How To Disarm The Automatic Door Locks On My Kia

Disable kia optima auto door lock.

How to disarm the automatic door locks on my kia.

My kia sedona 2006 old version i think has just started locking automatically. I find this one of the most annoying features out there. Therefore all doors will unlock if the door is unlocked. All doors will be automatically unlocked if the automatic transaxle shift lever is shifted to the p park position.

You should then hear the lock mechanism lock and unlock. The car then auto locks about 15 seconds or so later. Door lock switch on the door panel twice. I personally find automatic door locking annoying.

The two press unlock function will be deactivated. If i have my dogs in the car and want to pop to a shop i don t want them to trigger the alarm edited by. Disable kia optima auto door lock. Then with the key in off release the turn signal lever.

Two press unlock if equipped off. Posted by 1 year ago. Assuming the doors are already locked i find when i unlock the doors with my wireless fob i have about 20 seconds to enter the vehicle or the doors will lock again. This is when the key is not in the ignition the car is parked in gear and you have just unlocked it i have had the rear door open on the occasions this has happened front doors have been closed.

This will turn off the auto lock feature. Press unlock on the power door button one time to toggle the autolock relock feature to on or off step 9 press the lock button on the power door and wait for the horn to chirp. The driver s door will unlock if the door is unlocked. To disable the auto lock function press the lock side of the power.

On my old car you could press the key fob 3 times to do this but it doesn t say this in the sportage car manual. Can you temporarily disalarm the alarm on a kia sportage 2013 but lock the doors.