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Safety features of your Kia Airbag — Advanced Supplemental Restraint System
GER AIR BAG " " indicator will not illu
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minate and the passenger's front airbag
will inflate in frontal collision even if
there is no occupant in the front passen
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ger seat.
Driver's and passenger's front
airbag
Your Kia is equipped with an advanced
SRS and lap/shoulder belts at both the
driver and passenger seating position.
Driver's front airbag/Passenger's front
airbag
The indicators are the words "AIR BAG"
located on the airbag pad cover and the
passenger's side front panel pad above
the glove box.
The SRS consists of airbags 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 passen
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ger with additional protection of the seat
belt system alone in case of 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.
The seat belt buckle sensor determines
if the front passenger's seat belt is fas
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tened.
These sensors provide the ability to con
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trol 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 airbag inflation with two lev
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els. A first stage level is provided for
moderate impacts. A second stage level
is provided for severe impacts.
According to the impact severity and
seat belt usage, the SRSCM controls air
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bag inflation. Failure to properly wear
seat belts can increase the risk or sever
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ity of injury in an accident.
Your Kia 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 airbag under certain
conditions. For more detail, see "Occu
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pant Detection System (ODS)" on page
3-38.
Modification to the seat structure can
cause the airbag to deploy at a different
level than should be provided.
Manufacturers are required by govern
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ment regulations to provide a contact
point concerning modifications to the
vehicle for persons with disabilities,
which modifications may affect the vehi
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cle's advanced airbag system. That con
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tact is Kia's toll-free Customer
Experience Department at 1-877-KIA-
AUTO (1-877-542-2886). Kia neither
endorses nor will it support any changes
to any part or structure of the vehicle
that could affect the advanced airbag
system, including the ODS.
Replacement/modifications
The front passenger seat, dashboard or
door should not be replaced except by
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