Kia Cerato 2021 Manual page 263

Features of your vehicle
CAUTION
Conductors
To prevent damage to the conduc -
tors bonded to the inside surface of
the rear window, never use sharp
instruments or window cleaners
containing abrasives to clean the
window.
If you want to defrost and defog the
front windscreen, refer to "Wind -
screen defrosting and defogging" on
page 4-161.
Operating rear window defroster
The defroster heats the window to
remove frost, fog and thin ice from
the rear window, whilst the engine
is on.
If there is heavy accumulation of
snow on the rear window, brush it
off before operating the rear
defroster.
Type A/Type B
OBD041335L
Windscreen defrosting and defogging
To activate the rear window
defroster:
Press the rear window defroster
button located in the heater con -
trol panel.
The indicator on the rear window
defroster button illuminates
when the defroster is ON.
The rear window defroster auto -
matically turns off after approxi -
mately 20 minutes or when the
ignition switch or the ENGINE
START/STOP Button is turned off.
To turn off the defroster:
Press the rear window defroster
button again.
Outside mirror defroster (if
equipped)
If your vehicle is equipped with the
outside mirror defrosters, they will
operate at the same time you turn
on the rear window defroster.
NOTICE
The rear window defroster may
turn off in the below conditions.
Engine temperature is less than
25 C and the vehicle speed is
from 1~10 km/h with the gear
position in D or R .
If the vehicle stops or the vehicle
speed is over 10 km/h, the rear win -
dow defroster turns on again.
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