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Driving your vehicle
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Special driving conditions
variety of road applications. Specific
design characteristics give them a
higher centre of gravity than ordi
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nary vehicles. An advantage of the
higher ground clearance is a better
view of the road, which allows you
to anticipate problems. They are not
designed for cornering at the same
speeds as conventional passenger
vehicles. Due to this risk, driver and
passengers are strongly recom
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mended to buckle their seat belts. In
a rollover crash, an unbelted person
is more likely to die than a person
wearing a seat belt. There are steps
that a driver can make to reduce the
risk of a rollover. If at all possible,
avoid sharp turns or abrupt
manoeuvres, do not load your roof
rack with heavy cargo, and never
modify your vehicle in any way.
WARNING
Rollover
As with other Sports Utility Vehicle
(SUV), failure to operate this vehicle
correctly may result in loss of con
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trol, an accident or vehicle rollover.
䳜 Utility vehicles have a significantly
higher rollover rate than other
types of vehicles.
䳜 Specific design characteristics
(higher ground clearance, nar
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rower track, etc.) give this vehicle
a higher centre of gravity than
ordinary vehicles.
䳜 A SUV is not designed for corner
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ing at the same speeds as con
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ventional vehicles.
䳜 Avoid sharp turns or abrupt
manoeuvres.
䳜 In a rollover crash, an unbelted
person is significantly more likely
to die than a person wearing a
seat belt. Make sure everyone in
the vehicle is properly buckled up.
WARNING
Your vehicle is equipped with tyres
designed to provide safe ride and
handling capability. Do not use a size
and type of tyre and wheel that is
different from the one that is origi
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nally installed on your vehicle. It can
affect the safety and performance
of your vehicle, which could lead to
steering failure or rollover and seri
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ous injury. When replacing the tyres,
be sure to equip all four tyres with
the tyre and wheel of the same size,
type, tread, brand and load-carrying
capacity. If you nevertheless decide
to equip your vehicle with any tyre/
wheel combination not recom
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mended by Kia for off road driving,
you should not use these tyres for
highway driving.