Kia XCeed 2020 - How Does The Air Bag System Operate

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Safety features of your vehicle Air bag - supplemental restraint system
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WARNING
• Eveninvehicleswithairbags,you
andyourpassengersmustalways
wearthesafetybeltsprovided
inordertominimizetheriskand
severityofinjuryintheeventofa
collisionorrollover.
• 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recommendsto
visitanauthorizedKiadealer/
servicepartner.
• KeeptheSRSpartsandwirings
awayfromwateroranyliquid.
IftheSRScomponentsare
inoperativeduetoexposureto
waterorliquids,itmaycausefire
orsevereinjury.
How does the air bag system
operate
• Airbagsareactivated(ableto
inflateifnecessary)onlywhenthe
ignitionswitchisturnedtotheON
orSTARTposition.
• Airbagsinflateinstantlyinthe
eventofaseriousfrontalcollision
orsidecollision(ifequipped
witha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
occupantsfromseriousphysical
injury.
• Innormalconditions,theairbag
isdesignedtodeploybasedon
certainangleandintensityof
thecollision.Thesetwofactors
arecrucialelementsfordeciding
whethertotransmitairbag
deploymentsignalorstartthe
electricaloperationornot.
• Theairbagwilldeploybasedon
angleandintensityofthecollision.
Itwillnotdeployineverycrashor
collisionsituations.
• 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thatyou
willsimplyseethedeflatedair
bagshangingoutoftheirstorage
compartmentsafterthecollision.
• Inordertohelpprovideprotection
inaseverecollision,theair
bagsmustinflaterapidly.The
speedoftheairbaginflationisa
consequenceofextremelyshort
timeinwhichacollisionoccurs
andtheneedtoinflatetheair