Kia Stinger 2023 Owner's Manual page 283

Driving your vehicle
NOTICE
僅 When you mildly drive the vehicle in
SMART mode, the drive mode
changes to ECO mode to improve fuel
efficiency. However, the actual fuel
efficiency may differ in accordance
with your driving situations (i.e.
upward/downward slope, vehicle
deceleration/acceleration).
僅 When you dynamically drive the vehi-
cle in SMART mode by abruptly decel-
erating or sharply turning, the drive
mode changes to SPORT mode. How-
ever, it may adversely affect fuel
economy.
Various drive situations, which
you may encounter in SMART
mode
僅 The drive mode automatically
changes to ECO mode after a certain
period of time, when you gently
depress the accelerator pedal (Your
drive is categorized to be mild.).
僅 The drive mode automatically
changes from SMART ECO mode to
SMART COMFORT mode after a cer-
tain period of time, when you sharply
or repetitively depress the accelerator
pedal.
僅 The drive mode automatically
changes to SMART COMFORT mode
with the same driving patterns, when
the vehicle starts to drive on an
upward slope of a certain angle. The
drive mode automatically returns to
SMART ECO mode, when the vehicle
enters a leveled road.
僅 The drive mode automatically
changes to SMART SPORT, when you
abruptly accelerate the vehicle or
repetitively operate the steering wheel
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Drive mode integrated control system
(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 brake
performance, even when you release
the accelerator pedal in SMART
SPORT mode. It is because your vehi-
cle remains in a lower gear over a cer-
tain period of time.
僅 The drive mode automatically
changes to SMART SPORT mode only
in dynamic driving situations.
In most of the normal driving situa-
tions, the drive mode sets to be either
in SMART ECO mode or in SMART
COMFORT mode.
Limitation of SMART mode
The SMART mode may be limited in fol-
lowing situations. (The OFF indicator
appears in those situations.)
僅 The driver manually moves the shift
lever : It deactivates SMART mode.
僅 Smart Cruise Control is activated :
Smart Cruise Control may deactivate
the SMART mode. (SMART mode is
not automatically deactivated just by
activing Smart Cruise Control.)
僅 The transmission oil temperature is
either extremely low or extremely
high : The SMART mode can be active
in most of the normal driving situa-
tions. However, an extremely high/
low transmission oil temperature may
temporarily deactivate the SMART
mode, because the transmission con-
dition is out of normal operation con-
dition.