Kia Ceed 2006 - Page 68

Knowing your vehicle
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Front passenger’s air bag
ON/OFF switch (if equipped)
The front passenger’s air bag can be
deactivated by the front passenger’s
air bag ON/OFF switch if a child
restraint is installed on the front pas-
senger's seat or if the front passen-
ger's seat is unoccupied by a person.
To ensure the safety of your child,
the front passenger’s air bag must be
deactivated when it should be neces-
sary to install a rearward facing child
seat on the front passenger seat in
exceptional circumstances.
To deactivate or reactivate the front
passenger’s air bag
To deactivate the front passenger’s
air bag, insert the master key into the
front passenger’s air bag ON/OFF
switch and turn it to the "OFF" posi-
tion. The front passenger’s air bag
OFF indicator will illuminate and stay
on until the front passenger’s air bag
is reactivated.
To reactivate the front passenger’s
air bag, insert the master key into the
front passenger’s air bag ON/OFF
switch and turn it to the "ON" posi-
tion. The front passenger’s air bag
OFF indicator will go out.
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NOTICE
• When the front passenger’s air bag
switch is set to "ON" position, the
front passenger’s air bag is activat-
ed and child or infant seat should
not be installed on the front pas-
senger seat.
• When the front passenger’s air bag
switch is set to "OFF" position, the
front passenger’s air bag is deacti-
vated.
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CAUTION
• If the front passenger’s air bag
ON/OFF switch is not working
properly, the air bag warning
light on the instrument panel
will illuminate.
And, the front passenger’s air
bag OFF indicator will not illu-
minate, the SRS Control
Module reactivate the front
passenger’s air bag and the
front passenger’s air bag will
inflate in frontal impact crash-
es even if the front passenger’s
air bag ON/OFF switch is set to
"OFF" position.
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