Kia Sportage: Brake system
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Your vehicle has power-assisted brakes,
parking brake, and various braking systems
for safe driving.
Power brakes
Your vehicle has power-assisted brakes
that adjust automatically through normal
After parking the vehicle, apply the Electronic
Parking Brake (EPB) to prevent
the vehicle f r om being moved by the
external force.
Applying the parking brake
Applying the parking brake with EPB
The EPB will display a warning message
with sound under certain conditions.
If you try to drive off while engaging
the accelerator pedal with the EPB
applied, but the EPB doesn't release
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Air bags may not deploy in certain
low-speed collisions where the air bag
would not add any benefit beyond the
protection already offered by the seat
belts.
Front air bags are not designed to
inflate in rear collisions, because
occupants are moved backward by
the force of the imp
When an emergency situation occurs
while driving or when you park by the
edge of the roadway, you must alert
approaching or passing vehicles to be
careful as they pass. For this, you should
use the hazard warning flasher.
Hazard warning flasher
The hazard warning flasher serves as a
warning
Power brakes
