Kia CERATO 2018 Owner's Manual page 78

Safety features of your vehicle
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• Front air bags are not intended to
deploy in side-impact, rear-impact
or rollover crashes. In addition,
front air bags will not deploy in
frontal crashes below the deploy‐
ment threshold.
• A child restraint system must nev‐
er be placed in the front seat. The
infant or child could be severely in‐
jured or killed by an air bag deploy‐
ment in case of an accident.
• Children age 12 and under must al‐
ways be properly restrained in the
rear seat. Never allow children to
ride in the front passenger seat. If
a child over 12 must be seated in
the front seat, he or she must be
properly belted and
should be moved as far back as
possible.
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• For maximum safety protection in
all types of crashes, all occupants
including the driver should always
wear their seat belts whether or
not an air bag is also provided at
their seating position to minimize
the risk of severe injury or death in
the event of a crash.
Do not sit or lean unnecessarily
close to the air bag while the vehi‐
cle is in motion.
• Sitting improperly or out of posi‐
tion can result in serious or fatal
injury in a crash. All occupants
should sit upright with the seat
back in an upright position, cen‐
tered on the seat cushion with
their seat belt on, legs comforta‐
the seat
bly extended and their feet on the
floor until the vehicle is parked and
the ignition key is removed.
• The SRS air bag system must de‐
ploy very rapidly to provide pro‐
tection in a crash. If an occupant is
out of position because of not
wearing a seat belt, the air bag
may forcefully contact the occu‐
pant causing serious or fatal inju‐
ries.
Passenger's front air bag ON/OFF
switch (if equipped)
The passenger s front air bag can be
deactivated by the passenger s front
air bag ON/OFF switch if a child re‐
straint is installed on the front pas‐
senger's seat or if the front passeng‐
er's seat is unoccupied by a person.
To ensure the safety of your child, the
passenger s front air bag must be de‐
activated when it should be necessary
to install a rearward facing child seat
on the front passenger seat in excep‐
tional circumstances.