Driving Your Vehicle
6-20
•  Always apply the parking brake when 
leaving the vehicle. Do not depend on 
placing the transmission in P (Park) to 
keep the vehicle from moving.
•  Exercise extreme caution when 
driving on a slippery surface. Be 
especially careful when braking, 
accelerating or shifting gears. On a 
slippery surface, an abrupt change 
in vehicle speed can cause the drive 
wheels to lose traction and may cause 
loss of vehicle control resulting in an 
accident
•  Optimum vehicle performance and 
economy is obtained by smoothly 
depressing and releasing the 
accelerator.
 WARNING
To reduce the risk of SERIOUS INJURY 
or DEATH:
•  ALWAYS wear your seat belt. In a 
collision, an unbelted occupant 
is significantly more likely to be 
seriously injured or killed than a 
properly belted occupant.
•  Avoid high speeds when cornering or 
turning.
•  Do not make quick steering wheel 
movements, such as sharp lane 
changes or fast, sharp turns.
•  The risk of rollover is greatly 
increased if you lose control of your 
vehicle at highway speeds.
•  Loss of control often occurs if two or 
more wheels drop off the roadway 
and the driver over steers to reenter 
the roadway.
•  In the event your vehicle leaves 
the roadway, do not steer sharply. 
Instead, slow down before pulling 
back into the travel lanes.
•  Genesis Branded Vehicle 
recommends you to follow all posted 
speed limits.
NOTICE
Kickdown mechanism
Use the kickdown mechanism for 
maximum acceleration. Depress the 
accelerator pedal beyond the pressure 
point. The automatic transmission will 
shift to a lower gear depending on the 
engine speed.