Kia CARNIVAL 2023 Manual page 350

Driving your vehicle
1. Deactivate the AUTO HOLD and
release the parking brake when the
ENGINE START/STOP button is ON.
2. Turn the dial SBW to the N (Neutral)
position by depressing the brake
pedal. The message ("Press and hold
OK button to stay in Neutral when
vehicle is Off") appears on the cluster
LCD display when the foot comes off
from the brake pedal. Press and hold
the OK button on the steering wheel
for more than 1 second. After the
message is disappeared, the vehicle
cannot keep the N position when the
vehicle is off.
3. Turn off the engine after the message
("Vehicle will stay in (N). Change gear
to cancel") appears on the cluster LCD
display.
In this situation, if you unfasten the
driver's seat belt and open the driver's
door within 3 minutes, the gear shifts to
P (Park) position and the ENGINE
START/STOP button is turned off.
When the battery is discharged:
You cannot shift the shift dial, when the
battery is discharged.
In emergencies, do the following to
move the shift dial to N (Neutral) on a
level ground.
1. Connect the battery cables from
another vehicle or from a another bat-
tery to the jump-starting terminals
inside the engine compartment. For
more details, refer to "Jump-starting"
on page 7-5.
2. Release the parking brake with the
ENGINE START/STOP button in the
ON position.
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Automatic transmission (Dial SBW)
3. Shift the gear to the N (Neutral) posi-
tion. If you want to keep the N position
after the engine is off, disconnect the
battery from vehicle or refer to "Stay
in N (Neutral) position when engine is
Off" on page 6-23.
CAUTION
僅 Always park the vehicle in "P"(Park)
for safety and engage the parking
brake. If left in "N", the vehicle may
move and cause serious damage and
injury.
僅 After the ENGINE START/STOP but-
ton has been turned off, the electronic
parking brake cannot be disengaged.
僅 For EPB (Electronic Parking Brake)
equipped vehicles with AUTO HOLD
function used whilst driving, if the
ignition button has been turned "OFF",
the electronic parking brake will be
engaged automatically. Therefore,
AUTO HOLD function should be
turned off before the ignition button is
turned off.
D (Drive)
This is the normal driving position.
To shift to D (Drive), move the dial SBW
to the D (Drive) position whilst depress-
ing the brake pedal.
In D (Drive), if the driver attempts to turn
off the vehicle, the vehicle is turned OFF
and shifted to the P (Park) position auto-
matically.