Kia Optima 2004 Owner's Manual page 63

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
PASSENGER BEING
PROPERLY SEATED
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The front seat passenger's air bag is
much larger than the driver's air bag and
inflates with considerably more force. It
can seriously hurt or kill a passenger
who is not in the proper position and
wearing the safety belt properly. The
front passenger should always move
their seat as far back as practical and sit
well back in the seat. It is essential that
the front passenger always wear their
safety belt, even when mounting in a
parking lot or up a drive way into a
garage.
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KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE
The reason for this is that in most frontal
impacts there is substantial pre-impact
braking which tends to throw the
occupants forward. If the right front
passenger is not using their safety belt,
they will be directly in front of or even
touching the air bag
compartment when inflation occurs. In
that situation, death or severe injury is
possible.
WARNING -
RIGHT FRONT SEAT
Pre-impact braking could throw an
unbelted passenger toward or
onto the air bag
compartment. Upon impact in a
collision, the air bag would rapidly
inflate and possibly severely
injure or kill that occupant who
failed to wear their safety belt.
Because of the air bag, you must
NEVER INSTALL A REAR-FACING
CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM IN
THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT.
There is a very significant risk of serious
or fatal injuries to a child in a rear-facing
storage child restraint if the right front passenger
air bag inflates. We also strongly
recommend that you do not put a front-
facing child restraint system in the front
passenger seat. If a front-facing child
restraint system must be used in the front
passenger seat, the vehicle seat should be
moved as far back as possible. If the
passenger's air bag inflates, it could
seriously or fatally hurt a child who is
storage
not the proper position or properly
restrained.