Kia Sorento 2023 Manual page 88

Safety features of your vehicle
OMQ4023077
* The actual air bags in the vehicle may
differ from the illustration.
Side and/or curtain air bags are
designed to inflate when an impact is
detected by side collision sensors
depending on the strength, speed or
angles 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 designed
to inflate only in frontal collisions, they
also may inflate in other types of colli-
sions if the front impact sensors detect a
sufficient impact. Side air bags (side
and/or curtain air bags) are designed to
inflate only in side impact collisions, but
they may inflate in other collisions if the
side impact sensors detect a sufficient
impact.
For instance, side airbag and 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 whilst being towed. Even
if side and/or curtain air bags do not
provide impact protection in a rollover,
they will deploy to prevent ejection of
occupants, especially those who are
restrained with seat belts.
If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved roads
or sidewalks, air bags may deploy. Drive
carefully on unimproved roads or on
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Air bag - supplemental restraint system
surfaces not designed for vehicle traffic
to prevent unintended air bag deploy-
ment.
NOTICE
If equipped with rollover sensor
Also, the side and curtain air bags are
designed to inflate when a rollover is
detected by a rollover sensor.
Air bag non-inflation conditions
僅 In certain low-speed collisions the air
bags may not deploy. The air bags are
designed not to deploy in such cases
because they may not provide bene-
fits beyond the protection of the seat
belts in such collisions.
OMQ4023075
僅 Air bags are not designed to inflate in
rear collisions, because occupants are
moved backward by the force of the
impact. In this case, inflated air bags
would not be able to provide any
additional benefit.
OMQ4023078
僅 Front air bags may not inflate in side
impact collisions, because occupants
move to the direction of the collision,
and thus in side impacts, frontal air
bag deployment would not provide
additional occupant protection.