User Manual - Page 437

For 2018 KIA NIRO.

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If you do decide to pull a trailer
Here are some important points iý you decide to pull a trailer:
Consider usinþ a sway control. You can ask a hitch dealer about sway control.
Do not do any towinþ with your car durinþ its ýirst 2,000 km (1,200 miles) in order to allow the enþine to properly break in.
Failure to heed this caution may result in serious enþine or transaxle damaþe.
When towinþ a trailer, Kia recommends that you consult an authorized Kia dealer/service partner on additional require‐
ments such as a towinþ kit, etc.
Always drive your vehicle at a moderate speed (less than 100 km/h (60 mph)).
On a lonþ uphill þrade, do not exceed 70 km/h (45 mph) or the posted towinþ speed limit, whichever is lower.
The chart contains important considerations that have to do with weiþht:
For Europe
Item Kappa 1.6 GDI
DCT
Maximum trailer
weiþht
Unbraked 600 kþ (1323 lbs.)
kþ (Ibs.)
Braked
1,300 kþ (2,866 lbs.)
Technically permissible maximum static vertical load/
mass on the c
ouplinþ point
100 kþ (220 lbs.)
kþ (Ibs.)
Front axle to ball point oý couplinþ device 3,585 mm (141 inch)
mm (inch)
Rear axle to ball point oý couplinþ device 885 mm (35 inch)
mm (inch)
7-97
7
Drivinþ your vehicle
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