Kia Forte: Electronic stability control (ESC) / ESC operation off
ESC OFF state
There are 2 types of ESC OFF states: Traction Control disabled and Traction & Stability Control disabled.
If the ignition is turned off when ESC is off, ESC remains off. Upon restarting the engine, the ESC will automatically turn on again.
• ESC off state 1 - “Traction Control disabled”
■ Type A
■ Type B
To turn off the traction control function
and only operate the brake control
function of the ESC, press the
ESC OFF button (ESC OFF 
)
shortly (for less than 3 seconds and
the ESC OFF indicator light (ESC
OFF 
) will illuminate). At this
state,
only the brake control function will
operate.
• ESC off state 2- “Traction and Stability Control disabled”
■ Type A
■ Type B
To turn off the traction control function
and the brake control function of
the ESC, press the ESC OFF button
(ESC OFF ) for more than 3 seconds.
ESC OFF indicator light (ESC
OFF ) illuminates and ESC OFF
warning chime will sound.
In this state, the car stability control function will not operate.
ESC operation
ESC ON condition
When the ignition is turned
ON, ESC and ESC OFF
indicator lights illuminate for
approximately 3 seconds,
then ESC is turned on.
Press the ESC OFF button
for at ...
Indicator light
When the ignition switch is turned to
ON, the indicator light illuminates,
then goes off if the ESC system is
operating normally.
The ESC indicator light blinks whenever
ESC is operating or ...
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