You
should exercise the utmost care to prevent damage to your vehicle
and/or injury to yourself whenever performing any maintenance or
inspection procedures.
Should you have any doubts concerning
the inspection or servicing of your vehicle, we strongly recommend that
you have a reliable and qualified service shop perform this work,
preferably an Authorized Kia Dealer. An Authorized Kia Dealer has
factory-trained technicians and genuine Kia parts to service your
vehicle properly. For expert advice and quality service, see an
Authorized Kia Dealer.
Inadequate, incomplete or insufficient
servicing may result in operational problems with your vehicle that
could lead to vehicle damage, an accident or personal injury.
Owner's Responsibility Maintenance Service and Record Retention are the owner's responsibility.
You
should retain documents to show that proper maintenance has been
performed on your vehicle. You need this information to be able to
establish your compliance with the servicing and maintenance
requirements of your Kia Warranties.
Detailed warranty
information is provided in your Warranty Information Manual. Repairs
and adjustments required as a result of improper maintenance or a lack
of required maintenance are not covered.
We recommend that an Authorized Kia Dealer using genuine Kia parts perform such maintenance.
However,
such maintenance may be performed by any competent automotive repair
establishment using automotive parts equivalent to those with which
your vehicle or engine was originally equipped.