Get Features of your vehicle -> Door locks Guide for Kia Picanto 4 Door Second Generation (2011-2017)

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DOOR LOCKS

Transmitter/Smart key

✽

NOTICE

• Doors can be locked and unlocked with

the transmitter (or smart key). (if

equipped)

• In cold and wet climates, door locks

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.

• Doors can be locked and unlocked

pressing the button of the outside door

handle with the smart key in your pos-

session.

Lock

Unlock

• Once the doors are unlocked, they 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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WARNING

Operating door locks from out-

side the vehicle

• If you don't close the door

securely, the door may open

again.

Mechanical key

• Turn the key toward the front of the

vehicle to unlock and toward the rear of

the vehicle to lock.

• Be careful that someone's body

and hands are not trapped when

closing the door.

• If you lock/unlock the door with a key,

the doors will lock/unlock.

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

a key, all vehicle doors will lock/unlock

automatically. (if equipped)

• Once the doors are unlocked, they 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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• If the inner door handle of the front

doors is pulled when the door lock but-

ton is in lock position, the button is

unlocked and door opens. (if equipped)

• Front door cannot be locked if the igni-

tion key is in the ignition switch and the

door is open. (if equipped)

Lock

• A door cannot be locked if the smart

key is in the vehicle and any door is

open.

Unlock

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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 following

techniques to exit:

• To lock a door without the key, push the

inside door lock button (1) or central

door lock switch (if equipped) (2 to the

)

“Lock” position and close the door (3).

Operating door locks from inside

the vehicle

With the door lock button

• To unlock a door, push the door lock

button (1) to the “Unlock” position. The

red mark (2) on the door lock button

will be visible.

• If you lock the door with the central

door lock switch (2), all vehicle doors

will lock automatically. (if equipped)

• Operate the door unlock feature

repeatedly (both electronic and

manual) while simultaneously

pulling on the door handle.

• To lock a door, push the door lock but-

ton (1) to the “Lock” position. If the door

is locked properly, the red mark (2) on

the door lock button will not be visible.

✽

NOTICE

• Operate the other door locks and

handles, front and rear.

Always remove the ignition key, engage

the parking brake, close all windows

and lock all doors when leaving your

vehicle unattended.

• Lower a front window and use the

key to unlock the door from out-

side.

• To open a door, pull the door handle

(3) outward.

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Driver’s door

WARNING - Doors

WARNING - Unlocked

vehicles

• 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.

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.

• 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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With central door lock switch

(if equipped)

WARNING - Unattended

children

Operate by depressing the central door

lock switch.

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.

• When pushing down on the front por-

tion (1) of the switch, all vehicle doors

will lock.

• When pushing down on the rear por-

tion (2) of the switch, all vehicle doors

will unlock.

• If the key is in the ignition switch and

front door is open, the doors will not

lock even though the front portion (1)

of central door lock switch is pressed.

• If the smart key is in the vehicle and

any door is open, the doors will not

lock even though the front portion(1) of

central door lock switch is pressed.

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3. Close the rear door.

To open the rear door, pull the outside

door handle.

Impact sensing door unlock sys-

tem (if equipped)

All doors will automatically unlock after

an impact causes the air bags to deploy.

Even though the doors may be unlocked,

the rear door will not open by pulling the

inner door handle until the rear door child

safety lock is unlocked.

Speed sensing door lock system

(if equipped)

All doors will be automatically locked

after the vehicle speed exceeds 15 km/h.

And all doors will be automatically

unlocked when you turn the engine off

and when you remove the ignition key. (if

equipped)

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

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 vehi-

cle.

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 is pulled.

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