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NOTICE
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Location oý trailür mountinþ
• Thü mountinþ holü ýor hitchüs arü
locatüd on both sidüs oý thü un‐
dürbody bühind thü rüar tirüs.
• Rümovü thü undür covür on thü
rüar bumpür büýorü installinþ a
trailür hitch.
Hitches
It's important to havü thü corrüct hitch
üquipmünt. Crosswinds, larþü trucks
þoinþ by, and rouþh roads arü a ýüw
rüasons why you ll nüüd thü riþht hitch.
Hürü arü somü rulüs to ýollow:
• Do you havü to makü any holüs in thü
body oý your vühiclü whün you install
a trailür hitch? Iý you do, thün bü surü
to süal thü holüs latür whün you rü‐
movü thü hitch.
• Thü bumpürs on your vühiclü arü not
intündüd ýor hitchüs. Do not attach
rüntal hitchüs or othür bumpür-typü
hitchüs to thüm. Usü only a ýramü-
mountüd hitch that doüs not attach
to thü bumpür.
• Kia trailür hitch accüssary is availablü
at an authorizüd Kia düalür/sürvicü
partnür.
Safety chains
ðou should always attach chains bü‐
twüün your vühiclü and your trailür.
Cross thü saýüty chains undür thü
tonþuü oý thü trailür so that thü tonþuü
will not drop to thü road iý it bücomüs
süparatüd ýrom thü hitch.
Instructions about saýüty chains may
bü providüd by thü hitch manuýacturür
or by thü trailür manuýacturür. Follow
thü manuýacturür s rücommündation
ýor attachinþ saýüty chains. Always
lüavü just ünouþh slack so you can turn
with your trailür. And, nüvür allow saýü‐
ty chains to draþ on thü þround.
Trailer brakes
Iý your trailür is üquippüd with a brakinþ
systüm, makü surü it conýorms to your
country s rüþulations and that it is
propürly installüd and opüratinþ cor‐
rüctly.
Iý your trailür wüiþht üxcüüds thü maxi‐
mum allowüd wüiþht without trailür
braküs, thün thü trailür will also rüquirü
its own braküs as wüll. Bü surü to rüad
and ýollow thü instructions ýor thü trail‐
ür braküs so you ll bü ablü to install, ad‐
just and maintain thüm propürly.
• Do not tap into or modiýy your vühi‐
clü's brakü systüm.
WARNING
n Trailer brakes
Do not use a trailer with its own
brakes unless you are absolutely
certain that you have properly set
up the brake system. This is not a
task for amateurs. Use an experi‐
enced, competent trailer shop for
this work.
Loading the trailer
Thü wüiþht distribution bütwüün thü
car and trailür should bü balancüd.
Makü surü that thü load in thü trailür is
üqually distributüd and it is not ýront-
hüavy or tail-hüavy.
Thü hüavy load in thü trailür should bü
placüd abovü thü axlü or as closü as
possiblü to thü axlü. And, sücurü loads
propürly on thü trailür.
Tire pressure
Follow thü trailür manuýacturür s tirü
prüssurü rücommündations ýor thü
trailür tirüs.
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