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Maintenance
APPEARANCE CARE
Exterior care
Exterior general caution
It is very important to follow the label
directions when using any chemical
cleaner or polish. Read all warning
and caution statements that appear
on the label.
Finish maintenance
Washing
To help protect your vehicle’s finish
from rust and deterioration, wash it
thoroughly and frequently at least
once a month with lukewarm or cold
water.
If you use your vehicle for off-road
driving, you should wash it after each
off-road trip. Pay special attention to
the removal of any accumulation of
salt, dirt, mud, and other foreign mate-
rials. Make sure the drain holes in the
lower edges of the doors and rocker
panels are kept clear and clean.
Insects, tar, tree sap, bird droppings,
industrial pollution and similar
deposits can damage your vehicle’s
finish if not removed immediately.
Even prompt washing with plain water
may not completely remove all these
deposits. A mild soap, safe for use on
painted surfaces, may be used.
After washing, rinse the vehicle thor-
oughly with lukewarm or cold water.
Do not allow soap to dry on the finish.After washing the vehicle, test the
brakes while driving slowly to see if
they have been affected by water. If
braking performance is impaired, dry
the brakes by applying them lightly
while maintaining a slow forward
speed.

Maintenance
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Do a thorough washing of the
undercarriage at the end of the
winter.
Use professional service techni-
cians or governmental inspection
stations to annually inspect for cor-
rosion.
Immediately seek an inspection of
your vehicle if you become visually
aware of corrosion flaking or scal-
ing or if you become aware of a
change in vehicle performance,
such as soft or spongy brakes, flu-
ids leaking, impairment of direc-
tional control, suspension noises
or rattling metal straps.Aluminum wheel maintenance
The aluminum wheels are coated
with a clear protective finish.
Do not use any abrasive cleaner,
polishing compound, solvent, or
wire brushes on aluminum wheels.
They may scratch the finish.
Clean the wheel when it has
cooled.
Use only a mild soap or neutral
detergent, and rinse thoroughly
with water. Also, be sure to clean
the wheels after driving on salted
roads. This helps prevent corro-
sion.
Avoid washing the wheels with
highspeed vehicle wash brushes.
Do not use any alkaline or acid
detergents It may damage and cor-
rode the aluminum wheels coated
with a clear protective finish.
Corrosion protection
Protecting your vehicle from corrosion
By using the most advanced design
and construction practices to combat
corrosion, we produce vehicles of
the highest quality. However, this is
only part of the job. To achieve the
long-term corrosion resistance your
vehicle can deliver, the owner's
cooperation and assistance is also
required.
Common causes of corrosion
The most common causes of corro-
sion on your vehicle are:
Road salt, dirt and moisture that is
allowed to accumulate underneath
the vehicle.
Removal of paint or protective
coatings by stones, gravel, abra-
sion or minor scrapes and dents
which leave unprotected metal
exposed to corrosion.

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Specifications, Consumer information, Reporting safety defects
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
Gasoline Engine
Lambda II PE 3.3L T-GDI7.29 US qt. (6.9 l)ACEA A5/B5 *3
Theta II 2.0L T-GDI6.02 US qt. (5.7 l)API Latest (ILSAC Latest)
or ACEA C2
Automatic transmis-
sion fluidGasoline
Engine Theta II 2.0L T-GDI
9.71 US qt. (9.2 l)GS ATF SP-IV-RR
KIA genuine ATF SP-IV-RR
Lambda II PE 3.3L T-GDI
CoolantGasoline
EngineTheta II 2.0L T-GDI9.29 US qt. (8.8 l)Mixture of antifreeze and distilled
water
(Ethylene glycol base coolant
for aluminum radiator)
Lambda II PE 3.3L T-GDI12.25 US qt. (11.6 l)
Brake fluid0.42 US qt. (0.395 l)FMVSS116 DOT 3 or DOT 4

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Index
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Blind-spot Collision Warning (BCW)/Rear Cross-Traffic
Collision Warning (RCCW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-123
BCW (Blind-Spot Collision Warning) . . . . . . . . . . 5-124
Driver's attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-130
RCCW (Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning) . . 5-127
System description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-123
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Auto hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Electronic parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
Good braking practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64
Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Children always in the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Installing a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-38
Selecting a Child Restraint System (CRS) . . . . . . . 3-35
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Filter inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
Consumer assistance (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Emergency roadside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Registering your vehicle in a foreign country . . . . . 8-14
Toll free consumer assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Trip interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Cruise Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81
To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-83
To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-83
To increase cruise control set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82
To resume cruising speed at more than approximately
20 mph (30 km/h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84
To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82
To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on. 5-83
To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84C

Index
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Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-171
FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-171
Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Door lock/unlock features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Operating door locks from inside the vehicle . . . . . 4-17
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle . . . . 4-16
Drive mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-108
Driver Attention Warning (DAW) system . . . . . . . . . 5-132
Resetting the system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-134
System disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-134
System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-135
System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-132
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-137
Electrical equipment (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
Installation of a mobile two-way radio system . . . . 8-15
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6Emission 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, 7-3
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Changing the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Changing the engine oil and filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Engine start/stop button position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Illuminated engine start/stop button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Starting the engine with a smart key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-16
Exterior overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Forward Collision-avoidance Assist (FCA) system . . . 5-67
Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-71
FCA sensor (Front Camera/Front Radar) . . . . . . . . 5-72
FCA warning message and system control . . . . . . . 5-70
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Index
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Online factory authorized manuals (U.S. only) . . . . . . 8-16
Electrical troubleshooting manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Owner's manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Service manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Owner maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Owner maintenance schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Checking the parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Parking Distance Warning (PDW) system . . . . . . . . . 4-111
Non-operational conditions of Parking Distance
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
Operation of Parking Distance Warning . . . . . . . . 4-111
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Rear View Monitor (RVM) system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
Recommended lubricants and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Recommended SAE viscosity number. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Refrigerant label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Reporting safety defects (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16Reverse Parking Distance Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107
Non-operational conditions of Reverse Parking
Distance Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-108
Operation of Reverse Parking Distance Warning . 4-107
Reverse Parking Distance Warning precautions . . 4-109
Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110
Risk of burns when parking or stopping vehicle . . . . . . 1-6
Road warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Scheduled maintenance service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Driver position memory system (for power seat) . . 3-11
Front seat adjustment - power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Headrest (for front seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Rear seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Seatback pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Care of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Pre-tensioner seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Seat belt precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Seat belt restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Smart Cruise Control with stop & go system . . . . . . . 5-85
Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-98
Smart Cruise Control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-87
Speed setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-87
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Index
Sunshade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Tilting the sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Windshield defrosting and defogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-150
Automatic ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-153
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-151
Smart ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-154
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143
Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-147
Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . 5-146
Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-145
Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . 5-146
Don’t let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146
Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . 5-147
Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143
To keep locks from freezing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146
Use approved window washer anti-freeze in
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146
Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant. . . . . . . . 5-145
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Blade inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Blade replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Wipers and washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126
Front windshield washers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-128
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-126