Kia Optima: Hood

Trunk Lid Knob Lock

If the trunk lid lock knob (located near the latch) is in the “LOCK” position when the trunk lid is closed, it will not be possible to open the trunk lid by using the remote release. In this ins ...

Opening the Hood

1. Pull the release lever on the lower left side of the instrument panel to unlatch the hood. 2. Go to the front of the vehicle, slightly raise the hood, pull up on the secondary latch and li ...

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Removal
1. Disconnect the negative(-) battery terminal. 2. Remove the crash pad lower panel. (Refer to the BD group - "Crash pad") 3. Disconnect ...

Manual heating and air conditioning
The heating and cooling system can be controlled manually by pushing buttons other than the AUTO button. In this case, the system works sequentially according to the order of buttons selected. 1. ...

Valve Body. Description and Operation
Description The valve body is essential to automatic transaxle control and consists of various valves used to control the oil feed from the oil pump. Specifically, these valves consist of pressur ...