tailgate KIA SOUL EV 2018 User Guide

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Features of your vehicle
This warning light remains on after
blinking for approximately 60 seconds
or repeats blinking and off at the
intervals of approximately 3 seconds:
When there is a malfunction withthe TPMS.
In this case, have your vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer as soon as possible.
For more details, refer to “Tire
Pressure Monitoring System
(TPMS)” in chapter 6.
The TPMS cannot alert you tosevere and sudden tire damage
caused by external factors.
If you notice any vehicle instability, immediately take your foot off the
accelerator pedal, apply the brakes
gradually with light force, and slow-
ly move to a safe position off the
road.Door Ajar Warning Light
This warning light illuminates:
When a door is not closed securely.
Tailgate Open Warning
Light
This warning light illuminates:
When the tailgate is not closed
securely.
WARNING
- Low tire pressure
Significantly low tire pressure makes the vehicle unstable
and can contribute to loss of
vehicle control and increased
braking distances.
Continued driving or low pres- sure tires will cause the tires to
overheat and fail.

Features of your vehicle
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Luggage room lamp
The luggage room lamp comes on
when the tailgate is opened.
The lamp comes on as long as the
tailgate is open. To prevent unneces-
sary charging system drain, close
the tailgate securely after using the
luggage room.
Glove box lamp
The glove box lamp comes on when
the glove box is opened.
To prevent unnecessary charging
system drain, close the glove box
securely after using the glove box.
Vanity mirror lamp
Pull the sunvisor downward and you
can turn the vanity mirror lamp ON or
OFF by pushing the button.
: To turn the lamp ON.
To turn the lamp OFF.
To prevent unnecessary charging
system drain, turn off the lamp by
pushing the O button after using the
lamp.
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Driving your vehicle
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To release EPB (electronic parking
brake) automatically:
Shift lever in P (Park)
With the vehicle is in the ready
( ) mode depress the brake
pedal and shift out of P (Park) to R
(Reverse) or D (Drive).
Shift lever in N (Neutral) With the vehicle is in the ready
( ) mode depress the brake
pedal and shift out of N (Neutral) to
R (Reverse) or D (Drive).
1. The vehicle is in the ready ( ) mode.
2. Fasten the driver's seat belt.
3. Close the driver's door, tailgate.
4. Depress the accelerator pedal while the shift lever is in R(Rear)
with trunk closed, D (Drive).
Make sure the brake warning light goes off.✽ ✽NOTICE
• You can engage the EPB even
though the POWER button is in
the OFF position, but you cannot
release it.
• Depress the brake pedal and release the parking brake manual-
ly with the EPB switch when you
drive downhill or when backing
up the vehicle.
Do not follow the above procedure
when driving on a flat level ground.
The vehicle may suddenly move for-
ward.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
If the parking brake warning light
is still on even though the EPB
has been released, have the system
checked by an authorized Kia dealer.
EPB (electronic parking brake) may
be automatically applied when:
Requested by other systems
CAUTION
Do not drive your vehicle with
the EPB applied. It may causeexcessive brake pad and brakerotor wear.

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Driving your vehicle
System warning
If you try to drive off depressing theaccelerator pedal with the EPB
applied, but the EPB doesn't
release automatically, a warning
will sound and a message will
appear.
If the driver's seat belt is not fas- tened and any door, the tailgate is
opened, a warning will sound and
a message will appear.
If there is a problem with the vehi- cle, a warning may sound and a
message may appear. If the above situation occurs, depress
the brake pedal and release EPB by
pressing the EPB switch.
A click or electric brake motor
whine sound may be heard while
operating or releasing the EPB, but
these conditions are normal and
indicate that the EPB is functioning
properly.
When leaving your keys with a parking lot attendant or valet, make
sure to inform him/her how to oper-
ate the EPB.
When you automatically release EPB by depressing the accelerator
pedal, depress it slowly.
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WARNING- Parking
Brake Use
Never allow a passenger to touch the parking brake. If the
parking brake is released
unintentionally, serious injury
may occur.
All vehicles should always have the parking brake fully
engaged when parked to
avoid inadvertent movement
of the car which can injure
occupants or pedestrians.

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Maintenance
1. Open the tailgate.
2. Loosen the light assembly retain-ing screws with a philips head
screwdriver.
3. Remove the rear combination light assembly from the body of the
vehicle.
Turn signal light
4. Remove the socket from theassembly by turning the socket
counterclockwise until the tabs on
the socket align with the slots on
the assembly.
5. Remove the bulb from the socket by pressing it in and rotating it
counterclockwise until the tabs on
the bulb align with the slots in the
socket. 6. Insert a new bulb by inserting it
into the socket and rotating it until
it locks into place.
7. Install the socket in the assembly by aligning the tabs on the socket
with the slots in the assembly and
turning the socket clockwise.
8. Reinstall the light assembly to the body of the vehicle.
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Maintenance
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Back-up light
Follow the steps 1 to 3 from the pre-
vious page.
4. Remove the socket from the
assembly by turning the socket
counterclockwise until the tabs on
the socket align with the slots on
the assembly.
5. Pull the bulb out of the socket.
6. Insert a new bulb into the socket.
7. Install the socket into the assem- bly by aligning the tabs on the
socket with the slots on the
assembly and turning the socket
clockwise. 8. Reinstall the light assembly to the
body of the vehicle.
Tail,stop light and side marker light
(LED type)
If the light does not operate, have the
system be checked by an authorized
Kia dealer.
High mounted stop light
replacement
1. Open the tailgate.
2. Remove the cover.
3. Loosen the retaining bolts.
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Index
4I
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
93Outside mirror defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
2
Display illumination, see instrument panel illumination . . 4-41
Displays, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
10 Auto door lock/unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Central door lock switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
from inside the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
from outside the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Driving in the rain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Electric chromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Electronic parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Electric power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25 Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Emergency tailgate safety release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Energy consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
EV information mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-19
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-73
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-14 Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
FLEX Steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33\
Floor mat anchor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Fluid Brakes fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Fog light (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Front seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Fuse switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-53\
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 7-51 Fuse switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-53
Fuse/relay panel description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56
Instrument panel fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Multi fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
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Index
Smart key immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Smart key precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
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Speaker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Driving in flooded areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Reducing the risk of a rollover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Speed sensing door lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Starting difficulties, see vehicle will not start . . . . . . . . 6-4
Starting the vehicle - With a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
State of charge (SOC) gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30 Electric power steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
FLEX Steer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Heated steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-32
Tilt and telescopic steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31 Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Luggage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Sunglass holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
Sunroof open warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
119
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-15 Emergency tailgate safety release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Tilt and telescopic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Tire chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
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Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14 Checking the tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Components of the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Using the Tire Mobility Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Tire specification and pressure label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Low aspect ratio tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Recommended cold tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . 7-36
Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36\
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