Kia Owner's Manuals

Make overview

Kia Motors Corporation, usually known as Kia Motors is a South Korean multinational carmaker headquartered in Seoul. It is South Korea's second-largest automobile producer after the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 3.3 million cars in 2015.

Since December 2015, Kia Motor is a minority-owned by Hyundai, which owns a 33% stake estimated at just over US$6 billion. In turn, Kia is a minority owner of more than twenty Hyundai subsidiaries varying from 4.9% up to 45.37%, figuring more than US$8.3 billion.

According to Kia Motors, the title "Kia" stems from the Sino-Korean characters "ki" ("to arise") and "a" (which stands for East Asia); it is approximately interpreted as "Rising from the East."

Current Models

• Kia Cadenza/K7 sedan
• Kia Carnival/Sedona MPV
• Kia Ceed/Pro Ceed sedan/station wagon/hatchback
• Kia Forte/Forte Koup/K3/Shuma/Cerato sedan/hatchback/coupe
• Kia Mohave/Borrego SUV
• Kia Niro HEV/PHEV/EV hybrid/plug-in hybrid/electric crossover
• Kia Optima/K5 sedan/hybrid/plug-in hybrid
• Kia K9/K900/Quoris luxury sedan
• Kia Rio/K2 sedan/hatchback
• Kia Seltos SUV
• Kia Sorento SUV
• Kia Soul hatchback
• Kia Soul EV/e-Soul plug-in hybrid hatchback
• Kia Sportage SUV
• Kia Stinger performance sedan
• Kia Stonic crossover
• Kia Telluride SUV

Kia known problems

Some of the common problems or complaints owners have about the Kia are:

• Defective TRW crash sensors may produce seat belt and airbag failure
• Theta II GDI engine stalls and sizes
• Issues with the soy-derived wire coatings