2009 Kia Rondo Owners Manual

Driving your vehicle
An authorized KIA  dealer can assist  you
in installing the wiring harness.
CAUTION
WARNING - Parking  on a
hill
Parking your vehicle on a hill with a
trailer  attached  could  cause  seri-
ous injury or death, should the trail-
er break loose.
When  towing  a  trailer  on  steep
grades   (in  excess   of   6%)  pay
close   attention   to   the   engine
coolant   temperature    gauge   to
ensure the engine  does not over-
heat. If  the needle  of the coolant
temperature gauge moves across
the  dial  towards “H”  (HOT),  pull
over and stop as soon as it is safe
to do so,  and allow the engine  to
idle until  it cools  down. You may
proceed   once   the   engine   has
cooled sufficiently.
WARNING
Failure  to use  an  approved  trailer
wiring harness could result in dam-
age to the vehicle electrical system
and/or personal injury.
However,  if you  ever have  to  park your
trailer on a hill, here's how to  do it:
1. Pull the vehicle into the parking space.
Turn the steering wheel in the direction
of the  curb (right  if headed  down hill,
left if headed up hill).
2. If the vehicle  has a manual  transaxle,
place the  car in  neutral. If the  vehicle
has an  automatic transaxle, place  the
car in P (Park).
3. Set the parking brake and  shut off the
vehicle.
4. Place chocks under  the trailer wheels
on the down hill side of the  wheels.
5. Start the vehicle, hold the brakes, shift
to  neutral, release  the  parking  brake
and slowly release the brakes until the
trailer chocks absorb the load.
6. Reapply the brakes,  reapply the park-
ing  brake  and  shift the  vehicle  to  R
(Reverse)  for  manual  transaxle  or P
(Park) automatic transaxle.
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Driving on grades
Reduce speed  and shift to  a lower gear
before  you  start down  a  long  or  steep
downgrade. If  you don’t  shift down,  you
might have  to use your  brakes so much
that  they  would get  hot  and  no  longer
operate efficiently.
On  a long  uphill  grade, shift  down  and
reduce your speed to around 70 km/h (45
mph) to  reduce the possibility  of engine
and transaxle overheating.
If your trailer weighs more than  the max-
imum trailer weight without  trailer brakes
and  you  have  an  automatic  transaxle,
you should  drive in D  (Drive) when tow-
ing a trailer.
Operating your vehicle in D (Drive) when
towing a trailer will minimize heat build up
and extend the life of your transaxle.
You  must  decide  driving   speed
depending  on trailer  weight  and
uphill grade  to reduce the  possi-
bility   of   engine  and   transaxle
overheating.
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Parking on hills
Generally, if you have a trailer attached to
your  vehicle, you  should  not  park  your
vehicle on a hill. People can be seriously
or  fatally injured,  and both  your  vehicle
and the  trailer can be  damaged if unex-
pectedly roll down hill.
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CategoriesKia Manuals, Kia Rondo Manuals
Model Year2009
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