Kia EV6 2024 Owner's Manual page 276

Driving your vehicle
the Auto Hold and Electronic Parking
Brake, and park the vehicle with the
tires blocked.
僅 When driving with the Electronic Park-
ing Brake applied, brake system may
be overheated, brake lines may be
worn, and the Electronic Parking
Brake may be damaged.
僅 When the battery charge is not suffi-
cient, Electronic Parking Brake may
not be applied or released. In this
case, connect to the auxiliary battery.
EPB (Electronic Parking Brake)
may be automatically applied
when:
僅 The EPB is overheated
僅 Requested by other systems
僅 If equipped with Electronic Parking
Brake, parking brake is applied auto-
matically when the gear is shifted to P
(Park).
CAUTION
僅 If you notice a continuous noise or
burning smell when the EPB is used
for emergency braking, have your
vehicle checked by an authorized Kia
dealer.
僅 If the gear is shifted to N (Neutral)
while Electronic Parking Brake is
applied, it is not released automati-
cally. If you don't release Electronic
Parking Brake manually before using
an automatic car wash tunnel
machine or etc., this may result in
damage to the vehicle or the auto-
matic car wash tunnel machine.
NOTICE
For EPB (Electronic Parking Brake)
equipped vehicles with AUTO HOLD
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function used while driving, if the EV
button has been turned OFF, the EPB
will be engaged automatically. There-
fore, AUTO HOLD function should be
turned off before the EV button is turned
off.
System warning
The EPB will display a warning message
with sound under certain conditions.
僅 If you try to drive off depressing the
accelerator pedal with the EPB
applied, but the EPB doesn't release
automatically, a warning will sound
and a message will appear.
僅 If the driver's seat belt is not fastened
and the vehicle hood, driver's door or
liftgate is opened, a warning will
sound and a message will appear.
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A: To release EPB, fasten seatbelt
and close door, hood and liftgate
僅 If there is a problem with the vehicle, a
warning may sound and a message
may appear.
If the above situation occurs, depress
the brake pedal and release EPB by
pressing the EPB switch.
Brake system
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