Kia Carnival Reference Library

Kia Carnival: Smart Cruise Control (SCC) / Smart Cruise Control settings

Smart Cruise Control

With your Kia Carnival powered on, you can fine-tune your driving experience by selecting Setup → Vehicle → Driver Assistance → Smart Cruise Control via the infotainment system. This menu allows you to adjust your preferred vehicle following distance, acceleration responsiveness, and the system's reaction speed to suit your driving preferences.

Based on driving style

Kia Carnival infotainment menu for configuring Smart Cruise Control based on driving style

  1. Driver Assistance

  2. Smart Cruise Control

  3. Based on Driving Style

With your Kia Carnival powered on, you can enable a more personalized driving experience. By navigating to Setup → Vehicle → Driver Assistance → Smart Cruise Control → Based on Driving Style on the infotainment screen, the system will calibrate the Smart Cruise Control (SCC) behavior to align with your unique driving habits—specifically regarding inter-vehicle distance, acceleration profiles, and response speeds.

Furthermore, these driving parameters can be fine-tuned manually to better suit your preferences.

Kia Carnival notice icon for Smart Cruise Control customization settings NOTICE

  • If your Kia Carnival is equipped with advanced SCC features, you may choose between "Based on Driving Mode" and "Based on Driving Style" within the Setup → Vehicle → Driver Assistance → Smart Cruise Control menu.

  • While the Smart Cruise Control is active in "Based on Driving Style" mode, pressing and holding the Vehicle Distance button (Kia Carnival steering wheel button for vehicle distance adjustment) will disable the mode. To re-enable "Based on Driving Style," press and hold the same Vehicle Distance button (Kia Carnival vehicle distance adjustment button icon) again.

  • The Kia Carnival SCC system dynamically learns and refines your driving style continuously while the vehicle is in motion.

  • When "Based on Driving Style" is deactivated, the system retains your previously learned driving parameters (distance, acceleration, response) as the baseline.

  • Please note that the visual indicators for inter-vehicle distance and response speed may shift depending on whether the "Based on Driving Style" feature is toggled on or off, reflecting the transition between different control logic modes.