maintenance KIA SORENTO 2019 Owners Manual

Maintenance
102
7
Do not operate the engine in con-
fined or closed areas (such as
garages) any more than what is
necessary to move the vehicle in or
out of the area.
When the vehicle is stopped in an open area for more than a short
time with the engine running,
adjust the ventilation system (as
needed) to draw outside air into the
vehicle.
Never sit in a parked or stopped vehicle for any extended time with
the engine running.
When the engine stalls or fails to start, excessive attempts to restart
the engine may cause damage to
the emission control system.Operating precautions for catalyt-
ic converters (if equipped)
WARNING- Catalytic converter
Keep away from the catalytic
converter and exhaust system
while the vehicle is running or
immediately thereafter. The
exhaust and catalytic systems
are very hot and may burn you.
WARNING- Fire
Do not park, idle or drive the vehicle over or near flamma-
ble objects, such as grass,
vegetation, paper, leaves, etc.
A hot exhaust system can
ignite flammable items under
your vehicle.
Also, do not remove the heat sink around the exhaust sys-
tem, do not seal the bottom of
the vehicle or do not coat the
vehicle for corrosion control.
It may present a fire risk under
certain conditions.

7103
Maintenance
Your vehicle is equipped with a cat-
alytic converter emission control
device.
Therefore, the following precautions
must be observed:
Use only UNLEADED FUEL forgasoline engines.
Do not operate the vehicle when there are signs of engine malfunc-
tion, such as misfire or a noticeable
loss of performance.
Do not misuse or abuse the engine. Examples of misuse are
coasting with the ignition off and
descending steep grades in gear
with the ignition off.
Do not operate the engine at high idle speed for extended periods (5
minutes or more).
Do not modify or tamper with any part of the engine or emission con-
trol system. All inspections and
adjustments must be made by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Avoid driving with an extremely low fuel level. Running out of fuel could
cause the engine to misfire, dam-
aging the catalytic converter. Failure to observe these precautions
could result in damage to the catalyt-
ic converter and to your vehicle.
Additionally, such actions could void
your warranties.

Index
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Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Evaporative emission control (including ORVR: Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery) system . . . . 7-100
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-101
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-15 Engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Drive belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Fuel filter (for gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Fuel lines, fuel hoses and connections . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Vapor hose and fuel filler cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Vacuum crankcase ventilation hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Air cleaner filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Valve clearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
16
Automatic transmission fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Brake hoses and lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Brake discs, pads, calipers and rotors . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Exhaust pipe and muffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Suspension mounting bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Steering gear box, linkage & boots/lower arm ball joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Drive shafts and boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Air conditioning refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-96 Exterior features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-185
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-185
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-16 Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Removing and storing the spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Changing tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-182
Fluid Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Folding key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
5 Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Transmitter precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Folding the outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Forward Collision-Avoidance assist (FCA) . . . . . . . . . 5-49 System setting and activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-49
FCA warning message and system control . . . . . . . 5-51
Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
FCA front radar/camera sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
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Index
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Front turn signal lamp bulb replacement (Headlamp Type A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76
Position lamp (LED type) replacement (Headlamp Type A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76
Side marker (front) (LED type) bulb replacement . 7-77
Headlamp (LED type) replacement | (Headlamp Type B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-77
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-78
Front fog lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78
Stop and tail lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . 7-79
Rear turn signal lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . 7-80
Side marker (rear) (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . 7-82
Side marker (rear) (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-83
Tail lamp (inside) (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . 7-83
Back up lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . 7-84
Stop and tail lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . 7-85
High mounted stop lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-85
License plate lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Map lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Map lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Room lamp bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Personal lamp (LED type) bulb replacement. . . . . . 7-88
Glove box lamp replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-88
Luggage lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . 7-89
Luggage lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . 7-89
Vanity mirror lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement. . 7-90
Vanity mirror lamp (LED type) bulb replacement. . 7-90 Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-123
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
Parking & Tail light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Auto light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Headlight position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-125
High beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Check headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Headlight leveling device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-129
Dynamic Bending Light (DBL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Loss of the smart key (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-171
Luggage lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
Luggage lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-89
Luggage lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . 7-89
Luggage net (Holder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-183
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Maintenance Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
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Index
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . 7-15
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 Normal maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Maintenance under severe usage conditions . . . . . . 7-13
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Owner’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner maintenance precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Maintenance when trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-131
Manual climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141 Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
3rd row air conditioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-147
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-148
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13\
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Map lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Map lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-61 Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Day/Night rearview mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Electro Chromic Mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Electric Chromatic Mirror (ECM) with compass . . 4-63
Electro chromic mirror with HomeLink system . . . 4-66
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Reverse parking aid function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
Folding the outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
Occupant detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
79
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
One time driving information mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Online factory authorized manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Operation in foreign countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Operation (Air bags) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Other fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-\
4
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Outside temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
Overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
6-8
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51 Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53\
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
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Index
Room lamp bulb replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Rotation (Tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Safety chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9Normal maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Maintenance under severe usage conditions . . . . . . 7-13
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
3-26 Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Seat cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-174
Seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-173
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 3-2 Front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
2nd row seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3rd row seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Securing a child restraint seat withchild seat lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Securing a child restraint seatwith tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Side air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-61\
Side curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-183
Side marker (front) (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . 7-77
Side marker (rear) (Bulb type) bulb replacement. . . . . 7-82
Side marker (rear) (LED type) bulb replacement. . . . . 7-83
Side repeater lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . 7-78
Sliding the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Smart cruise control with stop & go system . . . . . . . . 5-67
Smart cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
Speed setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
Vehicle to vehicle distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-74
To adjust the sensitivity of smart cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80
Smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
12 Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Smart key function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Loss of the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Smart key precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Smart key function (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Smart key precautions (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Smart liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 How to use the Smart Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
How to deactivate the Smart Liftgate function using the smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Detecting area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
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Index
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9Check tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Low tire pressure telltale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Changing a tire with TPMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37,8-5 Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37\
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-37
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Tire terminology and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Radial-ply tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-26 Towing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26 Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-126
Hitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12\
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Safety chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
Trailer brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
Maintenance when trailer towing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-131
If you do decide to pull a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-132
Transmission - Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Transmission shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
Transmitter precautions (Folding key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Trip information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
Trip modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83\
Turn by turn mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
USB charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-178
User settings mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Using a child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
Vanity mirror lamp (Bulb type) bulb replacement . . . . 7-90
Vanity mirror lamp (LED type) bulb replacement . . . . 7-90
Vehicle break-in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Vehicle certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
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