Get Features of your vehicle -> Door locks Guide for Kia Ceed SUV Second Generation (2013-2018)

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DOOR LOCKS

Operating door locks from out-

side the vehicle

■ Type A

Transmitter/Smart key

• Doors can be locked and unlocked with

the transmitter or smart key.

• Doors can be locked and unlocked by

pressing the button of the outside door

handle with the smart key in your pos-

session. (vehicles equipped with smart

key system)

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■ Type B

• Once the doors are unlocked, they may

be opened by pulling the door handle.

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• When closing the door, push the door

by hand. Make sure that doors are

closed securely.

Mechanical key

• If the transmitter or smart key does not

operate normally, you can lock or unlock

the doors by the mechanical key.

Insert the key into the key hole of the

outside door handle.Turn the key toward

the rear of the vehicle to unlock and

toward the front of the vehicle to lock.

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■ Type C

• If you lock/unlock the driver’s door with

a key while the power door lock switch

does not operate normally, only the dri-

ver’s door will lock/unlock.

• Once the door is unlocked, it may be

opened by pulling the door handle.

• When closing the door, push the door

by hand. Make sure that doors are

closed securely.

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NOTICE

• In cold and wet climates, door lock

and door mechanisms may not work

properly due to freezing conditions.

• 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 operating

temporarily in order to protect the

circuit and prevent damage to system

components.

Unlock

Lock

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WARNING

• If you don't close the door secure-

ly, the door may open again.

In case of an emergency

(5 Door and wagon)

Operating door locks from inside

the vehicle

If the power door lock switch does not

operate electrically, the only way to lock

the door(s) is with the mechanical key

from the outside key hole.

With the door handle

Driver’s door and front passanger’s door

(if equipped)

If the inner door handle is pulled when

the door is locked, the door will unlock

and open.

• Be careful that someone's body

and hands are not trapped when

closing the door.

You can lock the doors without the out-

side key hole as follows:

1. Open the door.

2. Insert the key into the emergency door

lock hole and turn the key horizontally

to lock.

Rear door (if equipped)

If the inner door handle is pulled once

when the door is locked, the door will

unlock.

3. Close the door securely.

If the inner door handle is pulled once

more, the door will open.

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NOTICE

WARNING - Doors

Once the doors are locked with the

transmitter or smart key, the doors can-

not be unlocked with the central door

lock/unlock switch.

• The doors should always be fully

closed and locked while the vehi-

cle is in motion to prevent acci-

dental opening of the door.

Locked doors will also discour-

age potential intruders when the

vehicle stops or slows down.

WARNING - Door lock mal-

function

If a power door lock ever fails to

function while you are in the vehi-

cle, try one or more of the follow-

ing:

• Be careful when opening doors

and watch for vehicles, motorcy-

cles, bicycles or pedestrians

approaching the vehicle in the

path of the door. Opening a door

when something is approaching

can cause damage or injury.

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• Operate the other door locks and

handles.

With central door lock/unlock switch

It is operated by pressing the door lock/

unlock switch.

• Lower the driver’s window and

use the key to unlock the door

from outside.

• When you press the central door lock

switch, all vehicle doors will lock and

the indicator light on the switch will illu-

minate.

• Move to the cargo area and open

the tailgate.

• If any door is opened when the switch

is pressed, all doors will not lock.

• If any door is unlocked, the indicator of

the central door lock switch will go off.

• When you press the central door

unlock switch, all vehicle doors will

unlock.

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Features of your vehicle

Deadlocks (if equipped)

Door lock/unlock features

WARNING - Unlocked

vehicles

Some vehicles are equipped with a

deadlock system. Deadlocks prevent

opening of a door from either inside or

outside the vehicle once the deadlocks

have been activated providing an addi-

tional measure of vehicle security.

Impact sensing door unlock system

All doors will automatically unlock when

an impact causes the air bags to deploy.

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.

Speed sensing door lock system

(if equipped)

All doors will automatically lock after the

vehicle speed exceeds 15 km/h.

To lock the vehicle using the deadlock

function, the doors must be locked by

using the transmitter or smart key. To

unlock the vehicle, the transmitter or

smart key must be used again.

Engine off door unlock system

(if equipped)

All doors will automatically unlock:

WARNING - Unattended

children

Without smart key system

When the key is removed from the igni-

tion switch.

WARNING

Do not lock the doors with the

transmitter or the smart key with

anybody left in the vehicle.The pas-

senger in the vehicle cannot unlock

the doors with the door lock button.

For example, 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 unattended chil-

dren or animals who cannot escape

the vehicle. Furthermore, children

might operate features of the vehi-

cle that could injure them, or they

could encounter other harm, possi-

bly from someone gaining entry to

the vehicle. Never leave children or

animals unattended in your vehicle.

With smart key system

When the engine start/stop button is in

the OFF position.

Shift lever door lock/unlock system

• All doors will automatically lock when

the shift lever is moved out of P (Park).

• All doors will automatically unlock when

the shift lever is moved into P (Park).

You can activate or deactivate the auto

door lock/unlock features in the vehicle.

Refer to "User setting" in this chapter.

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3. Close the rear door.

To open the rear door, pull the outside

door handle (2).

Even though the doors may be unlocked,

the rear door will not open by pulling the

inner door handle (3) until rear door child

safety lock is unlocked.

WARNING - Rear door

locks

If children accidentally open the

rear doors while the vehicle is in

motion, they could fall out and be

severely injured or killed. To pre-

vent children from opening the rear

doors from the inside, the rear door

safety locks should be used when-

ever children are in the vehicle.

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Child-protector rear door lock

(5 Door and wagon)

The child safety lock is provided to help

prevent children from accidentally open-

ing the rear doors from inside the vehicle.

The rear door safety locks should be used

whenever children are in the vehicle.

1. Open the rear door.

2. Insert a key (or screwdriver) into the

hole (1) and turn it to the “lock(

)”

position. When the child safety lock is

in the lock position, the rear door will

not open even though the inner door

handle (3) is pulled inside the vehicle.

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