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DOOR LOCKS

• Once the doors are unlocked, it

may be opened by pulling the door

handle.

Lock

• When closing the door, push the

door by hand. Make sure that

doors are closed securely.

Unlock

• If you lock/unlock the front door

with a key, all vehicle doors will

lock/unlock automatically.

Unlock

Lock

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CAUTION

In case of an emergency

Operating door locks from

outside the vehicle

Always remove the ignition key,

engage the parking brake, close

all windows and lock all doors

when leaving your vehicle unat-

tended.

If the power door lock switch does

not operate electrically, you can only

lock the door(s) with the ignition key

from the outside key hole.

• Turn the key toward rear of vehicle

to unlock and toward front of vehi-

cle to lock.

The doors without the outside key

hole, you can lock as follows;

• Doors can also be locked and

unlocked with the transmitter key.

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NOTICE

1. Open the door.

If the door is locked/unlocked multi-

ple times in rapid succession with

either the vehicle key or door lock

switch, the system may stop operat-

ing temporarily in order to protect

the circuit and prevent damage to

system components.

2. Insert the key into the emergency

door lock hole and turn the key

toward the rear of the vehicle to

lock.

3. Close the door securely.

The rear hatch will lock and will not

unlock if you close the rear hatch

when the power door lock switch

does not operate electrically.

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• When pushing the door lock switch

again, all vehicle doors will unlock

and the indicator light on the switch

will not illuminate.

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With central door lock switch

Operating door locks from

inside the vehicle

It is operated by depressing the door

lock switch.

With the door handle

• When pushing the door lock

switch, all vehicle doors will lock

and the indicator light on the switch

will illuminate.

• Driver's side door

If the inner door handle of the front

door is pulled when the door is

locked, the door will unlock and

open.

If any door is opened when the

switch is pushed, all doors will not

lock.

• Passenger's side door

If the inner door handle is pulled

once when the door is locked, the

door will unlock.

• If any door is unlocked, the indica-

tor of the door lock switch will blink.

If you push the switch when the

indicator is blinking, all doors will

lock.

If the inner door handle is pulled

twice, the door will open.

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Super lock system

(if equipped)

WARNING

• The doors should always be

fully closed and locked while

the vehicle is in motion to pre-

vent accidental opening of the

door. Locked doors will also

discourage potential intruders

when the vehicle stops or

slows.

Leaving your vehicle unlocked

can invite theft or possible harm

to you or others from someone

hiding in your vehicle while you

are gone. Always remove the

ignition key, engage the parking

brake, close all windows and

lock all doors when leaving your

vehicle unattended.

If you turn the key to the “LOCK”

position or depress the “LOCK” but-

ton on the transmitter to lock the

doors, the locked doors are not

unlocked by other tools except

unlocking with the key or transmitter.

This feature is to prevent potential

intruders from opening the door.

• Be careful when opening

doors and watch for vehicles,

motorcycles, bicycles or

pedestrians approaching the

vehicle in the path of the door.

Opening a door when some-

thing is approaching can

cause damage or injury.

WARNING

WARNING - Unattended

children

Do not lock the doors by super

locking with the key or the

transmitter with anybody left in

the vehicle. The passenger in

the vehicle cannot unlock the

doors with the inside handle or

the door lock switch. For exam-

ple, if the door is locked with the

transmitter, the passenger in

the vehicle cannot unlock the

door without the transmitter.

An enclosed vehicle can

become extremely hot, causing

death or severe injury to unat-

tended children or animals who

cannot escape the vehicle.

Furthermore, children might

operate features of the vehicle

that could injure them, or they

could encounter other harm,

possibly from someone gaining

entry to the vehicle. Never leave

children or animals unattended

in your vehicle.

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2. Push the child safety lock located

on the rear edge of the door to the

“lock” position. When the child

safety lock is in the “lock ( )”

position, rear door will not open

when the inner door handle is

pulled inside the vehicle.

