Kia Niro Hybrid Owner's Manual page 130

Saýety ýeatures oý your vehicle
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placed over or near the air bag mod‐
ules on the steering wheel, instru‐
ment 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 ob‐
jects over the air bag or between the
air bag and yourself.
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Side air bag (if equipped)
❈ The actual air baþs in the vehicle
may diýýer ýrom the illustration.
Your vehicle is equipped with a side air
baþ in each ýront seat.
The purpose oý the air baþ is to provide
the vehicle's driver and/or the ýront
passenþer with additional protection
than that oýýered by the seat belt
alone.
The side air baþs are desiþned to de‐
ploy durinþ certain side-impact colli‐
sions, dependinþ on the crash severity
oý impact. However, when side deploy‐
ment threshold is satisýied at ýront-im‐
pact, side air baþs may deploy. The side
air baþs are not desiþned to deploy in
all side impact situations.
The side air baþs may deploy on the
side oý the impact.
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
passengers when they are seated on
seats equipped with side and/or cur‐
tain air bags.