Child-Protector Rear Door Lock; Impact Sensing Door Unlock System; Speed Sensing Door Lock System - Kia Niro 2018 Owner's Manual

Features of your vehicle
WARNING -
Unattended
children/animals
Never leave children or animals
unattended in your vehicle. An
enclosed vehicle can become
extremely hot, causing death or
severe injury to unattended
children or animals who cannot
escape the vehicle.
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Impact sensing door unlock
system
In the event of air bag deployment
resulting from a vehicle impact, all
doors will automatically unlock.

Speed sensing door lock system

All doors will automatically lock after
the vehicle speed exceeds 15 km/h
(10 mph).
✽ ✽ NOTICE
You can select some auto door
lock/unlock features in "User Settings"
For more information, refer to
"User Settings" in this chapter.

Child-protector rear door 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.
1. Open the rear door.
2. Turn the child safety lock (1) locat-
ed on the rear edge of the door to
the lock ( ) position. When the
child safety lock is in the lock posi-
tion, the rear door will not open
even when the inner door handle
is pulled.
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