All Hyundai models equipped with all-wheel drive (AWD) come with a button so you can lock it in to the AWD under 20 mph.It will give you piece of mind when d.. Wife put AWD lock button on by accident and didn't realize what it was (or how to turn it off…she stopped to get gas and hoped it would turn off when she turned the car back on but obviously it didn't) and drove about 35 miles mostly on the highway with the AWD lock button on.. Hyundai Corporate Customer Service tried again..this time.
The AWD lock enhances the system by locking the rear wheel to ensure that power is distributed evenly to all four wheels, regardless of the terrain. The AWD lock feature is available on all Hyundai Kona models equipped with AWD. It is activated by pressing the AWD Lock button, located on the center console.. The AWD lock button, when turned on, enables a 50/50 power bias up to 20 mph/30km/h. It can be left on if you are driving around on a bad winter day with high snow for example. Also running in sport mode with an AWD engages the AWD at a small percentage.