Kia Sorento 2006 Owner's Manual page 65

KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE
• If the curtain airbag deploys, it
remains inflated for approximately
3 seconds. The curtain airbag
deployment occurs only on the side
of the vehicle affected by the
impact.
• The curtain airbags
designed to deploy during colli-
sions from the front or rear of the
vehicle or in most rollover situa-
tions.
• The curtain airbags are designed to
deploy only during certain side-
impact collisions, depending on the
crash severity, angle, speed and
impact. The curtain airbags are not
designed to deploy in all side
impact situations.
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WARNING
• In order for the curtain airbags
to provide its best protection,
both front seat occupants and
both outboard rear occupants
should sit in an upright posi-
are not
tion with the safety belts prop-
erly fastened. Especially, chil-
dren should sit in a proper
child restraint system.
• When children are seated in
the rear outboard seats, they
must be seated in the proper
child restraint system. Make
sure to put the child restraint
system as far away from the
door side as possible, and
secure the child restraint sys-
tem to be locked in position.
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• Do not allow the passengers
to lean their heads or bodies
onto doors, put their arms on
the doors, stretch their arms
out of the window, or place
objects between the doors and
passengers when they are
seated on the seats where cur-
tain airbags are equipped.
• Never try to open or repair any
components of the curtain
airbag system. This should be
done only by an authorized
Kia dealer.
Failure to follow the above men-
tioned instructions can result in
injury or death to the vehicle
occupants in an accident.
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