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(Continued)In these cases, the brake warning
light comes on, the AUTO HOLD
indicator changes from green to
white, and a warning sounds and a
message will appear to inform you
that EPB has been automatically
engaged. Before driving off again,
press foot brake pedal, check the
surrounding area near your vehi-
cle and release parking brake
manually with the EPB switch.
• If the AUTO HOLD indicator lights up yellow, the Auto Hold is
not working properly. Take your
vehicle to an authorized Kia deal-
er and have the system checked.
• While operating Auto Hold, you may hear mechanical noise.
However, it is normal operation
noise.Warning messages
Parking brake automatically
engaged
When the EPB is applied from Auto
Hold, a warning will sound and a
message will appear.
WARNING
Press the accelerator pedal slowly when you start the
vehicle.
For your safety, cancel the Auto Hold when you drive
downhill or back up or park
the vehicle.
CAUTION
If there is a malfunction with thedriver’s door, engine hood opendetection system, the Auto Holdmay not work properly.
Take your vehicle to an author-ized Kia dealer and have the sys-tem checked.
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To activate/deactivate Lane Keeping
Assist:
With the ignition switch or ENGINE
START/STOP button in the ON posi-
tion, press and hold the Lane Driving
Assist button ( ) located on the
steering wheel to turn off Lane
Keeping Assist. Press and hold the
button again to turn on the function.
The indicator ( ) in the cluster
display will initially illuminate white. If
you pressing and holding the Lane
Driving Assist button located on the
steering wheel, Lane Keeping Assist
will be turned off and the indicator on
the cluster display will go off.❈
The color of indicator will change
depend on the condition of Lane
Keeping Assist.
- White : Sensor does not detect the lane marker or vehi-
cle speed is less than 40
mph (60 km/h).
- Green : Sensor detects the lane marker and function is
able to control the steer-
ing.
Lane Keeping Assist setting
The driver can change Lane Keeping
Assist to Lane Depar ture Warning or
change the Lane Keeping Assist
mode from the LCD display.
“User Settings  Driver Assistance 
Lane Safety  Lane Keeping
Assist/Lane Departure Warning/Off ”
Lane Keeping Assist
Lane Keeping Assist mode guides
the driver to keep the vehicle within
the lanes. It rarely controls the steer-
ing wheel, when the vehicle drives
well inside the lanes. However, it
starts to control the steering wheel,
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Lane Departure Warning
Lane Departure Warning warns the
driver with a visual and acoustic
warning when the function detects
the vehicle leaving the lane. In this
mode, the steering wheel will not be
controlled. When the vehicle’s front
wheel contacts the inside edge of
lane line, the contacted line will be
displayed on the LCD display.
Off
If you select ‘Off’, it is the same with
pressing Lane Safety ( ) button
to release.
Lane Keeping Assist activa-
tion
To see Lane Keeping Assist screen
on the LCD display in the cluster,
Tab to the Driving Assist mode
().
After Lane Keeping Assist is acti- vated, if both lane markers are
detected, vehicle speed is over 40
mph (60 km/h) and all the activa-
tion conditions are satisfied, a
green steering wheel indicator will
illuminate and the steering wheel
will be controlled.
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WARNING
Lane Keeping Assist is a func-
tion to help prevent the driver
from leaving the lane. However,
the driver should not solely rely
on the function and should
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In traffic situation
Use switch or pedal to accelerate
In traffic, your vehicle will stop if thevehicle ahead of you stops. Also, if
the vehicle ahead of you starts
moving, your vehicle will start as
well. However, if the vehicle stops
you must depress the accelerator
pedal or push up the switch
(RES+) to start driving. If you push switch (RES+ or SET-)
while Auto Hold and Smart Cruise
Control is operating the Auto Hold
will be released regardless of
accelerator pedal operation and
the vehicle will start to move. The
AUTO HOLD indicator changes
from green to white. (if equipped
with EPB (Electronic Parking
Brake))
CAUTION
If the vehicle ahead (vehiclespeed: less than 20 mph (30km/h) disappears to the nextlane, the warning chime willsound and a message willappear. Adjust your vehiclespeed for vehicles or objectsthat can suddenly appear infront of you by depressing thebrake pedal according to theroad condition ahead and driv-ing condition.
