KIA RIO 2022 Owners Manual

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Child-protector rear door lock
The child safety lock is provided to
help prevent children from acciden-
tally opening the rear doors from
inside the vehicle. The rear door
safety locks should be used whenev-
er children are in the vehicle.
1. Open the rear door.
2. Insert a key (or screwdriver) into the
hole and turn it to the lock ( )
position. The child safety lock locat-
ed 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 out-
side door handle.
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.
Rear Occupant Alert (ROA)
system (if equipped)
The Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) sys-
tem is provided to help prevent exit-
ing the vehicle with the rear passen-
ger left in the vehicle.
 When you open the front door after
opening and closing the rear door
and turning off the engine, the
“Check rear seats” warning mes-
sage appears on the cluster.
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WARNING- Rear door
locks
Use the rear door safety locks
whenever children are in the
vehicle. If a child accidentally
opens the rear doors while the
vehicle is moving, the child
could suffer severe injuries or
death if they fall out of a moving
vehicle.
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You can activate or deactivate the
ROA from the Use Settings mode in
the cluster LCD display.
The option can be found under the
following menu:
1. Press the MODE button severaltimes on the steering wheel until
'User Settings' menu appears on
the LCD.
2. Select 'Convenience →Rear
Occupant Alert' with the MODE
Switch and the OK button on the
steering wheel.✽ ✽ NOTICE
The Rear Occupant Alert (ROA)
system uses a rear door opened and
closed history.
The history is reset after the driver
turns off ignition normally, gets off
the vehicle and locks the door
remotely using the remote keyless
entry. So even if a rear door does not
reopen, the ROA system alert can
occur.
For example, after the ROA system
alert occur, if the driver do not lock
the door then ride and drive again,
the alert can occur.
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WARNING
The Rear Occupant Alert (ROA)
system does not actually detect
objects or people in the rear
seat. By using a rear door
opened and closed history, the
system informs the driver that
there may be something in the
rear seat.
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Opening the trunk
 To open the trunk from inside the
vehicle, pull the trunk lid release
lever.
Once the trunk is opened and then
closed, the trunk locks automati-
cally.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
In cold and wet climates, trunk lock
and trunk mechanisms may not work
properly due to freezing conditions.
Closing the trunk
To close, lower the trunk lid, then
press down on it until it locks. To be
sure the trunk lid is securely fas-
tened, always check by trying to pull
it up again.
TRUNK (FOR 4 DOOR)
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CAUTION
Make certain that you close the
trunk before driving your vehi-cle. Possible damage may occurto attached hardware if the trunkis not closed prior to driving.
WARNING
The trunk swings upward. Make
sure no objects or people are
near the rear of the vehicle
when opening the trunk.
WARNING - Exhaust
Fumes
The trunk lid should always be
kept completely closed while
the vehicle is in motion. If it is
left open or ajar, poisonous
exhaust gases may enter the
car and serious illness or death
may result.
WARNING
No one should be allowed to
occupy the trunk at any time.
The trunk is a very dangerous
location in the event of a crash.
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Emergency trunk safety release
Your vehicle is equipped with an
emergency trunk release lever locat-
ed inside the trunk. If someone is
inadvertently locked in the trunk,
moving the handle in the direction of
the arrow will release the trunk latch
mechanism and open the trunk.No one should be allowed to occupy
the trunk at any time. The trunk is a
very dangerous location in the event
of a crash.
Use the release lever for emergen-
cies only. Use extreme caution,
especially while the vehicle is in
motion.
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On a vehicle equipped with a smart
key, the trunk can be opened with
no-touch activation using the Smart
Trunk Release system.
How to use the Smart Trunk
Release
The trunk can be opened with no-
touch activation satisfying all the
conditions below.
 After 15 seconds when all doors are closed and locked
 Positioned in the detecting area for more than 3 seconds.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
• The Smart Trunk Release does not
operate when:
- The smart key is detected within15 seconds after the doors are
closed and locked, and is contin-
uously detected.
- The smart key is detected within 15 seconds after the doors are closed
and locked, and 60 inches (1.5m)
from the front door handles. (for
vehicles equipped with Welcome
Light)
- A door is not locked or closed.
- The smart key is in the vehicle.
• When smart key is left in the range of detection within 15 sec-
onds after the doors are closed and
locked, the function will automati-
cally turn off after 10 minutes.
1. Setting
To activate the Smart Trunk Release,
(1) Change the LCD modes to User
setting mode
(2) Select the Door mode
(3) Check the Smart Trunk.
❈ For more details, refer to “LCD
Display” in this chapter
SMART TRUNK RELEASE (4 DOOR, IF EQUIPPED)
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2. Detect and Alert
If you are positioned in the detecting
area 20 ~ 40 inches (50 ~ 100 cm)
behind the vehicle) carrying a smart
key, the hazard warning lights will
blink and chime will sound for about
3 seconds to alert you the smart key
has been detected and the trunk will
open.
