System Operation - Kia Soul 2018 Owner's Manual

Features of your vehicle
Outside (fresh) air position
The indicator light on the
button does not illuminate
when the outside (fresh)
air position is selected.
With the outside (fresh) air
position selected,
enters the vehicle from
outside and is heated or
cooled according to the
function selected.
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✽ ✽ NOTICE
It should be noted that prolonged
operation of the heating in recircu-
lated air position will cause fogging
of the windscreen and side windows
and the air within the passenger
compartment will become stale.
air
In addition, prolonged use of the air
conditioning with the recirculated
air position selected, will result in
excessively dry air in the passenger
compartment.
Sunroof inside air recirculation
(if equipped)
If the sunroof opens whilst the heater
or Air Conditioning system operates,
the outside (fresh) air will be select-
ed automatically for ventilating the
vehicle. Then, if you select the recir-
culated air position, the outside
(fresh) air will be selected automati-
cally after 3 minutes.
If you close the sunroof, the intake
mode will be changed to the previous
selected mode.
WARNING
• Continued climate control
system operation in the recir-
culated air position may allow
humidity to increase inside
vehicle which may fog the
glass and obscure visibility.
• Do not sleep in a vehicle with
air conditioning or heating
system on. It may cause seri-
ous harm or death due to a
drop in the oxygen level
and/or body temperature.
• Continued climate control
system operation in
reciruclated air position can
cause drowsiness or sleepi-
ness, and loss of vehicle con-
trol. Set the air intake control
to the outside (fresh) air posi-
tion as much as possible
whilst driving.
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