About this app

You and all Kia owners are welcome to download the Kia Connect Lite, connect to your car and to the nationwide Kia dealer network that supports all your service and maintenance needs.

The Kia Connect Lite provides the ability to
- Book an appointment at a Kia dealer for date and time that is convenient for you
- Find your nearest or preferred Kia dealer
- Look up maintenance specific to your Kia vehicle
- Receive Special offers from your preferred dealer
- Receive repair status and vehicle inspection result (available dealer only)
- Feedback your satisfaction to your servicing dealer
- Connect to Kia Owners Manual App (Available market only)


User may allow the following permission to use the Kia Connect Lite service.

[Required permission]

1. Camera
This APP needs to access the Gallery for functions such as user profile registration, vehicle photo registration.

2. Storage
This APP needs to access the Gallery for functions such as user profile registration, vehicle photo registration.

3. Contact
This APP sends the phone number you selected from the contacts to the server, saves it, and automatically sends an SMS to the saved phone number when an accident is detected in your vehicle.

4. Location
This APP needs to access the Location(GPS) for functions such as vehicle location and driving location.

5. Phone
This APP needs to access the Phone for functions such as call to dealer for service.

[Background Data collection]
- This app collects location information in the background.
- This app collects location data even when the app is closed or not in use to support the use of the [Trip route of vehicle], [Vehicle's location] features.
- When the vehicle is running, this app reads the location information of the smartphone and uses it to show the trip route of the vehicle.
- In order to record the trip route of the vehicle, the location information of the smartphone can be used even when the app is in the background.
- The collected information is transmitted and stored on the server, but is not used for any other purpose than to show the customer's trip route.
- If you disagree, please select "Allow only while using the app". In this case, the trip route of the vehicle will not be displayed when the app is not activated.

New features

- Update for android OS 12

App Permissions

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows mounting and unmounting file systems for removable storage.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
Allows an application to manage access to documents, usually as part of a document picker.