Kia Cerato 2019 Owner's Manual page 275

CAUTION
• Increase (high temperature) of
the transmission temperature
gauge usually appears on an
incline when the vehicle is
stopped for a long time using
accelerator pedal, without
depressing the brake pedal.
• To maintain the optimal trans-
mission performance, drive so
that the white gauge is not
exceeded. (if equipped)
CAUTION
• To hold the vehicle on a hill
use the foot brake or the park-
ing brake. If the vehicle is held
by applying the accelerator
pedal on a hill the clutch and
transmission will be overheat-
ed resulting in damage.
At this time, a warning mes-
sage ("Steep grade! Press
brake pedal") will appear on
the LCD display.
• If the clutch becomes overheat-
ed by excessive use of the
clutch to hold on a hill, you may
notice a shudder feeling and a
blinking display on the instru-
ment cluster. When this occurs,
the clutch is disabled until the
clutch cools to normal temper-
atures. If this occurs, pull over
to a safe location, shift into P
(Park) and apply the foot brake
for a certain time on the LCD
warning until it disappears.
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Driving your vehicle
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• If the LCD warning is active,
the foot brake must be applied.
• Ignoring the warnings can lead
to damage to the transmission.
• If the display continues to
blink, for your safety, have the
system checked by a profes-
sional workshop. Kia recom-
mends to contact an autho-
rised Kia dealer/service part-
ner.
• Under certain conditions such
as repeated launch on steep
grades, the clutch in the trans-
mission could overheat.
When the clutch is overheat-
ed, the safe protection mode
engages. If the safe protection
mode engages, the gear posi-
tion indicator on the cluster
blinks with a chime sound.
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