2015 Hyundai Equus towing

Your vehicle at a glance
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EXTERIOR OVERVIEW
1. Towing hook...........................................6-26
2. Front view camera ...............................4-120
3. Hood ......................................................4-37
4. Front windshield wiper blades....4-128, 7-31
5. Sunroof ..................................................4-42
6. Outside rearview mirror .........................4-55
7. Door locks .............................................4-16
8. Tires and wheels ............................7-39, 8-3
9. Headlamps ..........................................4-121
10. Front fog light ....................................4-126
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■Front view
❈The actual shape may differ from the illustration.

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Your vehicle at a glance
1. Glass antenna and Defroster ...4-170, 4-136
2. High mounted stop lamp .......................7-73
3. Rear combination lamp .........................7-73
4. Rearview camera ................................4-116
5. Parking assist system .........................4-111
6. Towing hook...........................................6-26
7. Fuel filler lid ...........................................4-39
8. Door locks .............................................4-16
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■Rear view
❈The actual shape may differ from the illustration.

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Features of your vehicle
Check SCC System (if equipped)
• This warning message illuminates
if there is a malfunction with the
advanced smart cruise control sys-
tem. We recommend that the vehi-
cle be inspected by an authorized
HYUNDAI dealer.
❈For more details, refer to
"Advanced Smart Cruise Control
System" in chapter 5.
Check SCC Radar (if equipped)
• This warning message illuminates
if the radar of the advanced smart
cruise control system or its cover is
stained. Remove the stains with a
soft cloth.
❈For more details, refer to
"Advanced Smart Cruise Control
System" in chapter 5.
CAUTION - ECS Warning
Message
• If the Electronic Controlled
Suspension (ECS) Warning
Message illuminates when
there is no air in the suspen-
sion, the vehicle height will be
very low. In this case, do not
drive the vehicle to protect it
from the projections on the
surface of the ground. We rec-
ommend that the vehicle be
inspected by an authorized
HYUNDAI dealer.
• When towing the vehicle, you
should follow the instruction
in "Electronic Controlled
Suspension (ECS)" of chapter
5.
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Driving your vehicle
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
• Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
• Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
• Illuminated engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
• Engine start/stop button position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Automatic transmission (Shift by wire) . . . . . . . . 5-11
• Automatic transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
• Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
• Electric parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
• Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
• Auto hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
• Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
• Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
• Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
• Emergency Stop Signal (ESS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
• Good braking practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Drive mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . 5-44
• Drive mode / Snow mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Electronic controlled suspension (ECS) . . . . . . . . 5-46
• To control the vehicle height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46• ECS (electronic controlled suspension) malfunction
warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
• Towing your vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48
Cruise control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
• Cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Advanced smart cruise control system. . . . . . . . . 5-55
• Smart cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
• Smart cruise control vehicle to vehicle distance. . . . 5-60
• Distance to distance vehicle sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
• To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
• Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64
Lane departure warning system (LDWS) . . . . . . 5-70
• LDWS operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-71
Intelligent accelerator pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-74
Advanced vehicle safety management (AVSM) . . 5-75
Blind spot detection system (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78
• Operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
• Warning type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80
• Warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81
• Rear cross traffic alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81
• Operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81
• Warning type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82
• Non-operating condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-83
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Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-86
• Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-86
• Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-86
• Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-87
• Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-88
• Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-88
• Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
• Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
• Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-91
• Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-91
• Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant . . . . . . . . . . 5-94
• Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-94
• Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . . 5-95
• Check spark plugs and ignition system. . . . . . . . . . . 5-95
• To keep locks from freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-95
• Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system . 5-95
• Don't let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-95
• Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . . 5-95
• Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
• Don't place foreign objects or materials in
the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96
Vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• Base curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• Vehicle curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• Cargo weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• GAW (Gross axle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• GAWR (Gross axle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• GVW (Gross vehicle weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• GVWR (Gross vehicle weight rating) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• Overloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-98
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Driving your vehicle
When the battery is discharged:
When the battery is discharged, the
automatic transmission (shift by wire)
is not shifted.
In emergency, if you want to shift into
[N], follow actions;
You can shift into [N] by using the
driver if the jump starting is impossi-
ble to do.
Insert the screwdriver (-) to service
hole (1) as direction of clockwise 10
times. The shifting is changed to [N]
from [P] position. If you want to shift
to [P] position, turn the driver count-
er-clockwise.
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CAUTION
If the electric parking brake is
not released, we recommend
that the vehicle is towed as flat-
bed towing.
WARNING
Always fully depress the brake
pedal before and while shifting
out of the P (Park) position into
another position to avoid inad-
vertent motion of the vehicle
which could injure persons in
or around the car.

Driving your vehicle
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✽ NOTICE
• If the battery is discharged, the
ECS malfunction warning mes-
sage may turn on to protect the
system.
• When the height is adjusted
repeatedly, the height may not
temporarily be adjusted for the
compressor overheats. This is to
prevent damage to related parts.
Towing your vehicle
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CAUTION
If the ECS malfunction message
illuminates when there is no air
in the suspension, the vehicle
height will be very low, so do
not drive to protect the vehicle
from the projections on the sur-
face of the ground. We recom-
mend that the system be
checked by an authorized
HYUNDAI dealer. You should tow
the vehicle as the picture.

Driving your vehicle
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We do not recommend using this
vehicle for trailer towing.
TRAILER TOWING