Driver's and passenger's front air bag
Your vehicle is equipped with an Advanced Supplemental Restraint (Air Bag) System and lap/shoulder belts at both the driver and passenger seating position.
The indicators are the words “AIR BAG” located on the air bag pad cover on the steering wheel and the passenger's side front panel pad above the glove box.
The SRS consists of air bags installed under the pad covers in the center of the steering wheel and the passenger's side front panel above the glove box.
The purpose of the SRS is to provide the vehicle's driver and/or the front passenger with additional protection of the seat belt system in a frontal impact of sufficient severity. The SRS uses sensors to gather information about the driver's and front passenger's seat belt usage and impact severity.
These sensors provide the ability to control the SRS deployment based on whether the seat belts are fastened, and how severe the impact is.
The advanced SRS offers the ability to control the air bag inflation with two levels. A first stage is provided for moderate impacts. A second stage level is provided for more severe impacts.
The passenger’s front air bag is designed to help reduce injuries to small adults sitting close to the instrument panel in low-speed collisions. Children must be restrained in the rear seat.
According to the impact severity and seat belt usage, the SRSCM (SRS Control Module) controls air bag inflation. Failure to properly wear seat belts can increase the risk or severity of injury in an accident.
The driver’s hands should be placed on the steering wheel at the 9:00 and 3:00 positions. The passenger’s arm and hands should be placed on their laps.
Your vehicle is equipped with an ODS in the front passenger's seat. The ODS detects the presence of a passenger in the front passenger's seat and will turn off the front passenger's air bag under certain conditions. For more detail, see “Occupant detection system” in this section.
Modification to the seat structure can cause the air bag to deploy at a different level than should be provided.
Manufacturers are required by government regulations to provide a contact point concerning modifications to the vehicle for persons with disabilities, which modifications may affect the vehicle’s advanced air bag system. That contact is Kia’s toll-free Customer Assistance center at 1- 800-3334Kia (4542)(U.S. only). Kia neither endorses nor support any changes to any part or structure of the vehicle that could affect the advanced air bag system, including the ODS.
Replacement/ modifications
The front passenger seat, dashboard or door should not be replaced except by an authorized Kia dealer using original Kia parts designed for this vehicle and model. Any other such replacement or modification could adversely affect the operation of the occupant detection system and your advanced air bags.
Advanced air bags are combined with pre-tensioner seat belts to help provide enhanced occupant protection in frontal crashes. Front air bags are not intended to deploy in collisions in which sufficient protection can be provided by the pre-tensioner seat belt.
Air bags can only be used once – have an authorized Kia dealer replace the air bag immediately after deployment.
Front air bags are not intended to deploy inside impact, rear impacts or rollovers. When the frontal deployment threshold is satisfied in a side impact, the front air bags may deploy. Front air bags will not deploy in frontal impacts below the deployment threshold.
SRS Wiring
Do not tamper with or disconnect SRS wiring or other components of the SRS system. This could result in injury, due to accidental deployment of the air bags or by rendering the SRS inoperative.
Do not attaching objects.
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No objects (such as an instrument panel cover, mobile phone holder, cup holder, perfume, stickers, etc.) should be placed over or near the air bag modules on the steering wheel, instrument panel, windshield glass or, front passenger's instrument panel above the glove box. Such objects could cause harm if the vehicle is in a collision severe enough to deploy the airbag.
Do not place any objects over the air bag or between the air bag and you.
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Never place or insert any object into any small opening near the side airbag labels attached to the vehicle seats.
When the air bag deploys, the object may affect the deployment and result in an unexpected accident or an injury.