Hyundai Kona Quiz
Driving Your Vehicle

Auto Start

In this manual: Driving Your Vehicle
Your Vehicle at a Glance — 5Your Vehicle's Safety System — 63Convenient Features of Your Vehicle — 227Driving Your Vehicle — 123What to Do in an Emergency — 38Maintenance — 80Specifications and Consumer Information — 16
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To restart the engine in auto stop mode

Vehicles with Manual Transmission

  • Depress the clutch pedal when the transmission is in N (Neutral).

The auto stop indicator ( ) turns off on the instrument cluster when the engine restarts.

Vehicles with Dual Clutch Transmission

  • Release the brake pedal.
  • When the Auto Hold function is activated, if you release the brake pedal, the engine will be in the automatic stop state. However, if you depress the accelerator pedal, the engine will restart.

The auto stop indicator ( ) turns off on the instrument cluster when the engine restarts.

The engine restarts automatically in the following situations.

- The blower speed of the manual climate control system is set above the 3rd position with the air conditioner on.
- The blower speed of the automatic climate control system is set above the 6th position with the air conditioner on.
- A specified period of time has elapsed with the air conditioner on.
- The defroster is activated.
- The brake system pressure is low.
- The battery is weak.
- The vehicle speed exceeds 5 km/h. (For vehicles with a manual transmission)
- The vehicle speed exceeds 2 km/h. (For vehicles with a dual clutch transmission)
- The vehicle is shifted to P (Park) or R (Reverse) while the brake pedal is depressed.
- A door is open or the seat belt is unfastened while the brake pedal is depressed.

The Auto Stop indicator light ( ) flashes green for 5 seconds on the instrument cluster and the message "Auto Start" appears on the LCD display.

Auto Start is temporarily disabled in the following situations.

Vehicles with Manual Transmission

When shifting gears without depressing the clutch pedal. The message "Press Clutch Pedal for Auto Start" appears on the LCD display. Shift to neutral and depress the clutch pedal.

Vehicles with Dual Clutch Transmission

When shifting the shift lever from N (Neutral) to R (Reverse), D (Drive), or Manual Shift Mode without depressing the brake pedal. The message "Press Brake Pedal for Auto Start" appears on the LCD display. Depress the brake pedal.

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