Kia Sportage Hybrid 2024 Owner's Manual page 73

Safety features of your vehicle
malfunction may occur in the SRS
Control Module.
And there may be a danger that the
driver's and/or front passenger's and/
or side and curtain air bag may fail to
trigger, or not trigger correctly during
a collision.
僅 Never install a rearward facing child
seat on the front passenger's seat
unless the passenger's front air bag
has been deactivated. The infant or
child could be severely injured or
killed by an air bag deployment in
case of an accident.
僅 Even though your vehicle is equipped
with the passenger's front air bag ON/
OFF switch, do not install a child
restraint system in the front passen -
ger's seat. A child restraint system
must never be placed in the front
seat. Children who are too large for
child restraint systems should always
occupy the rear seat and use the
available lap/shoulder belts. In the
event of an accident, children are
afforded the most safety when they
are restrained by a proper restraint
system in the rear seat.
僅 As soon as the child seat is no longer
needed on the front passenger's seat,
reactivate the front passenger's air
bag.
僅 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.
僅 No objects (such as crash pad cover,
cellular phone holder, cup holder, per -
fume or stickers) should be placed
over or near the air bag modules on
Air bag - supplemental restraint system
the steering wheel, instrument cluster,
windscreen glass, and the front pas -
senger'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.
CAUTION
僅 If the passenger's front air bag ON/
OFF switch is not working properly,
the air bag warning light on the instru -
ment panel will appear. And, the pas -
senger's front air bag OFF indicator
( ) will not appear (The passenger's
front air bag ON indicator comes on),
the SRS Control Module reactivate the
passenger's front air bag and the pas -
senger's front air bag will inflate in
frontal impact crashes even if the pas -
senger's front air bag ON/OFF switch
is set to the OFF position ( ). In this
case, have the system inspected by a
professional workshop. Kia recom -
mends visiting an authorised Kia
dealer/service partner.
僅 If the SRS air bag warning light blinks
or does not appear when the vehicle
is in ON position, or if it appears whilst
the vehicle is being driven, have the
system inspected by a professional
workshop. Kia recommends visiting
an authorised Kia dealer/service part -
ner.
NOTICE
僅 When the passenger's front air bag
ON/OFF switch is set to the ON posi -
tion, the passenger's front air bag is
activated and child or infant seat
should not be installed on the front
passenger's seat.
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