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What to do in an emergency

EMERGENCY STARTING

Connect cables in numerical order

and disconnect in reverse order.

Jump starting

Jump starting can be dangerous if

done incorrectly. Therefore, to avoid

harm to yourself or damage to your

vehicle or battery, follow these jump

starting procedures. If in doubt, we

strongly recommend that you have a

competent technician or towing serv-

ice jump start your vehicle.

CAUTION - 12 volt

battery

Use only a 12-volt jumper sys-

tem. You can damage a 12-volt

starting motor, ignition system,

and other electrical parts

beyond repair by use of a 24-

volt power supply (either two

12-volt batteries in series or a

24-volt motor generator set).

WARNING - Battery

Keep all flames or sparks away

from the battery. The battery

produces hydrogen gas which

will explode if exposed to flame

or sparks.

WARNING - Battery

Never attempt to check the elec-

trolyte level of the battery as

this may cause the battery to

rupture or explode.

WARNING - Frozen

batteries

Do not attempt to jump start the

vehicle if the discharged battery

is frozen or if the electrolyte

level is low as the battery may

rupture or explode.

WARNING - Sulfuric

acid risk

When jump starting your vehi-

cle be careful not to get acid on

yourself, your clothing or on the

vehicle. Automobile batteries

contain sulfuric acid. This is

poisonous and highly corro-

sive.

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Discharged battery

Jumper Cables

Booster battery

(-)

(+)

(-)

What to do in an emergency

Jump starting procedure

Absorbent Glass Matt (AGM) batter-

ies are maintenance-free and should

only be serviced by an authorized

Kia dealer. For charging your AGM

battery, use only fully automatic bat-

tery chargers that are specially

developed for AGM batteries.

When replacing the AGM battery,

use only the Kia genuine battery for

the ISG system.

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NOTICE

If the AGM battery is reconnected

or replaced, ISG function will not

operate immediately.

If you want to use the ISG function,

the battery sensor needs to be cali-

brated for approximately 4 hours

with the ignition off and then, turn

the engine on and off 2 or 3 times.

Do not open or remove the cap on

top of the battery. This may cause the

leak of dangerous internal elec-

trolytes.

1.Make sure the booster battery is

12-volt and that its negative termi-

nal is grounded.

2.If the booster battery is in another

vehicle, do not allow the vehicles to

touch.

3.Turn off all unnecessary electrical

loads.

4.Connect the jumper cables in the

exact sequence shown in the illus-

tration. First connect one end of a

jumper cable to the positive termi-

nal of the discharged battery (1),

then connect the other end to the

positive terminal on the booster

battery (2).

Proceed to connect one end of the

other jumper cable to the negative

terminal of the booster battery (3),

then the other end to a solid, sta-

tionary, metallic point (for example,

the engine lifting bracket) away

from the battery (4). Do not con-

nect it to or near any part that

moves when the engine is cranked.

Do not allow the jumper cables to

contact anything except the correct

battery terminals or the correct

ground. Do not lean over the bat-

tery when making connections.

5.Start the engine of the vehicle with

the booster battery and let it run at

2,000 rpm, then start the engine of

the vehicle with the discharged

battery.

If the cause of your battery discharg-

ing is not apparent, you should have

your vehicle checked by an author-

ized Kia dealer.

WARNING - Battery

cables

Do not connect the jumper cable

from the negative terminal of the

booster battery to the negative

terminal of the discharged bat-

tery. This can cause the dis-

charged battery to overheat and

crack, releasing battery acid.

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What to do in an emergency

Push-starting

Your manual transaxle-equipped

vehicle should not be push-started

because it might damage the emis-

sion control system.

Vehicles equipped with automatic

transaxle cannot be push-started.

Follow the directions in this section

for jump-starting.

WARNING - Tow starting

vehicle

Never tow a vehicle to start it

because the sudden surge for-

ward when the engine starts

could cause a collision with the

tow vehicle.

What to do in an emergency -> Emergency starting for Your Kia Rio 4 Door Third Generation (2011-2016)

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