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Navigation-based Smart Cruise
Control operating
If temporary deceleration is required
in the standby state and Navigation-
based Smart Cruise Control is oper-
ating, the green ( ) symbol will
illuminate on the cluster.
If the Set Speed Auto Change func-
tion operates, the green ( )sym-
bol and green set speed will illumi-
nate on the cluster, and an audible
alarm will sound.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
Highway Auto Curve Slowdown and
Set Speed Auto Change function
uses the same ( ) symbol.
Highway Auto Curve Slowdown
Depending on the curve ahead on
the highway (or motorway), the
vehicle will decelerate, and after
passing the curve, the vehicle will
accelerate to Smart Cruise Control
set speed.
Vehicle deceleration time may dif- fer depending on the vehicle speed
and the degree of the curve on the
road. The higher the driving speed,
the faster the vehicle will deceler-
ate. Limitations of Navigation-based
Smart Cruise Control
Navigation-based Smart Cruise
Control may not operate normally
under the following circumstances:
The navigation is not working prop-
erly.
The navigation is not updated to include the latest information about
road curvature and changes.
Speed limit and road information in the navigation is not updated
The map information and the actu- al road is different because of real-
time GPS data or map information
error
The navigation searches for a route while driving
GPS signals are blocked in areas such as a tunnel
A road that divides into two or more roads and joins again
The driver goes off course the route set in the navigation
The route to the destination is changed or canceled by resetting
the navigation (including TPEG
change)
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Lane Following Assist status is
remembered by the function and
therefore does not need to be
enabled again for each new journey. Once the function starts working, the
indicator light ( ) comes on the
instrument panel.
The indicator light colors according
to the function status are as follows.
Green: Active
White: Standby
Lane Following Assist activation
If the vehicle is inside the lane with
both lanes recognized by the func-
tion, and there is no steep steering
made by the driver, Lane Following
Assist changes into steering assist
mode. The indicator light will come
on green, and the function helps the
vehicle stay in line by controlling the
steering wheel.
When the steering wheel is not con-
trolled temporarily, the indicator light
will flash green and changes to white.
When the both lanes are not recog-
nized by the function, the function
controls the steering wheel limitedly
whether there is a vehicle in front or
not.
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Setting and activating
Highway Driving Assist
With the ignition switch or ENGINE
START/STOP button in the [ON],
select or release the setting from
“User Setting  Driver Assistance
Driving Assist  Highway Driving
Assist”.
Select Highway Driving Assist in the
User setting of the instrument panel.
and the function will operate if the fol-
lowing conditions are met :
If the engine is turned off then on
again, the function maintains the last
setting.
Operating conditions
If you activate Highway Driving
Assist in the User setting of the
instrument panel. and the following
conditions are met, Highway Driving
Assist will be ready to operate, and
the indicator light ( ) will come
on green in the cluster.
When driving on the highway main line.
When Smart Cruise Control is in operation (Vehicle deceleration
and acceleration control)
- Refer to “Smart Cruise Control(SCC)” in this chapter.
- If Smart Cruise Control is in standby mode (Smart Cruise
Control is on but speed is not set),
Highway Driving Assist will be in
the same mode. The white indica-
tor ( ) light will be turned
on.
When the vehicle speed is below 95 mph (153 km/h)
Highway Driving Assist opera-
tion
The speed is automatically set in
accordance with the steering control
and the highway speed limit when all
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Steering control
If both lanes are recognized properly
(lane color: white), the steering
wheel indicator ( ) lights up in
green and then the steering control
is initiated.When Highway Driving Assist cannot
provide temporary steering inputs,
the indicator flashes green and then
changes to white. Even when HDA
cannot provide temporary steering
inputs, it still controls the distance
from other vehicles.
(For information on non-operating
conditions of steering wheel control,
please refer to “Limitations of
Highway Driving Assist” in this chap-
ter.
Warning related to steering
wheel
The hands-off warning appears
when the function detects that the
driver's hands are not on the steering
wheel while Highway Driving Assist
is in work.
(First warning: warning message,
Second warning: warning message
with warning sound)
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