2015 KIA OPTIMA HYBRID child lock

Features of your vehicle
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Impact sensing door unlock
system
All doors will automatically unlock
when an impact causes the air bags
to deploy.
Auto door lock/unlock feature
All doors will automatically lock
when the transaxle shift lever is
shifted out of P (Park).
All doors will automatically unlock when the transaxle shift lever is
shifted into P (Park). An authorized Kia dealer can acti-
vate or deactivate some auto door
lock/ unlock features as follows;
Auto door unlock by using the dri-
ver's door lock button
Auto door lock/unlock by shifting the transaxle shift lever out of P
(Park) or into P (Park)
Auto door unlock when the ENGINE START/STOP button is
turned to the OFF position.
If you want to activate or deactivate
some door lock/unlock feature, refer
to "user setting mode" in this chapter.
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 ( ) posi-
tion. The child safety lock (1) locat-
ed on the rear edge of the door to
the lock position. When the child
safety lock is in the lock position,
rear door will not open even when
the inner door handle is pulled.
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Features of your vehicle
3. Close the rear door.
To open the rear door, pull the out-
side 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 vehi-
cle. If a child accidently opens the
rear doors while the vehicle is in
motion, they can fall out.

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Features of your vehicle
When the power window lock
switch is pressed:
The driver's master control canoperate all the power windows.
The front passenger's control can operate the front passen-
ger's power window.
The rear passenger's control cannot operate the rear passen-
ger's power window. Always double check to make sure
all arms, hands, head and other
obstructions are safely out of the way
before closing a window.
CAUTION - Opening /
closing window
To prevent possible damage tothe power window system, donot open or close two windowsor more at the same time. Thiswill also ensure the longevity ofthe fuse.
WARNING - Power
windows
Do not allow children to play
with the power windows. Keep
the driver’s door power window
lock switch in the LOCK posi-
tion (pressed).

Driving your vehicle
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Before entering vehicle
• Be sure that all windows, outsidemirror(s), and outside lights are
clean.
Check the condition of the tires.
Check under the vehicle for any sign of leaks.
Be sure there are no obstacles behind you if you intend to back up.
Necessary inspections
Fluid levels, such as engine oil,
engine coolant, brake fluid, and
washer fluid should be checked on a
regular basis, with the exact interval
depending on the fluid. Further
details are provided in chapter 7,
“Maintenance”.
Before starting
Close and lock all doors.
Position the seat so that all con-trols are easily reached.
Buckle your seat belt.
Adjust the inside and outside rearview mirrors.
Be sure that all lights work.
Check all gauges.
Check the operation of warning lights when the ignition switch is
turned to the ON position.
Release the parking brake and make sure the brake warning light
goes off.
For safe operation, be sure you are
familiar with your vehicle and its
equipment.
BEFORE DRIVING
WARNING - Distracted driving
Focus on the road while driving.
The driver's primary responsi-
bility is in the safe and legal
operation of the vehicle. Use of
any hand held devices, other
equipment or vehicle systems
that distract the driver should
not be used during vehicle
operation.
WARNING - Check surrounding
Always check the surrounding
areas near your vehicle for peo-
ple, especially children, before
putting a vehicle into D (Drive)
or R (Reverse).

Driving your vehicle
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If the battery is weak or the smart
key does not work correctly, you
can start the engine by pressing
the engine start/stop button with
the smart key.
The side with the lock button
should contact the engine
start/stop button directly.
When you press the engine
start/stop button directly with the
smart key, the smart key should
contact the button at a right angle.
WARNING - Unintended
vehicle movement
Never leave the smart key in the
vehicle with children or vehicle
occupants who are unfamiliar
with the vehicle operation.
Pushing the ENGINE
START/STOP button while the
smart key is in the vehicle may
result in unintended engine
activation and/or unintended
vehicle movement.
CAUTION
If ambient temperature is low, the "READY" symbol may stayilluminated longer than the nor-mal amount of time.
WARNING
The Hybrid system will start
only when the smart key is in
the vehicle. Never allow chil-
dren or any person who is unfa-
miliar with the vehicle to touch
the Hybrid system start/stop
button or related parts.
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What to do in an emergency
Do not allow anyone to remain in the
vehicle while it is on the jack.
Make sure any children present are
in a secure place away from the road
and from the vehicle to be raised with
the jack.Removing and storing the
spare tire
Turn the tire hold-down wing bolt
counterclockwise.
Store the tire in the reverse order of
removal.
To prevent the spare tire and tools
from “rattling” while the vehicle is in
motion, store them properly.
Changing tires
1.Park on a level surface and applythe parking brake firmly.
2.Shift the shift lever into P (Park) for automatic transaxle.
3.Activate the hazard warning flash- er.
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WARNING - Running
vehicle on jack
Do not start or run the engine of
the vehicle while the vehicle is
on the jack as this may cause
the vehicle to fall off the jack.
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Index
Brake systemPower brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Hill-start assist control (HAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Vehicle stability management (VSM) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Brakes fluid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36\
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75
Bulb wattage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Button start/stop, see engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . 5-6
Camera see the Rear Camera Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-86
Capacities (Lubricants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Care Tire care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48\
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87
Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92
Carrying long/narrow cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Center console storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
Central door lock switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Certification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64
Chains Tire chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58
Checking tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Child restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27 Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27\
Tether anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Lower anchor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Climate control air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Clothes hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Combined instrument, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . 4-45
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Compact spare tire replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
120
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 7-32
Cooling fluid, see engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39 To set cruise control speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
Curtain air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Dashboard illumination, see instrument panel illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Dashboard, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Day/night rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
Defogging (Windshield) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Defogging logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116 Auto defogging system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-117
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Index
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Defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10\
1Rear window defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Outside mirror defroster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Wiper deicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-101
Defrosting (Windshield) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-115
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-124
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-\
2
Display illumination, see instrument panel illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Displays, see instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Door locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-\
14 Central door lock switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Child-protector rear door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Drinks holders, see cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-122
Driver position memory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35 Storing positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Recalling positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Easy access function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Driver's and passenger's front air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
Driving at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Driving in flooded areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Driving in the rain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56 ECO guide gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Electric chromic mirror (ECM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Electric parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
EPB malfunction indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Electric power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Emergency while driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94 Crankcase emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94
Evaporative emission control System . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-95
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 8-2
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Engine Coolant Temperature guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-\
30
Engine overheats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Engine start/stop button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Engine will not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Evaporative emission control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-95
Explanation of scheduled maintenance items . . . . . . . 7-26
Exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-87E