Kia Optima: Recommended Shifting
Drive the vehicle in the highest gear that allows the engine to run and accelerate smoothly without hesitating or stalling. This will give you the most efficient fuel economy and emission control. However, never operate the engine with the tachometer (RPM) in the red area.
Manual Transaxle Operation
The manual transaxle has five forward gears. Press the clutch pedal down fully
while shifting, then release it slowly.
A special safety feature prevents inadvertent shifting from 5 (Fifth) to R ( ...
Downshifting
When you must slow down in heavy traffic or while driving up steep hills, downshift
before the engine starts to “labor’’. Downshifting reduces the chance of stalling
and gives better acceleration ...
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Alarm stage
The alarm will be activated when:
Any door is opened without using the key or the transmitter.
The trunk lid is opened without using the key.
The engine hood is opened.
The alarm will sound ...
Tilt Steering
To change the steering wheel angle, pull up on the lock release (located beneath
the steering column), adjust the steering wheel to the desired angle, then release
the lock-release to lock the s ...
Bluetooth® wireless technology Audio Speaker Adaptation
Speaker adaptation will improve performance of voice recognition system to a
particular user voice.
This will degrade the performance for other users.
• Record
➀ Press button for 10sec. &# ...