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Features of your vehicle
Wiper mode (if equipped)
This indicator displays which wiper
speed is selected using the wiper
control.
You can activate or deactivate
Wiper/Lights Display function from
the User Settings mode in the cluster
LCD display.
Engine Overheated
This warning message illuminates
when the engine coolant tempera-
ture is above 248°F (120°C). This
means that the engine is overheated
and may be damaged.
If your vehicle is overheated, refer to
“Overheating” in chapter 6.
Shift to P (for smart key system)
This warning message illuminatesif you try to turn off the engine with-
out the shift lever in P (Park) posi-
tion.
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 brake pedal to start engine
(for smart key system)
This warning message illuminates if the ENGINE START/STOP but-
ton 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.
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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.
Press START button again (for
smart key system)
This warning message illuminates if 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
vehicle inspected by an authorized
Kia dealer.
Press START button with key (for
smart key system)
This warning message illuminates if you press the ENGINE
START/STOP button while the
warning message “Key not detect-
ed” is illuminating.
At this time, the immobilizer indica- tor light blinks.
Check BRAKE SWITCH fuse (for
smart key system)
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 sec-
onds in the ACC position.
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Features of your vehicle
Parking Brake & BrakeFluid Warning Light
This warning light illuminates:
Once you set the ignition switch or ENGINE START/STOP button to
the ON position.
- It illuminates for approximately 3seconds
When the parking brake is applied.
When the brake fluid level in the reservoir is low.
- If the warning light illuminateswith the parking brake released, it
indicates the brake fluid level in
reservoir is low. If the brake fluid level in the reservoir
is low:
1.Drive carefully to the nearest safe
location and stop your vehicle.
2.With the engine stopped, check the brake fluid level immediately and
add fluid as required (For more
details, refer to "Brake Fluid" in
chapter 7).
Then check all brake components
for fluid leaks. If any leak on the
brake system is still found, the
warning light remains on, or the
brakes do not operate properly, do
not drive the vehicle.
In this case, have your vehicle
towed to an authorized Kia dealer
and inspected. Dual-diagonal braking system
Your vehicle is equipped with dual-
diagonal braking systems. This
means you still have braking on two
wheels even if one of the dual sys-
tems should fail.
With only one of the dual systems
working, greater pedal pressure will
be required to stop the vehicle.
Also, the vehicle will require
increased stopping distance with
only a portion of the brake system
working.
If the brakes fail while you are driv-
ing, shift to a lower gear for addition-
al engine braking and stop the vehi-
cle as soon as it is safe to do so.
Driving the vehicle with a warning
light ON is dangerous. If the Parking
Brake & Brake Fluid Warning Light
illuminates with the parking brake
released, it indicates that the brake
fluid level is low.
In this case, have your vehicle inspect-
ed by an authorized Kia dealer.
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Anti-lock Brake System
(ABS) Warning Light
This warning light illuminates:
Once you set the ignition switch or ENGINE START/STOP button to
the ON position.
- It illuminates for approximately 3seconds and then goes off.
When there is a malfunction with the ABS (The normal braking sys-
tem will still be operational without
the assistance of the anti-lock
brake system).
In this case, have your vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer.
Electronic
Brake forceDistribution(EBD) SystemWarning Light
These two warning lights illuminate at
the same time while driving:
When the ABS and regular brake system may not work normally.
In this case, have your vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer.
WARNING - ABS/Brake
Light
When both ABS and Parking
Brake & Brake Fluid Warning
Lights are on, the brake system
will not work normally and you
may experience an unexpected
and dangerous situation during
sudden braking thereby increas-
ing the risk of a crash or injury.
In this case, avoid high speed
driving and abrupt braking.
Have your vehicle inspected by
an authorized Kia dealer as
soon as possible.
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✽ ✽NOTICE- Electronic Brake
force Distribution (EBD)
System Warning Light
When the ABS Warning Light is on
or both ABS and Parking Brake &
Brake Fluid Warning Lights are on,
the speedometer, odometer, or trip-
meter may not work. Also, the EPS
Warning Light may illuminate and
the steering effort may increase or
decrease.
In this case, have your vehicle inspect-
ed by an authorized Kia dealer as
soon as possible.
