Kia Soul: Gasoline containing MMT
Some gasoline contains harmful manganese-based fuel additives such as MMT (Methylcyclopentadienyl Manganese Tricarbonyl).
Kia does not recommend the use of gasoline containing MMT.
This type of fuel can reduce vehicle performance and affect your emission control system.
The malfunction indicator lamp on the cluster may come on.
Gasoline containing alcohol and methanol
Gasohol, a mixture of gasoline and ethanol (also known as grain alcohol), and
gasoline or gasohol containing methanol (also known as wood alcohol) are being marketed
along with or instead of leade ...
Do not use methanol
Fuels containing methanol (wood alcohol) should not be used in your vehicle.
This type of fuel can reduce vehicle performance and damage components of the fuel
system.
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Owner maintenance precautions
Improper or incomplete service may result in problems. This section gives instructions
only for the maintenance items that are easy to perform.
As explained earlier in this section, several procedu ...
SRS Care
The SRS is virtually maintenancefree and so there are no parts you can safely
service by yourself. If the SRS air bag warning light does not illuminate, or continuously
remains on, have your vehic ...
To convert to cruise control mode
The driver may choose to only use the cruise control mode (speed control function)
by doing as follows:
1. Turn the smart cruise control system on (the cruise indicator light will be
on but the ...