If you want to speed up temporarily when the cruise control is on, depress the accelerator pedal. Increased speed will not interfere with cruise control operation or change the set speed.
To return to the set speed, take your foot off the accelerator pedal.
Kia Niro 2017 (DE HEV) Service Manual: Floor Console Assembly Components and components location
Component Location
1. Floor console assembly
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Kia Niro 2017 (DE HEV) Service Manual: Troubleshooting
Trouble Symptom Charts
Trouble Symptom 1
Trouble Symptom 2
Trouble symptom
Probable cause
Remedy
The set vehicle speed varies greatly upward or downward
"Surging" (repeated alternating acceleration an ...