Electric Power Steering (EPS) Warning Light (if equipped)
This warning light illuminates:
Once you set the ignition switch or ENGINE START/STOP button to
the ON position.
- It remains on until the engine isstarted.
When there is a malfunction with the EPS.
In this case, have your vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer.
Malfunction Indicator
Lamp (MIL)
This warning light illuminates:
Once you set the ignition switch or ENGINE START/STOP button to
the ON position.
- It remains on until the engine isstarted.
When there is a malfunction with the emission control system.
In this case, have your vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer.
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Low Tire Pressure
Warning Light
This warning light illuminates:
Once you set the ignition switch or ENGINE START/STOP button to
the ON position.
- It illuminates for approximately 3seconds and then goes off.
When one or more of your tires are significantly underinflated.
❈ For more details, refer to “Tire
Pressure Monitoring System
(TPMS)” in chapter 6. This warning light remains on after
blinking for approximately 70 seconds
or repeats blinking on and off at inter-
vals of approximately 3 seconds:
When there is a malfunction with
the TPMS.
In this case, have your vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia
dealer as soon as possible.
❈ For more details, refer to “Tire
Pressure Monitoring System
(TPMS)” in chapter 6.
The TPMS cannot alert you to severe
and sudden tire damage caused by
external factors.
If you notice any vehicle instability,
immediately take your foot off the
accelerator pedal, apply the brakes
gradually with light force, and slowly
move to a safe position off the road.
WARNING
- Low tire pressure
Significantly low tire pressure makes the vehicle unstable
and can contribute to loss of
vehicle control and increased
braking distances.
Continued driving on tires with low tire pressure can cause the
tires to overheat and fail, which
may cause an accident.
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Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
• Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) . . . . . . . 5-17
• Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) operation . 5-17
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
• Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
• Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
• Anti-lock Brake System (ABS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
• Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
• Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
• Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
• Good braking practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Sport mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . 5-40
• SPORT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA). . . . . 5-41
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
• Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist settings . . . . . . 5-42
• Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist warning messageand function control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
• Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
• Warning message and warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
• Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist malfunction . . 5-48
• Limitations of Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist 5-50
Lane Keeping Assist (LKA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
• Lane Keeping Assist settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
• Lane Keeping Assist operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
• Lane Keeping Assist malfunction and limitations . . 5-63
Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) . . . . . . . . . 5-65
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66
• Blind-Spot Collision Warning settings . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67
• Blind-Spot Collision Warning operation. . . . . . . . . . 5-69
• Blind-Spot Collision Warning malfunction and limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-70\
Driver Attention Warning (DAW) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75
• Basic function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
5-75
• Leading Vehicle Departure Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75
• Driver Attention Warning settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-76
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• Driver Attention Warning operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78
• Driver Attention Warning malfunction andlimitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81\
Cruise Control (CC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84
• Cruise Control operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84
• Increasing set speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-85
• Decreasing set speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-85
• Accelerating temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-86
• Temporarily pausing Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-86
• Resuming Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-87
• Turning off Cruise Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-87
Lane Following Assist (LFA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
• Lane Following Assist settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
• Lane Following Assist operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-90
• Lane Following Assist malfunction and limitations . 5-93
Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning (RCCW) . 5-94
• Detecting sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-94
• Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning settings . . . . 5-95
• Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning operation . . . 5-96
• Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning malfunction
and limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
Declaration of conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-102
• The radio frequency components (Rear Corner Radar)complies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10\
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Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-103
Special driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-105
• Hazardous driving conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-105
• Rocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-105
• Smooth cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-106
• Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-106
• Driving in the rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107
• Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-108
• Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-108
• Highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-108
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-110
• Snowy or Icy conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-110
• Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant . . . . . . . . . 5-112
• Check battery and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-112
• Change to "winter weight" oil if necessary . . . . . . 5-113
• Check spark plugs and ignition system . . . . . . . . . . 5-113
• To keep locks from freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-113
• Use approved window washer anti-freeze in system5-113
• Don't let your parking brake freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-113
• Don't let ice and snow accumulate underneath . . . 5-113
• Carry emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-114
• Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-114
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