Kia Sonet QY 2021 Owner's Manual page 82

Safety features of your vehicle
Front air bags are designed to
inflate in a frontal collision depend-
ing on the intensity, speed or angles
of impact of the front collision.
Side and curtain air bags (if
equipped)
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* 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.
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Air bag - supplemental restraint system
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 collisions if the front
impact sensor 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 colli-
sions if the side impact sensors
detect a sufficient impact.
If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved
roads or sidewalks, air bags may
deploy. Drive carefully on unim-
proved roads or on surfaces not
designed for vehicle traffic to pre-
vent unintended air bag deploy-
ment.
Air bag non-inflation conditions
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 benefits beyond the pro-
tection of the seat belts in such
collisions.