2023 HYUNDAI KONA EV parking brake

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Good driving practices
• Never move the shift lever from P
(Park) or N (Neutral) to any other
position with the accelerator pedal
depressed.
• Never move the shift lever into P
(Park) when the vehicle is in motion.
Be sure the vehicle is completely
stopped before you attempt to shift
into R (Reverse) or D (Drive).
• Do not move the shift lever to N
(Neutral) when driving. Doing so may
result in an accident.
• Driving uphill or downhill, always shift
to D (Drive) when driving forward or to
R (Reverse) when driving backwards,
and check the gear position indicated
on the cluster before driving. If you
drive in the opposite direction of the
selected gear, the vehicle will turn
off and a serious accident might be
occurred due to the degraded brake
performance.
• Do not drive with your foot resting
on the brake pedal. Even light, but
consistent pedal pressure can result
in the brakes overheating, brake wear
and possibly even brake failure.
• Always apply the parking brake when
leaving the vehicle. Do not depend on
placing the transmission in P (Park) to
keep the vehicle from moving.
• Exercise extreme caution when
driving on a slippery surface. Be
especially careful when braking,
accelerating or shifting gears. On a
slippery surface, an abrupt change
in vehicle speed can cause the drive
wheels to lose traction and may cause
loss of vehicle control resulting in an
accident
• Optimum vehicle performance and
economy is obtained by smoothly
depressing and releasing the
accelerator. WARNING
To reduce the risk of SERIOUS INJURY
or DEATH: • ALWAYS wear your seatbelt. In a
collision, an unbelted occupant
is significantly more likely to be
seriously injured or killed than a
properly belted occupant.
• Avoid high speeds when cornering or turning.
• Do not make quick steering wheel
movements, such as sharp lane
changes or fast, sharp turns.
• The risk of rollover is greatly
increased if you lose control of your
vehicle at highway speeds.
• Loss of control often occurs if two or
more wheels drop off the roadway
and the driver over steers to reenter
the roadway.
• In the event your vehicle leaves
the roadway, do not steer sharply.
Instead, slow down before pulling
back into the travel lanes.
• HYUNDAI recommends you follow all
posted speed limits.

06
6-23
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).

Driving your vehicle
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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.

06
6-25
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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Driving your vehicle
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.

06
6-27
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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6-29
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.

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6-35
NOTICE
Driving with wheels and tires with
different sizes may cause ESC to
malfunction. Before replacing tires,
make sure all four tires and wheels are
the same size. Never drive the vehicle
with different sized wheels and tires
installed. ESC OFF usage
When Driving
The ESC OFF mode should only be used
briefly to help free the vehicle if stuck in
snow or mud, by temporarily stopping
operation of ESC, to maintain wheel
torque.
To turn ESC off while driving, press the
ESC OFF button while driving on a flat
road surface.
NOTICE
• Do not allow wheel(s) of one axle to
spin excessively while the ESC, ABS,
and parking brake warning lights
are displayed. The repairs would not
be covered by the vehicle warranty.
Reduce vehicle power and do not
spin the wheel(s) excessively while
these lights are displayed.
• When operating the vehicle
on a dynamometer, make sure
ESC is turned off (ESC OFF light
illuminated).
Information
Turning ESC off does not affect ABS or standard brake system operation.
Vehicle Stability Management
(VSM)
Vehicle Stability Management (VSM)
is a function of the Electronic Stability
Control (ESC). It helps ensure the
vehicle stays stable when accelerating
or braking suddenly on wet, slippery
and rough roads where traction over the
four tires can suddenly become uneven.
WARNING
Take the following precautions when
using Vehicle Stability Management
(VSM): • ALWAYS check the speed and the
distance to the vehicle ahead. VSM
is not a substitute for safe driving
practices.
• Never drive too fast for the road
conditions. VSM will not prevent
accidents. Excessive speed in bad
weather, on slippery and uneven
roads can result in severe accidents.
VSM operation
VSM ON condition
VSM operates when: • Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is on.
• Vehicle speed is approximately under
150 km/h (93 mph) when the vehicle is
braking on rough roads.
When operating
When you apply your brakes under
conditions which may activate ESC, you
may hear sounds from the brakes, or feel
a corresponding sensation in the brake
pedal. This is normal and it means your
VSM is active.