Kia SORENTO HEV 2023 Manual page 324

Driving your vehicle
Transfer mode Selection mode
SAND
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* SNOW ↔ MUD ↔ SAND
CAUTION
Maintain DRIVE mode when driving on
roads in normal conditions. Driving in
TERRAIN mode on normal roads may
damage the AWD system and cause
mechanical vibration or noise.
When driving (especially when corner-
ing) under normal road conditions in
TERRAIN mode, a driver may find minor
mechanical vibration or noise, which is
extremely normal phenomenon, not a
malfunction. When TERRAIN mode is
released, such noise or vibration will be
immediately gone. When you turn off
TERRAIN mode, it can lead to little
shocks but this is a normal phenomenon
that lasts until the traction forces on the
front and rear wheels of the vehicle are
released.
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SAND mode is used to ensure safe driving by appropriately distributing the vehicle's
traction forces when driving on sandy, gravelled or unpaved off-roads.
All Wheel Drive (AWD) system
Description