Among the small routine service acts that you should do on a regular basis on your car, to fill up the brake fluid level of your Kia E Niro is one of the great classics. Even though this act is elementary to conduct, some of you are probably wondering why to do the brake fluid level on your car? And others are concerned about how to do the brake fluid level on your Kia E Niro? We will now answer these questions.

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Advantage to always have the brake fluid level up in your Kia E Niro

So we commence our article content with the significance of checking the brake fluid level on a Kia E Niro. This fluid has a crucial role on your car, transmit the braking power to the wheels and thus stop your vehicle. However, it is possible that as time passes you may lose brake fluid in the normal way (without any leakage). It is therefore imperative to check the brake fluid level of your Kia E Niro on a regular basis (every 10,000km for example). It is also advisable to flush the system every 50,000km because as time passes the brake fluid will lose its properties. This procedure is specially simple and does not require amazing experience of mechanics, so it is easy for all Kia E Niro owners to do it themselves. If the Brake light on the dashboard of your Kia E Niro does not match to a lack of brake fluid, do not be reluctant to read our article content for details. However, there are some safety measures and rules to follow that we will notice in the up coming section of this article content.

How to fill up the brake fluid of a Kia E Niro

So now we will show to you how to do the brake fluid level on a Kia E Niro. Please note that this is very elementary to complete. However, you will have to check which brake fluid is the right one for you between DOT 3, DOT 4 and DOT 5. Most cars use either DOT 3 or DOT 4. You will get this information in the user manual of your Kia E Niro. Now here are the steps to adhere to to make your level:

  • Open your cover and locate your brake fluid reservoir, it is very easy to identify, it is generally made of whitish/transparent plastic, it is located over the master cylinder (metal part) and has a yellow cap.
  • Once identified, examine the instructions on the cap attentively so as not to make any mistakes within the the procedure, we encourage you to clean the cap and the tank before opening. You will now be able to check out 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 sufficient 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 E Niro up to the mark “Max”.
  • If the level was under the “Min” mark before you inspected the brake fluid level in your Kia E Niro, make sure to check the level in a few days/weeks to be certain you don’t have a leak in the brake system

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That’s it, you now have all the data you need to safely and securely fill the brake fluid level of your Kia E Niro.

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