Among the small maintenance acts that you should do on a consistent basis on your car, to fill up the brake fluid level of your Kia Cee D is one of the most classics. Even though this work is elementary to do, some of you are probably wanting to know why to do the brake fluid level on your car? And others are questioning how to do the brake fluid level on your Kia Cee D? We will now answer these questions.

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Benefit to always have the brake fluid level up in your Kia Cee D

So we start our article content with the significance of verifying the brake fluid level on a Kia Cee D. This fluid has an essential function on your car, transmit the braking power to the wheels and thus stop your vehicle. On the other hand, it is possible that after a while you may lose brake fluid without any particular leak (without any leakage). It is as a result very important to examine the brake fluid level of your Kia Cee D often (every 10,000km for example). It is also beneficial to flush the system every 50,000km because as time passes the brake fluid will lose its features. This procedure is specially simple and does not require advanced knowledge of mechanics, so it is easy for all Kia Cee D owners to do it on their own. If the Brake light on the dashboard of your Kia Cee D does not correspond to a lack of brake fluid, do not hesitate to seek advice from our article content for details. On the other hand, there are some safety measures and rules to respect that we will notice in the following part of this article content.

How to fill up the brake fluid of a Kia Cee D

So now we will describe to you how to do the brake fluid level on a Kia Cee D. Please note that this is very simple to perform. On the other hand, you will have to examine which brake fluid is the right one for you between DOT 3, DOT 4 and DOT 5. Most vehicles use either DOT 3 or DOT 4. You will find this information in the user manual of your Kia Cee D. Now here are the steps to follow to make your level:

  • Open your cover and find your brake fluid reservoir, it is very easy to locate, it is in general made of whitish/transparent plastic, it is located on top of the master cylinder (metal part) and has a yellow cap.
  • Once found, examine the instructions on the cap cautiously so as not to make any mistakes during the procedure, we suggest you to clean the cap and the tank before opening. You will now be able to have a look at the side of the tank and observe the “Min” and “Max” marks on the side of the tank, which give you the range in which the level should be.
  • If the level is adequate do not touch anything, or if you are close to or below the low mark, open the cap and fill it gently with the brake fluid appropriate for your Kia Cee D up to the mark “Max”.
  • If the level was under the “Min” mark before you inspected the brake fluid level in your Kia Cee D, make sure to examine the level in a few days/weeks to make certain you don’t have a leak in the brake system

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That’s it, you now have all the information you need to safely and securely fill the brake fluid level of your Kia Cee D.

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