Kia NIRO - Air bag inflation conditions

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• If the installation location or angle
of
the sensors is altered in any
way, the air bags may deploy
when they should not or they may
not deploy when they should,
causing severe injury or death.
Therefore, do not try to perform
maintenance on or around the air
bag sensors. Have the system
serviced by a professional work‐
shop. Kia recommends to visit an
authorized Kia dealer/service part‐
ner.
• Problems may arise if the sensor
installation angles ar
e changed due
to the deformation of the front
bumper, body or front door and
B/C pillars where side collision sen‐
sors are installed. In this case,
have the system serviced by a
professional workshop. Kia recom‐
mends to visit an authorized Kia
dealer/service partner.
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• Your vehicle has been designed to
absorb
impact and deploy the air
bag(s) in certain collisions. Instal‐
ling bumper guards or replacing a
bumper with non-genuine parts
may adversely affect your vehicles
collision and air bag deployment
performance.
Air bag inflation conditions
Front air bags
Front air bags are designed to inflate in
a
frontal collision depending on the se‐
verity of impact of the front collision.
Side and curtain air bags (if equipped)
Side and curtain air bags are designed
to
inflate when an impact is detected
by side collision sensors depending on
the severity of impact resulting from a
side impact collision.
Although the front air bags (driver’s
and
front passenger’s air bags) are de‐
signed to inflate only in frontal colli‐
sions, they also may inflate in other
types of collisions if the front impact
sensors detect a sufficient impact. Side
air bags (side and/or curtain air bags)
are designed to inflate only in side im‐
pact collisions, but they may inflate in
other collisions if the side impact sen‐
sors detect a sufficient impact.
If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved roads
or sidewalks, air bags may deploy. Drive
carefully on unimproved roads or on
surfaces not designed for vehicle traffic
to prevent unintended air bag deploy‐
ment.
Air bag non-inflation conditions
• In certain low-speed collisions the air
bags may not deploy. The air bags
are designed not to deploy in such
cases because they may not provide
benefits beyond the protection of the
seat belts in such collisions.
• Air bags are not designed to inflate in
rear collisions, because occupants are
moved backward by the force of the
impact. In this case, inflated air bags
would not be able to provide any ad‐
ditional benefit.
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