✽ ✽NOTICE
Do not approach the detecting area if
you do not want the trunk to open. If
you have unintentionally entered the
detecting area and the hazard warn-
ing lights and chime starts to operate,
leave the detecting area with the
smart key. The trunk will stay closed.
3. Automatic opening
The hazard warning lights will blink
and chime will sound 2 times and
then the trunk will open.  Make certain that you close the
trunk before driving your vehicle.
 Make sure there are no people or objects around the trunk before
opening or closing the trunk.
 Make sure to deactivate the Smart Trunk Release function when
washing your vehicle.
Otherwise, the trunk may open
inadvertently.
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WARNING
 Make sure objects in the rearcargo area do not come out
when opening the trunk on
the slope way. It may cause
serious injury.
 The key should be kept out of reach of children. Children may
inadvertently open the Smart
Trunk Release while playing
around the rear area of the
vehicle.
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How to deactivate the Smart
Trunk Release function using thesmart key
1. Door lock
2. Door unlock
3. Trunk open
4. Panic
If you press any button of the smart
key during the Detect and Alert
stage, the Smart Trunk Release
function will be deactivated.
Make sure to be aware of how to
deactivate the Smart Trunk Release
function for emergency situations.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
• If you press the door unlock but-
ton (2), the Smart Trunk Release
function will be deactivated tem-
porarily. But, if you do not open
any door for 30 seconds, the Smart
Trunk Release function will be
activated again.
• If you press the trunk open button (3) for more than 1 second, the
trunk opens.
• If you press the door lock button (1) or trunk open button (3) when
the Smart Trunk Release function
is not in the Detect and Alert stage,
the Smart Trunk Release function
will not be deactivated.
• In case you have deactivated the Smart Trunk Release function by
pressing the smart key button and
opened a door, the Smart Trunk
Release function can be activated
again by closing and locking all
doors.
Detecting area
 The Smart Trunk Release operates
with a welcome alert if the smart
key is detected within 20 ~ 40 inch-
es (50 ~ 100 cm) from the trunk.
 The alert stops at once if the smart key is positioned outside the
detecting area during the Detect
and Alert stage.OYDDCO2004
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NOTICE
• The Smart Trunk Release function
will not work if any of the follow-
ing occurs:
- The smart key is close to a radiotransmitter such as a radio sta-
tion or an airport which can
interfere with normal operation
of the transmitter.
- The smart key is near a mobile two way radio system or a cellu-
lar phone.
- Another vehicle's smart key is being operated close to your
vehicle.
• The detecting range may decrease or increase when :
- One side of the tire is raised toreplace a tire or to inspect the
vehicle.
- The vehicle is slantingly parked on a slope or unpaved road, etc.
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Opening the liftgate
 The liftgate is locked or unlocked
when all doors are locked or
unlocked with the transmitter (or
smart key) or central door lock
switch.
 If unlocked, the liftgate can be opened by pressing the handle and
pulling it up.
 When all doors are locked if the lift- gate unlock button on the transmit-
ter (or smart key) is pressed for
more than 1 second, the liftgate is
unlocked. Once the liftgate is
opened and then closed, the lift-
gate is locked automatically.
❈ There is no key hole.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
In cold and wet climates, liftgate
lock and liftgate mechanisms may
not work properly due to freezing
conditions.
Closing the liftgate
To close the liftgate, lower and push
down the liftgate firmly. Make sure
that the liftgate is securely latched.
Make sure your hands, feet and
other parts of your body are safely
out of the way before closing the lift-
gate.
LIFTGATE (FOR 5 DOOR)
CAUTION - Liftgate lift
Make certain that you close the
liftgate before driving your vehi-cle. Possible damage may occurto the liftgate gas lifters andattached hardware if the liftgateis not closed prior to driving.
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WARNING
The liftgate swings upward.
Make sure no objects or people
are near the rear of the vehicle
when opening the liftgate.
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Emergency liftgate safety
release
Your vehicle is equipped with the
emergency liftgate safety release
lever located on the bottom of the lift-
gate. If someone is inadvertently
locked in the luggage compartment.
The liftgate can be opened by doing
as follows:
1. Input the mechanical key into thehole.
2. Push the mechanical key to the right.
3. Push up the liftgate.
WARNING- Exhaust
fumes
If you drive with the liftgate
open, you will draw dangerous
exhaust fumes into your vehicle
which can cause serious injury
or death to vehicle occupants.
If you must drive with the lift-
gate open, keep the air vents
and all windows open so that
additional outside air comes
into the vehicle.
WARNING- Riding in
cargo area
Occupants should never ride in
the rear cargo area where no
restraints are available. To avoid
injury in the event of an accident
or sudden stops, occupants
should always be properly
restrained.CAUTION - Closing lift-
gate
Make sure nothing is near the liftgate latch and striker whileclosing the liftgate. It may dam-age the liftgate's latch.
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