XG)FRONT + REAR A/CON210 ± 10g
We recommend that you contact an authorized Kia dealer for more details.
ITEM5 Seats7 Seats
Theta II 2.0
[kg (lbs.)]AT2WD2,320 (5,115)-
4WD2,380 (5,247)-
Theta II 2.4[kg (lbs.)]AT2WD2,280 (5,026)2,420 (5,335)
4WD2,340 (5,159)2,490 (5,490)
Lambda II 3.3[kg (lbs.)]AT2WD-2,490 (5,489)
4WD-2,550 (5,622)
ITEM5 Seats7 Seats
SAEMIN.1,099L (38.8 cu ft)1,077L (38.0 cu ft)
MAX.2,082L (73.5 cu ft)2,066L (72.9 cu ft)
MIN : Behind rear seat (2nd row)
MAX : Behind front seat (1st row)

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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.
Lubricant VolumeClassification
Engine oil *1*2(drain and refill)
Recommends (or equivalent)
Gasoline Engine
Theta II 2.0 T-GDI4.8 l(5.07 US qt.)API SM or above*3, ILSAC GF-4 or above*4,
ACEA-A5 or above
Theta II 2.4 GDI4.8 l(5.07 US qt.)API SM or above*3, ILSAC GF-4 or above*4,
ACEA-A5 or above
Lambda II 3.3 GDI6.5 l(6.87 US qt.)API SM or above*3, ILSAC GF-4 or above*4,
ACEA-A5 or above
Automatic transaxle fluidGasoline Engine
Theta II 2.0 T-GDI7.8 l(8.24 US qt.)
ATF SP-IV or equivalentTheta II 2.4 GDI7.1 l(7.50 US qt.)
Lambda II 3.3
GDI7.8 l(8.24 US qt.)
*1Refer to the recommended SAE viscosity numbers on the next page.
*
2Engine oils labeled Energy Conserving Oil are now available. Along with other additional benefits, they contribute to fuel econ-
omy by reducing the amount of fuel necessary to overcome engine friction. Often, these improvements are difficult to measure
in everyday driving, but in a year’s time, they can offer significant cost and energy savings.
*
3: If the API SM engine oil is not available, you can use API SN or above.
*
4: If the ILSAC GF-4 engine oil is not available, you can use ILSAC GF-5 or above.

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Lubricant VolumeClassification
CoolantGasolineEngine
Theta II 2.0 T-GDI7.3 l(7.71 US qt.)
Mixture of antifreeze and distilled water
(Ethylene glycol base coolant for aluminum radiator)
Theta II 2.4 GDI7.9 l(8.35 US qt.)
Lambda II 3.3
GDI9.3 l(9.83 US qt.)
Brake fluid0.41~0.45 l
(0.445~0.485 US qt.)FMVSS116 DOT-3 or DOT-4
Rear differential oil (AWD)0.53 ~ 0.63 l
(0.56 ~ 0.67 US qt.)HYPOID GEAR OIL API GL-5, SAE 75W/90
(SHELL HD AXLE OIL 75W90 or equivalent)
Transfer case oil (AWD)Gasoline Engine
Theta II 2.0 T-GDI0.43 ~ 0.47 l
(0.45 ~ 0.50 US qt.)
HYPOID GEAR OIL API GL-5, SAE 75W/90
(SHELL HD AXLE OIL 75W90 or equivalent)Theta II 2.4 GDI0.34 ~ 0.36 l
(0.36 ~ 0.38 US qt.)
Lambda II 3.3 GDI0.67 ~ 0.73 l
(0.70 ~ 0.77 US qt.)
Fuel71 l(75 US qt.)Refer to Fuel requirements in section 1

