Kia Optima: Maintenance services / 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.
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 the ...
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 procedu ...
Other information:
Description and operation
Description
Evaporative Emission Control System prevents fuel vapor stored in fuel tank from
vaporizing into the atmosphere. When the fuel evaporates in the fuel tank, the vapor
passes through vent hoses or tubes to canister filled with charcoal. The canis ...
Service data
Specifications
Purge Control Solenoid
Valve (PCSV)
▷ Specification
Item
Specification
Coil Resistance (Ω)
22.0 - 26.0 [20°C (68°F)]
Tightening torque
Tightening Torques
...