Kia Seltos 2019 Owner's Manual page 462

Maintenance
Therefore, the following precautions
must be observed:
Use only UNLEADED FUEL for
petrol engines.
Do not operate the vehicle when
there are signs of engine mal
function, such as misfire or a
noticeable loss of performance.
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.
Do not operate the engine at high
idle speed for extended periods (5
minutes or more).
Do not modify or tamper with any
part of the engine or emission
control system. All inspections
and adjustments must be made
by a professional workshop. Kia
recommends to visit an autho
rized Kia dealer/service partner.
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 cata
lytic converter and to your vehicle.
Additionally, such actions could void
your warranties.
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Emission control system
Petrol Particulate Filter (GPF) (if
equipped)
The Petrol Particulate Filter (GPF)
system removes the soot in the
exhaust gas.
The GPF system automatically
burns (or oxidizes) the accumulated
soot in accordance with driving situ
ations, unlike a disposable air filter.
In other words, the accumulated
soot is automatically purged out by
the engine control system and by
the high exhaust-gas temperature
at normal/ high driving speeds.
However, when the vehicle is contin
ually driven at repeated short dis
tances or driven at low speed for a
long time, the accumulated soot
may not be automatically removed
because of low exhaust gas tem
perature. In this case, the accumu
lated soot may reach a certain
amount regardless of the soot oxi
dization process, then the GPF lamp
will illuminate.
GPF Lamp stops illuminating, when
the driving speed exceeds 80 km/h
with engine rpm 1,500~4,000 and
the gear in the 3rd position or above
for approximately 30 minutes.
When the GPF lamp starts to blink
or the warning message "check
exhaust system" pops up even
though the vehicle was driven as
mentioned above, we recommend