Hyundai Santa Fe Owner's Manual page 79

Safety system of your vehicle
Curtain air bags
Curtain air bags are located along
both sides of the roof rails above the
front and rear doors.
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They are designed to help protect
the heads of the front seat occupants
and the rear outboard seat occu-
pants in certain side impact colli-
sions.
The curtain air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side impact
collisions, depending on the crash
severity, angle, speed and impact.
The curtain air bags on both sides of
the vehicle are designed to deploy
when a rollover is detected by a
rollover sensor.
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The curtain air bags are not
designed to deploy in all side impact
or rollover situations.
To reduce the risk of serious
injury or death from an inflating
curtain air bag, take the follow-
ing precautions:
•
All seat occupants must wear
seat belts at all times to help
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keep occupants positioned
properly.
WARNING
•
Properly secure Child Restraint
System as far away from the
door as possible.
• Do not place any objects over
the air bag. Also, do not attach
any objects around the area the
air bag inflates such as the
door, side door glass, front and
rear pillar, roof side rail.
•
Do not hang other objects
except clothes, especially
hard or breakable objects.
In an accident, it may cause
vehicle damage or personal
injury.
•
Do not allow passengers to
lean their heads or bodies
onto doors, put their arms on
the doors, stretch their arms
out of the window, or place
objects between the doors
and seats.
•
Do not open or repair the side
curtain air bags.