Kia Soul 2023 Manual page 67

Safety features of your vehicle
WARNING
No attaching objects
No objects (such as crash pad cover, cel-
lular phone holder, cup holder, perfume
or stickers) should be placed over or
near the air bag modules on the steering
wheel, instrument 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 objects over the air bag
or between the air bag and yourself.
Additionally, never place or insert any
object into any small opening near side
airbag labels attached to the vehicle
seats.
When the air bag deploys, the object
may affect the deployment and result in
unexpected accident or bodily harm.
Side air bag
Your vehicle is equipped with a side air
bag in each front seat.
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Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system
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* The actual air bags in the vehicle may
differ from the illustration.
The purpose of the air bag is to provide
the vehicle's driver and/or the front pas-
senger with additional protection than
that offered by the seat belt alone.
僅 The side air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side-impact col-
lisions, depending on the crash sever-
ity of impact.
僅 The side air bags may deploy on the
side of the impact or on both sides.
僅 The side and/or curtain air bags on
both sides of the vehicle will deploy if
a rollover or possible rollover is
detected.
僅 The side air bags are not designed to
deploy in all side impact or rollover
situations.
WARNING
Unexpected deployment
Avoid impact to the side impact airbag
sensor when the ignition switch is ON to
prevent unexpected deployment of the
side air bag.
僅 The side air bag is supplemental to
the driver's and the passenger's seat
belt systems and is not a substitute
for them. Therefore your seat belts
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