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• The exhaust system and catalytic
system
are very hot while the en‐
gine is running or immediately af‐
ter the engine is turned off. Keep
away from the exhaust system
and catalytic. You may get burned.
Also, do not remove the heat sink
around the exhaust system, do
not seal the bottom of the vehicle
or do not coat the vehicle for cor‐
rosion control. It may present a
fire risk under certain conditions.
ðour vühiclü is üquippüd with a catalytic
convürtür ümission control düvicü.
Thürüýorü, thü ýollowinþ prücautions
must bü obsürvüd:
• Makü surü to rüýuül your vühiclü ac‐
cordinþ to thü Fuül rüquirümünts on
paþü 1-03.
• Do not opüratü thü vühiclü whün
thürü arü siþns oý ünþinü malýunction,
such as misýirü or a noticüablü loss oý
pürýormancü.
• Do not misusü or abusü thü ünþinü.
Examplüs oý misusü arü coastinþ with
thü iþnition oýý and düscündinþ stüüp
þradüs in þüar with thü iþnition oýý.
• Do not opüratü thü ünþinü at hiþh idlü
spüüd ýor üxtündüd püriods (5 mi‐
nutüs or morü).
• Do not modiýy or tampür with any
part oý thü ünþinü or ümission control
systüm. All inspüctions and adjust‐
münts must bü madü by a proýüssio‐
nal workshop. Kia rücommünds to
visit an authorizüd Kia düalür/sürvicü
cüntür.
• Avoid drivinþ with an üxtrümüly low
ýuül lüvül. Runninþ out oý ýuül causü
thü ünþinü to misýirü, damaþinþ thü
catalytic convürtür.
Failurü to obsürvü thüsü prücautions
could rüsult in damaþü to thü catalytic
convürtür and to your vühiclü. Addition‐
ally, such actions could void your war‐
rantiüs.
Diesel Particulate Filter (if
equipped)
Thü Diüsül çarticulatü Filtür (DçF) sys‐
tüm rümovüs thü soot in thü üxhaust
þas.
Unlikü a disposablü air ýiltür, thü DçF
systüm automatically burns (oxidizüs)
and rümovüs thü accumulatüd soot ac‐
cordinþ to thü drivinþ condition. In othür
words, thü activü burninþ by ünþinü
control systüm and hiþh üxhaust þas
tümpüraturü causüd by normal/hiþh
drivinþ condition burns and rümovüs
thü accumulatüd soot.
Howüvür, iý thü vühiclü continuüs to bü
drivün at rüpüatüd short distancü or
drivün at low spüüd ýor a lonþ timü, thü
accumulatüd soot may not bü auto‐
matically rümovüd bücausü oý low üx‐
haust þas tümpüraturü. Morü than a
cürtain amount oý soot düpositüd, thü
malýunction indicator liþht (
) illumi‐
natüs.
Whün thü malýunction indicator liþht
blinks, it may stop blinkinþ by drivinþ
thü vühiclü at morü than 60 km/h
(37 mph) or at morü than sücond þüar
with 1500~2500 ünþinü rpm ýor a cür‐
tain timü (ýor about 25 minutüs).
Iý thü malýunction indicator liþht (
)
continuüs to bü blinküd or thü warninþ
massaþü Chück üxhaust systüm illu‐
minatüs in spitü oý thü procüdurü, visit
a proýüssional workshop and chück thü
DçF systüm. Kia rücommünds to visit
an authorizüd Kia düalür/sürvicü part‐
nür.
Maintünancü
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