Kia Sonet QY 2021 Owner's Manual page 287

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 does con-
tribute to brake noise.
Parking brake
After parking the vehicle, apply the
parking brake to prevent the vehicle
from being moved by the external
force.
Applying the parking brake
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To engage the parking brake:
1. Apply the foot brake and then pull
up the parking brake lever as far
as possible.
In addition, it is recommended that
when parking the vehicle on a
incline, the shift lever should be in a
low gear on manual transmission
vehicles.
CAUTION
Driving with the parking brake
applied will cause excessive brake
pad and brake rotor wear.
Do not operate the parking brake
whilst the vehicle is moving
except in an emergency situation.
It could damage the vehicle sys-
tem and make endanger driving
safety.
Brake system
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