Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)

(1) Low Tire Pressure Warning Light / TPMS Malfunction Indicator

(2) Low Tire Pressure Warning Light (Displayed on Instrument Cluster)

Check each tire, including the spare (if provided), monthly when the tires are cold and inflated to the tire pressure recommended by the vehicle manufacturer on the vehicle placard or tire pressure label. (If your vehicle has tires of a different size than the size indicated on the vehicle placard or tire pressure label, you should determine the correct tire pressure for those tires.)

As a safety feature, your vehicle has been equipped with a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) that illuminates a low tire pressure warning light when one or more of your tires is significantly under-inflated. Accordingly, when the low tire pressure warning light illuminates, you should stop and check your tires as soon as possible, and inflate them to the proper pressure. Driving on a significantly under-inflated tire causes the tire to overheat and can lead to tire failure. Under-inflation also reduces fuel efficiency and tire tread life, and may affect the vehicle's handling and stopping ability.

Please note that the TPMS is not a substitute for proper tire maintenance, and it is the driver's responsibility to maintain correct tire pressure, even if underinflation has not reached the level required to activate the TPMS low tire pressure warning light.

Your vehicle has also been equipped with a TPMS malfunction indicator to indicate when the system is not operating properly. The TPMS malfunction indicator is combined with the low tire pressure warning light. When the system detects a malfunction, the light will flash for approximately one minute and then remain continuously illuminated. This sequence will continue during subsequent vehicle start-ups as long as the malfunction exists. When the TPMS malfunction indicator remains illuminated after flashing for approximately one minute, the system may not be able to detect or signal low tire pressure as intended.

TPMS malfunctions may occur for a variety of reasons, including the installation of replacement or alternate tires or wheels on the vehicle that prevent the TPMS from functioning properly. Always check the TPMS malfunction indicator after replacing one or more tires or wheels on your vehicle, to ensure that the replacement or alternate tires and wheels allow the TPMS to continue to function properly.

✽ NOTICE

If any of the following occurs, we recommend that the system be inspected by an authorized Kia dealer.

1. The low tire pressure warning light/TPMS malfunction indicator does not illuminate for 3 seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position or the engine is running.
2. The TPMS malfunction indicator continues to illuminate after flashing for approximately 1 minute.
3. The low tire pressure warning light remains illuminated.