This multi-purpose passenger vehicle is defined as a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).
SUV’s have higher ground clearance and a narrower track to make them capable of performing in a wide variety of road applications. Specific design characteristics give them a higher center of gravity than ordinary vehicles. An advantage of the higher ground clearance is a better view of the road, which allows you to anticipate problems. They are not designed for cornering at the same speeds as conventional passenger vehicles. Due to this risk, driver and passengers are strongly recommended to buckle their seat belts. In a rollover crash, an unbelted person is more likely to die than a person wearing a seat belt. There are steps that a driver can make to reduce the risk of a rollover. If at all possible, avoid sharp turns or abrupt maneuvers, do not load your roof rack with heavy cargo, and never modify your vehicle in any way.
WARNING - Rollover
As with other Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), failure to operate this vehicle correctly may result in loss of control, an accident or vehicle rollover.
WARNING
Your vehicle is equipped with tires designed to provide safe ride and handling capability. Do not use a size and type of tire and wheel that is different from the one that is originally installed on your vehicle. It can affect the safety and performance of your vehicle, which could lead to steering failure or rollover and serious injury. When replacing the tires, be sure to equip all four tires with the tire and wheel of the same size, type, tread, brand and load-carrying capacity. If you nevertheless decide to equip your vehicle with any tire/wheel combination not recommended by Kia for off road driving, you should not use these tires for highway driving.
Kia Niro 2017 (DE HEV) Service Manual: Description and operation
Description
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The Hybrid Power Control Unit (HPCU) is composed of various components.
It is the core device among the Power Electronics devices and acts as the
brain.
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It comprises a Hybrid Control Unit (HCU), an inverter [Motor Cont ...
Kia Niro (DE HEV) Owners Manual: If you do decide to pull a trailer
Here are some important points if you decide to pull a trailer:
Consider using a sway control.You can ask a hitch dealer about sway control.
Do not do any towing with your car during its first 2,000 km (1,200 miles)
in order to allow the engine to properly break in. Failure to heed this cau ...