Kia Sportage: Maintenance services / Owner’s responsibility
✽ NOTICE
Maintenance Service and Record Retention are the owner's responsibility.
You should retain documents that show proper maintenance has been performed
on your vehicle in accordance with the scheduled maintenance service charts shown
on the following pages. You need this information to establish your compliance with
the servicing and maintenance requirements of your vehicle warranties.
Detailed warranty information is provided in your Warranty & Consumer Information
manual.
Repairs and adjustments required as a result of improper maintenance or a lack
of required maintenance are not covered.
We recommend you have your vehicle maintained and repaired by an authorized Kia
dealer. An authorized Kia dealer meets Kia’s high service quality standards and
receives technical support from Kia in order to provide you with a high level of
service satisfaction.
✽ NOTICE - NHTSA Safety Corrosion Alert
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a general
warning to all vehicle owners of all brands regarding the risks associated with
vehicle underbody corrosion. From your initial purchase, take the following steps
to prevent unsafe corrosion damage to your vehicle:
- Wash the undercarriage of your vehicle regularly during the winter
and whenever your vehicle has been exposed to salts or chemicals.
- Do a thorough washing of the undercarriage at the end of the winter.
- Use professional service technicians or governmental inspection stations
to annually inspect for corrosion.
- Immediately seek an inspection of your vehicle if you become visually
aware of corrosion flaking or scaling or if you become aware of a change in
vehicle performance, such as soft or spongey brakes, fluids leaking, impairment
of directional control, suspension noises or rattling metal straps. NHTSA further
advises that after a vehicle is 7 years old, it is essential that you take these
indicated maintenance steps to ensure that you protect yourself from unsafe
corrosion conditions.
You should exercise the utmost care to prevent damage to your vehicle and injury
to yourself whenever performing any maintenance or inspection procedures.
Should you have any doubts concerning the ...
Improper or incomplete service may result in problems. This section gives instructions
only for the maintenance items that are easy to perform.
As explained earlier in this section, several procedu ...
Other information:
Using the door handle button
- Carry the smart key.
- Close all doors, engine hood and liftgate.
- Press the button of the outside door handle.
- The hazard warning lights will blink and the chime will sound once.
- Make sure that doors are locked by pulling the outside door handle.
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✽ NOTICE
When driving on normal roads, deactivate the AWD LOCK mode by pushing
the AWD LOCK button (the indicator light goes off). Driving on normal roads
with AWD LOCK mode(especially, when cornering) may cause mechanical noise or
vibration. The noise and vibration will disappear w ...