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Safety features of your vehicle
Passenger's front air bag
OBD031031
Your vehicle is equipped with an
Advanced Supplemental Restraint (Air
Bag) System and lap/shoulder belts at
both the driver and passenger seating
position.
The indication of the system's presence
are the letters "AIR BAG" located on the
air bag pad cover on the steering wheel
and the passenger's side front panel pad
above the glove box.
The SRS consists of air bags installed
under the pad covers in the center of the
steering wheel and the passenger's side
front panel above the glove box.
The purpose of the SRS is to provide the
vehicle's driver and/or the front passen-
ger with additional protection than that
offered by the seat belt system alone in
case of a frontal impact of sufficient
severity. The SRS uses sensors to gather
information about the driver's and front
passenger's seat belt usage and impact
severity.
The seat belt buckle sensors determine
if the driver and front passenger's seat
belts are fastened.
These sensors provide the ability to con-
trol the SRS deployment based on
whether or not the seat belts are fas-
tened, and how severe the impact is.
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Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system
The advanced SRS offers the ability to
control the air bag inflation with two lev-
els. A first stage level is provided for
moderate-severity impacts. A second
stage level is provided for more severe
impacts.
The passenger's front air bag is
designed to help reduce the injury of
children sitting close to the instrument
panel in low speed collisions. However,
children are safer if they are restrained
in the rear seat.
According to the impact severity and
seat belt usage, the SRSCM (SRS Control
Module) controls the air bag inflation.
Failure to properly wear seat belts can
increase the risk or severity of injury in
an accident.
NOTICE
The driver's hands should be placed on
the steering wheel at the 9:00 and 3:00
positions. The passenger's arm and
hands should be placed on their laps.
Additionally, your vehicle is equipped
with an occupant detection system in
the front passenger's seat. The occupant
detection system detects the presence
of a passenger in the front passenger's
seat and will turn off the front passen-
ger's air bag under certain conditions.
For more details, refer to "Occupant
Detection System (ODS)" on page 3-39.
Modification to the seat structure can
cause the air bag to deploy at a different
level than should be provided.
Manufacturers are required by govern-
ment regulations to provide a contact
point concerning modifications to the
vehicle for persons with disabilities,
which modifications may affect the vehi-
cle's advanced air bag system. That con-
tact is Kia's toll-free Customer
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