Kia Niro: Winter driving / 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 system, lubricates the water pump and prevents freezing. Be sure to replace or replenish your coolant in accordance with the maintenance schedule in section 8. Before winter, have your coolant tested to assure that its freezing point is sufficient for the temperatures anticipated during the winter.
Tire chains
Since the sidewalls of radial tires are thinner, they can be damaged by mounting
some types of snow chains on them. Therefore, the use of snow tires is recommended
instead of snow chains. Do not ...
Check battery and cables
Winter puts additional burdens on the battery system. Visually inspect the battery
and cables as described in section 8.We recommend that the level of charge in your
battery be checked by an autho ...
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Kia Niro 2017 (DE HEV) Service Manual: Camshaft Position Sensor (CMPS) Description and operation
Description
Camshaft Position Sensor (CMPS) is a hall sensor, which detects the camshaft
position by using a hall element.
It is related with Crankshaft Position Sensor (CKPS) and detects the piston position
of each cylinder which cannot be detected by the CKPS.
The CMPS is inst ...
Kia Niro 2017 (DE HEV) Service Manual: Description and operating principle
Description and Operation
Wireless Power Charger
System
During ACC or IG ON, battery voltage is supplied to the wireless power charger
system to transmit an output of 5 W to mobile phone.
Mobile phones certified with the wireless charging standard WPC (Qi 1.1.2) or
equipped wit ...