Electronic Parking Brake (Epb) - Kia Carnival Manual

Driving your vehicle
WARNING
Brake wear
Do not ignore high pitched wear
sounds from your brakes. If you
ignore this audible warning, you will
eventually lose braking perfor -
mance, which could lead to a serious
accident.
NOTICE
Brake dust may accumulate on the
wheels, even under normal driving
conditions. Some dust is inevitable
as the brakes wear and contribute
to brake noise.
Characteristics of outer vent brake
disc
Outer vent brake disc
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The vent area of the outer vent-
type brake disc is exposed to the
outside to improve the cooling per -
formance of the brake when driv -
ing.The exposed vent area may
become rusty but it will not affect
the braking performance, and such
corrosion is not covered by war -
ranty.

Electronic Parking Brake (EPB)

After parking the vehicle, apply the
Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) to
prevent the vehicle from being
moved by the external force.
Applying the parking brake with
EPB switch
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1. Depress the brake pedal.
2. Pull up the EPB switch.
Make sure the warning light comes
on.
Also, the EPB is applied automati -
cally if the Auto Hold button is on
when the vehicle is turned off. In
addition, if you pull up the EPB
switch after the vehicle is turned
off, the EPB will be applied.
Brake system
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