Kia Telluride 2023 Owner's Manual page 271

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 press
the accelerator pedal (Your driving is
categorized to be mild.).
僅 The driving mode automatically
changes from SMART ECO mode to
SMART COMFORT mode after a cer-
tain period of time, when you sharply
or repetitively press the accelerator
pedal.
僅 The driving 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
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 brake
performance, even when you release
the accelerator pedal in SMART
SPORT mode. It is because your vehi-
cle remains to be in a lower gear over
a certain period of time for next accel-
eration. Thus, it is a normal driving sit-
uation, not indicating any malfunction.
僅 The driving mode automatically
changes to SMART SPORT mode only
in harsh driving situations. In most of
Drive mode integrated control system (FWD)
the normal driving situations, the driv-
ing 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. The
vehicle moves, as the driver manually
moves the shift lever.
僅 Cruise control is activated: The Cruise
function may deactivate the SMART
mode. When a higher system is set by
the cruise system, it starts to control
vehicle speed and deactivates SMART
mode. (SMART mode is not
deactivated just by activating the
cruise system.)
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.
SPORT mode
SPORT mode manages the
driving dynamics by automat-
ically adjusting the steering
effort, and the engine and
transmission control logic for enhanced
driver performance.
僅 When SPORT mode is selected by
turning the DRIVE MODE knob, the
SPORT indicator (orange color) will
appear.
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