Kia Sorento 2023 Owner's Manual page 358

Driving your vehicle
Various driving situations, which
you may encounter in SMART
mode
僅 The driving mode automatically
changes to ECO mode after a certain
period of time, when you gently
depress the accelerator pedal. (Your
driving is categorized to be eco-
nomic.)
僅 The driving mode automatically
changes to SMART ECO mode after a
certain period of time, when you
sharply or repetitively depress the
accelerator pedal.
僅 The driving mode automatically
changes to SMART ECO mode with
the same driving patterns, when the
vehicle starts to drive on an upward
slope of a certain angle. The driving
mode automatically returns to SMART
ECO mode, when the vehicle enters a
leveled road.
僅 The driving mode automatically
changes to SMART SPORT, when you
abruptly accelerate the vehicle or
repetitively operate the steering
wheel. (Your driving is categorized to
be sporty.) In this mode, your vehicle
drives in a lower gear for abrupt
accelerating/decelerating and
increases the engine brake perfor-
mance.
僅 You may still sense the engine brak-
ing performance, even when you
release the accelerator pedal in
SMART SPORT mode. It is because
your vehicle remains in lower gear
over a certain period of time for next
acceleration. Thus, it is a normal driv-
ing situation, not indicating any mal-
function.
僅 The driving mode automatically
changes to SMART SPORT mode only
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Drive mode integrated control system
in harsh driving situations. In most of
the normal driving situations, the driv-
ing mode sets to be in SMART ECO
mode.
Active Snow Mode (ASM)
When the vehicle recognizes frequent
wheel slips on low friction roads, Active
Snow Mode improves driving stability by
minimizing these wheel slips.
Operating conditions
ASM is activated when all of the follow-
ing conditions are met:
僅 Low outside ambient temperature
僅 Frequent Electronic Stability Control
(ESC) activation due to wheel slip
When operating
The vehicle's acceleration response is
reduced, which is similar to depressing
the accelerator pedal slowly.
Non-operating conditions
ASM is deactivated when one of the fol-
lowing conditions or more are met:
僅 Increase of outside ambient tempera-
ture
僅 The accelerator pedal is hardly
depressed
僅 Driving in high speed (e.g. highway
driving)
Limitation of SMART mode
The SMART mode may be limited in fol-
lowing situations. (The OFF indicator
appears in those situations.)
僅 Cruise Control or Smart Cruise Con-
trol is activated:
Cruise Control or Smart Cruise Con-
trol may deactivate the SMART mode