Maintenance

You must exercise the utmost care to prevent damage to your vehicle and injury to yourself when performing any maintenance or inspection procedures.

If you have any doubts about inspecting or servicing your vehicle, we strongly recommend that you have an authorized Kia dealer perform this work.

Authorized Kia dealers have factory-trained technicians and genuine Kia parts to properly service your vehicle. For qualified advice and quality service, contact an authorized Kia dealer.

Inadequate, incomplete, or insufficient maintenance may cause problems with your vehicle that could result in vehicle damage, an accident, or personal injury.

Owner Responsibility

✽ NOTICE

Maintenance and record keeping are the owner's responsibility.

You must keep documents that show proper maintenance has been performed on your vehicle in accordance with the scheduled maintenance service records provided on the following pages. You need this information to establish your compliance with the maintenance and service requirements of your vehicle warranty.

Detailed warranty information is provided in your warranty and consumer information guide.

Repair and adjustment are required due to improper care or lack of necessary maintenance; such conditions are not covered by your vehicle warranty.

We recommend that you have your vehicle serviced and repaired by an authorized Kia dealer. Authorized Kia dealers meet Kia's high service standards and receive technical support from Kia to ensure that you receive a high level of service and satisfaction.

Owner Maintenance Precautions

Improper or incomplete maintenance may result in problems. This section provides instructions only for maintenance items that are easy to perform.

As explained earlier in this section, some procedures can only be performed by an authorized Kia dealer with special tools.

✽ NOTICE

Improper maintenance by the owner during the warranty period may affect warranty coverage. For details, refer to the separate warranty and the Consumer Information Guide supplied with your vehicle. If you are not sure about any maintenance or service procedure, have it performed by an authorized Kia dealer.

WARNING - Maintenance Work

Do not wear jewelry or loose clothing when working under the hood of your vehicle with the engine running. They may get caught in moving parts. If you must run the engine while working under the hood, be sure to remove all jewelry (especially rings, bracelets, watches and necklaces) and any ties, scarves and similar loose clothing before approaching the engine or cooling fans.

WARNING: Touching metal parts

Do not touch metal parts (including brackets) while the engine is running or hot. This may cause serious personal injury. Turn off the engine and wait until the metal parts cool before performing maintenance work on the vehicle.