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Maintenance
Scheduled maintenance service
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Normal maintenance schedule - for Europe (Except Russia)
Thefollowingmaintenanceservicesmustbeperformedtoensuregood
emissioncontrolandperformance.Keepreceiptsforallvehicleemission
servicestoprotectyourwarranty.Wherebothmileageandtimeareshown,
thefrequencyofserviceisdeterminedbywhicheveroccursfirst.
NO. ITEM REMARK
*1
Engineoilandengine
oilfilter
Checktheengineoillevelandleakevery500km(350miles)or
beforestartingalongtrip.
*2
Engineoilandengineoil
filter(ForDieselEngine,
Europe)
• Iftherecommendedoilisnotavailable,replaceengineoiland
engineoilfilterevery20,000km(13,000miles)or12months.
• Theengineoillevelshouldbecheckedregularlyand
maintainedproperly.Operatingwithaninsufficientamountoil
candamagetheengine,andsuchdamageisnotcoveredby
warranty.
• Thismaintenancescheduledependsonfuelquality.Itis
applicableonlywhenusingaqualifiedfuel<”EN590or
equivalent”>.Ifthedieselfuelspecificationsdon’tmeet
theEN590,itmustbereplacedaccordingtothesevere
maintenanceschedule.
*3 Coolant(Engine)
Whenaddingcoolant,useonlydeionizedwaterorsoftwater
foryourvehicleandnevermixhardwaterinthecoolantfilledat
thefactory.Animpropercoolantmixturecanresultinserious
malfunctionorenginedamage.
*4 Drivebelts(Engine)
• Adjustalternator,waterpumpandairconditionerdrivebelt.
Inspectandifnecessaryrepairorreplace.
• Inspectdrivebelttensioner,idlerandalternatorpulleyandif
necessarycorrectorreplace.
*5 Valveclearance
Inspectforexcessivevalvenoiseand/orenginevibrationand
adjustifnecessary.Inthiscase,havethesystemcheckedbya
professionalworkshop.Kiarecommendstovisitanauthorized
Kiadealer/servicepartner.
*6 Sparkplug
Foryourconvenience,itcanbereplacedpriortoit'sinterval
whenyoudomaintenanceofotheritems.
*7
Manualtransmission
fluid
Manualtransmissionfluidshouldbechangedanytimeithas
beensubmergedinwater.
*8
Dualclutch
transmission(DCT)
fluid
Dualclutchtransmission(DCT)fluidshouldbechangedanytime
ithasbeensubmergedinwater.