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Driving your vehicle Trailer towing (For europe)
If you do decide to pull a trailer
Here are some important points if
you decide to pull a trailer:
䳜 Consider using a sway control.You
can ask a hitch dealer about sway
control.
䳜 Do not do any towing with your
car during its first 2,000 km
(1,200 miles) in order to allow the
engine to properly break in. Fail
-
ure to heed this caution may
result in serious engine or trans
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mission damage.
䳜 When towing a trailer, Kia recom
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mends that you consult an autho
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rized Kia dealer/service partner
on additional requirements such
as a towing kit, etc.
䳜 Always drive your vehicle at a
moderate speed (less than 100
km/h (60 mph)).
䳜 On a long uphill grade, do not
exceed 70 km/h (45 mph) or the
posted towing speed limit, which
-
ever is lower.
䳜 The chart contains important
considerations that have to do
with weight:
Item
Wagon (trailer pack
-
age)
CUV (trailer package)
Maximum trailer weight
[kg (lbs.)]
With brake 1,300 (2,866)
Without brake 600 (1,323)
Maximum permissible static vertical load
on the coupling device [kg (lbs.)]
75 (165)
Recommended distance from rear wheel
center to coupling point [mm (inch)]
1,195 (47.0) 915 (36.0)
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