Kia 2014 Sportage Owner's Manual page 72

C040301AMG
Condition and operation in the front passenger occupant detection
system
Condition detected by
"PASSENGER AIR
the occupant detection
BAG OFF" indicator
system
1. Adult * 1
2. Infant * 2 or child
restraint system with
12 months old * 3
3. Unoccupied
4. Malfunction in the
system
*1) The system judges a person of adult. When a smaller adult sits in the
front passenger seat, the system may recognize him/her as a child
depending on his/her physique and posture.
*2) Do not allow children to ride in the front passenger seat. When a larger
child who has outgrown a child restraint system sits in the front passen-
ger seat, the system may recognize him/her as an adult depending on
his/her physique or posture.
*3) Never install a child restraint system on the front passenger seat.
Indicator/Warning light
SRS warning light
light
Off Off
On Off
On Off
Off
On
Safety features of your vehicle
WARNING
Riding in an improper position
or placing weight on the front
Devices
passenger's seat when it is
unoccupied by a passenger
Front passenger
adversely affects the Occupant
air bag
Detection System (ODS). Your
Activated
ODS is designed to resist elec-
tronic waves, but do not place
an electronic device such as
Deactivated
laptop computer on or near the
seat cushion since it may defeat
the proper functioning of the
Deactivated
ODS.
Activated
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