Kia XCeed 2020 - Manual transmission

Driving your vehicle Manual transmission
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Manual transmission
Manual transmission operation
OSK3058162NR
Theshiftlevercanbemoved
withoutpullingthebutton(1).
Thebutton(1)shouldbe
pressedwhenmovingtheshiftlever
intoreverse.
Themanualtransmissionhas5(or
6)forwardgears.
Thisshiftpatternisimprintedonthe
shiftknob.Thetransmissionisfully
synchronizedinallforwardgearsso
shiftingtoeitherahigheroralower
geariseasilyaccomplished.
Depresstheclutchpedaldownfully
whileshifting,thenreleaseitslowly.
Ifyourvehicleisequippedwithan
ignitionlockswitch,theenginewill
notstartwhenstartingtheengine
withoutdepressingtheclutchpedal.
(ifequipped)
Theshiftlevermustbereturnedto
theneutralpositionbeforeshifting
intoR(Reverse).
Pushthebuttonlocated
immediatelybelowtheshiftknob
andpullthegearshiftlevertothe
leftsufficiently,andthenshiftinto
reverse(R)gearposition.
Makesurethevehicleiscompletely
stoppedbeforeshiftingintoR
(Reverse).
Neveroperatetheenginewiththe
tachometer(rpm)intheredzone.
CAUTION
• Whendownshiftingfromfifth
geartofourthgear,cautionshould
betakennottoinadvertently
presstheshiftleversidewaysin
suchamannerthatthesecond
gearisengaged.Suchadrastic
downshiftmaycausetheengine
speedtoincreasetothepoint
thatthetachometerwillenter
thered-zone.Suchoverrevvingof
theengineandtransmissionmay
possiblycauseenginedamage.
• Donotdownshiftmorethan
2gearsordownshiftthegear
whentheengineisrunning
athighspeed(5,000RPMor
higher).Suchadownshiftingmay
damagetheengine,clutchandthe
transmission.
• Duringcoldweather,shiftingmay
bedifficultuntilthetransmission