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owners manual KIA Optima
owners manual KIA Optima - year of production: 2015 - Kia Optima IV 4 owners manual EN
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Before you start, check the trailer hitch
Safety chains
WARNING
and platform, safety chains, electrical
You should always attach chains be‐
connector(s), lights, tires and mirror
tween your vehicle and your trailer.
n
Trailer brakes adjustment. If the trailer has electric
Cross the safety chains under the
brakes, start your vehicle and trailer
tongue of the trailer so that the tongueDo not use a trailer with its own
moving and then apply the trailer brake
will not drop to the road if it becomesbrakes unless you are absolutely
controller by hand to be sure the
separated from the hitch. certain that you have properly set
brakes are working. This lets you check
up the brake system. This is not a
Instructions about safety chains may
your electrical connection at the same
task for amateurs. Use an experi‐
be provided by the hitch manufacturer
time.
enced, competent trailer shop for
or by the trailer manufacturer. Follow
During your trip, check occasionally to
this work.
the manufacturer’s recommendation
be sure that the load is secure, and
for attaching safety chains. Always
that the lights and any trailer brakes
leave just enough slack so you can turn
are still working.
Driving with a trailer
with your trailer. And, never allow safe‐
Towing a trailer requires a certain 6
ty chains to drag on the ground.
Following distances
amount of experience. Before setting
Stay at least twice as far behind the
Driving your v
Trailer brakes out for the open road, you must get to
vehicle ahead as you would when driv‐
If your trailer is equipped with a brakingknow your trailer. Acquaint yourself
ing your vehicle without a trailer. This
system, make sure it conforms to yourwith the feel of handling and braking
can help you avoid situations that re‐
country’s regulations and that it iswith the added weight of the trailer.
quire heavy braking and sudden turns.
properly installed and operating cor‐And always keep in mind that the vehi‐
rectly. cle you are driving is now a good deal
Passing
If your trailer weight exceeds the maxi‐longer and not nearly so responsive as
You’ll need more passing distance upehicle
mum allowed weight without traileryour vehicle is by itself.
ahead when you’re towing a trailer.
brakes, then the trailer will also require
And, because of the increased vehicle
its own brakes as well. Be sure to read
length, you’ll need to go much farther
and follow the instructions for the trail‐
beyond the passed vehicle before you
er brakes so you’ll be able to install, ad‐
can return to your lane. Due to the
just and maintain them properly.
added load to the engine when going
• Do not tap into or modify your vehi‐
uphill the vehicle may also take longer
cle's brake system.
to pass than it would on flat ground.
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