Kia Niro: Vehicle to vehicle distance setting / Radar to detect distance to the vehicle ahead

Kia Niro (DE HEV) Owners Manual / Driving your vehicle / Smart cruise control system / Vehicle to vehicle distance setting / Radar to detect distance to the vehicle ahead

The sensor detects the distance to the vehicle ahead.

If the sensor is covered with dirt or other foreign matter, the vehicle to vehicle distance control may not operate correctly.

Always keep the area in front of the sensor clean.

To set vehicle to vehicle distance

This function allows you to program the vehicle to maintain relative distance to the vehicle ahead without depressing the accelerator pedal or brake pedal. The vehicle to vehicle distance will au ...

Radar check message

If the radar or cover is dirty or obscured with foreign matter such as snow, this message (“Smart Cruise Control disabled temporarily”) will appear and it will disappear after for a while. In ...

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