KIA Sportage 2008 User Manual

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Driving tips

USING FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE

Driving on snow- or Ice-cov-
ered roads (“4WD LOCK” for
full-time 4WD operation)

• Use snow tires. See “Tires” in this

section for more information.

• Keep an adequate distance

between yourself and other vehi-
cles.

• Avoid sudden braking, acceleration

or steering. These actions can
cause your vehicle to lose traction.

Driving in sand or mud (“4WD
LOCK” for full-time 4WD opera-
tion)

• Avoid sudden braking, acceleration

or steering. These actions can
cause your vehicle to get stuck in
the sand or mud.

• Drive at low speeds whenever pos-

sible.

• You may need to get out of your

vehicle at times to check road con-
ditions.

• If you get stuck in the sand or mud,

try placing stones, wood or other
similar materials under the tires to
get traction, or move forward and
backward repeatedly to get
unstuck.

✽ NOTICE

Prolonged rocking may cause engine
damage, overheating, transaxle dif-
ferential or transfer case damage or
failure and tire damage.

WARNING

- Traction

Make sure that no one stands in
front of or behind the tires when
materials are placed under the
tires to get more traction. The
tires may cause loose materials
to fly out from under the vehicle,
potentially causing serious bod-
ily injury or death.