Kia Sorento 2023 Manual page 81

Safety features of your vehicle
deploy once. Seat belts must be worn
at all times.
僅 Front air bags are not intended to
deploy in side-impact, rear-impact or
rollover crashes. In addition, front air
bags will not deploy in frontal crashes
below the deployment threshold.
僅 A child restraint system must never be
placed in the front seat. The infant or
child could be severely injured or
killed by an air bag deployment in
case of an accident.
僅 Children age 13 and under must
always be properly restrained in the
rear seat. Never allow children to ride
in the front passenger seat. If a child
over age 13 must be seated in the
front seat, he or she must be properly
belted and the seat should be moved
as far back as possible.
僅 For maximum safety protection in all
types of crashes, all occupants includ-
ing the driver should always wear
their seat belts whether or not an air
bag is also provided at their seating
position to minimise the risk of severe
injury or death in the event of a crash.
Do not sit or lean unnecessarily close
to the air bag whilst the vehicle is in
motion.
僅 Sitting improperly or out of position
can result in serious or fatal injury in a
crash. All occupants should sit upright
with the seat back in an upright posi-
tion, centre on the seat cushion with
their seat belt on, legs comfortably
extended and their feet on the floor
until the vehicle is parked and the
ignition key is removed.
僅 The SRS air bag system must deploy
very rapidly to provide protection in a
crash. If an occupant is out of position
because of not wearing a seat belt,
Air bag - supplemental restraint system
the air bag may forcefully contact the
occupant causing serious or fatal inju-
ries.
WARNING
No attaching objects
No objects (such as crash pad cover, cel-
lular phone holder, cup holder, perfume
or stickers) should be placed over or
near the air bag modules on the steering
wheel, instrument panel, windscreen
glass, and the front passenger's panel
above the glove box. Such objects could
cause harm if the vehicle is in a crash
severe enough to cause the air bags to
deploy. Do not place any objects over
the air bag or between the air bag and
yourself.
Passenger's front air bag ON/
OFF switch (if equipped)
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The passenger's front air bag can be
deactivated by the passenger's front air
bag ON/OFF switch if a child restraint is
installed on the front passenger's seat or
if the front passenger's seat is unoccu-
pied by a person.
To ensure the safety of your child, the
passenger's front air bag must be deac-
tivated when it should be necessary to
install a rearward facing child seat on
the front passenger seat in exceptional
circumstances.
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