Kia Sorento: 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. 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 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.
Even though the doors may be unlocked, the rear door will not open by pulling the inner door handle (1) until the rear door child safety lock is unlocked.
WARNING - Rear door locks
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.
Operating door locks from outside the vehicle
Turn the key clockwise to unlock and counterclockwise to lock.
If you lock the driver’s door with a key, all vehicle doors will lock automatically.
From the driver’s door, turn the key to ...
Tailgate
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See also:
Rear Coil Spring Inspection
1.
Check the spring for distortion, aging or damage.
2.
Check the spring upper pad and lower pad for aging or damage.
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Circuit Diagram
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Inhibitor Switch
Inhibitor Switch monitors the lever's position(P, R, N, D) and is used
to control gear setting signals.
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