Kia CERATO Owner's Manual page 75

The purpose of the air bag is to provide
the vehicle's driver and/or the front
passenger with additional protection
than that offered by the seat belt
alone.
The side air bags are designed to de‐
ploy only during certain sideimpact col‐
lisions, depending on the crash severity,
angle, speed and point of impact. How‐
ever, when side deployment threshold
is satisfied at front-impact, side air
bags may deploy. The side air bags are
not designed to deploy in all side impact
or rollover situations.
The side air bags may deploy on the
side of the impact or on both side.
NOTICE
n if equipped with rollover sen‐
sor
• Also, both side of the side air bags
deploy in certain rollover situa‐
tions.
• The side air bag may deploy when
the rollover sensor detects the sit‐
uation as a rollover.
WARNING
Do not allow the 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
passengers when they are seated on
seats equipped with side and/or cur‐
tain air bags.
WARNING
• The side air bag is supplemental to
the driver's and the passenger's
seat belt systems and is not a
substitute for them. Therefore
your seat belts must be worn at all
times while the vehicle is in mo‐
tion. The air bags deploy only in
certain side impact or rollover
conditions severe enough to cause
significant injury to the vehicle oc‐
cupants.
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Only vehicle equipped with rollover
sensor.
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• For best protection from the side
air bag system and to avoid being
injured by the deploying side air
bag, both front seat occupants
should sit in an upright position
with the seat belt properly fas‐
tened. The driver's hands should
be placed on the steering wheel at
the 9:00 and 3:00 positions.
The passenger's arms and hands
should be placed on their laps.
• Do not use any accessory seat
covers.
• Use of seat covers could reduce or
prevent the effectiveness of the
system.
• To prevent unexpected deploy‐
ment of the side air bag that may
result in personal injury, avoid im‐
pact to the side impact sensor
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when the ignition switch is on.
• If the seat or seat cover is dam‐
aged, have the system serviced by
a professional workshop.
Kia recommends to visit an au‐
thorized Kia dealer/service part‐
ner.
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