Kia 2020 Telluride Owner's Manual page 329

Driving your vehicle
Various driving situations, which
you may encounter in SMART mode
The driving mode automatically
changes to ECO mode after a cer-
tain period of time, when you
gently press the accelerator pedal
(Your driving is categorized to be
mild.).
The driving mode automatically
changes from SMART ECO mode
to SMART NORMAL mode after a
certain period of time, when you
sharply or repetitively press the
accelerator pedal.
The driving mode automatically
changes to SMART COMFORT
mode with the same driving pat-
terns, when the vehicle starts to
drive on an upward slope of a cer-
tain angle. The driving mode
automatically returns to SMART
ECO mode, when the vehicle
enters a leveled road.
The driving mode automatically
changes to SMART SPORT, when
you abruptly accelerate the vehi-
cle or repetitively operate the
steering wheel (Your driving is
categorized to be sporty.). In this
mode, your vehicle drives in a
lower gear for abrupt accelerat-
ing/decelerating and increases the
engine brake performance.
You may still sense the engine
brake performance, even when
you release the accelerator pedal
in SMART SPORT mode. It is
because your vehicle remains to
be in a lower gear over a certain
Drive mode integrated control system (FWD)
period of time for next accelera-
tion. Thus, it is a normal driving
situation, not indicating any mal-
function.
The driving mode automatically
changes to SMART SPORT mode
only in harsh driving situations. In
most of the normal driving situa-
tions, the driving mode sets to be
either in SMART ECO mode or in
SMART COMFORT mode.
Limitation of SMART mode
The SMART mode may be limited in
following situations. (The OFF indi-
cator illuminates in those situa-
tions.)
The driver manually moves the
shift lever: It deactivates SMART
mode. The vehicle moves, as the
driver manually moves the shift
lever.
The cruise control is activated:
The cruise system may deacti-
vate the SMART mode. When a
higher system is set by the cruise
system, it starts to control vehicle
speed and deactivates SMART
mode. (SMART mode is not deac-
tivated just by activing the cruise
system.)
The transmission oil temperature
is either extremely low or
extremely high: The SMART mode
can be active in most of the nor-
mal driving situations. However,
an extremely high/ low transmis-
sion oil temperature may tempo-
rarily deactivate the SMART
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