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:
This warning light illuminates:
Once you set the ignition switch or Engine Start/Stop Button to the ON position.
- It remains on until the engine is started.
When there is a malfunction with either the alternator or electrical charging
system.
If there is a malfunction with either th ...
Filter inspection
The climate control air filter should be replaced according to the Maintenance
Schedule. If the vehicle is operated in severely air-polluted cities or on dusty
rough roads for a long period, it should be inspected more frequently and replaced
earlier. When you replace the cl ...