Kia Soul: 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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Vehicle data collection and event data recorders
This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (EDR). The main purpose
of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as
an air bag deployment or hitting a road ...
Chassis/Body nuts & bolts Inspection
1.
Tighten bolts and nuts on chassis and body.
(1)
Where necessary, tighten all the parts of the chassis.
A.
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Fault Diagnosis
Features a fail-safe mechanism that provides "limp-home" 4th gear hold
to enable the vehicle to be driven to the owner's home or dealer shop.
Fail-Safe: The TCM provides 4th ge ...