Kia Cerato Dorr Locks

I live in the U.S. and do not know what a Cerato is. But I do own a Kia
Sedona minivan. I have noticed that when I use the keyfob, I have only a
few seconds (I don't know - maybe 10, 15, 20, something like that) to get
one of the front doors open before the van re-locks. And if I open
something other than a FRONT door (sliding side door, back hatch, etc.), it
will still re-lock everything else.

Don't know why this is or why they would program it like that. The only
thing you can do is to not use the fob until you are much closer to the
vehicle, and then even if you want to open up the hatch/trunk, quick pull
the front door open and re-close it again. That keeps it from re-locking,
at least it does for me.

Yes, it's a pain, but not enough for me to take a trip all the way to my
dealer and have it in the shop most of the day, waiting for my turn.

One other thing - like most men, I keep my keys in my pocket. Apparently,
the button is notorious for wanting to be pushed while it is inside the
pocket.


"coachman707" <u41020@uwe> wrote in message news:7eed25fe5ea6b@uwe...
>I recently purchased a Cerato which is just over 12 months old.
> I'm having problems with the door locks, when I use the fob to unlock the
> car,
> it locks again straight away before I get chance to open the door.
> Any Ideas?
> Cheers Coachman707
>
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"Rev. Tom Wenndt" <trwenndt.TakeThisOut@grics.net> wrote in message
news:fnnkqv02q10@enews1.newsguy.com...
>I live in the U.S. and do not know what a Cerato is. But I do own a Kia
>Sedona minivan. I have noticed that when I use the keyfob, I have only a
>few seconds (I don't know - maybe 10, 15, 20, something like that) to get
>one of the front doors open before the van re-locks. And if I open
>something other than a FRONT door (sliding side door, back hatch, etc.), it
>will still re-lock everything else.
>
> Don't know why this is or why they would program it like that. The only
> thing you can do is to not use the fob until you are much closer to the
> vehicle, and then even if you want to open up the hatch/trunk, quick pull
> the front door open and re-close it again. That keeps it from re-locking,
> at least it does for me.
>
> Yes, it's a pain, but not enough for me to take a trip all the way to my
> dealer and have it in the shop most of the day, waiting for my turn.
>
> One other thing - like most men, I keep my keys in my pocket. Apparently,
> the button is notorious for wanting to be pushed while it is inside the
> pocket.

Tom ~ Wife's Optima worked perfectly (door locks, that is) and then abruptly
went into the quick relock spasm. I was told by the dealer, whom I trust as
I have bought 13 cars from him, that this was (at the time) a common KIA
problem. The car was still under warranty, so the repair was at no cost.

As for the notorious "pocket-push", I too have that problem with my 2001
Chrysler Sebring. I lock the door, unlock the door, pop the trunk and set
off the alarm simply by walking past the car. Not good!

Rich
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"Rev. Tom Wenndt" <trwenndt RemoveThis @grics.net> wrote in
news:fnnkqv02q10@enews1.newsguy.com:

> I live in the U.S. and do not know what a Cerato is. But I do own a
> Kia Sedona minivan. I have noticed that when I use the keyfob, I have
> only a few seconds (I don't know - maybe 10, 15, 20, something like
> that) to get one of the front doors open before the van re-locks. And
> if I open something other than a FRONT door (sliding side door, back
> hatch, etc.), it will still re-lock everything else.
>
> Don't know why this is or why they would program it like that. The
> only thing you can do is to not use the fob until you are much closer
> to the vehicle, and then even if you want to open up the hatch/trunk,
> quick pull the front door open and re-close it again. That keeps it
> from re-locking, at least it does for me.
>
> Yes, it's a pain, but not enough for me to take a trip all the way to
> my dealer and have it in the shop most of the day, waiting for my
> turn.
>
> One other thing - like most men, I keep my keys in my pocket.
> Apparently, the button is notorious for wanting to be pushed while it
> is inside the pocket.
>

Which is why it re-locks after a brief delay (30 seconds on my Optima) in
case you accidently push the button while walking away from the parked car.


>
> "coachman707" <u41020@uwe> wrote in message news:7eed25fe5ea6b@uwe...
>>I recently purchased a Cerato which is just over 12 months old.
>> I'm having problems with the door locks, when I use the fob to unlock
>> the car,
>> it locks again straight away before I get chance to open the door.
>> Any Ideas?
>> Cheers Coachman707
>>
>
>
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On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:09:54 GMT, Jeff <j.DeleteThis@donotspam.me> wrote:

>"Rev. Tom Wenndt" <trwenndt.DeleteThis@grics.net> wrote in
>news:fnnkqv02q10@enews1.newsguy.com:
>
>> I live in the U.S. and do not know what a Cerato is. But I do own a
>> Kia Sedona minivan. I have noticed that when I use the keyfob, I have
>> only a few seconds (I don't know - maybe 10, 15, 20, something like
>> that) to get one of the front doors open before the van re-locks. And
>> if I open something other than a FRONT door (sliding side door, back
>> hatch, etc.), it will still re-lock everything else.
>>
>> Don't know why this is or why they would program it like that. The
>> only thing you can do is to not use the fob until you are much closer
>> to the vehicle, and then even if you want to open up the hatch/trunk,
>> quick pull the front door open and re-close it again. That keeps it
>> from re-locking, at least it does for me.
>>
>> Yes, it's a pain, but not enough for me to take a trip all the way to
>> my dealer and have it in the shop most of the day, waiting for my
>> turn.
>>
>> One other thing - like most men, I keep my keys in my pocket.
>> Apparently, the button is notorious for wanting to be pushed while it
>> is inside the pocket.
>>
>
>Which is why it re-locks after a brief delay (30 seconds on my Optima) in
>case you accidently push the button while walking away from the parked car.
>
>
>>
>> "coachman707" <u41020@uwe> wrote in message news:7eed25fe5ea6b@uwe...
>>>I recently purchased a Cerato which is just over 12 months old.
>>> I'm having problems with the door locks, when I use the fob to unlock
>>> the car,
>>> it locks again straight away before I get chance to open the door.
>>> Any Ideas?
>>> Cheers Coachman707
>>>

I had the same problem with my 03 Optima with 40,000 thousand miles on
it. I could not unlock it on the driver's side. It would just relock
inself instantly.

Had to take it to the dealer. They replaced something and now it
works great.
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