Kia 2014 Sportage Owner's Manual page 75

Safety features of your vehicle
WARNING
• Even though your vehicle is
equipped with the occupant
detection system,
install a child restraint system
in the front passenger's seat.
A deploying air bag can force-
fully strike a child resulting in
serious injuries or death. Any
child age 12 and under should
ride in the rear seat. Children
too large for child restraints
should use the
lap/shoulder belts. No matter
what type of crash, children of
all ages are safer when
restrained in the rear seat.
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• If the PASSENGER AIR BAG
"OFF" indicator is illuminated
when the front passenger's
never
seat is occupied by an adult
and he/she sits properly (sit-
ting upright with the seatback
in an upright position, cen-
tered on the seat cushion with
their seat belt on, legs com-
fortably extended and their
feet on the floor), have that
person sit in the rear seat.
available
• If the front passenger seat is
occupied by a child who is not
in a CRS, the "PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF" indicator may
or may not be on and the pas-
senger airbag may or may not
deploy in a collision. Have the
child move to a rear seat to
increase their safety.
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• Do not modify or replace the
driver or front passenger seat.
Don't place anything on or
attach anything such as a
blanket or seat heater to the
driver or front passenger seat.
This can adversely affect the
occupant detection system.
• Do not place sharp objects on
the front passenger seat.
These may damage the occu-
pant detection system, if they
puncture the seat cushion.
• Do not use accessory seat
covers on the front seats.
• Accident statistics show that
children are safer if they are
restrained in the rear, as
opposed to the front seat. It is
recommended
restraints be secured in a rear
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seat, including an infant riding
in a rear-facing infant seat, a
child riding in a forward-fac-
ing child seat and an older
child riding in a booster seat.
that child
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