Kia Venga Owner's Manual page 238

Driving your vehicle
ESP operation
ESP ON condition
• When the ignition is turned
ON, ESP and ESP OFF indi-
-
cator lights illuminate for
approximately 3 seconds,
then ESP is turned on.
• Press the ESP OFF button for
at least half a second after
turning the ignition ON to turn
ESP off. (ESP OFF indicator
will illuminate). To turn the
ESP on, press the ESP OFF
button (ESP OFF indicator
light will go off).
• When starting the engine,
you may hear a slight ticking
sound. This is the ESP per-
forming an automatic system
self-check and does not indi-
cate a problem.
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When operating
When the ESP is in operation,
ESP indicator light blinks.
• When the Electronic Stability
Program is operating proper-
ly, you can feel a slight pulsa-
tion in the vehicle. This is only
the effect of brake control and
indicates nothing unusual.
• When moving out of the mud
or slippery road, pressing the
accelerator pedal may not
cause the engine rpm (revo-
lutions per minute)
increase.
ESP operation off
ESP OFF state
• To cancel ESP operation,
press the ESP OFF button
(ESP OFF indicator light illu-
minates).
• If the ignition switch is turned
to the LOCK position when
ESP is off, ESP remains off.
Upon restarting the engine,
the ESP will automatically
turn on again.
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