Kia Sportage: Appearance care
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Use the information in the following sections
to keep the exterior and interior of
your vehicle clean.
Exterior care
Use the information in the following sections
to maintain the exterior of your
Wax the vehicle when water will no longer
bead on the paint.
Always wash and dry the vehicle before
waxing. Use a good quality liquid or
paste wax, and follow the manufacturer's
instruction
Protecting your vehicle from corrosion
By using the most advanced design and
construction practices to combat corrosion,
we produce vehicles of the highest
quality. However, this is only part of t
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Your vehicle is equipped with four different
ignition positions.
Illuminated ignition switch
Whenever a front door is opened, the
ignition switch will illuminate for your
convenience, provided the ignition
switch is not in the ON position.
The light will go off immediately when
the ignit
Inspection
Cylinder Head
1. Inspect for flatness.
Using a precision straight edge and feeler gauge, measure the surface the
contacting the cylinder block and the
manifolds for warpage.
Flatness of cylinder head gasket surface
Standard : Less than 0.05mm (0.0019in.) for total area
Less tha