Kia Sportage 2023 Owner's Manual page 502

Maintenance
more than what is necessary to move
the vehicle in or out of the area.
僅 When the vehicle is stopped in an
open area for more than a short time
with the engine running, adjust the
ventilation system (as needed) to
draw outside air into the vehicle.
僅 Never sit in a parked or stopped vehi-
cle for any extended time with the
engine running.
僅 When the engine stalls or fails to start,
excessive attempts to restart the
engine may cause damage to the
emission control system.
WARNING
Catalytic converter
Keep away from the catalytic converter
and exhaust system while the vehicle is
running or immediately thereafter. The
exhaust and catalytic systems are very
hot and may burn you.
Operating precautions for cata-
lytic converters
WARNING
Fire
僅 Do not park, idle or drive the vehicle
over or near flammable objects, such
as grass, vegetation, paper, leaves,
etc. A hot exhaust system can ignite
flammable items under your vehicle.
僅 Also, do not remove the heat sink
around the exhaust system, do not
seal the bottom of the vehicle or do
not coat the vehicle for corrosion con-
trol. It may present a fire risk under
certain conditions.
Your vehicle is equipped with a catalytic
converter emission control device.
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Therefore, the following precautions
must be observed:
僅 Use only UNLEADED FUEL for gaso-
line engines.
僅 Do not operate the vehicle when there
are signs of engine malfunction, such
as misfire or a noticeable loss of per-
formance.
僅 Do not misuse or abuse the engine.
Examples of misuse are coasting with
the ignition off and descending steep
grades in gear with the ignition off.
僅 Do not operate the engine at high idle
speed for extended periods (5 min-
utes or more).
僅 Do not modify or tamper with any
part of the engine or emission control
system. All inspections and adjust-
ments must be made by an autho-
rized Kia dealer.
僅 Avoid driving with an extremely low
fuel level. Running out of fuel could
cause the engine to misfire, damaging
the catalytic converter.
Failure to observe these precautions
could result in damage to the catalytic
converter and to your vehicle. Addition-
ally, such actions could void your war-
ranties.
Emission control system