Kia Sportage: What to do in an emergency
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When an emergency situation occurs
while driving or when you park by the
edge of the roadway, you must alert
approaching or passing vehicles to be
careful as they pass. For this, you should
use t
When the vehicle will not start because
of low battery power, you may need to
jump start the vehicle.
Jump-starting
Connect cables in numerical order and
disconnect in reverse order.
Jump-st
If your temperature gauge indicates
overheating, you experience a loss of
power, or hear a loud pinging or knocking,
the engine will probably be too hot.
If this happens, you should:
Pull of
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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
Roof rack
If the vehicle has a roof rack, you can
load cargo on top of your vehicle.
Type A
Type B
* The actual shape may differ from the
illustration.
Crossbars and fixing components
needed to install the roof rack on your
vehicle may be obtained from an authorized
Kia dealer or other