Kia Automobile User Manual page 72

Knowing your vehicle
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• If the driver brakes the vehicle
1
heavily prior to an impact,
unbelted occupants will be
thrown forward. If the front
2
passenger is not wearing the
safety belts, they will be
directly in front of the air bag
3
when deployment occurs. In
that situation, serious injury
or death is possible.
4
• Never allow front passenger
to put their hands, feet or face
5
on or close to the instrument
panel. In the event of air bag
deployment, such a misposi-
6
tioned occupant would be
likely to suffer severe injury or
7
death.
• Never allow children, pregnant
women or weak persons to sit
8
in the front passenger seat.
They may be seriously injured
9 by the air bag inflation when
air bag deploys.
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• Never allow children, pregnant
women or weak persons to sit
in the front passenger seat.
Do not put child restraint sys-
tem on the front passenger's
seat either. They may be seri-
ously injured by the airbag
inflation when airbag deploys.
• Do not put objects or stickers
on the instrument panel. Do
not apply any accessory to the
front windshield. Do not install
aftermarket mirrors or acces-
sories on the factory-installed
rearview mirror. Any of these
could
deployment of the air bag or
could hit your body at high
speed and cause severe bodi-
ly injury and even death.
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interfere with the
1LDN2050/1LDN2051
Side air bag (if equipped)
Side air bags are stored in the left
side of the driver's seat and right side
of the front passenger's seat.
If air bag inflation conditions are met
(side collision), they will inflate.
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