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INSTRUMENT PANEL OVERVIEW
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1. Instrument cluster.............................4-57
2. Horn .................................................4-52
3. Driver’s front air bag .........................3-50
4. Light control/Turn signals .................4-92
5. Wiper/Washer ...................................4-98
6. Ignition switch .....................................6-6ENGINE START/STOP button .............6-8
7. Hazard warning flasher switch ................7-2
8. Audio ..................................................5-8
9. Central door lock switch ...................4-21
10. Climate control system .....4-109, 4-120
11. AUX, USB port .................................5-3
12. Manual Transmission ......................6-15 Intelligent Variable Transmission ....6-18
13. Parking brake lever ........................6-29
14. Passenger’s front air bag ...............3-50
15. Power outlet .................................4-141
16. Glove box .....................................4-136
17. Steering wheel audio control ............. 5-11
18. Seat warmer .................................4-140
19. Heated steering wheel switch ........4-53
20. Sport mode system ........................6-59
21. USB charger.................................4-142
22. Center console storage ................4-136
23. Cruise control button ......................6-54
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Features of your vehicle
Opening the hood
1. Pull the release lever to unlatchthe hood. The hood should pop
open slightly. 2. Go to the front of the vehicle, raise
the hood slightly, push the second-
ary latch (1) inside of the hood
center and lift the hood (2). 3. Pull the support rod from the
hood.
4. Hold the hood open with the sup- port rod.
HOOD
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WARNING - Hot parts
Grasp the support rod in the
area wrapped in rubber. The
rubber will help prevent you
from being burned by hot metal
when the engine is hot.WARNING
Open the hood after turning off
the engine on a flat surface,
shifting the shift lever to the P
(Park) position for Intelligent
Variable Transmission and to the
1st (First) gear or R (Reverse) for
Manual Transmission, and set-
ting the parking brake.
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The outside temperature on the dis-
play may not change immediately
like a general thermometer to pre-
vent the driver from being inattentive.
To change the temperature unit (from
°C to °F or from °F to °C)
Press the TRIP button for 5 seconds
and more.
The temperature unit can be
changed by using the “User Settings”
mode of the LCD Windows.
❈ For more details, refer to “LCD
Windows” in this chapter.Transmission Shift Indicator
Intelligent Variable Transmission
(if equipped)
This indicator displays which intelli-
gent variable transmission shift lever
is selected.
Reverse : R
Neutral : N
Manual Mode : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Manual Transmission shift indica-tor (if equipped)
This indicator informs which gear is
desired while driving to save fuel.
Shifting up : ▲
2, ▲
3, ▲
4, ▲
5, ▲
6
Shifting down : ▼3,
▼4,
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Features of your vehicle
Edit settings after shifting to P/Edit set-
tings after engaging parking brake
This warning message appears if
you try to adjust the User Settings
while driving.
- Intelligent variable transmission
For your safety, change the User
Settings after parking the vehicle,
applying the parking brake and mov-
ing the shift lever to P (Park).
- Manual Transmission
For your safety, change the User
Settings after engaging the parking
brake and moving the shift lever to N
(Neutral).Driver Assistance (if equipped)
Forward Collision-Avoidance
Assist (FCA) (if equipped) :To
activate or deactivate the Forward
Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA)
system.
❈ For more details, refer to “Forward
Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA)
system” in chapter 6.
Forward Collision Warning
(FCW) (if equipped) : Choose the
sensitivity of the Forward Collision
Warning (FCW).
❈ For more details, refer to “Forward
Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA)
system” in chapter 6. Door
Automatically Lock
- Enable on Speed : All doors will be
automatically locked when the
vehicle speed exceeds 15 km/h (9
mph).
- Enable on Shift : All doors will be automatically locked if the intelli-
gent variable transmission shift
lever is shifted from the P (Park)
position to the R (Reverse), N
(Neutral), or D (Drive) position.
(With the Engine ON, it is activat-
ed.)
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Features of your vehicle
Sunroof Open (if equipped)
This warning is displayed if youturn off the engine when the sun-
roof is open. Engine has overheated
This warning message illuminates
when the engine coolant tempera-
ture is above 120°C (248°F). This
means that the engine is overheated
and may be damaged.
