Kia Optima PHEV 2018 - Driving Your Vehicle

Driving your vehicle
Before driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Before entering vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Necessary inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
• Before starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
• Illuminated Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
• Engine start/stop button position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
• Starting the hybrid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Automatic transaxle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
• Automatic transaxle operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
• Good driving practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Brake system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
• Power brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
• Parking brake – Foot type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
• Electronic parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
• AUTO HOLD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28
• Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
• Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
• Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
• Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38
• Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39
• Good braking practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
Autonomous emergency braking (AEB) /
Forward collision warning (FCW) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
• System setting and activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
• AEB warning message and system control. . . . . . . . 6-44
• Brake operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45
• Sensor to detect the distance from the vehicle in front
(front radar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-46
• System malfunction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-47
• Limitation of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-48
• Recognizing pedestrians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-51
Cruise control system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-52
• To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-53
• To increase cruise control set speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-53
• To decrease the cruising speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-54
• To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on. . . 6-54
• To cancel cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-54
• To resume cruising speed at more than
approximately 30 km/h (20 mph) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-55
• To turn cruise control off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-55
Advanced smart cruise control system (ASCC) . 6-56
• Speed setting (ASCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-57
• Vehicle to vehicle distance setting (ASCC) . . . . . . . . 6-62
• To adjust the sensitivity of
Advanced Smart Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-66
• To convert to cruise control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-67
• Limitations of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-68
Drive mode integrated control system . . . . . . . . . 6-73
• Hybrid vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-73
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