Kia Niro Hybrid Owner's Manual page 134

Saýety ýeatures oý your vehicle
WARNING
• Do not hit or allow any objects to
impact the locations where air bag
or sensors are installed.
This may cause unexpected air
bag deployment, which could re‐
sult in serious personal injury or
death.
• If the installation location or angle
of the sensors is altered in any
way, the air bags may deploy
when they should not or they may
not deploy when they should,
causing severe injury or death.
Therefore, do not try to perform
maintenance on or around the air
bag sensors. Have the system
serviced by a professional work‐
shop. Kia recommends to visit an
authorized Kia dealer/service part‐
ner.
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• Problems may arise if the sensor
installation angles are changed due
to the deformation of the front
bumper, body or front door and
B/C pillars where side collision sen‐
sors are installed. In this case,
have the system serviced by a
professional workshop. Kia recom‐
mends to visit an authorized Kia
dealer/service partner.
• Your vehicle has been designed to
absorb impact and deploy the air
bag(s) in certain collisions. Instal‐
ling bumper guards or replacing a
bumper with non-genuine parts
may adversely affect your vehicles
collision and air bag deployment
performance.
Air bag inflation conditions
Front air baþs
Front air baþs are desiþned to inýlate in
a ýrontal collision dependinþ on the se‐
verity oý impact oý the ýront collision.
Side and curtain air baþs (iý equipped)
Side and curtain air baþs are desiþned
to inýlate when an impact is detected
by side collision sensors dependinþ on
the severity oý impact resultinþ ýrom a
side impact collision.
Althouþh the ýront air baþs (driver s
and ýront passenþer s air baþs) are de‐
siþned to inýlate only in ýrontal colli‐
sions, they also may inýlate in other
types oý collisions iý the ýront impact
sensors detect a suýýicient impact. Side
air baþs (side and/or curtain air baþs)
are desiþned to inýlate only in side im‐
pact collisions, but they may inýlate in
other collisions iý the side impact sen‐
sors detect a suýýicient impact.
Iý the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved roads
or sidewalks, air baþs may deploy. Drive
careýully on unimproved roads or on
surýaces not desiþned ýor vehicle traýýic
to prevent unintended air baþ deploy‐
ment.
Air bag non-inflation conditions
• In certain low-speed collisions the air
baþs may not deploy. The air baþs
are desiþned not to deploy in such
cases because they may not provide
beneýits beyond the protection oý the
seat belts in such collisions.