Kia PICANTO 2023 Manual page 76

Safety features of your vehicle
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* The actual indicator in the vehicle may
differ from the illustration.
Side and curtain air bags are designed
to inflate when an impact is detected by
side collision sensors depending on the
strength, speed or angles of impact
resulting from a side impact collision.
Although the front air bags (driver's and
front passenger's air bags) are designed
to inflate only in frontal collisions, they
also may inflate in other types of colli-
sions if the front impact sensors detect a
sufficient impact. Side impact and cur-
tain air bags are designed to inflate only
in side impact collisions, but they may
inflate in other collisions if the side
impact sensors detect a sufficient
impact.
If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved roads,
the air bags may deploy. Drive carefully
on unimproved roads or on surfaces not
designed for vehicle traffic to prevent
unintended air bag deployment.
NOTICE
If equipped with rollover sensor
Also, the side and curtain air bags are
designed to inflate when a rollover is
detected by a rollover sensor.
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Air bag - supplemental restraint system
Air bag non-inflation conditions
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僅 In certain low-speed collisions the air
bags may not deploy. The air bags are
designed not to deploy in such cases
because they may not provide bene-
fits beyond the protection of the seat
belts in such collisions.
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僅 Frontal air bags are not designed to
inflate in rear collisions, because
occupants are moved backward by
the force of the impact. In this case,
inflated air bags would not be able to
provide any additional benefit.