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Features of your vehicle
Low Battery Temp. Power limited
This warning message illuminates to
protect battery and electric vehicle
system when the high voltage bat-
tery temperature is too low.
If this warning message is still illumi-
nated even after the ambient temper-
ature has increased, have your vehi-
cle inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer.
Battery Overheated! Stop vehicle
This warning message illuminates to
protect battery and electric vehicle
system when the high voltage bat-
tery temperature is too high.
Turn off the POWER button and stop
the vehicle so that the battery tem-
perature decreases.
If this warning message is still illumi-
nated even after you have stopped the
vehicle for a certain time, refrain from
driving and have your vehicle inspect-
ed by an authorized Kia dealer.
Stop vehicle and check powersupply
This warning message illuminates
when a failure occurs in the power
supply system.In this case, park the
vehicle in a safe location and tow
your vehicle to the nearest author-
ized Kia dealer and have the vehicle
inspected.
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Check brakes
This warning message illuminates
when the brake performance is low or
the regenerative brake does not work
properly due to a failure in the brake
system.In this case, it may take longer
for the brake pedal to operate and the
braking distance may become longer.
Refrain from driving when the warn-
ing message is displayed. In this
case, have your vehicle inspected by
an authorized Kia dealer as soon as
possible.
Stop vehicle and check brakes
This warning message illuminates
when a failure occurs in the brake
system.In this case, park the vehicle
in a safe location and tow your vehicle
to the nearest authorized Kia dealer
and have the vehicle inspected.
Shift to P position
This warning message illuminates if
you try to turn off the vehicle without
the shift lever in P (Park) position.
At this time, the POWER button turns to the ACC position (If you
press the POWER button once
more, it will turn to the ON position).
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Features of your vehicle
Low Key Battery
This warning message illuminatesif the battery of the smart key is
discharged when the POWER but-
ton changes to the OFF position.
Press brake pedal to start vehicle
This warning message illuminatesif the POWER button changes to
the ACC position twice by pressing
the button repeatedly without
depressing the brake pedal.
It means that you should depress the brake pedal to start the vehicle.
Key not in vehicle
This warning message illuminatesif the smart key is not in the vehicle
while the door is opened or closed
with the POWER button in the ACC
position or the vehicle is in the
ready ( ) mode.
It means that you should always have the smart key with you.
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Key not detected
This warning message illuminates if
the smart key is not detected when
you press the POWER button.
Press POWER button again
This warning message illuminatesif you can not operate the POWER
button when there is a problem
with the POWER button system.
It means that you could start the engine by pressing the POWER
button once more.
If the warning illuminates each time you press the POWER button,
have your vehicle inspected by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Press POWER button with key
This warning message illuminatesif you press the POWER button
while the warning message “Key
not detected” is illuminating.
At this time, the immobilizer indica- tor light blinks.
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Features of your vehicle
Check BRAKE SWITCH fuse
This warning message illuminatesif the brake switch fuse is discon-
nected.
It means that you should replace the fuse with a new one. If that is not
possible, you can start the engine
by pressing the POWER button for
10 seconds in the ACC position.
Door Open
It means that any door is open.
Tailgate Open
It means that the tailgate is open.
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Turn on FUSE SWITCH
This warning message illuminates
if the fuse switch on the fuse box is
OFF.
It means that you should turn the fuse switch on.
For more details, refer to “Fuses” in
chapter 7.
Charger Error!
This message is displayed when the charging failed by external nor-
mal charger error.
You should change and charge with
the other external charger immedi-
ately.
Quick Charger Error!
This message is displayed when the charging failed by external
quick charger error.
You should change and charge with
the other external charger immedi-
ately.
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Driving your vehicle
Starting the vehicle
1. Carry the smart key or leave itinside the vehicle.
2. Make sure the parking brake is firmly applied
3. Place the transaxle shift lever in P (Park). Depress the brake pedal
fully.
4. Press the POWER button until the ready " " indicator light in the
cluster is turned on. Even if the smart key is in the vehi-
cle, if it is far away from you, the
vehicle may not start.
When the POWER button is in the ACC position or above, if any door
is opened, the system checks for
the smart key. If the smart key is
not in the vehicle, a message "key
is not in the vehicle" will appear on
the LCD display. And if all doors
are closed, the chime will sound for
5 seconds. The indicator or warn-
ing will turn off while the vehicle is
moving. Always have the smart key
with you.CAUTION
If the vehicle stalls while thevehicle is in motion, do notattempt to move the shift leverto the P (Park) position. If thetraffic and road conditions per-mit, you may put the shift leverin the N (Neutral) position whilethe vehicle is still moving andpress the POWER button in anattempt to restart the vehicle.
WARNING- Proper
footwear
Always wear appropriate shoes
when operating your vehicle.
Unsuitable shoes (high heels, ski
boots, sandals, etc.) may inter-
fere with your ability to use the
brake and accelerator pedals.

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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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Index
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 4-42
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11\
6
Glove box lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
Gross vehicle weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Headlamp escort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81
Headlight bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-66
Headlight position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-83
Headrest(front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Heated steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
HeaterAutomatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-94
High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-84
Hight adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-22
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 4-32 Immobilizer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Impact sensing door unlock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Indicator Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
A/V Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Energy consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
EV information mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
42
Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Instrument panel illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
LCD Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
LCD Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
One time driving information mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-64
Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62\
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
User settings mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Warning and Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Instrument panel fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Instrument panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Interior care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-78\
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Tire maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Tire rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
Tire sidewall labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Tire traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 6-20 Emergency towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Removable towing hook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48
Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-62
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Turing off the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Turn signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-85\
User settings mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Vanity mirror lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-92
Vehicle identification number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Vehicle load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-49
Vehicle overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54 Vehicle will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Warning and Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Wheel alignment and tire balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
4-17
Power window lock button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Windscreen defrosting and defogging . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Windscreen washers (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Windscreen washers (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Windscreen wipers (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Windscreen wipers (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Windshield washers (front). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Windshield washers (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Windshield wipers (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Windshield wipers (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-87
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44 Snow tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
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