Kia Sportage: Check battery and cables

Third generation SL (2010â€“2016) / Kia Sportage SL Owners Manual / Driving your vehicle / Winter driving / Check battery and cables

Winter puts additional burdens on the battery system. Visually inspect the battery and cables as described in section 7. The level of charge in your battery can be checked by an authorized Kia dealer or a service station.

Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant

Your vehicle is delivered with high quality ethylene glycol coolant in the cooling system. It is the only type of coolant that should be used because it helps prevent corrosion in the cooling syst ...

Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary

In some climates it is recommended that a lower viscosity "winter weight" oil be used during cold weather. See section 8 for recommendations. If you aren't sure what weight oil you s ...

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Special Service Tools Tool (Number and Name)IllustrationApplicationRKE Battery Checker(09954-2P100)Measuring the RKE batteryvoltage ...

Kia Sportage: Check battery and cables

Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant

Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary

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