Kia 2013 Soul Owner's Manual page 63

Front air bags are not intended to
deploy in side-impact, rear-impact or
rollover crashes. In addition, front air
bags will not deploy in frontal crash-
es below the deployment threshold.
Rear impact
Side impact
Rollover
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Side impact air bag
Your vehicle is equipped with a side
impact air bag in each front seat. The
purpose of the air bag is to provide
the vehicle's driver and/or the front
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passenger with additional protection
than that offered by the seat belt
alone.
Safety features of your vehicle
The side impact air bags are
designed to deploy only during cer-
tain side-impact collisions, depend-
ing on the crash severity, angle,
speed and point of impact. The side
air bags are not designed to deploy
in all side impact situations.
WARNING
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Avoid impact to the side impact
airbag sensor when the ignition
switch is ON to prevent unex-
pected deployment of the side
impact air bag.
The side impact air bag is supple-
mental to the driver's and the pas-
senger's seat belt systems and is not
a substitute for them. Therefore your
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seat belts must be worn at all times
while the vehicle is in operation.
For best protection from the side air
bag system and to avoid being
injured by the deploying side air bag,
both front seat occupants should sit
in an upright position with the seat
belt properly fastened.
- Unexpected
deployment
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