Kia Sorento 2023 Manual page 83

Safety features of your vehicle
And there may be a danger that the
driver's and/or front passenger's and/
or side and curtain air bag may fail to
trigger, or not trigger correctly during
a collision.
僅 Never install a rearward facing child
seat on the front passenger's seat
unless the passenger's front air bag
has been deactivated. The infant or
child could be severely injured or
killed by an air bag deployment in
case of an accident.
僅 Even though your vehicle is equipped
with the passenger's front air bag ON/
OFF switch, do not install a child
restraint system in the front passen-
ger's seat. A child restraint system
must never be placed in the front
seat. Children who are too large for
child restraint systems should always
occupy the rear seat and use the
available lap/shoulder belts. Children
are afforded the most safety in the
event of an accident when they are
restrained by a proper restraint sys-
tem in the rear seat.
僅 As soon as the child seat is no longer
needed on the front passenger's seat,
reactivate the front passenger's air
bag.
僅 Never place or insert any object into
any small opening near side airbag
labels attached to the vehicle seats.
When the air bag deploys, the object
may affect the deployment and result
in unexpected accident or bodily
harm.
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
Air bag - supplemental restraint system
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.
Side air bag and front centre air
bag (if equipped)
Your vehicle is equipped with a side air
bag in each front, 2nd row and front
centre air bag in front driver side seat.
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* 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 and 2nd row outboard passenger
with additional protection than that
offered by the seat belt alone.
The side air bags and driver's centre air
bag are designed to deploy only during
certain side-impact collisions, depending
on the crash severity, angle, speed and
point of impact. The side air bags and
driver's centre air bag are not designed
to deploy in all side impact situations.
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