Side Air Bag - Kia 2015 soul Owner's Manual

Safety features of your vehicle

Side air bag

❈ The actual air bags in the vehicle may dif-
fer from the illustration.
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Your vehicle is equipped with a side air
bag in each front seat. The purpose of
the air bag is to provide the vehicle's
driver and/or the front passenger with
additional protection than that offered
by the seat belt alone.
• The side air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side-impact
collisions, depending on the crash
severity, angle, speed and point of
impact.
• The side and/or curtain air bags do
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not only deploy on the side of the
impact but also on the opposite side.
• The side and/or curtain air bags on
both sides of the vehicle will deploy if
a rollover or possible rollover is
detected.
• The side air bags are not designed
to deploy in all side impact or rollover
situations.
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WARNING
Avoid impact to the side impact
airbag sensor when the ignition
switch is ON to prevent unex-
pected deployment of the side
impact air bag.
• The side air bag is supplemental to
the driver's and the passenger's
seat belt systems and is not a sub-
stitute for them. Therefore your
seat belts must be worn at all times
while the vehicle is in operation.
• For best protection from the side
air bag system and to avoid being
injured by the deploying side air
bag, both front seat occupants
should sit in an upright position
with the seat belt properly fas-
tened. The driver's hands should
be placed on the steering wheel at
the 9:00 and 3:00 positions. The
passenger's arms and hands
should be placed on their laps.
- Unexpected
deployment