Kia Optima Hybrid 2017 Owner's Manual page 439

Driving your vehicle
(Continued)
• Never allow anyone who is unfa‐
miliar with the vehicle to touch the
parking brake. If the parking brake
is released unintentionally, serious
injury may occur.
• All vehicles should always have the
parking brake fully engaged when
parking to avoid inadvertent
movement of the car which can in‐
jure occupants or pedestrians.
CAUTION
• A click sound may be heard while
operating or releasing the EPB, but
these conditions are normal and
indicate that the EPB is function‐
ing properly.
• When leaving your keys with a
parking lot attendant or valet,
make sure to inform him/her how
to operate the EPB.
• The EPB may malfunction if you
drive with the EPB applied.
• When you automatically release
EPB by depressing the accelerator
pedal, depress it slowly.
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System warning
Type A
OJF055249L
Type B
OJF055250L
When the conversion from Auto Hold to
EPB is not working properly a warning
will sound and a message will appear.
CAUTION
Depress the brake pedal when the
above message appears for the Auto
Hold and EPB may not activate.