Kia Sportage: Emergency Braking

1. Emergency Braking

The warning message, and an audible warning will warn the driver that emergency braking will be assisted. The brake assist will be activated and it helps avoiding collision of a vehicle.

Emergency Braking will be activated in following conditions.

• Vehicle speed: 4~19 mph (7~30 km/h)
• Oncoming vehicle speed: 15~44 mph (25~70 km/h)

Stopping vehicle and ending brake control

1. Drive carefully

When the vehicle is stopped due to emergency braking, the warning message will appear on the cluster.

For your safety, the driver should depress the brake pedal immediately and check the surroundings.

• Brake control will end after the vehicle is stopped by emergency braking for approximately 2 seconds.

CAUTION

If the driver's seat is on the left side, Junction Turning function will operate only when the driver turns left. If the driver's seat position is on right side, the function will operate only when you turn right.

WARNING

• For your safety, change the Settings after parking the vehicle at a safe location.
• With Active Assist or Warning Only selected, when ESC is turned off by pressing and holding the ESC OFF button, Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist will turn off automatically. In this case, Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist cannot be set from the Settings menu and the ( ) warning light will appear on the cluster which is normal. If ESC is turned on by pressing the ESC OFF button again, Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist will maintain the last setting.
• Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist does not operate in all situations or cannot avoid all collisions.
• The driver should hold the responsibility to control the vehicle. Do not solely depend on Forward Collision- Avoidance Assist. Rather, maintain a safe braking distance, and if necessary, depress the brake pedal to reduce driving speed or to stop the vehicle.
• Never deliberately operate Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist on people, objects, etc. It may cause serious injury or death.
• Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist may not operate if the driver depresses the brake pedal to avoid collision.
• Depending on the road and driving conditions, Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist may warn the driver late or may not warn the driver.
• During Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist operation, the vehicle may stop suddenly injuring passengers and shifting loose objects. Always have the seat belt on and keep loose objects secured.
• If any other function's warning message is displayed or audible warning is generated, Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist warning message may not be displayed and audible warning may not be generated.
• You may not hear the warning sound of Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist if the surroundings are noisy.
• Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist may turn off or may not operate properly or may operate unnecessarily depending on the road conditions and the surroundings.
• Even if there is a problem with Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist, the vehicle's basic braking performance will operate normally.
• During emergency braking, braking control by Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist will automatically cancel when the driver excessively depresses the accelerator pedal or sharply steers the vehicle.

CAUTION

• Depending on the condition of the vehicle, pedestrian and cyclist in front and the surroundings, the speed range to operate Forward Collision- Avoidance Assist may reduce. Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist may only warn the driver, or it may not operate.
• Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist will operate under certain conditions by judging the risk level based on the condition of the oncoming vehicle, driving direction, speed and surroundings.

NOTICE

• In a situation where collision is imminent, braking may be assisted by Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist when braking is insufficient by the driver.
• The images or colors may be displayed differently depending on the specifications of the instrument cluster or theme.

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