Kia Sorento Owner's Manual page 96

Safety features of your vehicle
They are designed to help protect
the heads of the front seat occupants
and the rear outboard seat occu-
pants in certain side impact colli-
sions.
The curtain air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side impact
collisions, depending on the crash
severity, angle, speed and point of
impact.
The curtain air bags do not only
deploy on the side of the impact but
also on the opposite side.
✽ ✽ NOTICE -
if equipped with
rollover sensor
Also, both sides of the curtain air
bags deploy in certain rollover situa-
tions.
• The curtain air bags are not
designed to deploy in all side
impacts.
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WARNING
• In order for side and curtain
air bags to provide the best
protection, front seat occu-
pants and outboard rear
occupants should sit in an
upright position with the seat
belts properly fastened.
Importantly, children should
sit in a proper child restraint
system in the rear seat.
• When children are seated in
the rear outboard seats, they
must be seated in the proper
child restraint system. Make
sure to position the child
restraint system as far away
from the door side as possible,
and secure the child restraint
system in a locked position.
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• Do not allow the passengers to
lean their heads or bodies
against 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 and curtain
air bags.
• Never try to open or repair any
components of the side curtain
air bag system. We recommend
that the system be serviced by
an authorised Kia dealer.
Failure to follow the above
instructions can result in injury
or death to the vehicle occu-
pants in an accident.