僅 Why Didn't My Air Bag Go Off In A Collision? (Inflation And Non-Inflation Conditions Of The Air Bag) - Kia Soul 2022 Manual

Safety features of your vehicle
WARNING
Air bag sensors
僅 Do not hit or allow any objects to
impact the locations where air bags or
sensors are installed.
This may cause unexpected air bag
deployment, which could result in
serious personal injury or death.
僅 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 main-
tenance on or around the air bag sen-
sors. Have the vehicle checked and
repaired by an authorized Kia dealer.
Problems may arise if the sensor instal-
lation angles are changed due to the
deformation of the front bumper, front
end module, body or front doors where
side collision sensors are installed. Have
the vehicle checked and repaired by an
authorized Kia dealer.
Installing bumper guards (or side step or
running board) or replacing a bumper
(or front door module) with non-genuine
parts may adversely affect your vehicle's
collision and air bag deployment perfor-
mance.
Kia Genuine bumper guards/bumpers
are parts we guarantee for quality and
performance.
Why didn't my air bag go off in a
collision? (Inflation and non-infla-
tion conditions of the air bag)
There are many types of accidents in
which the air bag would not be expected
to provide additional protection.
Air bag - advanced Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
These include rear impacts, second or
third collisions in multiple impact acci-
dents, as well as low speed impacts.
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 collision.
Side and/or curtain air bags
Side and/or curtain air bags are
designed to inflate when an impact is
detected by side collision sensors
depending on the severity of impact
resulting from a side impact collision.
Also, the side and curtain air bags are
designed to inflate when a rollover is
detected by a rollover sensor.
Although the front air bags (driver's and
front passenger's air bags) are primarily
designed to inflate in frontal collisions,
they may inflate in other types of colli-
sions if the front impact sensors detect a
sufficient frontal force in another type of
impact.
Similarly, although side and curtain air
bags are designed to inflate in certain
side impact collisions, they may inflate in
other types of collisions where a side
force is detected by the sensors. For
instance, side air bag and/or curtain air
bags may inflate if rollover sensors indi-
cate the possibility of a rollover occur-
ring (even if none actually occurs) or in
other situations, including when the
vehicle is tilted while being towed.
Even if side and/or curtain air bags do
not provide impact protection in a roll-
over, they will deploy to prevent ejection
of occupants, especially those who are
restrained with seat belts.
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