Kia 2011 RIO Owner's Manual page 71

Knowing your vehicle
Curtain air bag (if equipped)
Curtain air bags are located along both
sides of the roof rails above the front and
rear doors.
They are designed to help protect the
heads of the front seat occupants and the
rear outboard seat occupants in certain
side impact collisions.
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• The curtain air bag deployment occurs
only on the side of the vehicle affected
by the impact.
• The side air bags (side and/or curtain
air bags) are not designed to deploy in
collisions from the front or rear of the
vehicle or in most rollover situations.
• The curtain air bags are designed to
deploy only in certain side-impact colli-
sions, depending on the crash severity,
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angle, speed and impact.
WARNING
• In order for side air bags (side
and curtain air bags) to provide
its best protection, both front seat
occupants and both outboard
rear occupants should sit in an
upright position with the seat
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belts properly
Importantly, children should sit in
a proper child restraint system in
the rear seat.
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• When children are seated in the
rear outboard seats, they must be
seated
restraint system. Make sure to put
the child restraint system as far
away from the door side as possi-
ble, and secure the child restraint
system in a locked position.
• Do not allow the passengers to
lean their heads or bodies onto
doors, put their arms on the
doors, stretch their arms out of
the window, or place objects
between the doors and passen-
gers when they are seated on
seats equipped with side air
bags.
• Never try to open or repair any
components of the side curtain
fastened.
air bag system. This should only
be done by an authorized Kia
dealer.
Failure to follow the above men-
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tioned instructions can result in
injury or death to the vehicle occu-
pants in an accident.
in the proper child