2023 HYUNDAI KONA EV warning

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Power brakes
Your vehicle has power-assisted brakes
that adjust automatically through normal usage.
If power is not supplied to your vehicle
such as when the battery is discharged
or the vehicle is turned off while driving,
the power assist for the brakes will not
work. You can still stop your vehicle by
applying greater force to the brake pedal
than typical. The stopping distance,
however, will be longer than with power
brakes.
Do not pump the brake pedal when the
power assist has been interrupted.
WARNING
Take the following precautions: • Do not drive with your foot resting
on the brake pedal. This will create
abnormal high brake temperatures,
excessive brake lining and pad wear,
and increased stopping distances.
• When descending a long or steep
hill, shift to a lower gear and avoid
continuous application of the brakes.
Applying the brakes continuously
will cause the brakes to overheat and
could result in a temporary loss of
braking performance.
• Wet brakes may impair the vehicle’s
ability to safely slow down; the
vehicle may also pull to one side when
the brakes are applied. Applying the
brakes lightly will indicate whether
they have been affected in this way.
Always test your brakes in this fashion
after driving through deep water. To
dry the brakes, lightly tap the brake
pedal to heat up the brakes while
maintaining a safe forward speed
until brake performance returns to
normal.
Avoid driving at high speeds until the
brakes function correctly.
NOTICE
• Do not continue depressing the
brake pedal if the "" indicator is
OFF. The battery may be discharged.
• Noise and vibration generated
during braking is normal.
• Under normal operation, electric
brake pump noise and motor
vibration may occur temporarily in
below cases.
- When the pedal is depressed
suddenly.
- When the pedal is repeatedly
depressed in short intervals.
- When the ABS function is activated
while braking.
Disc brakes wear indicator
When your brake pads are worn and new
pads are required, you will hear a high
pitched warning sound from your front
or rear brakes. You may hear this sound
come and go or it may occur whenever
you depress the brake pedal.
Note that some driving conditions or
climates may cause a brake squeal
when you first apply (or lightly apply)
the brakes. This is normal and does not
indicate a problem with your brakes.
NOTICE
To avoid costly brake repairs, do not
continue to drive with worn brake pads.
Information
Always replace brake pads as complete
front or rear axle sets.
BRAkING SySTEm

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Electronic Parking Brake (EPB)
Applying the parking brake
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To apply EPB (Electronic Parking Brake):
1. Depress the brake pedal.
2. Pull up the EPB switch.
Make sure the Parking Brake Warning
Light comes on.
With the Auto Hold feature enabled, the
EPB is automatically applied when the
vehicle is shut off.
However, if Auto Hold is OFF when the
the vehicle is turned off, the EPB will not be applied.
WARNING
To reduce the risk of SERIOUS INJURY
or DEATH, do not operate the EPB
while the vehicle is moving except
in an emergency situation. It could
damage the brake system and lead to
an accident. Releasing the parking brake
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To release EPB (Electronic Parking Brake):
•
Place the START/STOP button in the ON position.
• Depress the brake pedal.
• Press the EPB switch.
Make sure the Parking Brake Warning
Light goes off.
To release EPB (Electronic Parking Brake) automatically:
• Shift lever in P (Park)
With the vehicle in the ready (
)
mode, depress the brake pedal and
shift out of P (Park) to R (Reverse) or
D (Drive).
• Shift lever in N (Neutral)
With the vehicle in the ready (
)
mode, depress the brake pedal and
shift out of N (Neutral) to R (Reverse)
or D (Drive).

