{"id":35802,"date":"2024-11-11T03:58:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T11:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getjerry.com\/wp-site\/?post_type=car-repair&p=35802"},"modified":"2025-07-14T18:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:05:21","slug":"which-kia-models-have-smart-cruise-control","status":"publish","type":"car-repair","link":"https:\/\/jerry.ai\/car-repair\/which-kia-models-have-smart-cruise-control\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Smart Cruise Control? (Hyundai and Kia)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Question:<\/strong> I really like having all the modern features in my cars and I am looking at a Hyundai or a Kia. I came across a feature called Smart Cruise Control. I’m wondering what it is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Answer:<\/strong> Hyundai and Kia are closely related companies from South Korea, and therefore a lot of features are present in both brands. One feature that they share is Smart Cruise Control, which is the name of their adaptive cruise control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Hyundai, cars that could have this feature equipped are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • 2022-2024 Hyundai IONIQ 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2023+ Hyundai IONIQ 6<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2022+ Hyundai PALISADE<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2021-2023 Hyundai SANTA FE (all models)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2021+ Hyundai ELANTRA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2021+ Hyundai ELANTRA Hybrid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    • 2022-2024 Hyundai TUCSON<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2022-2024 Hyundai TUCSON Hybrid<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2022-2024 Hyundai TUCSON Plug-In Hybrid<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2022-2024 Hyundai SANTA FE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

      With regular cruise control, you set the speed limit and the vehicle keeps that speed, but you have to adjust for braking in traffic. Smart Cruise Control uses cameras and lasers to regulate your speed and ensures your Hyundai or Kia keeps a specific distance from the car in front of you. It will accelerate and decelerate based on the speed and distance between cars you set it, while adapting in different traffic patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      What is Smart Cruise Control with Stop and Go?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Some Hyundai and Kia cars have Stop and Go functionality which recognizes when the vehicle ahead is stopping and moving forward, like in a traffic jam. Once it is safe to proceed, your vehicle will accelerate back to the speed and following distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      What is Navigation-based Smart Cruise Control (NSCC)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Some Hyundai and Kia cars come with NSCC which modulates your speed when driving on highways. For example, when it sees a lower-speed section than the speed you have programmed into your cruise control, it will lower your speed temporarily until it exits the lower-speed section. It will also reduce speeds on highway ramps and curved sections of highways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      How to activate Smart Cruise Control<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Smart Cruise Control may not fully function in certain bad road conditions or weather conditions. It also will not detect vehicles in front that are already at a stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      There are fundamental aspects to Smart Cruise Control the first is how to set your desired speed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Get up to your desired speed<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Turn it on by briefly pressing the Drive Assist button on the steering wheel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • After you’ve set your desired speed, you can release the accelerator pedal and your desired speed and following distance will be automatically maintained.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • If there’s no vehicle in front of you, your car will maintain the speed that you have set. However if there’s a vehicle ahead then it will try to keep the distance between you and the car ahead based on what you have set.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Here\u2019s how you can set your desired following distance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Look for a button with a car and a few rectangles behind the car. That is the button to set vehicle distance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Press it to cycle through four different following distances. Your car will automatically maintain that distance by slowing down or speeding up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          If you want to make small adjustments to the cruise control speed, you can use the switch with \u201c+\u201d or \u201c-\u201d characters on your steering wheel to increase or decrease the speed by 1 mph per click. If you hold down the switch in the \u201c+\u201d or \u201c-\u201d position, it will change in 5 mph intervals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          The speed control switch can be used to increase or decrease vehicle speed in 1 mph increments with quick taps or 5 mph increments with long holds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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