Kia Sorento 2023 Manual page 80

Safety features of your vehicle
The SRS consists of air bags installed
under the pad covers in the centre 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.
WARNING
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.
WARNING
Always use seat belts and child
restraints – every trip, every time, every-
one! Air bags inflate with considerable
force and in the blink of an eye. Seat
belts help keep occupants in proper
position to obtain maximum benefit
from the air bag. Even with air bags,
improperly and unbelted occupants can
be severely injured when the air bag
inflates. Always follow the precautions
about seat belts, air bags and occupant
safety contained in this manual.
To reduce the chance of serious or fatal
injuries and receive the maximum safety
benefit from your restraint system:
僅 Never place a child in any child or
booster seat in the front seat.
僅 ABC – Always Buckle Children in the
back seat. It is the safest place for
children of any age to ride.
僅 Front and side air bags can injure
occupants improperly positioned in
the front seats.
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Air bag - supplemental restraint system
僅 Move your seat as far back as practi-
cal from the front air bags, whilst still
maintaining control of the vehicle.
僅 You and your passengers should
never sit or lean unnecessarily close
to the air bags. Improperly positioned
drivers and passengers can be
severely injured by inflating air bags.
僅 Never lean against the door or centre
console – always sit in an upright
position.
僅 No objects should be placed over or
near the air bag modules on the steer-
ing wheel, instrument panel, and the
front passenger's panel above the
glove box, because any such object
could cause harm if the vehicle is in a
crash severe enough to cause the air
bags to deploy.
僅 Do not tamper with or disconnect SRS
wiring or other components of the
SRS system. Doing so could result in
injury, due to accidental deployment
of the air bags or by rendering the
SRS inoperative.
僅 If the SRS air bag warning light
remains appeared whilst the vehicle is
being driven, have the system
inspected by a professional workshop.
Kia recommends to visit an authorised
Kia dealer/service partner.
僅 Air bags can only be used once – have
the system replaced by a professional
workshop.
Kia recommends to visit an authorised
Kia dealer/service partner.
僅 The SRS is designed to deploy the
front air bags only when an impact is
sufficiently severe and when the
impact angle is less than 30° from the
forward longitudinal axis of the vehi-
cle. Additionally, the air bags will only