Kia Soul 2015 Owner's Manual page 75

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.
✽ ✽ NOTICE -
For Australia
However, both side of the side
impact air bags deploy in certain
rollover 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.
Safety features of your vehicle
WARNING
• The side air bag is supple-
mental to the driver's and the
passenger's seat belt systems
and is not a substitute for
them. Therefore your seat
belts must be worn at all times
whilst the vehicle is in motion.
The air bags deploy only in cer-
tain side impact conditions
severe enough to cause signifi-
cant injury to the vehicle occu-
pants.
• 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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