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owners manual KIA Optima
owners manual KIA Optima - year of production: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 - KIA Optima III 3 owners manual EN
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from owners manual to the vehicle KIA Optima, year of production 2010 - 2015:
Driving your vehicle
• Driving through water may get the
Good braking practices • If a tire goes flat while you are driving,
brakes wet. They can also get wet
apply the brakes gently and keep the
when the vehicle is washed. Wet
WARNING vehicle pointed straight ahead while
• Whenever you leave or park yourbrakes can be dangerous! Your vehicleyou slow down.When you are moving
will not stop as quickly if the brakes areslowly enough for it to be safe to do so,
vehicle, always set the parking
brake as far as possible and fullywet.Wet brakes may cause the vehiclepull off the road and stop in a safe
to pull to one side. place.
engage the vehicle's transaxle
To dry the brakes, apply the brakes
into the P (Park) position. If the • If your vehicle is equipped with an
lightly until the braking action returns toautomatic transaxle, don't let your vehi-
parking brake is not fully
engaged, the vehicle may move normal, taking care to keep the vehiclecle creep forward. To avoid creeping
under control at all times. If the brakingforward, keep your foot firmly on the
inadvertently and injure yourself
action does not return to normal, stop
and others. brake pedal when the vehicle is
as soon as it is safe to do so and call
• All vehicles should always have stopped.
an authorized KIA dealer for assis-
the parking brake fully engaged • Be cautious when parking on a hill.
tance. Firmly engage the parking brake and
when parking to avoid inadver-
• Don't coast down hills with the vehicle
tent movement of the vehicle place the shift lever in P (automatic
out of gear. This is extremely haz-
which can injure occupants or transaxle) or in first or reverse gear
ardous. Keep the vehicle in gear at all
pedestrians. (manual transaxle). If your vehicle is
times, use the brakes to slow down,
facing downhill, turn the front wheels
then shift to a lower gear so that
into the curb to help keep the vehicle
engine braking will help you maintain afrom rolling. If your vehicle is facing
• Check to be sure the parking brake is
safe speed. uphill, turn the front wheels away from
not engaged and that the parking
the curb to help keep the vehicle from
• Don't "ride" the brake pedal. Resting
brake indicator light is out before driv- rolling. If there is no curb or if it is
ing away. your foot on the brake pedal while driv-required by other conditions to keep
ing can be dangerous because the
the vehicle from rolling, block the
brakes might overheat and lose their
wheels.
effectiveness. It also increases the
wear of the brake components.
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