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Maintenance
Tires and wheels
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excessiveloading,eitherseparately
orincombination,cancauseheat
build-upandpossiblesuddentire
failure.Thiscancauselossofvehicle
controlandseriousinjuryordeath.
Low aspect ratio tire (if equipped)
Lowaspectratiotires,whoseaspect
ratioislowerthan50,areprovided
forsportylooks.
Becausethelowaspectratio
tiresareoptimizedforhandling
andbraking,itmaybemore
uncomfortabletorideinandthere
ismorenoisecomparewithnormal
tires.
CAUTION
Becausethesidewallofthelow
aspectratiotireisshorterthanthe
normal,thewheelandtireofthe
lowaspectratiotireiseasiertobe
damaged.So,followtheinstructions
below.
• Whendrivingonaroughroador
offroad,drivecautiouslybecause
tiresandwheelsmaybedamaged.
Andafterdriving,inspecttiresand
wheels.
• Whenpassingoverapothole,
speedbump,manhole,orcurb
stone,driveslowlysothatthe
tiresandwheelsarenotdamaged.
• Ifthetireisimpacted,inspect
thetireconditionorcontact
aprofessionalworkshop.Kia
recommendstovisitanauthorized
Kiadealer/servicepartner.
• Topreventdamagetothetire,
inspectthetireconditionand
pressureevery3,000km.
CAUTION
• Itisnoteasytorecognizethetire
damagewithyourowneyes.But
ifthereistheslightesthintoftire
damage,eventhoughyoucannot
seethetiredamagewithyour
owneyes,havethetirecheckedor
replacedbecausethetiredamage
maycauseairleakagefromthe
tire.
• Ifthetireisdamagedbydriving
onaroughroad,offroad,pothole,
manhole,orcurbstone,itwillnot
becoveredbythewarranty.
• Youcanfindoutthetire
informationonthetiresidewall.