Kia Cerato 2021 Manual page 391

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 depress the accelerator
pedal. (Your driving is categorized
to be economic.)
The driving mode automatically
changes from SMART ECO mode
to SMART COMFORT mode after a
certain period of time, when you
sharply or repetitively depress 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
braking performance, even when
you release the accelerator pedal
in SMART SPORT mode. It is
because your vehicle remains in
Drive mode integrated control system
lower gear over a certain period
of time for next acceleration.
Thus, it is a normal driving situa -
tion, not indicating any malfunc -
tion.
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.)
Cruise Control is activated:
Cruise Control may deactivate the
SMART mode when the vehicle is
controlled by the set speed of
Smart Cruise Control. (SMART
mode is not deactivated just by
activating Cruise Control.)
The transmission oil temperature
is either extremely low or
extremely high:
The SMART mode can be active in
most of the normal driving situa -
tions. However, an extremely
high/low transmission oil temper -
ature may temporarily deacti -
vate the SMART mode, because
the transmission condition is out
of normal operation condition.
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