Kia Sportage: Replacing vanity mirror lamp (Bulb type)
WARNING
Interior lamps
Prior to working on the Interior lamps, ensure that the "OFF" button is depressed to avoid burning your fingers or receiving an electric shock.
- Turn off vehicle and disconnect the negative terminal from the battery.
- Using a flat-blade screwdriver, gently pry the lamp assembly from interior.
- Remove the bulb by pulling it straight out.
- Install a new bulb in the socket.
- Install the lamp assembly to interior.
CAUTION
Be careful not to dirty or damage the lens, lens tab, and plastic housings.
Replacing glove box lamp (Bulb type)
WARNING
Interior lamps
Prior to working on the Interior lamps, ensure that the "OFF" button is depressed to avoid burning your fingers or receiving an electric shock.
- Turn off vehicle and disconnect the negative terminal from the battery.
- Using a flat-blade screwdriver, gently pry the lamp assembly from interior.
- Remove the cover from the lamp assembly.
- Remove the bulb by pulling it straight out.
- Install a new bulb in the socket.
- Install the cover to the lamp assembly.
- Install the lamp assembly to interior.
CAUTION
Be careful not to dirty or damage the lens, lens tab, and plastic housings.
Replacing luggage lamp (Bulb type)
WARNING
Interior lamps
Prior to working on the Interior lamps, ensure that the "OFF" button is depressed to avoid burning your fingers or receiving an electric shock.
- Turn off vehicle and disconnect the negative terminal from the battery.
- Using a flat-blade screwdriver, gently pry the lamp assembly from interior.
- Remove the cover from the lamp assembly.
- Remove the bulb by pulling it straight out.
- Install a new bulb in the socket.
- Install the cover to the lamp assembly.
- Install the lamp assembly to interior.
CAUTION
Be careful not to dirty or damage the lens, lens tab, and plastic housings.
Replacing lights (LED type)
If the LED lamp does not operate, have your vehicle checked by an authorized Kia dealer. The LED lamp cannot be replaced as a single component because it is an integrated unit. The LED lamp has to be replaced with the unit.
A skilled technician should check or repair the LED lamp, for it may damage related parts of the vehicle.
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Exterior care
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
Waxing
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
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Seat belt restraint system
Seat belts are designed to bear upon the
bony structure of the body, and should
be worn low across the front of the pelvis,
chest and shoulders.
Seat belt restraint system
For maximum restraint system protection,
the seat belts must always be used
whenever the vehicle is moving.
A properl
Spot welding
1. Commercial spot welding machines do not perform
as well as the machines used in the manufacturing
process. When spot welding, increase the number
of spot welds by 30% (1.3 times the original number
of welds).
2. When spot welding, weld in the middle of the joint.
Spot welding on the
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