Kia 2011 RIO Owner's Manual page 23

Knowing your vehicle
Rear door child safety lock
The child safety lock is provided to help
prevent children from accidentally open-
ing the rear doors from inside the vehicle.
The rear door safety locks should be
used whenever children are in the vehi-
cle.
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1. Open the rear door.
2. Push the child safety lock located on
the rear edge of the door to the "lock"
position. When the child safety lock is
in the "lock (
will not open when the inner door han-
dle is pulled inside the vehicle.
3. Close the rear door.
4. To open the rear door, pull the outside
door handle.
Even though the doors may be unlocked,
the rear door will not open by pulling the
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inner door handle (1) until rear door child
safety lock is unlocked (
WARNING
If children accidentally open the
rear doors while the vehicle is in
motion, they could fall out of the
vehicle, resulting in severe injury or
death. To prevent children from
opening the rear doors from the
inside, the rear door safety locks
should be used whenever children
are in the vehicle.
)" position, rear door
Rear hatch (if equipped)
).
Opening the rear hatch
• Rear hatch is locked or unlocked with a
- Rear door
key.
locks
• To open the rear hatch, insert the key
into the lock, turn it to the unlock posi-
tion (1) and pull up the rear hatch by
pressing the handle (2).
• You can also lock/unlock the latch (but
not release it) with the central door lock
system (if equipped).
• If unlocked, the rear hatch can be
opened by pressing the handle (2) and
pulling the hatch up.
Lock Unlock
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