Driving Your Vehicle

Paddle Shifter

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Hyundai Ioniq. Paddle Shifter

The paddle shifter operates when the shift lever is in the D (Drive) or S (Sport) position or in manual shift mode.

The paddle shifter will operate when the vehicle speed exceeds 3 mph (5 km/h).

Pull the paddle shifter [+] or [-] once to shift up or down one gear. The system changes from automatic mode to manual mode.

• The system changes from manual mode to automatic mode when

- the vehicle speed is below 5 km/h,
- you depress the accelerator pedal for more than 5 seconds,
- you pull the [+] paddle shifter for more than 1 second, or
- you move the shift lever from D (Drive) to S (Sport) or manual shift mode (+, -), and then back to D (Drive).

Information

If you pull both the [+] and [-] paddle shifters at the same time, the gear may not shift.

Test yourself

A quick Hyundai Ioniq quiz: every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the manual page.