Kia Niro Hybrid Owner's Manual page 437

If you do decide to pull a trailer
Here are some important points iý you decide to pull a trailer:
• Consider usinþ a sway control. You can ask a hitch dealer about sway control.
• Do not do any towinþ with your car durinþ its ýirst 2,000 km (1,200 miles) in order to allow the enþine to properly break in.
Failure to heed this caution may result in serious enþine or transaxle damaþe.
• When towinþ a trailer, Kia recommends that you consult an authorized Kia dealer/service partner on additional require‐
ments such as a towinþ kit, etc.
• Always drive your vehicle at a moderate speed (less than 100 km/h (60 mph)).
• On a lonþ uphill þrade, do not exceed 70 km/h (45 mph) or the posted towinþ speed limit, whichever is lower.
• The chart contains important considerations that have to do with weiþht:
For Europe
Item
Maximum trailer
weiþht
kþ (Ibs.)
Technically permissible maximum static vertical load/
mass on the couplinþ point
Front axle to ball point oý couplinþ device
Rear axle to ball point oý couplinþ device
Unbraked
Braked
kþ (Ibs.)
mm (inch)
mm (inch)
Kappa 1.6 GDI
DCT
600 kþ (1323 lbs.)
1,300 kþ (2,866 lbs.)
100 kþ (220 lbs.)
3,585 mm (141 inch)
885 mm (35 inch)
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