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) Owners Manual: Air ventilation seat

The temperature setting of the seat changes according to the switch position. If you want to ventilate your seat cushion, press the switch (blue color). Each time you press the button, the airflow will change as follows: The seat warmer (with air ventilation) defaults to the OFF posi ...

Kia Sportage QL (2015-2025) Service Manual: Field Effect Transistor (DATC) Repair procedures

Inspection 1. Turn the ignition switch ON. 2. Manually operate the control switch and measure the voltage of the blower motor. 3. Operate the control switch to raise the voltage up to high speed. ...