Kia Soul EV 2018 Owner's Manual page 122

WARNING -
No attaching
objects
No objects (such as crash pad
cover, cellular phone holder,
cup holder, perfume or stickers)
should be placed over or near
the air bag modules on the
steering wheel, instrument
panel, windshield glass, and the
front passenger's panel above
the glove box. Such objects
could cause harm if the vehicle
is in a crash severe enough to
cause the air bags to deploy. Do
not place any objects over the
air bag or between the air bag
and yourself.
Side air bag
❈ The actual air bags in the vehicle may dif-
fer from the illustration.
Safety features of your vehicle
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 POWER
button is ON to prevent unex-
pected deployment of the side
impact air bag.
- Unexpected
deployment
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