❈
If your vehicle is overheated, refer
to “Overheating” in chapter 7.
Shift to P (for smart key system and
intelligent variable transmission)
This warning message illuminates if you try to turn off the engine without
the shift lever in P (Park) position.
At this time, the Engine Start/Stop Button turns to the ACC position (If
you press the Engine Start/Stop
Button once more, it will turn to the
ON position). Low Key Battery
(for smart key system)
This warning message illuminates
if the battery of the smart key is
discharged when the Engine
Start/Stop Button changes to the
OFF position.
Press START button while turn steer-
ing (for smart key system)
This warning message illuminates if the steering wheel does not
unlock normally when the Engine
Start/Stop Button is pressed.
It means that you should press the Engine Start/Stop Button while
turning the steering wheel right
and left.
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Steering wheel unlocked
(for smart key system)
This warning message illuminates
if the steering wheel does not lock
when the Engine Start/Stop Button
changes to the OFF position.
Check Steering Wheel Lock System
(for smart key system)
This warning message illuminates if the steering wheel does not lock
normally when the Engine
Start/Stop Button changes to the
OFF position. Press brake pedal to start engine
(for smart key system and intelligent
variable transmission)
This warning message illuminates
if the Engine Start/Stop Button
changes to the ACC position twice
by pressing the button repeatedly
without depressing the brake pedal.
It means that you should depress the brake pedal to start the engine.
Press clutch pedal to start engine (for
smart key system and manual transmis-
sion)
This warning message illuminates if the Engine Start/Stop Button
changes to the ACC position twice
by pressing the button repeatedly
without depressing the clutch pedal.
It means that you should depress the clutch pedal to start the engine. Key not in vehicle (for smart key system)
This warning message illuminates
if the smart key is not in the vehicle
when you press the Engine
Start/Stop Button.
It means that you should always have the smart key with you.
Key not detected (for smart key system)
This warning message illuminates if the smart key is not detected
when you press the Engine
Start/Stop Button.
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Features of your vehicle
Press START button again
(for smart key system)
This warning message illuminatesif you can not operate the Engine
Start/Stop Button when there is a
problem with the Engine Start/Stop
Button system.
It means that you could start the engine by pressing the Engine
Start/ Stop Button once more.
If the warning illuminates each time you press the Engine
Start/Stop Button, have your vehi-
cle inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer. Press START button with smart key
(for smart key system)
This warning message illuminates
if you press the Engine Start/Stop
Button while the warning message
“Key not detected” is illuminating.
At this time, the immobilizer indica- tor light blinks.
Check fuse “BRAKE SWITCH”
(for smart key system and intelligent
variable transmission)
This warning message illuminates if the brake switch fuse is discon-
nected.
It means that you should replace the fuse with a new one. If that is
not possible, you can start the
engine by pressing the Engine
Start/Stop Button for 10 seconds in
the ACC position. Shift to P or N to start engine
(for smart key system and intelligent
variable transmission)
This warning message illuminates
if you try to start the engine with
the shift lever not in the P (Park) or
N (Neutral) position.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
You can start the engine with the
shift lever in the N (Neutral) position.
But, for your safety, we recommend
that you start the engine with the
shift lever in the P (Park) position.
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Driving your vehicle
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
• Ignition switch position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
• Illuminated engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
• Engine start/stop button position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
• Starting the engine with an ignition key . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
• Starting the engine with a smart key. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
• Manual transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) . . . . . . . 6-18
• Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) operation . 6-18
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
• Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
• Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
• Anti-lock Brake System (ABS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
• Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
• Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37• Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38
• Good braking practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) system
(Radar type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
• FCA system warning message and system control . 6-44
• Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-46
• FCA system front radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-46
• System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-48
• Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-49
Cruise Control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-54
• Cruise control switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-54
• To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-55
• To increase cruise control set speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-56
• To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-56
• To temporarily accelerate with the cruise
control on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-56\
• To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-57
• To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 30 km/h (20 mph) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-57
• To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-58
Sport mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . 6-59
• Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-59\
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-60
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