Kia Sportage 2023 Owner's Manual page 379

Driving your vehicle
NOTICE
If Parking Distance Warning Auto On is
selected, the Parking Safety ( ) button
indicator light will turn on.
Forward/Reverse Parking Dis-
tance Warning operation
Parking Safety button
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Press the Parking Safety ( ) button to
turn on or off Forward/Reverse Parking
Distance Warning.
僅 When Forward/Reverse Parking Dis-
tance Warning is off (button indicator
light off), if you shift the gear to R
(Reverse), Forward/Reverse Parking
Distance Warning will automatically
turn on.
僅 If you shift the gear to R (Reverse),
Forward/Reverse Parking Distance
Warning will not turn off even if you
press the Parking Safety ( ) button
for your safety.
Forward Parking Distance Warn-
ing
Forward Parking Distance Warning will
operate when one of the following con-
ditions are satisfied:
僅 The gear is shifted from R (Reverse)
to D (Drive)
僅 The gear is in D (Drive) and the Park-
ing Safety ( ) button indicator light is
on
Forward/Reverse Parking Distance Warning (PDW)
僅 Parking Distance Warning Auto On
is selected from the Settings menu
and the gear is in D (Drive)
僅 The function warns the driver when
Settings → Vehicle → Driver Assis-
tance → Parking Safety → Parking
Distance Warning Auto On is
selected from the infotainment sys-
tem, and the gear is in D (Drive)
僅 Vehicle speed is below 6 mph (10 km/
h)
NOTICE
僅 Forward Parking Distance Warning
does not operate when the vehicle's
forward speed is above 6 mph (10
km/h) even when the function is on
(Parking Safety button indicator is on).
Forward Parking Distance Warning
will operate again when the vehicle's
forward speed decreases below 6
mph (10 km/h).
僅 When the vehicle's forward speed is
above 18 mph (30 km/h), the Forward
Parking Distance Warning will turn off
(Parking Safety button indicator off).
Although you drive below 6 mph (10
km/h) again, Forward Parking Dis-
tance Warning will not automatically
turn on. ('Settings → Driver Assis-
tance →Parking Safety → Parking
Distance Warning Auto On from
User Settings menu or select Settings
→ Vehicle → Driver Assistance →
Parking Safety → Parking Distance
Warning Auto On from the infotain-
ment system)
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