Kia Cee'd: Driving your vehicle / Winter driving
Severe weather conditions in the winter result in greater wear and other problems. To minimize the problems of winter driving, you should follow these suggestions:
- Snowy or Icy conditions
- Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant
- Check battery and cables
- Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary
- Check spark plugs and ignition system
- To keep locks from freezing
- Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system
- Don't let your parking brake freeze
- Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath
- Carry emergency equipment
Highway driving
Tires
Adjust the tire inflation pressures to
specification. Low tire inflation pressures
will result in overheating and possible
failure of the tires.
Avoid using worn or damaged tires which
...
Snowy or Icy conditions
To drive your vehicle in deep snow, it may
be necessary to use snow tires or to
install tire chains on your tires. If snow
tires are needed, it is necessary to select
tires equivalent in size ...
Other information:
Kia Cee'd JD Service Manual: Spark Plug Description and operation
Description
A spark plug is a device for delivering electric current from an ignition system
to the combustion chamber of a spark-ignition engine to ignite the compressed
fuel/air mixture therein by means of an electric spark, while containing combustion
pressure within the ...
Kia Cee'd JD Service Manual: Transmission Control Module (TCM) Description and operation
Description
The Transmission Control Module (TCM) is like the brain for the Dual Clutch
Transmission (DCT). It receives information from various sensors for a wide
range of transmission controls to provide an optimal driving environment for
the driver. The TCM is programmed ...
