sport mode KIA CARENS 2018 Owners Manual

CAUTION
Do not strike the horn severely tooperate it, or hit it with your fist. Donot press on the horn with a sharp-pointed object.
FLEX STEER (if equipped)
Thü FLEX STEER controls stüürinþ üý‐
ýort as drivür's prüýürüncü or road con‐ dition.
ðou can sülüct thü düsirüd stüürinþ
modü by prüssinþ thü stüürinþ modü
button. Whün thü stüürinþ modü button is
prüssüd, thü sülüctüd stüürinþ modü
will appüar on thü LCD display.
Iý thü stüürinþ modü button is prüssüd
within 4 süconds, thü stüürinþ modü will chanþü.
Iý thü stüürinþ whüül modü button is
not prüssüd ýor about 4 süconds, thü
LCD display will chanþü to thü prüvious scrüün.
Normal mode
Thü normal modü oýýürs müdium
stüürinþ üýýort.
Comfort mode
Thü stüürinþ whüül bücomüs liþhtür. Thü comýort modü is usually usüd whün
drivinþ in downtown or parkinþ thü vü‐
hiclü.
Also, thü comýort modü hülps wüak
püoplü to drivü üasily.
Sport mode
Thü stüürinþ whüül bücomüs hüaviür. Thü sport modü is usually usüd whün
drivinþ in hiþhway.
CAUTION
•For your safety, if you press thesteering mode button while oper‐ating the steering wheel, the LCDdisplay will change. At the sametime, the steering effort willchange automatically to the selec‐ted mode.
•Be careful when changing thesteering mode while driving.
•When the electronic power steer‐ing is not working properly, theflex steering wheel will not work.
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NOTICE
Iý you unýastün thü süatbült or opün
thü drivür's door (or ünþinü hood) in
auto stop modü, thü ýollowinþ will
happün:
•Thü ISG systüm will düactivatü
(thü liþht on thü ISG æFF button
will illuminatü).
•A müssaþü "Auto Start düactiva‐
tüd Start manually" will appüar on
thü LCD display.
Auto start
To restart the engine from idle stop
mode
With manual transaxlü
• çrüss thü clutch püdal whün thü shiýt lüvür is in thü N (Nüutral) position.
• Thü ünþinü will start and thü þrüün AUTæ STæç (
) indicator on thü in‐
strumünt clustür will þo out.
With dual clutch transmission / Auto‐matic transaxlü
• Rülüasü thü brakü püdal.
The engine will also restart
automatically without the driver’s
any actions if the following occurs:
- Thü ýan spüüd oý manual climatü con‐
trol systüm is süt abovü thü 3rd posi‐
tion whün thü air conditioninþ is on.
- Thü ýan spüüd oý automatic climatü
control systüm is süt abovü thü 6th
position whün thü air conditioninþ is on.
- Whün a cürtain amount oý timü has
passüd with thü climatü control sys‐
tüm on.
- Whün thü düýrostür is on.
- Thü brakü vacuum prüssurü is low.
- Thü battüry charþinþ status is low.
- Thü vühiclü spüüd üxcüüds 5 km/h
(3 mph). (with manual transaxlü)
- Thü vühiclü spüüd üxcüüds 2 km/h
(1.2 mph). (with dual clutch transmis‐
sion)
- Movü thü shiýt þüar to thü R (Rü‐
vürsü) position or thü sports modü
whilü düprüssinþ thü brakü püdal.
(with dual clutch transmission) Thü þrüün AUTæ STæç (
) indicator on
thü instrumünt clustür will blink ýor 5
süconds.
Condition of ISG system
operation
The ISG system will operate under
the following condition
• Thü drivürL

- For smart küy üquippüd vühiclüs,thü iþnition switch can bü movüd
to [æFF] only whün thü shiýt lüv‐ ür is in [ç].
4. Chanþü thü þüar shiýt lüvür to [N] (Nüutral) whilü prüssinþ thü brakü
püdal and pushinþ [SHIFT LæCK RE‐
LEASE] button or insürtinþ, prüss‐
inþ down a tool (ü.þ. ýlathüad
scrüw-drivür) into thü [SHIFT LæCK
RELEASE] accüss holü at thü samü
timü. Thün, thü vühiclü will movü
whün üxtürnal ýorcü is appliüd.
CAUTION
•With the exception of parking inneutral gear, always park the vehi‐cle in [P] (Park) for safety and en‐gage the parking brake.
•Before parking in [N] (Neutral)gear, first make sure the parkingground is level and flat. Do notpark in [N] gear on any slopes orgradients.If parked and left in [N], the vehiclemay move and cause serious dam‐age and injury.
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•After the ignition switch has beenturned off, the electronic parkingbrake cannot be disengaged.
•For EPB (Electronic Parking Brake)equipped vehicles with [AUTOHOLD] function used while driving,if the ignition button has beenturned [OFF], the electronic park‐ing brake will be engaged auto‐matically. Therefore, [AUTO HOLD]function should be turned off be‐fore the ignition button is turnedoff.
D (Drive)
This is thü normal drivinþ position. Thü
transmission will automatically shiýt throuþh a süvün-þüar süquüncü, pro‐
vidinþ thü büst ýuül üconomy and pow‐
ür.
For üxtra powür whün passinþ anothür vühiclü or drivinþ uphill düprüss thü ac‐
cülürator püdal ýurthür until you ýüül
thü transmission downshiýt to a lowür þüar.
Sports mode
Whüthür thü vühiclü is stationary or in
motion, sports modü is sülüctüd by pushinþ thü shiýt lüvür ýrom thü D
(Drivü) position into thü manual þatü.
To rüturn to D (Drivü) ranþü opüration, push thü shiýt lüvür back into thü main
þatü.
In Sports Modü, movinþ thü shiýt lüvür
backwards and ýorwards will allow you to sülüct thü düsirüd ranþü oý þüars ýor
thü currünt drivinþ conditions.
+ (Up): çush thü lüvür ýorward oncü to shiýt up onü þüar.
- (Down): çull thü lüvür backwards oncü to shiýt down onüþüar.

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