Kia Niro: Features of your vehicle / Tailgate
WARNING - Exhaust fumes
If you drive with the tailgate opened, you will draw dangerous exhaust fumes into your vehicle which can cause serious injury or death to vehicle occupants.
If you must drive with the tailgate opened, keep the air vents and all windows open so that additional outside air comes into the vehicle.
WARNING - Rear cargo area
Occupants should never ride in the rear cargo area where no restraints are available.To avoid injury in the event of an accident or sudden stops, occupants should always be properly restrained.
Child-protector rear door locks
The child safety lock is provided to help prevent children from accidentally
opening the rear doors from inside the vehicle. The rear door safety locks should
be used whenever children are in th ...
Opening the tailgate
The tailgate is locked or unlocked when all doors are locked or unlocked
with the key, transmitter, smart key or central door lock/unlock switch.
Only the tailgate is unlocked if the tailgat ...
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Kia Niro 2017 (DE HEV) Service Manual: Accelerator Position Sensor (APS) Description and operation
Description
Installed on the accelerator pedal module, the Accelerator Position Sensor (APS)
detects the rotation angle of the accelerator pedal. The APS is one of the most
important sensors in engine control system. Therefore, each of the two sensors comprising
the APS has indivi ...
Kia Niro (DE HEV) Owners Manual: Brake operation
In an urgent situation, the braking system enters into the ready status
for prompt reaction against the driver’s depressing the brake pedal.
The AEB provides additional braking power for optimum braking performance,
when the driver depresses the brake pedal.
The braking control is aut ...
