Smart Cruise Control will be temporarily canceled when

Canceled Manually
Smart Cruise Control is temporarily cancelled when the brake pedal is pressed or the CANCEL button is pressed. Press the brake pedal and press the CANCEL button at the same time when the vehicle is stopped. The set speed and vehicle distance indicator on the cluster will disappear, and the CRUISE indicator will stay on continuously.
Canceled Automatically
- The driver door is opened.
- The shift lever is in N (Neutral), R (Reverse), or P (Park).
- The EPB (Electronic Parking Brake) is applied.
- Vehicle speed is above 180 km/h.
- ESC, ABS, or TCS is operating.
- ESC is turned off.
- The sensor or cover is contaminated or blocked by foreign matter.
- The vehicle has been stopped for more than 5 minutes.
- The driver starts moving by pressing the switch up (RES+)/down (SET-) or by pressing the accelerator pedal after the vehicle has stopped behind a vehicle that is stopped farther ahead.
- Engine speed is in the red zone.
- The accelerator pedal is depressed continuously for a long time.
- The engine speed is in the dangerous range.
- SCC system malfunction.
- When the Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) brake control is operating.
- The vehicle has been stopped for more than 5 minutes.
- The driver starts moving by pressing the switch up (RES+)/down (SET-) or by pressing the accelerator pedal after the vehicle has stopped with the Smart Cruise Control system and no other vehicle ahead.
- The vehicle stops and starts repeatedly over a long period of time.
- When the parking brake is applied.
- The engine has some problems.
Each of these actions cancels Smart Cruise Control operation. (The set speed and vehicle-to-vehicle distance on the LCD display will turn off.) If Smart Cruise Control is automatically cancelled, Smart Cruise Control will not resume even if the RES+ or SET- lever is moved.
✽ NOTICE
If Smart Cruise Control is cancelled for reasons other than those listed above, take your vehicle to an authorized Kia dealer and have the system inspected.

✽ NOTICE
If the system is automatically cancelled, a warning chime will sound and a message will appear for several seconds.
You must adjust vehicle speed by pressing the accelerator or brake pedal depending on the road and traffic conditions ahead. Always check road conditions. Do not rely on the warning chime.
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