Driving Your Vehicle

System Setting and Activation

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System Settings

  • The Driver Attention Warning system is set to Normal when your vehicle is first delivered from the factory.
  • To activate the Driver Attention Warning system, turn on the engine, then select "User Settings → Driver Assistance → DAW (Driver Attention Warning) → High Sensitivity / Normal Sensitivity / Off" on the LCD display.
  • The driver can select the Driver Attention Warning mode of the system.
    - Off: The Driver Attention Warning system is deactivated.
    - Normal Sensitivity: The Driver Attention Warning system warns of driver fatigue or inattentive driving.
    - High Sensitivity: The Driver Attention Warning system warns of driver fatigue or inattentive driving sooner than in Normal mode.
  • The Driver Attention Warning mode will be maintained as selected when the engine is restarted.

Displaying the Driver Attention Level

  • The driver can monitor driving conditions on the LCD display.
    - Select "User Settings Mode" and then "Driver Assistance" on the LCD display. (For more information, refer to the "LCD Display" section in chapter 4.)
  • The driver attention level is displayed on a scale from 1 to 5. The lower the number, the more inattentive the driver is.
  • The number decreases when the driver does not take a break for a certain period of time.
  • The number increases when the driver drives attentively for a certain period of time.
  • When the driver activates the system while driving, the "Last Break Time" and attention level are displayed.

Take a Break

  • The message "Consider taking a break" appears on the LCD display and a warning sounds to suggest that the driver take a break when the driver attention level drops below 1.
  • The Driver Attention Warning system will not suggest a break when the total driving time is less than 10 minutes.

Test yourself

A quick Kia Forte BD quiz: every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the manual page.