Driving Your Vehicle - Kia Niro 2018 Owner's Manual

Driving your vehicle

Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Key positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
• Illuminated ignition switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
• Ignition switch position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
• Starting the hybrid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
• Illuminated engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
• Engine start/stop button position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
• Starting the hybrid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
• Dual clutch transmission operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
• Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
• Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
• Anti-lock Brake System (ABS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
• Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
• Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
• Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
• Good braking practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB). . . . . . . 6-36
• System setting and activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
• AEB warning message and system control . . . . . . . . 6-39
• Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
• Sensor to detect the distance from the vehicle in front
(Front radar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
• System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
• Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
Cruise control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-47
• To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-48
• To increase cruise control set speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-48
• To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-49
• To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on . 6-49
• To cancel cruise control, do one of the following . . . 6-49
• To resume cruising speed at more than approximately
30 km/h (20 mph) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50
• To turn cruise control off, do one of the following. . 6-50
Smart Cruise Control system (SCC) . . . . . . . . . . 6-51
• Speed setting (SCC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-52
• Vehicle to vehicle distance setting (SCC) . . . . . . . . . 6-57
• To adjust the sensitivity of smart cruise control . . . 6-60
• To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-60
• Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-61
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