Select Setup > Vehicle > ECO Vehicle > Smart Regeneration System, shift to Drive and hold the left paddle for more than one second until AUTO appears.
Check that your vehicle has it.
Verified for equipped 2025 Santa Fe Hybrid models; not applicable to the gasoline-only powertrain.
- Required equipment / service
- Smart Regeneration System
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Published availability and qualifications
Verified for equipped 2025 Santa Fe Hybrid models; not applicable to the gasoline-only powertrain.
Know what kind of control to look for.
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Step by step.
- 01
Open Setup > Vehicle > ECO Vehicle and enable Smart Regeneration System.
- 02
Shift to Drive and pull and hold the left paddle for more than one second.
- 03
Confirm AUTO appears in the instrument cluster before relying on adaptive deceleration.
- 04
To turn it off, hold the left paddle again until a fixed regenerative level replaces AUTO.
Important limits
- Smart Regeneration is assistance and does not replace the brake pedal.
- Sensor obstruction, cruise operation or stability-control intervention can pause the feature.
Quick checks.
- ✓If AUTO does not appear, confirm the ECO Vehicle setting is enabled and the transmission is in Drive.
- ✓Clean obstructed forward sensors and reactivate the system if a warning remains.
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2025 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid Owner's Manual — Smart Regeneration On/Off
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