Impact sensing door unlock

system

All doors will be automatically

unlocked when the impact is deliv-

ered to impact sensors while the igni-

tion switch ON.

However, the doors may not be

unlocked when there are some prob-

lems of mechanical door lock system

or battery.

3. Close the rear door.

4. To open the rear door, pull the out-

side door handle (1) .

Even though the doors may be

unlocked, the rear door will not open

by pulling the inner door handle ( )

2

until rear door child safety lock is

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Speed sensing door lock sys-

tem

Rear door child safety lock

The child safety lock is provided to

help prevent children from acciden-

tally opening the rear doors from

inside the vehicle. The rear door

safety locks should be used whenev-

er children are in the vehicle.

When the speed of the vehicle keeps

above 40 km/h for 1 second, it will

automatically lock all doors. For

deactivation of this feature, contact

an authorized Kia dealer.

unlocked (

).

1. Open the rear door.

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CAUTION

WARNING - Rear door

locks

Do not put any heavy object on

the covering shelf. It may dam-

age the covering shelf.

If children accidentally open the

rear doors while the vehicle is in

motion, they could fall out and

be severely injured or killed. To

prevent children from opening

the rear doors from the inside,

the rear door safety locks

should be used whenever chil-

dren are in the vehicle.

WARNING

• Do not put any object on the

covering shelf. If the vehicle

suddenly stops or makes a

curve, the object may injure

passengers.

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Rear hatch

• Watch out for the edge of the

covering shelf, when you are

using the luggage room. You

may injure yourself.

Opening the rear hatch

• You can lock/unlock the latch (but

not release it) with the central door

lock system.

• If unlocked, the rear hatch can be

opened by pressing the handle ( )

1

and pulling the hatch up.

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Type A

When someone is inadvertently

locked in the luggage compartment,

if the lever is pushed, the rear hatch

latch mechanism is released and the

rear hatch is opened by pushing

backward.

WARNING

• For emergency, be fully aware

of the location of the emer-

gency rear hatch safety

release lever in their vehicle

and how to open the rear

hatch if you are accidentally

locked in the luggage com-

partment.

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Type B

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Luggage room lamp

(if equipped)

Luggage room lamp turns on when

the rear hatch is opened. It remains

on until the rear hatch is securely

closed.

• No one should be allowed to

occupy the luggage compart-

ment of the vehicle at any

time. The luggage compart-

ment is a highly dangerous

location in the event of a

crash.

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NOTICE

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Make sure to close the rear hatch

securely. If it remains open while

engine is not running, it may cause

battery discharge because luggage

room lamp remains on.

Emergency rear hatch safety

release

Your vehicle is equipped with emer-

gency rear hatch safety release lever

located on the bottom of the rear

hatch.

• Use the release lever for emer-

gency only. Use extreme cau-

tion while the vehicle is in

motion.

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NOTICE

CAUTION

WARNING - Rear cargo

area

ꢀ In cold and wet climates door lock

and door mechanisms may not

work properly due to freezing con-

ditions.

ꢀ When jacking up the vehicle to

change a tire or repair the vehicle,

do not operate the rear hatch. This

could cause the rear hatch to close

improperly.

Make certain that you close the

rear hatch before driving your

vehicle. Possible damage may

occur to the rear hatch lift cylin-

ders and attaching hardware if

the rear hatch is not closed

prior to driving.

Occupants should never ride in

the rear cargo area where no

restraints are available.To avoid

injury in the event of an acci-

dent or sudden stops, occu-

pants should always be proper-

ly restrained.

WARNING - Rear hatch

WARNING - Exhaust

fumes

The rear hatch swings upward.

Make sure no objects or people

are near the rear of the vehicle

when opening the rear hatch.

If you drive with the rear hatch

open, you will draw dangerous

exhaust fumes into your vehicle

which can cause serious injury

or death to vehicle occupants.

If you must drive with the rear

hatch open, keep the air vents

and all windows open so that

additional outside air comes

into the vehicle.

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