Kia SORENTO HEV 2023 Manual page 150

Features of your vehicle
Door lock/unlock features
The vehicle is equipped with door lock/
unlock features for the safety and con-
venience of passengers.
Impact sensing door unlock sys-
tem
All doors will automatically unlock when
an impact causes the air bags to deploy.
Speed sensing door lock system
All doors will automatically lock after the
vehicle speed exceeds 15 km/h.
You can activate or deactivate the auto
door lock/unlock features in the vehicle.
Refer to "User settings mode" on page 5-
73.
Deadlocks (if equipped)
Some vehicles are equipped with dead-
lock system. Deadlocks prevent opening
of a door from either inside or outside
the vehicle once the dead-locks have
been activated providing an additional
measure of vehicle security.
To lock the vehicle using the dead lock
function, the doors must be locked by
using the smart key. To unlock the vehi-
cle, the smart key must be used again.
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Electronic child safety lock sys-
tem (if equipped)
If you push the electronic child safety
lock switch and the indicator appears,
rear passengers cannot open the rear
door from inside the vehicle.
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To cancel the electronic child safety lock,
push the electronic child safety lock
switch one more time and then the indi-
cator turns off.
Safe Exit Assist is operated when the
electronic child safety lock is activated
and SEA is selected in the cluster. How-
ever, SEA does not automatically acti-
vate the electronic child safety lock
system.
The electronic child safety lock is always
on when the ENGINE START/STOP but-
ton is in the ON or ignition ON state and
for approximately 3 minutes after the
engine is turned off.
If your vehicle is equipped with the Elec-
tronic child safety lock, the Child-protec-
tor rear door locks, which are manually
operated, are not provided.
If electronic child safety lock is activated,
rear passenger cannot open or close the
rear window also. For more details, refer
to "Windows" on page 5-37.
Keys