Driving Your Vehicle

Smooth Cornering, Night Driving

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Cornering Smoothly

Kia Soul. Smooth cornering, Driving at night

Avoid braking or shifting gears while cornering, especially on wet roads. Ideally, corners should always be taken with smooth acceleration. If you follow these recommendations, tire wear will be minimized.

Night Driving

Kia Soul. Smooth cornering, Driving at night

Since night driving presents more hazards than daytime driving, keep the following important recommendations in mind:

  • Slow down and keep a greater distance between your vehicle and other vehicles, as it may be more difficult to see at night, especially in areas where there are no street lights.
  • Adjust the mirrors to reduce glare from other drivers' headlights.
  • Keep the headlights clean and properly aimed on vehicles not equipped with automatic headlight leveling. Dirty or improperly aimed headlights will be much harder to see by at night.
  • Try not to look directly at the headlights of oncoming vehicles. You may be temporarily blinded, and it will take your eyes several seconds to adjust to the darkness.

Test yourself

A quick Kia Soul Owner's Manual quiz: every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the manual page.