My sequence is stop on the foot brake, press the P button, press the engine off. I also use Auto Hold all the time. Never had an issue.

 

Thanks for the response, we’ve always had Auto hold on and we only switched the car off then it directly put on handbrake and that’s it.

 

I do the same procedure as Mr Macspot (above) and have had no issues.

OP - do you have AutoHold always switched on?

 

As above, on my niro the parking brake only comes on automatically if you have Auto Hold switched on.

 

Thanks, we’ve just checked and someone had switched the auto hold off, now it works.

 

Auto hold on all the time. Pull up, press off button, parking brake comes on automatically. No need to put the car in P, it does that itself when you turn the car off.

 

I believe there was a thread sometime ago that said if you let the Parking brake come on automatically when the engine is switched off then for some reason when you exit the car, the rear doors will still be locked. If you operate the Parking brake manually (using mr.macspot’s method), then the rear doors will unlock at the same time as the fronts.

Found the thread here……

https://www.kiaownersclub.co.uk/threads/auto-unlock.75099/?post_id=519962#post-519962

 

@Aerofly - yes that is what we found as well and it is a nuisance. I'll stick with my method.

 

@mr.macspot - That’s exactly my problem as well, so now I do the same as you, footbrake on (auto hold operates), push ‘P’, then engine off.
I just got fed up with getting out, shutting the drivers door, then encountering a locked rear door when trying to retrieve my coat from the back seat, and having to reopen the drivers door to get to the unlock switch. 🤬

 

I have it set to unlock all doors when vehicle switched off. Then no need to press park as well.

 

Yep.

 

I can’t say that I have ever noticed the rear passenger doors remaining locked after coming to a halt and disembarking passengers. I’ll need to check as I always select Autohold before setting off which provides, by a single press of the stop/start button, the automatic selection of Park and the application of the EPB.

 

Not sure what half the fuss is here. Pull up, stop button, get out, grab child from back seat and press door lock button on way past.

Have probably pressed park less than 5 times in 12,000 miles and handbrake 2 or 3 times whilst messing about at traffic lights.

 

Well each to their own. At least modern cars allow us to set things up as we want, rather than what the manufacturer thinks we should have.

 

As above, I have my car set to what I want so thats auto lock off, auto mirrors closing off, and I turn lane assist off every time I start the car.
I also turn off auto hold before entering the garage to prevent the parking brake applying, this prevents the brake discs from sticking on if parked wet. I then set auto hold on again when starting up