lubricants KIA SOUL 2015 Owners Manual

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Maintenance
OWNER MAINTENANCE
The following lists are vehicle checks
and inspections that should be per-
formed by the owner or an author-
ized Kia dealer at the frequencies
indicated to help ensure safe,
dependable operation of your vehi-
cle.
Any adverse conditions should be
brought to the attention of your deal-
er as soon as possible.
These Owner Maintenance Checks
are generally not covered by war-
ranties and you may be charged for
labor, parts and lubricants used.Owner maintenance schedule
When you stop for fuel:
Check the engine oil level.
Check the coolant level in thecoolant reservoir.
Check the windshield washer fluid level.
Look for low or under-inflated tires. Check if the front of the radiator
and condenser are clean and not
blocked with leaves, dirt or insects
etc. If any of the above parts are
extremely dirty or you are not sure
of their condition, take your vehicle
to an authorized Kia dealer.
While operating your vehicle:
Note any changes in the sound ofthe exhaust or any smell of
exhaust fumes in the vehicle.
Check for vibrations in the steering wheel. Notice any increased steer-
ing effort or looseness in the steer-
ing wheel, or change in its straight-
ahead position.
Notice if your vehicle constantly turns slightly or “pulls” to one side
when traveling on smooth, level
road.
When stopping, listen and check for unusual sounds, pulling to one
side, increased brake pedal travel
or “hard-to-push” brake pedal.
If any slipping or changes in the operation of your transaxle occurs,
check the transaxle fluid level.
Check the automatic transaxle P (Park) function.
Check the parking brake.
Check for fluid leaks under your vehicle (water dripping from the air
conditioning system during or after
use is normal).

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7
Use only the specified engine oil.
(Refer to “Recommended lubricantsand capacities” in chapter 8.)Changing the engine oil and
filter
Have engine oil and filter changed by
an authorized Kia dealer according
to the Maintenance Schedule at the
beginning of this chapter.
CALIFORNIA PROPO-
SITION 65 WARNING
Engine oil contains chemicals
known to the State of California
to cause cancer, birth defects
and reproductive harm. Used
engine oil may cause irritation
or cancer of the skin if left in
contact with the skin for pro-
longed periods of time. Always
protect your skin by washing
your hands thoroughly with
soap and warm water as soon
as possible after handling used
oil.

Specifications, Consumer information and Reporting safety defects
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
8-2
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Gross vehicle weight/Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . 8-6
• Recommended sae viscosity number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Vehicle certification label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Refrigerant label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Consumer assistance (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Electrical equipment (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
Reporting safety defects (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
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Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
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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.
LubricantVolume Classification
Engine oil *1 *2
1.6 Engine 3.80 US qt. (3.6 l)
(drain and refill)
recommended
2.0 Engine 4.23 US qt. (4.0 l)
(or equivalent)
1.6 Engine1.9~2.0 US qt.
API Service GL-4 (SAE 75W-85, fill for-life)
Manual transaxle fluid (1.8~1.9
l)
or other brands meeting the GL-4 specitication
2.0 Engine 2.0~2.11 US qt.
approved by Kia Motors Corp.
(1.9~2.0 l)
1.6 Engine
Automatic transaxle fluid 7.71 US qt. (7.3 l) 2.0 Engine
MICHANG ATF SP-IVSK ATF SP-IV
NOCA ATF SP-IV
Kia genuine ATF SP-IV
or other brands meeting the
above specification approved by Kia motors corp.
*
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 economy 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.
*
3If the API service SM engine oil is not available in your country, you are able to use API service SL. API Service SM*
3or obove
ILSAC GF-4 or above ACEA A5 or above

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Index
Shift-lock override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Sports mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Aux, USB and iPod
®port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-145
Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-43
Battery replacement (Remote keyless entry) . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Battery replacement (Smart key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Parking brake - Hand type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Brakes/clutch fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Button start/stop, see engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . 5-9 Capacities (Lubricants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Care
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-86
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46\
Cargo area cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Central door lock switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29 Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31\
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Clean air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
127
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108,120,7-37
Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
Combined instrument, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . 4-50
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
129
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-29
Cooling fluid, see engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93
B
C

Index
8I
User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
LCD modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58\
LCD Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74\
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-85 Auto light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Battery saver function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Headlamp escort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85
Headlight position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
High beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
One-touch lane change function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Parking light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Luggage net holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
Luggage room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95
Luggage volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Maintenance
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . 7-23
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
Maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Maintenance services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Manual climate control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-100 Air Conditioning refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
Checking the amount of air conditionerrefrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-106
Manual transaxle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14 Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Manual transaxle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Map lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
93
Master Warning Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-45 Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Electric chromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Moonroof, see Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34M

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Index
Mounting bracket for roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
Multi fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
65
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
55
ODS see the Occupant Detection System . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Oil (Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
One-touch lane change function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Outside rearview mirror defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-99
Outside Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
6-8
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Parking brake - Hand type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Parking light position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Portable lamp usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-95
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Power outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136
Power window lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Pre-tensioner seat belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24 Rear camera display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-84
Rear center belt - 3 Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Rear seat warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-98
Rear window wiper and washer switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
Rear window wiper/washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Record your key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4,10
Reducing the risk of a rollover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Replacement light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Room lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94\
Rotation (Tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Seat air ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Seat belt Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Seat belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
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