Kia Sportage: Battery
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Keep the battery securely mounted.
Keep the battery top clean and dry.
Keep the terminals and connections
clean, tight, and coated with petroleum
jelly or terminal grease.
Rinse any s
Your vehicle has a maintenance-free,
calcium-based battery.
If the battery becomes discharged in a
short time (because, for example, the
headlamps or interior lights were left
on while the
For proper maintenance, safety, and
maximum fuel economy, you must
always maintain the recommended
tire pressures and stay within the
load limits and weight distribution
recommended for your vehi
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If the vehicle needs to be towed, call a professional towing service. Never
tow vehicle with just a rope or chain. It is
very dangerous.
Emergency Towing
There are three popular methods of towing a vehicle:
The operator loads the vehicle on the back of truck. This is best way of
tran
1. Prior to servicing the electrical system, be sure to turn off the ignition
switch and disconnect the battery ground
cable.
NOTE
In the course of MFI or ELC system diagnosis, when the battery cable is
removed, any diagnostic double
code retained by the computer will be cleared. There fore,