Kia Seltos 2019 Owner's Manual page 84

Safety features of your vehicle
Air bags are not designed to
inflate in rear collisions, because
occupants are moved backward
by the force of the impact. In this
case, inflated air bags would not
be able to provide any additional
benefit.
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Front air bags may not inflate in
side impact collisions, because
occupants move to the direction
of the collision, and thus in side
impacts, frontal air bag deploy
ment would not provide additional
occupant protection.
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Air bag - supplemental restraint system
However, if equipped with side
and curtain air bags, the air bags
may inflate depending on the
intensity, vehicle speed and
angles of impact.
In an angled collision, the force of
impact may direct the occupants
in a direction where the air bags
would not be able to provide any
additional benefit, and thus the
sensors may not deploy any air
bags.
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