Kia Sportage: Door locks / Child-protector rear door lock
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The child safety lock is provided to help prevent children from accidentally opening the rear doors from inside the vehicle. The rear door safety locks should be used whenever children are in the vehicle.
1. Open the rear door.
2. Turn the child safety lock (1) located on the rear edge of the door to the
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) position. When the child safety
lock is in the lock position, the rear door will not open even when the inner door
handle is pulled.
3. Close the rear door.
To open the rear door, pull the outside door handle (2).
Even though the doors may be unlocked, the rear door will not open by pulling the inner door handle until the rear door child safety lock is unlocked.
WARNING - Rear door locks
Use the rear door safety locks whenever children are in the vehicle. If a child accidently opens the rear doors while the vehicle is moving, they may fall out.
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will automatically unlock.
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