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Recommended SAE viscosity
number
Engine oil viscosity (thickness) has
an effect on fuel economy and cold
weather operating (engine start and
engine oil flowability). Lower viscosi-
ty engine oils can provide better fuel
economy and cold weather perform-
ance, however, higher viscosity
engine oils are required for satisfac-
tory lubrication in hot weather. Using
oils of any viscosity other than those
recommended could result in engine
damage. When choosing an oil, con-
sider the range of temperature your
vehicle will be operated in before the
next oil change. Proceed to select
the recommended oil viscosity from
the chart.
Temperature Range for SAE Viscosity Numbers
Temperature°C
(°F)-30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 -10 0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Gasoline Engine Oil
(Theta II 2.0 T-GDI)
20W-50
10W-30
15W-40
5W-30, 5W-40
An engine oil displaying this API Certification Mark conforms
to the international Lubricant Specification Advisory
Committee (ILSAC). It is recommended to only use engine oils
that uphold this API Certification Mark.
Gasoline Engine Oil (
Theta II 2.4 GDI)
10W-30
5W-20, 5W-30
Gasoline Engine Oil(
Lambda II 3.3 GDI)
10W-30
5W-30

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VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN)
The vehicle identification number
(VIN) is the number used in register-
ing your vehicle and in all legal mat-
ters pertaining to its ownership, etc.
The number is punched on the floor
under the front passenger seat. The VIN is also on a plate attached
to the top of the dashboard. The
number on the plate can easily be
seen through the windshield from
outside.
The vehicle certification label
attached on the driver’s side center
pillar gives the vehicle identification
number (VIN).
VEHICLE CERTIFICATION
LABEL
OUM084001
■
Frame number
OUM084005
■VIN label
OUM084004

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The tires supplied on your new vehi-
cle are chosen to provide the best
performance for normal driving.
The tire label located on the driver's
side center pillar gives the tire pres-
sures recommended for your vehicle.The engine number is stamped on the
engine block as shown in the drawing.
ENGINE NUMBER
TIRE SPECIFICATION AND
PRESSURE LABEL
OUM084002
OYF081013N
OUM084007
OYP084003K
■ Gasoline engine (THETA 2.4L GDI)
■Gasoline engine (THETA 2.0L T-GDI)
■Gasoline engine (Lambda 3.3L GDI)

Index
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Index
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Advanced smart cruise control system (ASCC) . . . . . . 5-65Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75
Speed setting (ASCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66
To adjust the sensitivity of advanced smartcruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-74
To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75
Vehicle to vehicle distance setting (ASCC) . . . . . . . 5-70
Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . 3-44 Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-61
Do not install a child restraint on the frontpassenger’s seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
How does the air bag system operate . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
Inflation and non-inflation conditions of the air bag . . 3-62
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42\
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
All wheel drive (AWD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20 All wheel drive (AWD) transfer mode selection . . . 5-22
For safe all wheel drive operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Tight corner brake effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21 Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-98
Autonomous emergency braking (AEB)/ Forward collision warning (FCW). . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
AEB warning message and system control . . . . . . . 5-52
Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Recognizing pedestrians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
Sensor to detect the distance from the vehicle in front (front radar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
System setting and activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-174 Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-174
AUX, USB and iPod
®port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-176
How vehicle audio works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-177
Steering wheel remote controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-175
Using iPod
®device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-182
Using the USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-181
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141 3rd row air conditioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-143
Checking the amount of air conditionerrefrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-154
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
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System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
To cancel or reset the automatic ventilation . . . . . 4-150
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 Automatic transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-49 Battery recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Recharging battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Blind spot detection system (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84 BSD (Blind spot detection) /LCA (Lane change assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-85
Non-operating condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-90
RCTA (Rear cross traffic alert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-88
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39\
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Auto hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Electronic parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30 Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Parking brake - Foot type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36 Child restraint system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
160
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44 Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61 To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
To decrease the cruising speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
To increase cruise control set speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
To resume cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64
To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64
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Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
129Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
2
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
22 Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-23
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-22
Drive mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81 Drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-101 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-101
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR:Onboard refueling vapor recovery) system . . . . . 7-101
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-102
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-2
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36 Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
34 Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Checking the engine oil level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Starting the engine with a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-29
Exterior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-173 Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-173
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Folding key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
5 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46 Closing the fuel filler lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Emergency fuel filler lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Opening the fuel filler lid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Fuel requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
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