Kia Picanto: Door locks / Door lock/unlock features: (if equipped). Child-protector rear door lock

Door lock/unlock features: (if equipped)

Impact sensing door unlock system

If an impact causes the air bags to deploy, all doors unlock automatically. This feature is linked to air bag deployment rather than to every impact the vehicle may experience.

Speed sensing door lock system

All doors lock automatically once your Kia Picanto exceeds 15 km/h. The doors unlock automatically when the engine is switched off and the ignition key is removed.

Auto lock enable on shift

When this feature is enabled through the instrument cluster or infotainment settings, all doors lock automatically as the transmission is shifted out of P (Park) while the vehicle is running.

Auto unlock on shift to P (Park)

When enabled through the infotainment settings, this feature automatically unlocks all doors when the transmission is shifted back into P (Park).

Auto unlock vehicle off

When this option is enabled through the instrument cluster or infotainment settings, all doors unlock automatically when the vehicle is switched off. Automatic locking takes place once vehicle speed exceeds 15 km/h (9 mph).

Child-protector rear door lock

The rear door child safety locks help prevent children from accidentally opening the doors from inside the vehicle. Use these locks whenever children travel in your Kia Picanto, as a normally unlocked door can still be opened with its interior handle unless the child safety lock is engaged.

1. Open the rear door to access the child safety lock.

2. Insert a small flat-bladed tool, such as a screwdriver, into the hole and turn the lock to the locked () position (1). With the child safety lock engaged, pulling the interior handle will not open that rear door.

3. Close the rear door securely after setting the child safety lock.

To open the rear door while the child safety lock is engaged, use the exterior door handle (2), with the normal door lock unlocked.

Unlocking the vehicle’s doors does not release the child safety lock. The rear door remains inoperable from its interior handle until the child safety lock itself is returned to the unlocked position.

WARNING

Rear door locks

If a child opens a rear door while the vehicle is moving, they could fall out and suffer severe or fatal injuries. Engage the rear door child safety locks whenever children are in the vehicle to prevent them from opening those doors from inside.