Kia EV6 2024 Owner's Manual page 310

Driving your vehicle
On a long uphill grade, shift down and
reduce your speed to around 45 mph
(70 km/h) to reduce the possibility of
motor and reduction gear overheating.
CAUTION
僅 To prevent motor overheating: If you
tow a trailer with the maximum gross
vehicle weight and maximum trailer
weight, it can cause the motor to
overheat. When driving in such condi-
tions, stop the vehicle until it cools
down. You may proceed once the
motor has cooled sufficiently. When
towing a trailer, your vehicle speed
may be much slower than the general
flow of traffic, especially when climb-
ing an uphill grade. Use the outer lane
when towing a trailer on an uphill
grade. Choose your vehicle speed
according to the maximum posted
speed limit for vehicles with trailers,
the steepness of the grade, and your
trailer weight.
僅 You must decide the driving speed
depending on trailer weight and uphill
grade to reduce the possibility of
motor and reduction gear overheat-
ing.
Parking on hills
Generally, if you have a trailer attached
to your vehicle, you should not park your
vehicle on a hill. People can be seriously
or fatally injured, and both your vehicle
and the trailer can be damaged if unex-
pectedly roll down hill.
WARNING
Parking on a Hill
Parking your vehicle on a hill with a
trailer attached could cause serious
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injury or death, should the trailer break
loose.
However, if you ever have to park your
trailer on a hill, here's how to do it:
1. Pull the vehicle into the parking space.
Turn the steering wheel in the direc-
tion of the curb (right if headed down
hill, left if headed up hill).
2. Set the parking brake and shut off the
vehicle.
3. Place chocks under the trailer wheels
on the down hill side of the wheels.
4. Start the vehicle, hold the brakes, shift
to neutral, release the parking brake
and slowly release the brakes until the
trailer chocks absorb the load.
5. Reapply the brakes, reapply the park-
ing brake.
6. Shut off the vehicle and release the
vehicle brakes but leave the parking
brake set.
WARNING
Parking Brake
It can be dangerous to get out of your
vehicle if the parking brake is not firmly
set.
If you have left the vehicle running, the
vehicle can move suddenly. You or oth-
ers could be seriously or fatally injured.
When you are ready to leave
after parking on a hill
1. Apply your brakes and hold the brake
pedal down while you:
僅 Start your vehicle;
僅 Shift into gear; and
僅 Release the parking brake.
2. Slowly remove your foot from the
brake pedal.
Trailer towing
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