Kia SORENTO HEV 2023 Manual page 152

Features of your vehicle
Child-protector rear door lock (if
equipped)
The child safety lock is provided to help
prevent children from accidentally open-
ing the rear doors from inside the vehi-
cle.
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The rear door safety locks should be
used whenever children are in the vehi-
cle.
The child safety lock is located on the
edge of each rear door. When the child
safety lock is in the lock position (1), the
rear door will not open if the inner door
handle is pulled.
To lock the child safety lock, insert a key
(or screwdriver) into the hole and turn it
to the lock position.
To allow a rear door to be opened from
inside the vehicle, unlock the child safety
lock.
To open the rear door, pull the outside
door handle (2).
WARNING
Rear door locks
If children accidentally open the rear
doors whilst 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
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door safety locks should be used when-
ever children are in the vehicle.
WARNING
僅 The system does not detect every
obstacle approaching the vehicle exit.
僅 The driver and passenger are respon-
sible for the accident occurred whilst
exiting the vehicle. Always check the
surrounding before you exit the vehi-
cle.
Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) Sys-
tem (if equipped)
The Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) is pro-
vided to help prevent exiting the vehicle
with a rear passenger left in the vehicle.
1st alert
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.
2nd alert
僅 After the 1st alert, the 2nd alert oper-
ates when any movement is detected
in the rear seat after the driver's door
is closed and all the doors are locked.
The horn will activate for about 25
seconds. If the system continues to
detect a movement the alert operates
up to 8 times.
僅 Unlock the door with the smart key to
stop the alert.
僅 The system detects movement in the
vehicle for 24 hours after the door is
locked.
The 2nd alert is activated only after the
prior activation of the 1st alert.
Keys