Kia 2007 Amanti Owner's Manual page 70

Knowing your vehicle
Condition and operation in the front passenger occupant
classification system
Condition detected by
"PASSENGER AIR
the occupant classifi-
BAG OFF" indicator
cation system
light
1. Adult * 1 Off
2. Child* 2 or child
On
restraint system
3. Unoccupied
On
* The system detects a person who is generally adult size as an adult, thus allowing the pas-
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senger air bag to deploy. When a smaller adult sits in the front passenger seat, the system
may detect their body shape as that of a child, thus preventing air bag deployment.
* 2 When a larger child who has outgrown a child restraint system sits in the front passenger seat,
the system may recognize him/her as an adult depending on his/her body shape or seating
position, thus permitting air bag deployment.
CAUTION
If the "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF" indicator illuminates or blinks continu-
ously when a person of adult size sits in the front passenger's seat, it could
be because that person isn't sitting properly in the seat. If this happens, turn
the vehicle off, make sure the seat back is not reclined, have the passenger
center on the seat cushion, with legs comfortably extended, and the safety
belt properly positioned. Restart the vehicle and have the person remain in
this position long enough to allow the system to detect the person and acti-
vate the passenger air bag.
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Indicator/Warning light
AIR BAG
warning light
Off
Off
Off
CAUTION
If the occupant classification sys-
tem is not working properly, the air
Device
bag warning light (
instrument panel will illuminate
Front passenger
because the passenger's air bag is
front air bag
connected with the occupant clas-
sification system. If there is a mal-
Activated
function of the occupant classifica-
tion system, the "Passenger Air bag
Deactivated
Off" indicator will not illuminate and
Deactivated
the front passenger's air bag will
deploy in frontal crashes even if
there is child or no occupant in the
front passenger's seat.
Have an authorized Kia dealer
inspect the occupant classification
system with the SRS air bag system
as soon as possible if any of follow-
ing occur;
• The SRS air bag warning light
does not illuminate when the igni-
tion key is turned to "ON" posi-
tion.
AIR
) on the
BAG
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