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First time KIA owner - beginner questions

Hey guys,

I just got my very first KIA the day before yesterday. Its an EV4 GT Line with the DriveWise Park Package.

Now this is also my very first car with an info-/entertainment system and the user manual is bigger than any book Ive ever read. Plus it feels somewhat hard to find a feature a car does *not* seem to have, so here are two quick questions to the pros in here:

  1. when I approach the car either with my phone, watch or key, the car unlocks - fine ... works as intended. But it doesnt seem to lock the car when I leave?! And I cant find any option besides "auto lock when driving". Is there anything I can do to avoid this or do I still have to take out the key and manually lock the car?

  2. there is this really annoying "boot screen" where I have to tell the car which profile to pick (only my profile) or wait for 10 seconds to choose it by default and after that there is this "greetings driver" message where I have to press "start" or whatever before the infotainment works as intended. Is there a way to skip all this? I just wanna sit down and drive.

Thanks for your help guys!

Posted Mar 14, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC

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