Kia Sportage 2023 Manual page 64

Safety features of your vehicle
* The actual air bags in the vehicle may
differ from the illustration.
The purpose of the air bag is to provide
the vehicle's driver and/or the front pas-
senger with additional protection than
that offered by the seat belt alone.
The side air bags are designed to deploy
only during certain side-impact colli-
sions, depending on the crash severity,
angle, speed and point of impact. The
side air bags are not designed to deploy
in all side impact situations.
ONQ5031384R
ONQ5021055R
* The actual air bags in the vehicle may
differ from the illustration.
WARNING
僅 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 pas-
sengers when they are seated on
seats equipped with side and/or cur-
tain air bags.
僅 The side air bags are 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 whilst the
vehicle is in motion. The air bags
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Air bag - supplemental restraint system
deploy only in certain side impact or
rollover conditions (Only vehicle
equipped with rollover sensor) severe
enough to cause significant injury to
the vehicle occupants.
僅 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 fastened.
僅 Do not use any accessory seat covers.
僅 Use of seat covers could reduce or
prevent the effectiveness of the sys-
tem.
僅 To prevent unexpected deployment
of the side air bag that may result in
personal injury, avoid impact to the
side impact sensor when the vehicle is
in ON position.
僅 If the seat or seat cover is damaged,
have the system serviced by a profes-
sional workshop.
Kia recommends to visit an authorised
Kia dealer/service partner.
僅 Do not place any objects over the air
bag or between the air bag and your-
self. Also, do not attach any objects
around the area the air bag inflates
such as the door, side door glass,
front and rear pillar.
僅 Do not place any objects between the
door and the seat. They may become
dangerous projectiles if the side air
bag inflates.
僅 Do not install any accessories on the
side or near the side air bags.
NOTICE
If equipped with rollover sensor
Also, the air bags inflate instantly in the
event of a rollover (if equipped with a