Kia Soul Owner's Manual Quiz
Driving Your Vehicle

Steering wheel paddle switch

In this manual: Driving Your Vehicle
Your Vehicle at a Glance — 5Safety Features of Your Vehicle — 48Vehicle Specifications — 157Driving Your Vehicle — 96What to Do in an Emergency — 26Maintenance — 69Specifications and Consumer Information — 9
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Kia Soul. Paddle shifter

The shift paddle function is available when the shift lever is in the D (Drive) position or manual mode.

When the shift lever is in the D position, the shift paddle function will operate when the vehicle speed is above 10 km/h.

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

When the vehicle speed is below 10 km/h, if you depress the accelerator pedal for more than 5 seconds, or move the shift lever from D (Drive) to manual mode and back to D (Drive) from manual mode, the system will switch from manual mode to automatic mode.

When the shift lever is in manual mode, pull the shift paddle [+] or [-] once to shift up or down one gear.

NOTICE

If you pull both the [+] and [-] paddle shifters at the same time, you will not be able to shift gears.

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