Hyundai Sonata 2017 Owner's Manual page 67

Safety system of your vehicle
Curtain air bags
Curtain air bags are located along
both sides of the roof rails above the
front and rear doors.
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They are designed to help protect the
heads of the front seat occupants
and the rear outboard seat occupants
in certain side impact collisions.
The curtain air bags are designed to
deploy only during certain side
impact collisions, depending on the
crash severity, angle, speed and
impact.
The side and curtain air bags on
both sides of the vehicle may deploy
if a rollover or possible rollover is
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detected.
The curtain air bags are not designed
to deploy in all side impact or rollover
situations.
WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious
injury or death from an inflating
curtain air bags, take the follow-
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ing precautions:
•
All seat occupants must wear
seat belts at all times to help
keep occupants positioned
properly.
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•
Properly secure child restraints
as far away from the door as
possible.
•
Do not place any objects over
the air bag. Also, do not attach
any objects around the area the
air bag inflates such as the
door, side door glass, front and
rear pillar, roof side rail.
•
Do not hang hard or breakable
objects on the clothes hanger.
•
Do not allow 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 seats.
•
Do not open or repair the side
curtain air bags.
•
Do not hang other objects
except clothes. In an accident
it may cause vehicle damage
or personal injury especially
when air bag is inflated.
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