Kia Soul 2023 Manual page 69

Safety features of your vehicle
* The actual air bags in the vehicle may
differ from the illustration.
They are designed to help protect occu-
pants in certain side impacts and to help
prevent them from ejecting out of the
vehicle as a result of a rollover, espe-
cially when the seatbelts are also in use.
僅 The curtain air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side impact col-
lisions, depending on the severity of
impact. However, when side deploy-
ment threshold is satisfied at front-
impact, side air bags may deploy.
僅 The curtain air bags may deploy on
the side of the impact or on both
sides.
僅 Also, the curtain air bags on both
sides of the vehicle will deploy in cer-
tain rollover situations.
僅 The curtain air bags are not designed
to deploy in all side impact or rollover
situations.
Do not allow the passengers to lean their
heads or bodies against the doors, put
their arms on the doors, stretch their
arms out of the window or place objects
between the doors and passengers
when they are seated on seats equipped
with side impact and/or curtain air bags.
NOTICE
Never try to open or repair any compo-
nents of the side and curtain air bag sys-
tem. This should only be done by an
authorized Kia dealer.
WARNING
No attaching objects
僅 Do not place any objects over the air
bag. Also, do not attach any objects
around the area in which the air bag
inflates, such as the door, side door
Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system
glass, front and rear pillar, roof side
rail.
僅 Do not hang hard, breakable, or
heavy objects on the coat hooks for
safety reasons.
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