sport mode KIA RIO 2019 Owners Manual

Your vehicle at a glance
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INSTRUMENT PANEL OVERVIEW
OSC018004N
1. Instrument cluster.............................4-57
2. Horn .................................................4-52
3. Driver’s front air bag .........................3-48
4. Light control/Turn signals .................4-92
5. Wiper/Washer ...................................4-98
6. Ignition switch .....................................6-6ENGINE START/STOP button .............6-8
7. Hazard warning flasher switch ................7-2
8. Audio ..................................................5-8
9. Central door lock switch ...................4-21
10. Climate control system .....4-109, 4-119
11. AUX, USB port .................................5-3
12. Manual Transmission ......................6-15 Automatic Transmission..................6-18
13. Parking brake lever ........................6-26
14. Passenger’s front air bag ...............3-48
15. Power outlet .................................4-138
16. Glove box .....................................4-133
17. Steering wheel audio control ............. 5-11
18. Seat warmer .................................4-137
19. Heated steering wheel switch ........4-53
20. Sport mode system ........................6-55
21. USB charger.................................4-139
22. Center console storage ................4-133
23. Cruise control button ......................6-50
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Features of your vehicle
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4
The outside temperature on the dis-
play may not change immediately
like a general thermometer to pre-
vent the driver from being inattentive.
To change the temperature unit (from
°C to °F or from °F to °C)

Press the TRIP button for 5 seconds
and more.

The temperature unit can be
changed by using the “User Settings”
mode of the LCD Windows.
❈ For more details, refer to “LCD
Windows” in this chapter.Transmission Shift Indicator
Automatic Transmission Shift
Indicator (if equipped)
This indicator displays which
Automatic Transmission shift lever is
selected.

Reverse : R
Neutral : N

Sports Mode : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Manual Transmission shift indica-tor (if equipped)
This indicator informs which gear is
desired while driving to save fuel.
Shifting up : ▲
2, ▲
3, ▲
4, ▲
5, ▲
6
Shifting down : ▼3,
▼4,
▼5OYB046125
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Features of your vehicle
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Cruise Indicator Light
(if equipped)
This indicator light illuminates:
When the cruise control system is enabled.
❈ For more details, refer to “Cruise
Control System” in chapter 6.
Cruise SET Indicator
Light (if equipped)
This indicator light illuminates:
When the cruise control speed is set.
❈ For more details, refer to “Cruise
Control System” in chapter 6.
SPORT Mode Indicator
Light (if equipped)
This indicator light illuminates:
When you select “SPORT” mode as drive mode.
❈ For more details, refer to “Sport
Mode” in chapter 6.
SET
CRUISE
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Driving your vehicle
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Key positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
• Ignition switch position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
• Illuminated engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
• Engine start/stop button position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
• Starting the engine with an ignition key . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
• Starting the engine with a smart key. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
• Manual transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
• Automatic transmission operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
• Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
• Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
• Anti-lock Brake System (ABS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
• Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
• Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34• Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35
• Good braking practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37
Forward Collision-avoidance Assist (FCA) system
(Radar type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39
• FCA warning message and system control . . . . . . . . 6-41
• Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
• Sensor to detect the distance from the vehicle in front
(front radar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
• System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44
• Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45
Cruise Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50
• Cruise Control Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50
• To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-51
• To increase cruise control set speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-52
• To decrease the cruising speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-52
• To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on . 6-52
• To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-53
• To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 30 km/h (20 mph) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-53
• To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-54
Sport mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . 6-55
• Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-55\
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-56
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Driving your vehicle
SPORT mode
The sport mode may be selected
according to the driver’s preference
or road condition.
The mode changes whenever the
SPORT MODE button is pressed.
❈ When normal mode is selected, it
is not displayed on the cluster.
SPORT mode
SPORT mode focuses on
dynamic driving by auto-
matically adjusting the
steering wheel, engine
and transmission system.

MODE button is
pressed, the SPORT
indicator (yellow or
white) will illuminate.
is activated, and the
engine start/stop button
is turned off and on it will
change to NORMAL
mode. To turn on the
SPORT mode press
SPORT MODE button
again.
ed:
- While holding vehicle speed, it maintains the
gear and RPM for some
time even though the
accelerator pedal is not
depressed.
- Up-shifting is delayed.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
In Sport drive mode, the fuel effi-
ciency may decrease.
SPORT MODE INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM
OSC057012N
NORMAL SPORT
SPORT
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Index
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Front seat adjustment ....................................................3-5
Headrest (for front seat) ................................................3-6
Rear seat ........................................................................\
3-2
Rear seat adjustment ....................................................3-9
Seatback pocket ............................................................3-9
Seat belts ........................................................................\
3-14 Care of seat belts ........................................................3-24
Pre-tensioner seat belt ................................................3-20
Seat belt precautions ..................................................3-22
Seat belt restraint system ............................................3-14
Smart key ........................................................................\
4-6 Smart key functions ......................................................4-6
Smart key precautions ..................................................4-8
Smart trunk (for 4 door) ................................................4-26
Special driving conditions ............................................6-58 Driving at night ..........................................................6-59
Driving in flooded areas ............................................6-61
Driving in the rain ......................................................6-60
Driving off-road ..........................................................6-61
Hazardous driving conditions ....................................6-58
Highway driving ........................................................6-61
Rocking the vehicle ....................................................6-58
Smooth cornering ........................................................6-59
Sport mode integrated control system ..........................6-55 Sport mode ..................................................................6-55
Starting the engine ........................................................6-12 Starting the engine with a smart key ..........................6-13
Starting the engine with an ignition key ....................6-12 Steering wheel...........................................................\
.....4-51
Electric Power Steering (EPS) ....................................4-51
Heated steering wheel ................................................4-53
Horn ........................................................................\
....4-52
Tilt and telescopic steering ........................................4-52
Storage compartment ..................................................4-133 Center console storage ..............................................4-133
Glove box ..................................................................4-133
Luggage net holder ..................................................4-134
Sunglass holder ........................................................4-134
Sunroof ........................................................................\
..4-45 Resetting the sunroof ..................................................4-49
Sliding the sunroof ....................................................4-47
Sunroof open warning ................................................4-46
Sunshade ....................................................................4-49\
Tilting the sunroof ......................................................4-48
Tailgate (for 5 door) ......................................................4-30 Closing the tailgate ....................................................4-30
Emergency tailgate safety release ..............................4-31
Opening the tailgate ....................................................4-30
Theft-alarm system ........................................................4-16 Armed stage ................................................................4-16
Disarmed stage ............................................................4-18
Theft-alarm stage ........................................................4-17
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