Kia Sorento 2022 Manual page 475

Driving your vehicle
Safe Exit Assist linked with Elec
tronic child safety lock
OMQ4040506R
When Electric child safety lock is
operating and an approaching
vehicle from the rear area is
detected, the rear doors cannot
be unlocked even if the driver
tries to unlock the rear doors
using the electronic child safety
lock button. The 'Check surround-
ings then try again' warning mes-
sage will appear on the cluster.
Safe Exit Assist will warn the
driver when vehicle speed is below
3 km/h (2 mph) and the speed of
the approaching vehicle from the
rear is above 5 km/h (3 mph).
For more details on electric child
safety lock button, refer to "Elec-
tronic child safety lock system (if
equipped)" on page 5-23.
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CAUTION
If the driver presses the electronic
child lock button again approxi-
mately within 10 seconds after the
warning message appears, Safe Exit
Assist judges that the driver has
unlocked the doors acknowledging
the rear status. The electronic child
safety lock will turn off (button indi-
cator OFF) and the rear doors will
unlock. Always check the surround-
ings before turning off the elec-
tronic child safety lock button.
WARNING
Take the following precautions
when using Safe Exit Assist:
For your safety, change the Set-
tings after parking the vehicle at a
safe location.
If any other function's warning
message is displayed or audible
warning is generated, Safe Exit
Assist warning message may not
be displayed and audible warning
may not be generated.
You may not hear the warning
sound of Safe Exit Assist if the
surrounding is noisy.
Safe Exit Assist does not operate
in all situations or cannot prevent
all collisions.
Safe Exit Assist (SEA)
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