Tyre pressure for Kia Sportage?

Pixied

Hi

I recently got a 2015 Kia Sportage Platinum.

I need to pump the tyres but not sure what to pump them to. The manual is confusing.

Does anyone know?

Thanks
Pixied

Sinbad311

It will tell you on the side of the tyre, something like 38 PSI, so what ever number is beside the letters PSI is what you pump your tyre up to.

Sinbad311

OSI wrote: »

This is incorrect. The figure on the tyre is the max pressure the tyre is designed to, but you should never inflate it to this pressure.

The correct pressure for your car is usually printed on a sticker either on the drivers door sill or inside the fuel filler flap.

Good to know, thanks

Pixied

Thanks. I had a check and the tyres don’t say.

The manual seems to say 33psi for light load and 38psi for heavy load. Just wondering what’s the average, to take the warning light off.

Pixied

Thanks, I just spotted the other posts. I’ll check again.

Alun

Pixied wrote: »

Hi

I recently got a 2015 Kia Sportage Platinum.

I need to pump the tyres but not sure what to pump them to. The manual is confusing.

Does anyone know?

Thanks
Pixied

What's confusing about what is in the manual? They're usually very clear. You may find different pressures recommend for different loads, usually for the rear tyres, and sometimes for different tyre sizes but otherwise it should be pretty clear.

Avns1s

As the manual says - 33psi should be fine for normal usage.

If the warning light is on, one or more must be down at close on 20psi!

Alun

Avns1s wrote: »

If the warning light is on, one or more must be down at close on 20psi!

Or one of the TPMS sensors is faulty.

Avns1s

Alun wrote: »

Or one of the TPMS sensors is faulty.

Possibly, though in the context of the tyre pressures not having been checked, I'd be leaning towards a loss of tyre pressure in the first instance at least.

Pixied

Ok, thanks a mill for all the help 🙂

There is a sticker inside the door frame. It says 33 for 3 people and a bag and 39 for 5 people and 3 bags.

There’s usually 4 in my car, I suppose part of the confusion was, should I go to 35 then..(for example).

Anyway, I went to the air pump.
3 tyres were at 28 and I at 29.
I pumped them all to 33 and the warning light has gone out. I’ll keep an eye on it.

Thanks again!

Alun

If you have a tyre pressure monitoring system on the car then somewhere in the settings will be the target tyre pressures it's using to generate the warnings. Take a look at those.