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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When not using the LATCH system, all
child restraints must be secured to a
vehicle rear seat with the lap part of a
lap/shoulder belt.
Automatic locking mode
All passenger seat belts move
freely
under normal conditions and only lock
under extreme or emergency conditions
(emergency locking
Description and Operation
Description
The Seat Belt Pretensioners (BPT) are installed inside Center Pillar (LH &
RH). When a vehicle crashes with a
certain degree of frontal impact, the pretensioner seat belt helps to reduce the
severity of injury to the front seat
occupants by ref