Kia FORTE 2022, Manual, Page: 98 / 514

Features of your vehicle
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Door locks
Door lock/unlock features
The vehicle is equipped with door lock/
unlock features for the safety and con
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venience of passengers.
Impact sensing door unlock sys
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tem
All doors will automatically unlock when
an impact causes the air bags to deploy.
NOTICE
You can activate or deactivate some
Automatic door lock/unlock features by
selecting 'User Settings (LCD display) or
Settings → Vehicle (Infotainment System
screen) → Door → Automatically Lock/
Automatically Unlock'.
Child-protector rear door lock
The child safety lock is provided to help
prevent children from accidentally open
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ing the rear doors from inside the vehi
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cle.The rear door safety locks should be
used whenever children are in the vehi
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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.
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 until the
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 prevent children from opening
the rear doors from the inside, the rear
door safety locks should be used when
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ever children are in the vehicle.
Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) sys
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tem
The Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) system
is provided to help prevent exiting the
vehicle with the rear passenger left in
the vehicle.
僅 When you open the front door after
opening and closing the rear door and
turning off the engine, the “Check rear
seats” warning message appears on
the cluster.
OBDM041516L