Kia Sportage: Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist operation
The basic function for Forward Collision-
Avoidance Assist is warned and controlled
by the following level.
- Collision Warning
- Emergency Braking
- Stopping vehicle and ending brake
control
Collision Warning
![Collision Warning](images/books/1538/10/index.68.jpg)
- Collision Warning
The warning message, and an audible
warning will warn the driver of a collision.
Collision Warning will be activated at the
following speed of your vehicle, depending
on the object.
- For Vehicle: 3~112 mph (5~180 km/h)
- For Pedestrian or cyclist: 3~50 mph
(5~80 km/h)
Emergency Braking
![Emergency Braking](images/books/1538/10/index.69.jpg)
- 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, pedestrian
and cyclist.
Emergency Braking will be activated at
the following speed of your vehicle,
depending on the object.
- For Vehicle speed: 3~37 mph (5~60
km/h)
- For Pedestrian or cyclist: 3~37 mph
(5~60 km/h)
Stopping vehicle and ending brake control
![Stopping vehicle and ending brake control](images/books/1538/10/index.70.jpg)
- 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.
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.
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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Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist malfunction
Check Forward Safety system
When Forward Collision-Avoidance
Assist is not working properly, the warning
message will appear, and the ()
an
Basic function
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist is
designed to help detect and monitor the
vehicle ahead or help detect a pedestrian
or cyclist in the roadway and warn
the driver that a col
Setting features
Forward Safety
Driver Assistance
Forward Safety
Active Assist
Warning Only
Off
With the vehicle on, select Settings?
Driver Assistance ? Forward Safety
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