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• Satisfy the following conditions
1. Ensure seat belts are fastened and the doors, hood and tailgate are closed.
2. With the vehicle in the ready (
)
mode, depress the brake pedal and
shift out of P (Park) to R (Reverse), D
(Drive) or Manual shift mode.
3. Depress the accelerator pedal.
Make sure the Parking Brake Warning
Light goes off.
Information
• For your safety, you can engage EPB
even though the START/STOP button
is in the OFF position (only if battery
power is available), but you cannot
release it.
• For your safety, depress the brake
pedal and release the parking brake manually with the EPB switch when
you drive downhill or when backing up the vehicle.
NOTICE
• If the parking brake warning light
is still on even though the EPB has
been released, we recommend that
you have the system checked by an
authorized HYUNDAI dealer.
• Do not drive your vehicle with EPB
applied. It may cause excessive brake
pad and brake rotor wear.
EPB (Electronic Parking Brake) may be automatically applied when:
• Requested by other systems.
• The driver turns the vehicle off while
Auto Hold is operating. Warning messages
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To release EPB, close the doors, hood and tailgate and fasten seatbelt
A warning will sound and a message will
appear in the following conditions: •
If you try to drive with the EPB applied.
• If the driver's seatbelt is not fastened,
and you try to release EPB.
• If the driver's door is opened, and you
try to release EPB.
• If the hood is opened with the gear in
D (Drive) and you try to release EPB.
• If the tailgate is opened with the gear
in R (Reverse) and you try to release EPB.
• If there is a problem with the vehicle.

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WARNING
• To prevent unintentional movement
when stopped and leaving the
vehicle, do not use the P (Park)
position in place of the parking brake.
Set the parking brake and make sure
the vehicle is securely positioned in
P (Park).
• Never allow anyone who is unfamiliar
with the vehicle to touch the parking
brake. If the parking brake is released
unintentionally, serious injury may
occur.
• All vehicles should always have
the parking brake fully engaged
when parking to avoid inadvertent
movement of the car which can injure
occupants or pedestrians.
NOTICE
• A click sound may be heard while
operating or releasing the EPB, but
these conditions are normal and
indicate that the EPB is functioning
properly.
• When leaving your keys with a
parking lot attendant or valet, make
sure to inform him/her how to
operate the EPB.
• The EPB may malfunction if you drive with the EPB applied.
• When you automatically release EPB
by depressing the accelerator pedal,
depress it slowly.
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Deactivating AUTO HOLD...
Press brake pedal
When the conversion from Auto Hold to
EPB is not working properly a warning
will sound and a message will appear.
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Parking brake automatically applied
If EPB is applied while Auto Hold is
activated, a warning will sound and a
message will appear.

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EPB malfunction warning light
This warning light illuminates if
the START/STOP button is set to
the ON position and goes off in
approximately 3 seconds if the
system is operating normally.
If the EPB malfunction warning light
remains on, comes on while driving,
or does not come on when the START/
STOP button is set to the ON position,
this indicates that the EPB may have malfunctioned.
If this occurs, we recommend that
you have the system checked by an
authorized HYUNDAI dealer.
The EPB malfunction warning light may
illuminate when the ESC indicator comes
on to indicate that ESC is not working
properly, but it does not indicate a
malfunction of EPB.
NOTICE
• If the EPB warning light is still on,
we recommend that you have the
system checked by an authorized
HYUNDAI dealer.
• If the parking brake warning light
does not illuminate or blinks even
though the EPB switch was pulled
up, EPB may not be applied.
• If the parking brake warning light
blinks when the EPB warning light is
on, press the switch, and then pull
it up. Repeat this one more time.
If the EPB warning does not go off,
we recommend that you have the
system checked by an authorized
HYUNDAI dealer. Parking brake warning light
Check the Parking Brake
Warning Light by setting the
START/STOP button to the ON position (
indicator off).
This light will be illuminated when the
parking brake is applied with the START/
STOP button in the START or ON position.
Before driving, be sure the parking brake
is released and the Brake Warning Light
is OFF.
If the Parking Brake Warning Light
remains on after the parking brake is
released while the vehicle is in the ready (
) mode, there may be a malfunction
in the brake system. Immediate attention
is necessary.
If at all possible, cease driving the vehicle
immediately. If that is not possible,
use extreme caution while operating
the vehicle and only continue to drive
the vehicle until you can reach a safe
location.

