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• Do not hit or allow any objects

to impact the locations where

air bag or sensors are installed.

This may cause unexpected

air bag deployment, which

could result in serious per-

sonal injury or death.

• If the installation location or

angle of the sensors is altered

in any way, the air bags may

deploy when they should not

or they may not deploy when

they should.

Therefore, do not try to perform

maintenance on or around the

air bag sensors. Have the vehi-

cle checked and repaired by an

authorized Kia dealer.

Problems may arise if the sensor

installation angles are changed due

to the deformation of the front

bumper, body or B pillar where side

collision sensors are installed. Have

the vehicle checked and repaired by

an authorized Kia dealer.

Installing aftermarket bumper guards

or replacing a bumper with non-gen-

uine parts may adversely affect your

vehicle's collision and air bag deploy-

ment performance.

Safety features of your vehicle

Air bag inflation conditions

Front air bags

Front air bags are designed to inflate

in a frontal collision depending on

the severity of impact of the front col-

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