Kia Sportage: Special driving conditions / Smooth cornering

Kia Sportage QL (2015-2025) Owners Manual / Driving your vehicle / Special driving conditions / Smooth cornering

Avoid braking or gear changing in corners, especially when roads are wet. Ideally, corners should always be taken under gentle acceleration. If you follow these suggestions, tire wear will be held to a minimum.

Rocking the vehicle

If it is necessary to rock the vehicle to free it from snow, sand, or mud, first turn the steering wheel right and left to clear the area around your front wheels. Then, shift back and forth betwe ...

Driving at night

Because night driving presents more hazards than driving in the daylight, here are some important tips to remember: Slow down and keep more distance between you and other vehicles, as it ma ...

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Kia Sportage QL (2015-2025) Service Manual: Auto Head Lamp Leveling Unit Repair procedures

Inspection 1. Ignition "ON". 2. Turn on the head lamp switch. 3. Check that the aim of the head lamp changes smoothly when the head lamp leveling device switch is turned on. ...

Kia Sportage QL (2015-2025) Service Manual: Description and operation

Description EPS (Electric power steering, Column assist type) system is an engine operation independent steering system that uses an electric motor to assist the steering force. EPS control module controls the motor operation according to information received from each ...