manual transmission KIA STINGER 2019 Owners Manual

Driving your vehicle
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D (Drive)
This is the normal forward driving
position. The transmission will auto-
matically shift through an 8-gear
sequence, providing the best fuel
economy and power.
For extra power when passing anoth-
er vehicle or climbing grades,
depress the accelerator fully, at
which time the transmission will
automatically downshift to the next
lower gear. Manual mode
Whether the vehicle is stationary or
in motion, manual mode is selected
by pushing the shift lever from the D
(Drive) position into the manual gate.
To return to D (Drive) range opera-
tion, push the shift lever back into the
main gate.In manual mode, moving the shift
lever backwards and forwards will
allow you to make gearshifts rapidly.
In contrast to a manual transmission,
the manual mode allows gearshifts
with the accelerator pedal
depressed.
Up (+) : Push the lever forward once
to shift up one gear.
Down (-) : Pull the lever backwards once to shift down one
gear.
In manual mode, the driver must execute upshifts in accordance
with road conditions, taking care to
keep the engine speed below the
red zone.
In manual mode, only the 8 forward gears can be selected. To reverse
or park the vehicle, move the shift
lever to the R (Reverse) or P (Park)
position as required.
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In manual mode, downshifts aremade automatically when the vehi-
cle slows down. When the vehicle
stops, 1st gear is automatically
selected.
In manual mode, when the engine rpm approaches the red zone, shift
points are varied to upshift auto-
matically.
To maintain the required levels of vehicle performance and safety,
the system may not execute cer-
tain gearshifts when the shift lever
is operated.
When driving on a slippery road, push the shift lever forward into the
+ (up) position. This causes the
transmission to shift into the higher
gears which is better for smooth
driving on a slippery road. Push
the shift lever to the - (down) side
to shift back to the 1st gear.Paddle shifter (if equipped)
The paddle shifter is available when
the shift lever is in the D position or
the manual mode. With the shift lever in the D position
Pull the [+] or [-] paddle shifter once
to shift up or down one gear and the
system changes from automatic
mode to manual mode.
When the vehicle speed is lower than
7 km/h (4.3 mph), if you don't press
the accelerator pedal for more than 6
seconds. (Except drive mode
(SPORT, CUSTOM)). For more infor-
mation, refer to Drive mode integrat-
ed control system in chapter 5 or if
you shift the shift lever from D (Drive)
to manual mode and shift it from
manual mode to D (Drive) again or if
you pull the [+] paddle shifter more
than 1 second, the system changes
from manual mode to automatic
mode.
With the shift lever in the manual mode
Pull the [+] or [-] paddle shifter once
to shift up or down one gear.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
If you pull the [+] and [-] paddle
shifters at the same time, you cannot
shift the gear.
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Transmission ranges
The indicator in the instrument clus-
ter displays the shift lever position
when the engine start/stop button is
in the ON position.
However, if the gear is in N (Neutral)
or P (Park), the position is displayed
on the instrument cluster when the
engine start/stop button is in the OFF
or ACC position.P (Park)
Always come to a complete stop
before shifting into P (Park).
To shift the gear from R (Reverse), N
(Neutral), D (Drive) or Manual mode
to P (Park), press the [P] button.
If you turn off the engine in D (Drive)
or R (Reverse), the shifting automat-
ically changes to P (Park).
When you park the vehicle, press the
[P] button while depressing the brake
pedal and then apply the parking
brake.WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious
injury or death:
ALWAYS check the surround-ing areas near your vehicle for
people, especially children,
before shifting a vehicle into D
(Drive) or R (Reverse).
Before leaving the driver’s seat, always make sure the
shift lever is in the P (Park)
position, then set the parking
brake, and place the engine
start/stop button in the OFF
position. Unexpected and sud-
den vehicle movement can
occur if these precautions are
not followed.
Do not use engine braking (rapidly shifting from a high
gear to lower gear) on slippery
roads. The vehicle may slip
causing an accident.
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CAUTION - Transmission
To avoid damage to your trans-mission, do not accelerate theengine in R (Reverse) or any for-ward gear position with thebrakes on. The transmissionmay be damaged if you shiftinto P (Park) while the vehicle isin motion.

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To release EPB (electronic parking
brake) automatically:
Shift lever in P (Park)
With the engine running depress
the brake pedal and shift out of P
(Park) to R (Reverse) or D (Drive).
Shift lever in N (Neutral) With the engine running depress
the brake pedal and shift out of N
(Neutral) to R (Reverse) or D
(Drive).
Automatic Transmission 1. Close the driver's door, engine hood and liftgate.
2. Fasten the driver's seat belt.
3. Start the engine.
4. Depress the accelerator pedal while the shift lever is in R
(Reverse), D (Drive) or Sports
mode.
Make sure the brake warning light
goes off.✽ ✽ NOTICE
• For your safety, you can engage
the EPB even though the ignition
switch or engine stop/start button
is in the OFF position, but you
cannot release it.
• For your safety, depress the brake pedal and release the parking
brake manually with the EPB
switch when you drive downhill or
when backing up the vehicle.
Do not follow the above procedure
when driving on a flat level ground.
The vehicle may suddenly move for-
ward.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
If the parking brake warning light is
still on even though the EPB has
been released, have the system
checked by an authorized Kia dealer.
EPB (electronic parking brake) may
be automatically applied when:
The EPB is overheated
Requested by other systems
✽ ✽NOTICE
For EPB (Electronic Parking Brake)
equipped vehicles with AUTO
HOLD function used while driving,
if the ignition button has been
turned OFF, the EPB will be
engaged automatically. Therefore,
AUTO HOLD function should be
turned off before the ignition button
is turned off.
CAUTION
Do not drive your vehicle with
the EPB applied. It may causeexcessive brake pad and brakerotor wear.

