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owners manual KIA Sportage
owners manual KIA Sportage - year of production: 2010 - Kia Sportage III 3 owners manual EN
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Driving your vehicle
E070504AAM-EU Vehicle stability management VSM operation off
ESC OFF usage (VSM) (if equipped) If you press the ESC OFF button to turn
When driving off the ESC, the VSM will also cancel and
This system provides further enhance-
• It’s a good idea to keep the ESC turned the ESC OFF indicator light ( ) illumi-
ments to vehicle stability and steering
on for daily driving whenever possible.responses when a vehicle is driving on anates.
• To turn ESC off while driving, press the To turn on the VSM, press the button
slippery road or a vehicle detected
ESC OFF button while driving on a flatchanges in coefficient of friction betweenagain.The ESC OFF indicator light goes
road surface. out.
right wheels and left wheels when brak-
ing.
WARNING Malfunction indicator
VSM operation The VSM can be deactivated even if you
Never press the ESC OFF button don’t cancel the VSM operation by press-
while ESC is operating (ESC indica-When the VSM is in operation, ESC indi-ing the ESC OFF button.It indicates that
tor light blinks). cator light () blinks. a malfunction has been detected some-
When the vehicle stability management
If ESC is turned off while ESC is
operating, the vehicle may slip out is operating properly, you can feel a slightwhere in the Electric Power Steering sys-
tem or VSM system.If the ESC indicator
of control. pulsation in the vehicle and/or abnormal
light () or EPS warning light remains
steering responses (EPS). This is only
on, take your vehicle to an authorized Kia
the effect of brake and EPS control and
indicates nothing unusual. dealer and have the system checked.
✽✽ NOTICE
When operating the vehicle on a
The VSM does not operate when: ✽✽ NOTICE
dynamometer, ensure that the ESC is The VSM is designed to function
turned off (ESC OFF light illuminat-
• Driving on bank road such as gradient
ed). If the ESC is left on, it may pre- above approximately 15 km/h (9 mph)
or incline on curves.
vent the vehicle speed from increas-
ing, and result in false diagnosis.• Driving rearward The VSM is designed to function
• ESC OFF indicator light ( ) remains
Turning the ESC off does not affect above approximately 30 km/h (18
ABS orbrake system operation. on the instrument cluster mph) when a vehicle is braking on a
• EPS indicator light remains on the
instrument cluster split-mu road. The split-mu road is
made of surfaces which have different
friction forces.
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