Kia Optima Hybrid 2017 Owner's Manual page 557

Maintenance
MAINTENANCE SERVICES
You should exercise the utmost care to
prevent damage to your vehicle and in‐
jury to yourself whenever performing
any maintenance or inspection proce‐
dures.
Inadequate, incomplete or insufficient
servicing may result in operational
problems with your vehicle that could
lead to vehicle damage, an accident, or
personal injury.
Owner's responsibility
NOTICE
Maintenance Service and Record Re‐
tention are the owner's responsibili‐
ty.
We recommend in general that you
have your vehicle serviced by an au‐
thorized Kia dealer.
You should retain documents that show
proper maintenance has been per‐
formed on your vehicle in accordance
with the scheduled maintenance serv‐
ice charts shown on the following pa‐
ges.
9-04
You need this information to establish
your compliance with the servicing and
maintenance requirements of your ve‐
hicle warranties.
Detailed warranty information is provi‐
ded in your Warranty & Maintenance
book.
Repairs and adjustments required as a
result of improper maintenance or a
lack of required maintenance are not
covered when your vehicle is covered by
warranty.
Owner maintenance precautions
Improper or incomplete service may re‐
sult in problems. This section gives in‐
structions only for the maintenance
items that are easy to perform.
NOTICE
Improper owner maintenance during
the warranty period may affect
warranty coverage. For details, read
the separate Warranty & Mainte‐
nance book provided with the vehi‐
cle. If you're unsure about any serv‐
icing or maintenance procedure, we
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recommend that the system be
serviced by an authorized Kia dealer.
WARNING
n Maintenance work
• Performing maintenance work on
a vehicle can be dangerous. You
can be seriously injured while per‐
forming some maintenance proce‐
dures. If you lack sufficient knowl‐
edge and experience or the proper
tools and equipment to do the
work, we recommend that the
system be serviced by an author‐
ized Kia dealer.
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