Kia Optima Hybrid 2017 Owner's Manual page 123

Safety features of your vehicle
Side and curtain air bags
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❈ The actual air bags in the vehicle
may differ from the illustration.
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Side and curtain air bags are designed
to inflate when an impact is detected
by the side collision sensors depending
on the strength, speed or angles of im‐
pact resulting from a side impact colli‐
sion.
Although the front air bags (driver's
and front passenger's air bags) are de‐
signed to inflate only in frontal colli‐
sions, they also may inflate in other
types of collisions if the front impact
sensors detect a sufficient impact. Side
air bags (side and/or curtain air bags)
are designed to inflate only in side im‐
pact collisions, but they may inflate in
other collisions if the side impact sen‐
sors detect a sufficient impact.
If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved roads
or sidewalks, the air bags may deploy.
Drive carefully on unimproved roads or
on surfaces not designed for vehicle
traffic to prevent unintended air bag
deployment.
NOTICE
n if equipped with a rollover
sensor
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The side and curtain air bags are de‐
signed to inflate when a rollover is
detected by a rollover sensor.
Air bag non-inflation conditions
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• In certain low-speed collisions the air
bags may not deploy. The air bags
are designed not to deploy in such
cases because they may not provide
benefits beyond the protection of the
seat belts in such collisions.