Hyundai 2012 Santa Fe - Manual (Page 89)

Features of your vehicle
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Auto door lock/unlock feature
(if equipped)
• All doors will automatically lock when
the transaxle shift lever is shifted out of
P(Park).
• All doors will automatically unlocked
when the transaxle shift lever is
shifted into P(Park).
• All doors will automatically unlock
when the ignition key is removed from
the ignition switch.
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Child-protector rear door lock
The child safety lock is provided to help
prevent children from accidentally open-
ing the rear doors from inside the vehicle.
The rear door safety locks should be
used whenever children are in the vehi-
cle.
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, rear door
will not open even though the inner
door handle is pulled inside the vehi-
cle.
3. Close the rear door.
To open the rear door, pull the outside
door handle (1).
Even though the doors may be unlocked,
the rear door will not open by pulling the
inner door handle (2) until 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 and be
severely injured or killed. To pre-
vent children from opening the rear
doors from the inside, the rear door
safety locks should be used when-
ever children are in the vehicle.
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