2021 KIA NIRO HYBRID EV lane assist

Driving your vehicle
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
ENGINE START/STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
. . . . . . 5-11
. . . . . . . . . . 5-11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Regenerative braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
. . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51

Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA)
(sensor fusion). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
. . . . . . . . 5-56
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. 5-58
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
Lane Keeping Assist (LKA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-70
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73
. . . . . . . . . 5-76
Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) . . . . . . . . . 5-79

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80
. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82
Driver Attention Warning (DAW). . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-90
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-90
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-95
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Cruise Control (CC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-98
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-99
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-99
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-100
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-100

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-101

approximately 30 km/h (20 mph) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-102
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-102
Smart Cruise Control (SCC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-103
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-103
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-111
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-111
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-112


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-118
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119
Lane Following Assist (LFA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-125
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-126
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-129
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-130
Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning (RCCW) . 5-132

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-132
. . . . . . . . . . . 5-134
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-142
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-144
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-144
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-144
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-147
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-147
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149
. . . . . . . . . 5-150
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-150
. . . . . . 5-150

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-150

system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-150
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Driving your vehicle
In bad weather conditions such as
heavy rain, heavy snow, and fog, or
when sensor is covered by foreign
material, dust, tec., the sensors will
be degraded and the system will be
temporarily disabled.
Always keep the sensor clean.✽ ✽
NOTICE
• Do not install any accessories,
such as license plate molding or
sticker, on the sensor area. Nor
arbitrarily replace the bumper.
Those may adversely affect the
sensing performance.
• Always keep the sensor/bumper
area clean.
• Use only soft cloths to wash the
vehicle. Also, do not spray highly-
pressurized water on the sensor
installed on the bumper.
• Be careful not to apply unneces-
sary force on the frontal sensor
area. When the sensor moves out
of the correct position due to
external force, the system may not
normally operate even without the
warning light or message. In this
case, have your vehicle inspected
by an authorized Kia dealer.
• Use only the genuine Kia sensor
cover. Do not arbitrarily apply
paint on the sensor cover.
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• Do not tint the window or install
stickers, accessories around the
inside mirror where the camera is
installed.
• Make sure the frontal camera
installation point does not get wet.
• Do not impact or arbitrarily
remove any radar/camera compo-
nents.
• Do not place reflective
objects(white paper or mirror etc.)
on the crash pad.
The system may activate unneces-
sarily due to reflect of the sunlight.
• Excessive audio volume may dis-
turb the sound of the system warn-
ing alarm.
• For more cautions for the camera
sensor, refer to the “Lane Keeping
Assist (LKA)” in this chapter.

