Kia Picanto 2006 Owner's Manual page 70

Knowing your vehicle
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To deactivate or reactivate the front
passenger's air bag
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To deactivate the front passenger's
air bag, insert the master key into the
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front passenger's air bag ON/OFF
switch and turn it to the "OFF" posi-
tion. The front passenger's air bag
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OFF indicator will illuminate and stay
on until the front passenger's air bag
is reactivated.
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To reactivate the front passenger's
air bag, insert the master key into the
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front passenger's air bag ON/OFF
switch and turn it to the "ON" posi-
tion. The front passenger's air bag
OFF indicator will go out.
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✽ ✽ NOTICE
• When the front passenger's air bag
switch is set to "ON" position, the
front passenger's air bag is activat-
ed and child or infant seat should
not be installed on the front pas-
senger seat.
• When the front passenger's air bag
switch is set to "OFF" position, the
front passenger's air bag is deacti-
vated.
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CAUTION
• If the front passenger's air bag
ON/OFF switch is not working
properly, the air bag warning
light on the instrument panel
will illuminate.
And, the front passenger's air
bag OFF indicator will not illu-
minate, the
Module reactivate the front
passenger's air bag and the
front passenger's air bag will
inflate in frontal impact crash-
es even if the front passenger's
air bag ON/OFF switch is set to
"OFF" position.
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If this occurs, have an author-
ized Kia dealer inspect the
front passenger's air bag
ON/OFF switch, the pre-ten-
sioner seat belt system and
the SRS air bag system as
soon as possible.
• If the SRS air bag warning
light does not illuminate when
the ignition key is turned to
the "ON" position, or if it illu-
minates while the vehicle is
being driven, have an author-
ized Kia dealer inspect the
front passenger's air bag
ON/OFF switch, pre-tensioner
seat belt and the SRS air bag
system as soon as possible.
SRS Control
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