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Safety features of your Kia Seat belts
authorized dealer if any part of the seat
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belt webbing or hardware is damaged.
Seat belts are designed to bear upon the
bony structure of the body and should
be worn low across the front of the pel
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vis, chest and shoulders, wearing the lap
section of the belt across the abdominal
area must be avoided.
Seat belts should be adjusted as firmly
as possible, consistent with comfort, to
provide the most protection.
A slack belt will greatly reduce protec
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tion.
Care should be taken to avoid contami
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nation of the webbing with polishes, oils
chemicals and particularly battery acid.
Use mild soap and water. The belt
should be replaced if webbing becomes
frayed, contaminated or damaged.
僅 No modifications or additions should
be made by the user which could
either prevent the seat belt adjusting
devices from operating to remove
slack or prevent the seat belt assem
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bly from being adjusted to remove
slack.
僅 When you fasten the seat belt, be
careful not to latch the seat belt in
buckles of other seats. It is very dan
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gerous and you may not be properly
protected.
僅 Do not fasten and unfasten the seat
belt repeatedly while driving. This
could cause loss of control, and an
accident causing death, serious injury,
or property damage.
僅 When fastening the seat belt, make
sure that the seat belt does not pass
over objects that are hard or that can
break easily.
Seat belt buckle
Do not allow foreign material (gum,
crumbs, coins, liquids, etc.) to obstruct
the seat belt buckle orifice. This may
prevent the seat belt from fastening
securely.
Seat belt warning
The seat belt warning light and warning
chime operate under the following con
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ditions.
Driver and Front Passenger's seat
belt warning
As a reminder, the driver and front pas
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senger's seat belt warning lights will
appear for approximately 6 seconds
each time you turn the ENGINE START/
STOP button ON regardless of belt fas
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tening. If the seatbelt is not fastened, the
warning chime will sound for about 6
seconds.
If you start to drive without the seat belt
fastened over 9 km/h (5 mph) and less
than 20 km/h (12 mph), the correspond
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ing warning light will appear. The warn
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ing light will turn off when the vehicle
speed drops below 9 km/h (5 mph).
If you start to drive without the seat belt
fastened or you unfasten the seat belt
when you drive 20 km/h (12 mph) and
faster, the warning light will blink and
warning chime will sound for approxi
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mately 100 seconds. When the seat belt
is unfastened during driving, the warn
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ing light will appear when the speed is
under 20 km/h (12 mph). When the
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