Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) precautions

  • Make sure that all the windows are closed. If the window is open, the alert may operate by the sensor detecting an unintended movement (e.g. wind or bugs).

  • The alert may be activated when the motion is detected in areas other than the driver's seat and front passenger's seat.

  • If the doors are locked with a passenger inside the vehicle, the alert may operate.

  • An alert can occur if the there is an impact on the vehicle.

  • If boxes or objects are stacked in the vehicle, the system may not detect passengers or objects. Or, the alert may operate if the boxes or objects fall off.

  • The alert may operate with the doors locked due to car wash or surrounding vibration or noise.

  • The alert may be activated when any motion is detected in areas other than the driver's seat and front passenger's seat.

WARNING

Even if your vehicle is equipped with Rear Occupant Alert (ROA), always make sure to check the rear seat before you leave the vehicle. Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) may not operate when:

The detection signal is weak because the signal is obscured by seat or CRS (for example, child is restrained in the forward-facing CRS)

  • Movement does not continue for a certain period of time or the movement is small.

  • A child is not seated in a child restraint system.

  • Movement is detected in areas other than the rear seats.

  • The rear passenger is covered with a fabric containing metallic substance such as a blanket.

  • An object in the vehicle blocks the sensor.

  • The sensor is contaminated by foreign material.

  • An animal at the rear seat is not large enough to be detected by the sensor or there is hardly any movement.

  • Attaching objects or modifying the interior ceiling, or the interior ceiling is deformed or damaged.

  • There are electronic interference around the vehicle.

  • Other environmental reasons that may affect the system.

NOTE

  • The second alert is activated only after the prior activation of the first alert.

  • The second alert activates only when the sensor is equipped in the vehicle.

  • If you do not want to use Rear Occupant Alert, press the OK button on the steering wheel when the first alert is displayed on the cluster. Doing so will deactivate the second alert one time. Members of Kia Connect Service can stop the alert through the app.

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    1. Check rear seat for passengers and belongings

  • If the vehicle is started remotely (if equipped with Remote Start), inside movement detection will stop.