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Driving your vehicle
- Driving on a curve
The performance of Forward
Collision-Avoidance Assist system
may be limited when driving on a
curved road.
The front view camera or front radar
sensor recognition system may not
detect the vehicle, pedestrian or
cyclist traveling in front on a curved
road.
This may result in no alarm and brak-
ing when necessary.
Always pay attention to road and
driving conditions, and if necessary,
depress the brake pedal to reduce
your driving speed in order to main-
tain a safe distance.Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist
system may recognize a vehicle or
pedestrian or cyclist in the next lane
or outside the lane when driving on a
curved road.
If this occurs, the system may unnec-
essarily alarm the driver and apply
the brake. Always pay attention to
road and driving conditions, while
driving.
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- Driving on a slope
The performance of Forward
Collision-Avoidance Assist system
may be decreased while driving
upward or downward on a slope. The
front view camera or front radar sen-
sor recognition may not detect the
vehicle, pedestrian or cyclist in front.
This may result in unnecessary
alarm and braking or no alarm and
braking when necessary.
When the system suddenly recog-
nizes the vehicle, pedestrian or
cyclist in front while passing over a
slope, you may experience sharp
deceleration.
Always keep your eyes forward while
driving upward or downward on a
slope, and, if necessary, depress the
brake pedal to reduce your driving
speed in order to maintain distance.- Changing lanes
When a vehicle changes lanes in
front of you, Forward Collision-
Avoidance Assist system may not
immediately detect the vehicle, espe-
cially if the vehicle changes lanes
abruptly. In this case, you must main-
tain a safe braking distance, and if
necessary, depress the brake pedal
to reduce your driving speed in order
to maintain a safe distance.
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Driving your vehicle
When driving in stop-and-go traffic,
and a stopped vehicle in front of you
merges out of the lane, Forward
Collision-Avoidance Assist system
may not immediately detect the new
vehicle that is now in front of you. In
this case, you must maintain a safe
braking distance, and if necessary,
depress the brake pedal to reduce
your driving speed in order to main-
tain a safe distance.- Recognizing the vehicle
When the vehicle in front has heavy
loading extended rearward, or when
the vehicle in front has higher ground
clearance, it may induce a haz-
ardous situation. Always pay atten-
tion to road and driving conditions,
while driving and, if necessary,
depress the brake pedal to reduce
your driving speed in order to main-
tain distance.
Detecting pedestrian or cyclist
The sensor may be limited when:
The pedestrian or cyclist is not fully
detected by the camera recogni-
tion system, for example, if the
pedestrian is leaning over or is not
fully walking upright
The pedestrian or cyclist is moving
very quickly or appears abruptly in
the front view camera detection
area
The pedestrian or cyclist is wear-
ing clothing that easily blends into
the background, making it difficult
to be detected by the front view
camera recognition system
The outside lighting is too bright
(e.g. when driving in bright sunlight
or in sun glare) or too dark (e.g.
when driving on a dark rural road
at night)
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Lane Keeping Assist system detects
the lane markers on the road with a
front view camera at the front wind-
shield, and assists the driver’s steer-
ing to help keep the vehicle in the
lanes. When the system detects the
vehicle straying from its lane, it alerts
the driver with a visual and audible
warning, while applying a slight
counter-steering torque, trying to
prevent the vehicle from moving out
of its lane.
LANE KEEPING ASSIST (LKA) (IF EQUIPPED)
WARNING
Driver is responsible for being
aware of surroundings and
steering the vehicle safely.
Do not steer the steering
wheel suddenly when the
steering wheel is being assist-
ed by the system.
LKA system helps prevent the
driver from moving out of the
lane unintentionally by assist-
ing the driver’s steering. If the
driver intentionally drives on
one side of the driving lane, a
continuous steering force
may occur. However, the sys-
tem is just a convenience
function and the steering
wheel is not always con-
trolled. While driving, the driv-
er should pay attention to the
steering wheel.
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The operation of LKA system
can be canceled or not work
properly depending on road
condition and surroundings.
Always be cautious when
driving.
Do not disassemble the front
view camera or attached any
type of coating or accessories
to it. If you disassemble the
front view camera, take your
vehicle to an authorized Kia
dealer to check if the system
needs a calibration.
When you replace the wind-
shield glass, front view cam-
era or related parts of the
steering, take your vehicle to
an authorized Kia dealer to
check if the system needs a
calibration.
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The system detects lane
markers and controls the
steering wheel by a front view
camera, therefore, if the lane
markers are hard to detect,
the system may not work
properly. Always be cautious
when using the system.
When the lane markers are
hard to detect, please refer to
“DRIVER’S ATTENTION”.
Do not remove or damage the
related parts of the front view
camera system.
Do not place objects on the
crash pad that reflect light
such as mirrors, white paper,
etc. it may cause malfunction
of LKA system if sunlight is
reflected.
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You may not hear warning
sound of LKA system because
of the excessive audio sound.
If other beeps such as the
seat belt warning sound are in
operation and override LKA
alarming system, LKA beeps
may not occur.
At high vehicle speeds, the
steering torque needed for
assistance may not be suffi-
cient to keep your vehicle
within the lane. If so, the vehi-
cle may move out of its lane.
Always obey the speed limit
when using LKA system.
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If you attach objects to the
steering wheel, the system
may not assist steering.
If you attach objects to the
steering wheel, hands off
alarm may not work properly.