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Emergency braking
If there is a problem with the brake
pedal while driving, emergency braking
is possible by pulling up and holding
the EPB switch. Braking is possible only
while you are holding the EPB switch.
However, braking distance will be longer than normal.
WARNING
Do not operate the parking brake while
the vehicle is moving except in an
emergency situation. It could damage
the brake system and lead to a severe
accident.
Information
During emergency braking, the parking brake warning light will illuminate to indicate that the system is operating.
NOTICE
If you continuously notice a noise or
burning smell when the EPB is used for
emergency braking, we recommend
that you have the system checked by an
authorized HYUNDAI dealer.
When the EPB (Electronic Parking Brake)
does not release
If the EPB does not release normally,
we recommend that you contact an
authorized HYUNDAI dealer by loading
the vehicle on a flatbed tow truck and
have the system checked.
Auto Hold
The Auto Hold maintains the vehicle in a
standstill even though the brake pedal is
not depressed after the driver brings the
vehicle to a complete stop by depressing
the brake pedal.
To apply:
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1. With the driver's door and tailgate closed, depress the brake pedal and
then press the [AUTO HOLD] switch.
The white AUTO HOLD indicator will
come on and the system will be in the
standby position.

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2. When you stop the vehicle completely by depressing the brake
pedal, the Auto Hold maintains the
brake pressure to hold the vehicle
stationary. The indicator changes from
white to green.
3. The vehicle will remain stationary even if you release the brake pedal.
4. If EPB is applied, Auto Hold will be
released.
To release: • If you depress the accelerator pedal
with the shift lever in D (Drive) or
Manual shift mode, the Auto Hold will
be released automatically and the
vehicle will start to move. The AUTO
HOLD indicator changes from green
to white.
• If the vehicle is restarted using the
cruise control toggle switch (RES+
or SET-) while Auto Hold and cruise
control is operating, the Auto Hold will
be released regardless of accelerator
pedal operation. The AUTO HOLD
indicator changes from green to
white. (if equipped with cruise control
system).
WARNING
When the AUTO HOLD is automatically
released by depressing the accelerator
pedal, always take a look around your
vehicle.
Slowly depress the accelerator pedal
for a smooth start.
To cancel:
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1. Depress the brake pedal.
2. Press the [AUTO HOLD] switch.
The AUTO HOLD indicator will turn off.
WARNING
To prevent, unexpected and sudden
vehicle movement, ALWAYS press your
foot on the brake pedal to cancel the
Auto Hold before you: - Drive downhill.
- Drive the vehicle in R (Reverse).
- Park the vehicle.

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Information
• The Auto Hold does not operate when:
- The driver's door is opened.
- The hood is opened.
- The shift lever is in P (Park) or R (Reverse) .
- EPB is applied.
• For your safety, the Auto Hold automatically switches to EPB when:
- The driver's door is opened.
- The hood is opened.
- The vehicle is in a standstill for more than 10 minutes.
- The vehicle is standing on a steep slope.
- The vehicle moved several times.
In these cases, the parking brake
warning light comes on, the AUTO
HOLD indicator changes from green to white, and a warning sound and a
message will appear to inform you that EPB has been automatically engaged.
Before driving off again, depress the
brake pedal, check the surrounding
area near your vehicle and release the parking brake manually with the EPB switch.
• While operating Auto Hold, you may
hear mechanical noise. However, it is normal operating noise.
NOTICE
If the AUTO HOLD indicator changes
to yellow, the Auto Hold is not working
properly. We recommend that you
contact an authorized HYUNDAI dealer.
WARNING
• Depress the accelerator pedal slowly
when you start the vehicle.
• For your safety, cancel the Auto Hold
when you drive downhill, back up the
vehicle or park the vehicle.
NOTICE
If there is a malfunction with the
driver's door or hood open detection
system, the Auto Hold may not work
properly.
We recommend that you contact an
authorized HYUNDAI dealer.
Warning messages
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Parking brake automatically applied
When the EPB is applied from Auto Hold,
a warning will sound and a message will
appear.