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 ...
See also:
Passenger Presence Detection
The passenger presence detection system detects the presence of a passenger in
the front seat. If no passenger is recognized on the front passenger seat, the deployment
of the front passenger and/ ...
Knock Sensor (KS). Description and Operation
Description
Knocking is a phenomenon characterized by undesirable vibration
and noise and can cause engine damage. Knock Sensor (KS) is installed on the
cylinder block and senses engine knockin ...
Replacement
1.
Disconnect the negative (-) battery
terminal.
2.
Remove the main crash pad lower
cover (A).
3.
Disconnect the blower resistor
connector ...