Kia EV9 2024 Manual page 308

Driving your vehicle
Gear position
The indicator in the instrument cluster
displays the gear position when the EV
button is in the ON position.
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.
If you turn off the vehicle in D (Drive) or
R (Reverse), the gear automatically 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 vehicle speed is below 2 km/h (1
mph).
When the vehicle speed is greater than 2
km/h (1 mph), the gear will not shift to P
(Park) when the P (Park) button is
pressed.
WARNING
僅 Shifting into P (Park) while 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.
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To shift to R (Reverse), turn the shifter
dial to R (Reverse) position while
depressing the brake pedal.
CAUTION
Shifting
Always come to a complete stop before
shifting into or out of R (Reverse); you
may damage the reduction gear if you
shift into R (Reverse) while the vehicle is
in motion, except when "Rocking the
vehicle" on page 6-51.
N (Neutral)
To shift to N (Neutral) from P (Park), turn
the shifter dial to N (Neutral) position
while depressing the brake pedal.
If you turn the engine off in N (Neutral),
the gear will automatically shift to
P(Park).
If the Electronic Parking Brake is applied,
release the Electronic Parking Brake
manually while depressing the brake
pedal.
If equipped with Electronic Parking
Brake, it is not released automatically
when you turn the shift dial to N (Neu -
tral).
CAUTION
Do not open the driver's door when
going through an automated car wash.
Failure to follow this instruction can
damage your vehicle or the car wash
machine.
If the driver's door is opened within 3
minutes after shifting to N (Neutral),
your vehicle will automatically shift the
gear to P (Park).
For vehicles equipped with Electronic
Parking Brake (EPB), the parking brake
is automatically applied.
Reduction gear