Maintenance
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Maintenance services
Maintenance services
You should exercise the utmost care to
prevent damage to your vehicle and
injury to yourself whenever performing
any maintenance or inspection proce
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dures.
Should you have any doubts concerning
the inspection or servicing of your vehi
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cle, we strongly recommend that you
have an authorised Kia dealer perform
this work.
An authorised Kia dealer has factory-
trained technicians to service your vehi
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cle properly. For expert advice and qual
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ity service, see an authorised Kia dealer.
Inadequate, incomplete or insufficient
servicing may result in operational prob
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lems with your vehicle that could lead to
vehicle damage, an accident, or personal
injury.
Owner's responsibility
Maintenance Service and Record Reten
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tion are the owner's responsibility.
You should retain documents that show
proper maintenance has been per
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formed on your vehicle in accordance
with the scheduled maintenance service
charts shown on the following pages.
You need this information to establish
your compliance with the servicing and
maintenance requirements of your vehi
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cle warranties.
Detailed warranty information is pro
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vided in your Warranty & Consumer
Information manual.
Repairs and adjustments required as a
result of improper maintenance or a lack
of required maintenance are not cov
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ered.
We recommend you have your vehicle
maintained and repaired by an autho
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rised Kia dealer/service partner. Autho
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rised Kia dealers meet Kia's high service
quality standards and receive technical
support from Kia in order to provide you
with a high level of service satisfaction.
Owner maintenance precautions
Improper or incomplete service may
result in problems. This section gives
instructions only for the maintenance
items that are easy to perform.
As explained earlier in this section, sev
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eral procedures can be done only by an
authorised Kia dealer with special tools.
Improper owner maintenance during the
warranty period may affect warranty
coverage. For details, read the separate
Warranty & Consumer Information man
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ual provided with the vehicle. If you're
unsure about any servicing or mainte
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nance procedure, we recommend that
the system be serviced by a professional
workshop. Kia recommends to visit an
authorised Kia dealer/service partner.
Maintenance work
Do not wear jewelry or loose clothing
whilst working under the bonnet of your
vehicle with the engine running. These
items can become entangled in moving
parts, if you must run the vehicle in the
engine whilst working under the bonnet,
make certain that you remove all jewelry
(especially rings, bracelets, watches, and
necklaces) and all neckties, scarves, and
similar loose clothing before getting
near cooling fans.
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