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• If you move the transmission lever
from N to D (manual mode) or R
without depressing the brake
pedal after stopping engine auto-
matically, the engine does not
restart automatically and a warn-
ing chime alarms. When this hap-
pens, press the brake pedal for
auto start.
Auto start
To restart the engine from idle
stop mode
Release the brake pedal.
or
Move the shift gear to the R (Reverse) position or the manual
mode while depressing the brake
pedal.
The engine will start and the green
AUTO STOP indicator ( ) on the
instrument cluster will go out.
The engine will also restart auto- matically without any driveractions if the following occurs:
- The fan speed of manual climate control system is set above the 3rd
position when the air conditioning is
on.
- The fan speed of automatic climate control system is set above the 6th
position when the air conditioning is
on.
- When a certain amount of time has passed with the climate control sys-
tem on.
- When the defroster is on.
- The brake vacuum pressure is low.
- The battery charging status is low.
- The vehicle speed exceeds 1 km/h (1 mph).
- Engine is turned off by Auto Stop for a long time.
- If you unfasten the seat belt or open the driver's door while depressing
the brake pedal.
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Various driving situations, which you
may encounter in SMART mode
The drivie mode automaticallychanges to ECO mode after a cer-
tain period of time, when you gen-
tly depress the accelerator pedal
(Your driving is categorized to be
mild.).
The drive mode automatically changes from SMART ECO mode
to SMART COMFORT mode after
a certain period of time, when you
sharply or repetitively depress the
accelerator pedal.
The drive mode automatically changes to SMART COMFORT
mode with the same driving pat-
terns, when the vehicle starts to
drive on an upward slope of a cer-
tain angle. The drive mode auto-
matically returns to SMART ECO
mode, when the vehicle enters a
leveled road. The drive mode automatically
changes to SMART SPORT, when
you abruptly accelerate the vehicle
or repetitively operate the steering
wheel (Your driving is categorized
to be sporty.). In this mode, your
vehicle drives in a lower gear for
abrupt accelerating/decelerating
and increases the engine brake
performance.
You may still sense the engine brake performance, even when you
release the accelerator pedal in
SMART SPORT mode. It is
because your vehicle remains in a
lower gear over a certain period of
time.
The drive mode automatically changes to SMART SPORT mode
only in dynamic driving situations.
In most of the normal driving situa-
tions, the drive mode sets to be
either in SMART ECO mode or in
SMART COMFORT mode. Limitation of SMART mode
The SMART mode may be limited in
following situations. (The OFF indica-
tor illuminates in those situations.)
The driver manually moves the
shift lever : It deactivates SMART
mode.
The cruise control is activated : The cruise system may deactivate
the SMART mode. (SMART mode
is not automatically deactivated
just by activing the cruise system.)
The transmission oil temperature is either extremely low or extremely
high : The SMART mode can be
active in most of the normal driving
situations. However, an extremely
high/ low transmission oil tempera-
ture may temporarily deactivate the
SMART mode, because the trans-
mission condition is out of normal
operation condition.

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When ECO mode is activated:
The acceleration response may beslightly reduced if the accelerator
pedal is depressed moderately.
The air conditioner performance may be limited.
The shift pattern of the automatic transmission may change.
The engine noise may get louder.
The above situations are normal
conditions when ECO mode is acti-
vated to improve fuel efficiency. Limitation of ECO mode operation:
If the following conditions occur while
ECO mode is operating, the system
operation is limited even though
there is no change in the ECO indi-
cator.
When the coolant temperature is
low:
The system will be limited until
engine performance becomes nor-
mal.
When driving up a hill: The system will be limited to gain
power when driving uphill because
engine torque is restricted.
When driving the vehicle with the automatic transmission gear shift
lever in manual mode.
The system will be limited accord-
ing to the shift location.

Index
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Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system . . . . 3-45Adding equipment to or modifying your air bag-equipped vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-71
Air bag warning label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-71
Air bag warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-64
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60
How does the air bag system operate? . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Occupant Detection System (ODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52
Side air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62
SRS Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-70
SRS components and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Air cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29\
Filter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
All Wheel Drive (AWD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37 Emergency precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Using All wheel Drive (AWD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Appearance care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92 Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-97
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164 Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164
AUX, USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-164 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
Automatic heating and air conditioning. . . . . . . . . 4-133
Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant and compressor lubricant . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Climate control air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-144
Manual heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 4-135
System operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-142
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 Automatic transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Launch control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Automatic transmission (shift-by-wire) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20 Automatic transmission operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Launch control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
LCD display messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-\
27
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 7-35 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
For best battery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Recharging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
Reset items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
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