Kia SORENTO HEV 2023 Manual page 400

Driving your vehicle
Function linked with Electronic
child safety lock
OMQ4040506R
僅 When Electric child safety lock is oper-
ating 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 surroundings
then try again' warning message will
appear on the cluster.
僅 Safe Exit Assist will warn the driver
when vehicle speed is below 3 km/h (2
mph) and the speed of the approach-
ing vehicle from the rear is above 5
km/h (3 mph).
僅 For more details on electric child
safety lock button, refer to "Electronic
child safety lock system (if equipped)"
on page 5-20.
CAUTION
If the driver presses the electronic child
lock button again approximately within
10 seconds after the warning message
appears, Safe Exit Assist judges that the
driver has unlocked the doors acknowl-
edging the rear status. The electronic
child safety lock will turn off (button indi-
cator OFF) and the rear doors will
unlock. Always check the surroundings
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before turning off the electronic child
safety lock button.
WARNING
Take the following precautions when
using Safe Exit Assist:
僅 For your safety, change the Settings
after parking the vehicle at a safe
location.
僅 If any other function's warning mes-
sage is displayed or audible warning
is generated, Safe Exit Assist warning
message may not be displayed and
audible warning may not be gener-
ated.
僅 You may not hear the warning sound
of Safe Exit Assist if the surrounding is
noisy.
僅 Safe Exit Assist does not operate in all
situations or cannot prevent all colli-
sions.
僅 Safe Exit Assist may warn the driver
late or may not warn the driver
depending on the road and driving
conditions. Always check vehicle sur-
roundings.
僅 The driver and passengers are
responsible for accidents that occurs
whilst exiting the vehicle. Always
check the surroundings before you
exit the vehicle.
僅 Never deliberately operate Safe Exit
Assist. Doing so may lead to serious
injury or death.
僅 Safe Exit Assist does not operate if
there is a problem with Blind-Spot
Collision-Avoidance Assist.
- The warning message of Blind-Spot
Collision-Avoidance Assist will
appears
Safe Exit Assist (SEA)