Kia Stinger 2023 Owner's Manual page 254

Driving your vehicle
NOTICE
Always come to complete stop before
shifting into D (Drive).
NOTICE
When moving the shift lever to N (Neu-
tral) position, a normal mechanical
sound will occur.
CAUTION
For EPB (Electronic Parking Brake)
equipped vehicles with [AUTO HOLD]
function used while driving, if the
ENGINE START/STOP button has been
turned [OFF], the electronic parking
brake will be engaged automatically.
Therefore, [AUTO HOLD] function
should be turned off before the ENGINE
START/STOP button is turned off.
WARNING
僅 With the exception of parking in neu-
tral gear, always park the vehicle in
[P] (Park) for safety and apply the
parking brake.
僅 Before parking in [N] (Neutral) gear,
first make sure the parking ground is
level and flat. Do not park in [N] gear
on any slopes or gradients. If parked
and left in [N], the vehicle may move
and cause serious damage or injury.
NOTICE
After the ENGINE START/STOP button
has been turned off, the electronic park-
ing brake cannot be disengaged.
Automatic transmission (shift-by-wire)
Paddle shifter (Manual mode)
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The paddle shifter is available when the
shift lever is in the D (Drive) position.
Pull the [+] or [-] paddle shifter once to
shift up or down one gear and the sys-
tem changes from automatic mode to
manual mode.
The system changes from manual mode
to automatic mode in one of the follow-
ing situations.
1. The [+] paddle has been pulled and
held for more than 1 second.
2. The accelerator pedal has been
depressed gently for more than 6 sec-
onds.
3. The vehicle speed is lower than 4 mph
(7 km/h).
4. The shift lever has been pulled down
and released.
However, manual mode is not changed
to automatic mode in (2) when SPORT
mode or SPORT of powertrain in CUS-
TOM mode is selected in the drive mode
integrated control system.
NOTICE
If the [+] and [-] paddle shifters are
pulled at the same time, gear shift may
not occur.
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