Kia XCeed 2020 - Page 371

Driving your vehicle Brake system
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• Donotoperatetheparkingbrake
whilethevehicleismovingexcept
inanemergencysituation.Itcould
damagethevehiclesystemand
makeendangerdrivingsafety.
Releasing the parking brake
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• Toreleasetheparkingbrake,first
applythefootbrakeandpullup
theparkingbrakeleverslightly.
Secondlydepresstherelease
button(1)andlowertheparking
brakelever(2)whileholdingthe
button.
Iftheparkingbrakedoesnot
releaseordoesnotreleaseallthe
way,havethesystemchecked
byaprofessionalworkshop.Kia
recommendstovisitanauthorized
Kiadealer/servicepartner.
• Becautiouswhenparkingona
hill.Firmlyengagetheparking
brakeandplacetheshiftlever
infirstorreversegear(manual
transmission).Ifyourvehicleis
facingdownhill,turnthefront
wheelsintothecurbtohelpkeep
thevehiclefromrolling.Ifyour
vehicleisfacinguphill,turnthe
frontwheelsawayfromthecurb
tohelpkeepthevehiclefrom
rolling.Ifthereisnocurborifit
isrequiredbyotherconditionsto
keepthevehiclefromrolling,block
thewheels.
• Undersomeconditionsyour
parkingbrakecanfreezeinthe
engagedposition.Thisismost
likelytohappenwhenthereis
anaccumulationofsnoworice
aroundorneartherearbrakesor
ifthebrakesarewet.Ifthereisa
riskthattheparkingbrakemay
freeze,applyitonlytemporarily
whileyouputtheshiftleverin
firstorreversegear(manual
transmission)andblocktherear
wheelssothevehiclecannotroll.
Thenreleasetheparkingbrake.
• Donotholdthevehicleonthe
upgradewiththeaccelerator
pedal.Thiscancausethe
transmissiontooverheat.Always
usethebrakepedalorparking
brake.
WARNING
• Neverallowanyonewhois
unfamiliarwiththevehicleto
touchtheparkingbrake.If
theparkingbrakeisreleased
unintentionally,seriousinjurymay
occur.