2020 KIA OPTIMA transmission

Features of your vehicle
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The Surround View Monitor System
(SVM) is not a substitute for proper
and safe parking procedures. The
Surround View Monitor System
(SVM) may not detect every object
surrounding the vehicle. Always drive
safely and use caution when parking.
The Surround View Monitor System
(SVM) can assist in parking by allow-
ing the driver to see around the vehi-
cle. Push the button into the [ON]
position to operate the system.
To cancel the system, push the but-
ton again. Operating conditions
- When the Engine Start/Stop
Button is ON position
- When the transmission is on D, N or R
- When the vehicle speed is not over 9 mph (15 km/h)
When the vehicle speed is over 9 mph (15 km/h), the SVM system is
turned off. If the vehicle speed then
decreases below 9 mph (15 km/h),
the SVM will not automatically turn
on again. To operate again, push
the SVM button.
When the vehicle moves back- wards, regardless of On/Off of but-
ton and vehicle speed, the SVM
operates automatically.
When the trunk and driver/passen- ger door are opened and the out-
side mirror is folded, a warning is
illuminated in the SVM system.
If the SVM system is not operating normally, the system should be
checked by an authorized Kia dealer.
SURROUND VIEW MONITOR SYSTEM (SVM) (IF EQUIPPED)
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WARNING
The Surround View Monitor sys-
tem is a supplemental system
only. It is the responsibility of
the driver to always check the
area around the vehicle before
and while moving.
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Driving your vehicle
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
• Illuminated ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
• Ignition switch position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
• Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
• Illuminated engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
• Engine start/stop button position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
• Starting the engine with a smart key. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
• Automatic transmission operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
• Dual clutch transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
• LCD display for transmission temperature and warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
• Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
• Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
• Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
• Auto hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
47 • Anti-lock Brake System (ABS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
• Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
• Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
• Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
• Good braking practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
Forward Collision-avoidance Assist (FCA) system
- Camera type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61
• System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61
• FCA warning message and system control . . . . . . . . 5-63
• Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
• FCA sensor (front view camera) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66
• System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67
• Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
Forward Collision-avoidance Assist (FCA) system - Sensor fusion type
(front radar+front view camera) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-76
• System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-76
• FCA warning message and system control . . . . . . . . 5-78
• Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80
• FCA sensor (front radar + front view camera) . . . . 5-81
• System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-83
• Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84
Cruise Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-91
• To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-92
• To increase cruise control set speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-92
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• To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-93
• To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on . 5-93
• To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-93
• To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 20 mph (30 km/h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-94
• To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-94
Smart cruise control with stop & go system . . . . 5-95
• Smart cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• Smart cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
• Vehicle to vehicle distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-102
• When the lane ahead is clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-103
• When there is a vehicle ahead of you in yourlane . 5-104
• To adjust the sensitivity of smart cruise control . . 5-108
• To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-109
• Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-109
Drive mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . 5-116
• Drive mode (for Automatic Transmission) . . . . . . . 5-116
• Drive mode (for Dual Clutch Transmission) . . . . . 5-120
Blind-spot Collision Warning (BCW) . . . . . . . . 5-124
• BCW (Blind-spot Collision Warning)/ LCA (Lane Change Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-125
• RCCW (Rear Cross-traffic Collision Warning) . . . 5-128
• Driver's attention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-132
Lane Keeping Assist (LKA) system . . . . . . . . . . 5-134
• LKA operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-135
• LKA malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-141
• LKA function change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-142
Driver Attention Warning (DAW) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143
• System setting and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143
• Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-145
• System disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146
• System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-150
• Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-150
• Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-150
• Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-151
• Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-151
• Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-152
• Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-153
• Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-153
• Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-153
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154
• Snowy or icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154
• Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant . . . . . . . . . 5-156
• Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-156
• Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . 5-156
