Kia Sorento 2023 Manual page 341

Driving your vehicle
- Forward Cross-Traffic Safety and
Forward/Side Safety function of
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist
- Lane Keeping Assist
- Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance
Assist
- Safe Exit Assist
- Lane Following Assist
- Highway Driving Assist
- Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoid-
ance Assist
- Reverse Parking Distance Warning
Assist
- Reverse Parking Collision-Avoid-
ance Assist
- Remote Smart Parking Assist
For more details, refer to "Driver assis-
tance system" on page 6-4
Driving on grades
Reduce the speed and shift to a lower
gear before you start down a long or
steep downgrade. If you don't shift
down, you might have to use your
brakes so much that they would get hot
and no longer operate efficiently.
On a long uphill grade, shift down and
reduce your speed to around 70 km/h
(45 mph) to reduce the possibility of
engine and transmission overheating.
CAUTION
僅 When towing a trailer on steep grades
(in excess of 6%) pay close attention
to the engine coolant temperature
gauge to ensure the engine does not
overheat. If the needle of the coolant
temperature gauge moves across the
dial towards "H (HOT) (or 130°C /
260°F)", pull over and stop as soon as
it is safe to do so, and allow the
engine to idle until it cools down. You
may proceed once the engine has
cooled sufficiently.
僅 You must decide the driving speed
depending on trailer weight and uphill
grade to reduce the possibility of
engine and transmission overheating.
Parking on hills
Generally, if you have a trailer attached
to your vehicle, you should not park your
vehicle on a hill. People can be seriously
or fatally injured, and both your vehicle
and the trailer can be damaged if unex-
pectedly roll down hill.
WARNING
Parking on a hill
Parking your vehicle on a hill with a
trailer attached could cause serious
injury or death, should the trailer break
loose.
However, if you ever have to park your
trailer on a hill, here's how to do it:
1. Pull the vehicle into the parking space.
Turn the steering wheel in the direc-
tion of the kerb (right if headed down
hill, left if headed up hill).
2. Set the parking brake and shut off the
vehicle.
3. Place chocks under the trailer wheels
on the down hill side of the wheels.
4. Start the vehicle, hold the brakes, shift
to neutral, release the parking brake
and slowly release the brakes until the
trailer chocks absorb the load.
5. Reapply the brakes, reapply the park-
ing brake.
6. Shut off the vehicle and release the
vehicle brakes but leave the parking
brake set.
Trailer towing
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