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Safety features of your vehicle
The purpose of the air bag is to pro-
vide the vehicle's driver and/or the
front passenger with additional pro-
tection than that offered by the seat
belt alone.
The side air bags are designed to
deploy only during certain side-
impact collisions, depending on the
crash severity, angle, speed and
point of impact. The side air bags are
not designed to deploy in all side
impact situations.
WARNING
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 passen-
gers when they are seated on
seats equipped with side and/or
curtain air bags.
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WARNING
• The side air bag is supplemen-
tal to the driver's and the pas-
senger's seat belt systems and
is not a substitute for them.
Therefore your seat belts must
be worn at all times while the
vehicle is in motion. The air
bags deploy only in certain
side impact conditions severe
enough to cause significant
injury to the vehicle occupants.
• 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 fastened. The
driver's
hands
should
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.
• Do not use any accessory
seat covers.
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• Use of seat covers could
reduce or prevent the effec-
tiveness of the system.
• Do not install any accessories
on the side or near the side air
bag.
• Do not place any objects over
the air bag or between the air
bag and yourself.
• Do not place any objects (an
umbrella, bag, etc.) between
the front door and the front
seat.
Such
become dangerous projectiles
and cause injury if the supple-
mental side air bag inflates.
• To prevent unexpected deploy-
ment of the side air bag that
be
may result in personal injury,
avoid impact to the side
impact sensor when the igni-
tion key is on.
• If the seat or seat cover is dam-
aged, we recommend that the
system be serviced by an
authorized Kia dealer.
objects
may
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