• Check spark plugs and ignition system. . . . . . . . . . 5-156
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The anti-theft steering column lock (if
equipped) is not a substitute for the
parking brake. Before leaving the dri-
ver’s seat, always make sure the shift
lever is engaged in P (Park) for auto-
matic transmission, set the parking
brake fully and shut the engine off.
Unexpected and sudden vehicle
movement may occur if these pre-
cautions are not taken.
WARNING- Key holder
Do not attach small purses,
multiple keys, or any other
heavy accessories to the dri-
ver's key chain used to start the
vehicle. It is possible for the
driver to accidently cause the
key inserted in the vehicle to
change the ignition position to
the ACC position while the vehi-
cle is moving thereby increas-
ing the risk of an accident and
causing the deactivation of sev-
eral safety features.WARNING- Leaving the Vehicle
To avoid unexpected or sudden
vehicle movement, never leave
your vehicle if the transmission
is not locked in the P (Park)
position and the parking brake
is not fully engaged. Before
leaving the driver's seat, always
make sure the shift lever is
engaged in P (Park), set the
parking brake fully and shut the
engine off.
WARNING- Ignition switch
Never turn the ignition switch to
LOCK or ACC while the vehicle
is moving. This would result in
loss of directional control and
braking function, which could
cause an accident.
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Driving your vehicle
Starting the engine
1.Make sure the parking brake isapplied.
2.Place the transmission shift lever in P (Park). Depress the brake pedal
fully.
You can also start the engine when
the shift lever is in the N (Neutral)
position. 3.Turn the ignition switch to START
and hold it there until the engine
starts (a maximum of 10 seconds),
then release the key.
It should be started withoutdepressing the accelerator.
4.Do not wait for the engine to warm up while the vehicle remains sta-
tionary.
Start driving at moderate engine
speeds. (Steep accelerating and
decelerating should be avoided.) If the engine stalls while you are in
motion, do not attempt to move the
shift lever to the P (Park) position. If
traffic and road conditions permit,
you may put the shift lever in the N
(Neutral) position while the vehicle is
still moving and turn the ignition
switch to the START position in an
attempt to restart the engine.
CAUTION- Starter
Do not engage the starter for
more than 10 seconds. If theengine stalls or fails to start,wait 5 to 10 seconds before re-engaging the starter. Improperuse of the starter may damageit.
WARNING- Steering
wheel
Never reach for any controls
through the steering wheel
while the vehicle is in motion.
The presence of your hand or
arm in this area could cause a
loss of vehicle control.
WARNING- Proper footwear
Always wear appropriate shoes
when operating your vehicle.
Unsuitable shoes (high heels,
ski boots, sandals, etc.) may
interfere with your ability to use
the brake and accelerator pedal.
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Driving your vehicle
ON
Press the engine start/stop button
while it is in the ACC position without
depressing the brake pedal.
The warning lights can be checked
before the engine is started. Do not
leave the engine start/stop button in
the ON position for a long time. The
battery may discharge, because the
engine is not running.
START/RUN
To start the engine, depress the
brake pedal and press the ENGINE
START/ STOP button with the shift
lever in the P (Park) or the N
(Neutral) position. For your safety,
start the engine with the shift lever in
the P (Park) position.
If you press the engine start/stop but-
ton without depressing the brake
pedal for automatic transmission/dual
clutch transmission vehicles, the
engine will not start and the engine
start/stop button changes as follow:
OFF ➔ACC ➔ON ➔OFF or ACC
✽ ✽
NOTICE
If you leave the ENGINE START/
STOP button in the ACC or ON
position for a long time, the battery
will discharge.
WARNING- Starting
vehicle
Never press the engine
start/stop button while the vehi-
cle is in motion except in an
emergency. This would result in
loss of directional control and
braking function, which could
cause an accident.
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Starting the engine with a
smart key
1.Carry the smart key or place it
inside the vehicle.
2.Make sure the parking brake is firmly applied
3.Place the transmission shift lever in P (Park). Depress the brake pedal
fully.
You can also start the engine whenthe shift lever is in the N (Neutral)position.
4.Press the engine start/stop button while depressing the brake pedal.
It should be started withoutdepressing the accelerator.
5.Do not wait for the engine to warm up while the vehicle remains sta-
tionary.
Start driving at moderate engine
speeds. (Steep accelerating and
decelerating should be avoided.)
Even if the smart key is in the vehi- cle, if it is far away from you, the
engine may not start. When the engine start/stop button
is in the ACC position or above, if
any door is opened, the system
checks for the smart key. If the
smart key is not in the vehicle, a
message "key is not in the vehicle"
will appear on the LCD display. And
if all doors are closed, the chime
will sound for 5 seconds. The indi-
cator or warning will turn off while
the vehicle is moving. Always have
the smart key with you.
If the battery is weak or the smartkey does not work correctly, you
can start the engine by pressing
the engine start/stop button with
the smart key.
The side with the lock button
should contact the engine
start/stop button directly.
When you press the engine
start/stop button directly with the
smart key, the smart key should
contact the button at a right angle.
WARNING - Unintended
vehicle movement
Never leave the smart key in the
vehicle with children or vehicle
occupants who are unfamiliar
with the vehicle operation.
Pushing the engine start/stop
button while the smart key is in
the vehicle may result in unin-
tended engine activation and/or
unintended vehicle movement.
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Automatic transmission opera-
tion
The automatic transmission has 6
forward speeds and one reverse
speed. The individual speeds are
selected automatically, depending on
the position of the shift lever.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
The first few shifts on a new vehicle,
if the battery has been disconnected,
may be somewhat abrupt. This is a
normal condition, and the shifting
sequence will adjust after shifts are
cycled a few times by the TCM
(Transmission Control Module) or
PCM (Powertrain Control Module).
For smooth operation, depress the
brake pedal and the lock release but-ton when shifting from N (Neutral) toa forward or reverse gear.
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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+ +
+ +


( (
( (
U U
U U
P P
P P
) )
) )
- -
- -


( (
( (
D D
D D
O O
O O
W W
W W
N N
N N
) )
) )
The shift lever can be shifted freely. Press the loc
k release button when shifting.
Depress the brake pedal and the lock release button when shifting.
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