owners manual KIA Optima

owners manual KIA Optima - year of production: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Kia Optima Magentis Lotze owners manual EN

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Driving your vehicle An authorized KIA dealer can assist you in installing the wiring harness. CAUTION WARNING - Parking on a • When towing a trailer on steep grades (in excess of 6%) payhill WARNING Parking your vehicle on a hill with a close attention to the engine Failure to use an approved trailer trailer attached could cause seri- coolant temperature gauge to wiring harness could result in dam- ous injury or death,should the trail- ensure the engine does not over- age to the vehicle electrical system er break loose. and/or personal injury. heat. If the needle of the coolant temperature gauge moves across However, if you ever have to park your the dial towards “H” (HOT), pull over and stop as soon as it is safetrailer on a hill, here's how to do it: E140406AUN 1. Pull the vehicle into the parking space. Driving on grades to do so, and allow the engine to Turn the steering wheel in the direction idle until it cools down.You may Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear of the curb (right if headed down hill, proceed once the engine has before you start down a long or steep left if headed up hill). cooled sufficiently. downgrade. If you don’t shift down, you 2. If the vehicle has a manual transaxle, • You must decide driving speed might have to use your brakes so much place the car in neutral. If the vehicle depending on trailer weight and that they would get hot and no longer has an automatic transaxle, place the operate efficiently. uphill grade to reduce the possi- car in P (Park). bility of engine and transaxle On a long uphill grade, shift down and 3. Set the parking brake and shut off the reduce your speed to around 45 mph (70overheating. vehicle. km/h) to reduce the possibility of engine 4. Place chocks under the trailer wheels and transaxle overheating. E140407BUN-EU on the down hill side of the wheels. If your trailer weighs more than the max-Parking on hills 5. Start the vehicle, hold the brakes, shift imum trailer weight without trailer brakes Generally, if you have a trailer attached toto neutral, release the parking brake and you have an automatic transaxle, and slowly release the brakes until the your vehicle, you should not park your you should drive in D (Drive) when tow- trailer chocks absorb the load. ing a trailer. vehicle on a hill. People can be seriously 6. Reapply the brakes, reapply the park- Operating your vehicle in D (Drive) whenor fatally injured, and both your vehicle ing brake and shift the vehicle to R and the trailer can be damaged if unex- towing a trailer will minimize heat build uppectedly roll down hill.(Reverse) for manual transaxle or P and extend the life of your transaxle. (Park) for automatic transaxle. 7. Shut off the vehicle and release the vehicle brakes but leave the parking brake set. 547

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