Kia Optima: Rear Door Child Safety Lock

The child safety lock is provided to help prevent children from accidentally opening the rear doors from inside the vehicle.

• To lock a rear door so that it cannot be opened from the inside, push the child safety lock located on the rear edge of the door to the “LOCKâ€� position (toward rear of vehicle) before closing the door.
• To open a rear door while the child safety lock is engaged, push the door lock knob to the “UNLOCKâ€� position (red mark is visible) then pull the outside door handle.

WARNING - Rear Door Locks

If children accidentally open the rear doors while the vehicle is in motion, the child could fall out and be seriously injured. To prevent a child from opening the rear doors from the inside, the rear door safety locks should be used whenever children are in the vehicle.