Kia 2020 Telluride - Occupant Detection System (ODS)

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Safety features of your vehicleAir bag - advanced Supplemental Restraint
System
NOTICE
Before you replace a fuse or discon -
nect a battery terminal, change the
ENGINE START/STOP button to the
OFF position. Never remove or
replace the air bag related fuse(s)
when the ENGINE START/STOP but
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ton is ON position. Failure to heed
this warning will cause the SRS air
bag warning light to illuminate.
Occupant Detection System (ODS)
Your vehicle is equipped with an
Occupant Detection System (ODS) in
the front passenger's seat.
The ODS is designed to detect the
presence of a properly-seated front
passenger and determine if the
passenger's front air bag should be
enabled (may inflate) or not. Only
the front passenger front air bag is
controlled by the ODS.
Do not put anything in front of the
passenger air bag "" indicator.
Main components of the ODS
󳱽A detection device is located
within the front passenger seat
cushion.
󳱽An electronic system which
determines whether the passen
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ger air bag systems should be
activated or deactivated.
󳱽An indicator light located on the
instrument panel which illumi
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nates the words PASSENGER AIR
BAG "" indicates the front pas
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senger air bag system is deacti -
vated.
󳱽The instrument panel air bag
warning light is interconnected
with the ODS.
If the front passenger seat is occu
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pied by a person that the system
determines to be of appropriate
size, and he/she sits properly (sit
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ting upright with the seatback in an
upright position, centered on the
seat cushion with their seat belt on,
legs comfortably extended and their
feet on the floor), the PASSENGER
AIR BAG "" indicator will turn off
and the front passenger's air bag
will be able to inflate, if necessary,
in frontal crashes.
You will find the PASSENGER AIR
BAG "" indicator on the center
fascia panel. This system detects
the conditions 1~4 in the following
table and activates or deactivates
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