Kia Optima: Owner’s responsibility
✽ NOTICE
Maintenance Service and Record Retention are the owner's responsibility.
You should retain documents that show proper maintenance has been performed on your vehicle in accordance with the scheduled maintenance service charts shown on the following pages. You need this information to establish your compliance with the servicing and maintenance requirements of your vehicle warranties. Detailed warranty information is provided in your Warranty & Consumer Information manual.
Repairs and adjustments required as a result of improper maintenance or a lack of required maintenance are not covered. We recommend you have your vehicle maintained and repaired by an authorized Kia dealer. An authorized Kia dealer meets Kia’s high service quality standards and receives technical support from Kia in order to provide you with a high level of service satisfaction.
Maintenance services
You should exercise the utmost care to
prevent damage to your vehicle and
injury to yourself whenever performing
any maintenance or inspection procedures.
Should you have any doubts concerning ...
Owner maintenance precautions
Improper or incomplete service may
result in problems. This section gives
instructions only for the maintenance
items that are easy to perform.
As explained earlier in this section, several
p ...
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Seat warmer (if equipped)
The seat warmer is provided to warm the rear seats during cold weather. With
the ignition switch in the ON position, push either of the switches to warm the
seat. During mild weather or under co ...
Air Conditioning System Operating Tips
If the vehicle has been parked in direct sunlight during hot weather, open
the windows for a short time to let hot air inside the vehicle escape.
To help reduce moisture on the inside of windo ...
Hazard Warning Flasher
The hazard warning flasher causes the rear tail lights and front turn signal
lights to flash on and off, which serves as a warning to other drivers to exercise
caution when approaching or passin ...