Kia Sorento 2021 - How Does the Air Bag System Operate

Safety features of your vehicle
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Air bag - supplemental restraint system
WARNING
䳜 Even in vehicles with air bags, you
and your passengers must always
wear the safety belts provided in
order to minimise the risk and
severity of injury in the event of a
collision or in most rollover situa
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tions.
䳜 SRS and pre-tensioners contain
explosive chemicals.
If scraping a vehicle without
removing SRS and pre-tensioners
from a vehicle, it may cause fire.
Before scraping a vehicle, contact
a professional workshop. Kia rec
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ommends to visit an authorised
Kia dealer/service partner.
䳜 Keep the SRS parts and wirings
away from water or any liquid. If
the SRS components are inopera
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tive due to exposure to water or
liquids, it may cause fire or severe
injury.
How does the air bag system oper -
ate
䳜 Air bags are activated (able to
inflate if necessary) only when
the ignition switch or ENGINE
START/STOP button is in the ON
position and it can be activated
within about 3 minutes after igni
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tion off.
䳜 Air bags inflate instantly in the
event of serious frontal or side
collision (if equipped with side air
bag or curtain air bag) in order to
help protect the occupants from
serious physical injury.
NOTICE
If equipped with rollover sensor
Also, the air bags inflate instantly in
the event of a rollover (if equipped
with a side air bag or curtain air bag)
in order to help protect the occu
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pants from serious physical injury.
䳜 There is no single speed at which
the air bags will inflate.
Generally, air bags are designed
to inflate based upon the severity
of a collision and its direction.
These two factors determine
whether the sensors produce an
electronic deployment/ inflation
signal.
䳜 Air bag deployment depends on a
number of factors including vehi
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cle speed, angles of impact and
the density and stiffness of the
vehicles or objects which your
vehicle hits in the collision. The
determining, factors are not lim
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ited to those mentioned above.
䳜 The front air bags will completely
inflate and deflate in an instant.
It is virtually impossible for you to
see the air bags inflate during an
accident. It is much more likely