Maintenance -> Maintenance services for Your Kia Sportage SUV 2020

Maintenance  
MAINTENANCE SERVICES  
You should exercise the utmost care  
to prevent damage to your vehicle  
and injury to yourself whenever per-  
forming any maintenance or inspec-  
tion procedures.  
Should you have any doubts con-  
cerning the inspection or servicing of  
your vehicle, we strongly recom-  
mend that you have an authorized  
Kia dealer perform this work.  
An authorized Kia dealer has factory-  
trained technicians and genuine Kia  
parts to service your vehicle proper-  
ly. For expert advice and quality serv-  
ice, see an authorized Kia dealer.  
Inadequate, incomplete or insuffi-  
cient servicing may result in opera-  
tional problems with your vehicle that  
could lead to vehicle damage, an  
accident, or bodily injury.  
Repairs and adjustments required as  
a result of improper maintenance or  
a lack of required maintenance are  
not covered.  
We recommend you have your vehi-  
cle maintained and repaired by an  
authorized Kia dealer. An authorized  
Kia dealer meets Kia’s high service  
quality standards and receives tech-  
nical support from Kia in order to pro-  
vide you with a high level of service  
satisfaction.  
Owner’s responsibility  
NOTICE  
Maintenance Service and Record  
Retention are the owner's responsi-  
bility.  
You should retain documents that  
show proper maintenance has been  
performed on your vehicle in accor-  
dance with the scheduled mainte-  
nance service charts shown on the  
following pages. You need this infor-  
mation to establish your compliance  
with the servicing and maintenance  
requirements of your vehicle war-  
ranties.  
Detailed warranty information is  
provided in your Warranty &  
Consumer Information manual.  
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Maintenance  
Owner maintenance precau-  
tions  
Improper or incomplete service may  
result in problems. This section gives  
instructions only for the maintenance  
items that are easy to perform.  
As explained earlier in this section,  
several procedures can be done only  
by an authorized Kia dealer with spe-  
cial tools.  
NOTICE  
WARNING - Maintenance  
work  
Improper owner maintenance dur-  
ing the warranty period may affect  
warranty coverage. For details, read  
the separate Warranty & Consumer  
Information manual provided with  
the vehicle. If you're unsure about  
any servicing or maintenance proce-  
dure, have it done by an authorized  
Kia dealer.  
Do not wear jewelry or loose  
clothing while working under  
the hood of your vehicle with  
the engine running. These can  
become entangled in moving  
parts, if you must run the  
engine while working under the  
hood, make certain that you  
remove all jewelry (especially  
rings, bracelets, watches, and  
necklaces) and all neckties,  
scarves, and similar loose  
clothing before getting near the  
engine or cooling fans.  
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Maintenance  
WARNING - Touching  
metal parts  
Do not touch metal parts  
(including strut bars) while the  
engine is operating or hot.  
Doing so could result in serious  
personal injury. Turn the engine  
off and wait until the metal parts  
cool down to perform mainte-  
nance work on the vehicle.  
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