Kia Cerato Owner's Manual page 190

Features of your vehicle
Fuel Filter Warning Light
(Diesel Engine)
This warning light illuminates:
• Once you set the ignition switch or
Engine Start/Stop Button to the ON
position.
- It illuminates for approximately 3
seconds and then goes off.
• When water has accumulated
inside the fuel filter.
In this case, remove the water from
the fuel filter.
For more details, refer to "Fuel
Filter" in chapter 7.
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CAUTION -
Fuel Filter
Warning Light
• When the Fuel Filter Warning
Light illuminates,
power (vehicle speed & idle
speed) may decrease.
• If you keep driving with the
warning light on, engine parts
(injector, common rail, high
pressure fuel pump) may be
damaged. If this occurs, we
recommend that you have the
vehicle inspected by an autho-
rised Kia dealer as soon as
possible.
Exhaust system (DPF)
warning light (Diesel
Engine)
This warning light illuminates:
engine
• When there is a malfunction with
Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) system.
• When this warning light illumi-
nates, it may turn off after driving
the vehicle:
- at more than 60km/h (37 mph), or
- at more than 2nd gear with 1500
~ 2000 engine rpm for a certain
time (for about 25 minutes).
If the this warning light blink in spite
of the procedure (at this time LCD
warning message will be displayed),
we recommend that you have the
DPF system checked by an autho-
rised Kia dealer.
CAUTION -
with DPF (if equipped)
If you continue to drive with the
DPF warning light blinking for a
long time, the DPF system can
be damaged and fuel consump-
tion can worsen.
Diesel Engine