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Safety features of your vehicle
CAUTION
• If the passenger’s front air bag
ON/OFF switch is not working
properly, the air bag warning light
() on the instrument panel will
illuminate.
And, the passenger's front air bag
OFF indicator
() will not illumi-
nate (The passenger's front air
bag ON indicator comes on and
goes off after approximately 60
seconds), the SRS Control
Module reactivate the passen-
ger’s front air bag and the pas-
senger’s front air bag will inflate
in frontal impact crashes even if
the passenger’s front air bag
ON/OFF switch is set to the OFF
position.
If this occurs, have an authorised
KIA dealer inspect the passen-
ger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch,
the pre-tensioner seat belt sys-
tem and the SRS air bag system
as soon as possible.
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• If the SRS air bag warning light
blinks or does not illuminate
when the ignition switch is turned
to the ON position, or if it illumi-
nates whilst the vehicle is being
driven, have an authorised KIA
dealer inspect the passenger’s
front air bag ON/OFF switch, pre-
tensioner seat belt and the SRS
air bag system as soon as possi-
ble.
WARNING
• The driver is responsible for the
proper position of the passen-
ger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch.
• Deactivate the passenger's front
air bag only when the ignition
switch is switched off, or the mal-
function may occur in the SRS
Control Module.
And there may be a danger that
the driver's and/or front passen-
ger’s and/or side and curtain air
bag may fail to trigger, or not trig-
ger correctly during a collision.
• Never install a rearward facing
child seat on the front passen-
ger's seat unless the passenger's
front air bag has been deactivat-
ed. The infant or child could be
severely injured or killed by an air
bag deployment in case of an
accident.
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