Maintenance
Your vehicle is equipped with a cat-
alytic converter emission control
device.
Therefore, the following precautions
must be observed:
Diesel particulate filter (DPF)
(if equipped)
The Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF)
system removes the soot in the
exhaust gas.
The DPF system automatically burns
(or oxidizes) the accumulated soot in
accordance with the driving situa-
tions, unlike a disposable air filter.
In other words, the accumulated soot
is automatically purged out by the
engine control system and by the high
exhaust-gas temperature at normal/
high driving speeds.
However, when the vehicle is continu-
ally driven at repeated short distance
or driven at low speed for a long time,
the accumulated soot may not be
Failure to observe these precautions automatically removed because of low
could result in damage to the catalytic exhaust gas temperature. In this case,
the accumulated soot is out of the
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•
Do not operate the engine at
high idle speed for extended
periods (5 minutes or more).
•
Do not modify or tamper with
any part of the engine or
emission control system. All
inspections and adjustments
must be made by an author-
ized HYUNDAI dealer.
CAUTION
•
•
Use only UNLEADED FUEL
for gasoline engine.
Do not operate the vehicle
when there are signs of
engine malfunction, such as
misfire or a noticeable loss of
performance.
•
Avoid driving with a very low
fuel level. If you run out of
gasoline, it could cause the
engine to misfire and result in
excessive loading of the cat-
alytic converter.
•
Do not misuse or abuse the
engine. Examples of misuse
are coasting with the engine
off and descending steep
grades in gear with the engine
off.
converter
and
to
your
vehicle.
Additionally, such actions could void detection range, the soot oxidization
process does not occur, and the
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (
Illuminates.
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your warranties.
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