Kia Soul 2022 Owner's Manual page 269

Driving your vehicle
WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury
or death:
ALWAYS check the surrounding
areas near your vehicle for peo -
ple, especially children, before
shifting a vehicle into D (Drive) or
R (Reverse).
Before leaving the driver's seat,
always make sure the shift lever
is in the P (Park) position, then set
the parking brake, and place the
ignition switch in the LOCK/OFF
position. Unexpected and sudden
vehicle movement can occur if
these precautions are not fol -
lowed.
When using Manual Shift Mode,
use caution when shifting from a
higher gear to a lower gear on
slippery roads. This could cause
the tires to slip and may result in
an accident.
CAUTION
To avoid damage to your trans -
mission, do not try to accelerate
with the shift lever in R (Reverse)
or any forward gear position with
the brake engaged.
When stopped on a slope, do not
hold the vehicle with accelerator
pedal. Engage the service brake or
the parking brake.
Dual clutch transmission (DCT)
The Dual Clutch Transmission
gives the driving feel of a manual
transmission, yet provides the
ease of a fully automatic trans -
mission. Unlike a traditional auto -
matic transmission, the gear
shifting can be felt (and heard) on
the dual clutch transmission.
- Think of it as an automatically
shifting manual transmission.
- Shift into Drive range and get
fully automatic shifting, similar
to a conventional automatic
transmission.
Dual clutch transmission adopts
dry-type dual clutch, which is dif -
ferent from torque converter of
automatic transmission, and
shows better acceleration perfor -
mance during driving. But, initial
launch might be little bit slower
than Automatic Transmission.
The dry-type clutch transfers
torque and provides a direct driv -
ing feeling which may feel differ -
ent from a conventional
automatic transmission with a
torque converter. This may be
more noticeable when starting
from a stop or low vehicle speed.
When rapidly accelerating at low
vehicle speed, engine could rev at
high rpm depending on vehicle
drive condition.
For smooth launch uphill, press
down the accelerator pedal
smoothly depending on the cur -
rent conditions.
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