Kia SORENTO HEV 2023 Manual page 315

Driving your vehicle
For your safety, always depress the
brake pedal whilst shifting to another
gear.
Transmission position
The indicator in the instrument cluster
displays the transmission position when
the ENGINE START/STOP button is in
the ON position.
Type A
OMQ4040120
Type B
OMQ4041158
P (Park)
Always come to a complete stop before
shifting into P (Park).
To shift the gear from R (Reverse), N
(Neutral) or D (Drive) to P (Park), press
the [P] button.
Automatic transmission (Dial SBW)
If you turn off the vehicle in D (Drive), N
(Neutral) or R (Reverse), the gear auto-
matically shifts to P (Park).
With the vehicle on, the gear automati-
cally shifts to P (Park) if you open the
driver's door when the gear is in N (Neu-
tral), R (Reverse) or D (Drive) and the fol-
lowing conditions are met:
僅 The brake/accelerator pedal is not
depressed.
僅 The seat belt is unfastened.
僅 The vehicle speed is below 1 mph (2
km/h).
When the vehicle is over a certain speed,
the gear does not shift to P (Park) when
the P button is pressed.
WARNING
僅 Shifting into P (Park) whilst the vehicle
is in motion may cause you to lose
control of the vehicle.
僅 After the vehicle has stopped, always
make sure the gear is in P (Park),
apply the parking brake, and turn the
vehicle off.
僅 Do not use the P (Park) position in
place of the parking brake.
R (Reverse)
Use this position to drive the vehicle
backward.
To shift to R (Reverse), turn the dial SBW
to the [R] position whilst depressing the
brake pedal.
CAUTION
Shifting
Always come to a complete stop before
shifting into or out of R (Reverse); you
may damage the transmission if you
shift into R (Reverse) whilst the vehicle is
in motion, except on "Rocking the vehi-
6
6 15