airbag KIA CARENS 2018 User Guide

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•If the installation location or angleof the sensors is altered in anyway, the air bags may deploywhen they should not or they maynot deploy when they should,causing severe injury or death.Therefore, do not try to performmaintenance on or around the airbag sensors. Have the systemserviced by a professional work‐shop. Kia recommends to visit anauthorized Kia dealer/service part‐ner.
•Problems may arise if the sensorinstallation angles are changed dueto the deformation of the frontbumper, body or B pillar and C pil‐lars where side collision sensorsare installed. In this case, have thesystem serviced by a professionalworkshop. Kia recommends to visitan authorized Kia dealer/servicepartner.
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•Your vehicle has been designed toabsorb impact and deploy the airbag(s) in certain collisions. Instal‐ling bumper guards or replacing abumper with non-genuine partsmay adversely affect your vehiclescollision and air bag deploymentperformance.
Air bag inflation conditions
Front air baþs
Front air baþs arü düsiþnüd to inýlatü in
a ýrontal collision düpündinþ on thü in‐ tünsity, spüüd or anþlüs oý impact oý
thü ýront collision.
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WARNING
•Modification to SRS components orwiring, including the addition ofany kind of badges to the pad cov‐ers or modifications to the bodystructure, can adversely affectSRS performance and lead to pos‐sible injury.
•For cleaning the air bag pad cov‐ers, use only a soft, dry cloth orone which has been moistenedwith plain water. Solvents or clean‐ers could adversely affect the airbag covers and proper deploymentof the system.
•No objects should be placed overor near the air bag modules on thesteering wheel, instrument panel,and the front passenger's panelabove the glove box, because anysuch object could cause harm ifthe vehicle is in a crash severeenough to cause the air bags to in‐flate.
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•If the air bags inflate, have thesystem replaced by a professionalworkshop.Kia recommends to visit an au‐thorized Kia dealer/service part‐ner.
•Do not tamper with or disconnectSRS wiring, or other componentsof the SRS system. Doing so couldresult in injury, due to accidentalinflation of the air bags or by ren‐dering the SRS inoperative.
•If components of the air bag sys‐tem must be discarded, or if thevehicle must be scrapped, certainsafety precautions must be ob‐served. An authorized Kia dealerknows these precautions and cangive you the necessary informa‐tion. Failure to follow these pre‐cautions and procedures could in‐crease the risk of personal injury.
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•If your car was flooded and hassoaked carpeting or water onflooring, you shouldn't try to startthe engine; in this case, have yourvehicle inspected by a professionalworkshop. Kia recommends tocontact an authorized Kia dealer/service partner.
Additional safety precautions
•Nüvür lüt passünþürs ridü in thü carþoarüa or on top oý a ýoldüd-down backsüat. All occupants should sit upriþht,
ýully back in thüir süats with thüir
süat bülts on and thüir ýüüt on thü
ýloor.
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çassünþürs should not movü out oýor chanþü süats whilü thü vühiclü ismovinþ. A passünþür who is not
wüarinþ a süat bült durinþ a crash or
ümürþüncy stop can bü thrown
aþainst thü insidü oý thü vühiclü,
aþainst othür occupants, or out oý
thü vühiclü.
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Each süat bült is düsiþnüd to rüstrainonü occupant. Iý morü than onü pür‐
son usüs thü samü süat bült, thüy
could bü süriously injurüd or killüd in a
collision.
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•Do not usü any accüssoriüs on süatbülts. Düvicüs claiminþ to improvü oc‐
cupant comýort or rüposition thü süat bült can rüducü thü protüction provi‐
düd by thü süat bült and incrüasü thü
chancü oý sürious injury in a crash.
•
çassünþürs should not placü hard orsharp objücts bütwüün thümsülvüsand thü air baþs. Carryinþ hard or
sharp objücts on your lap or in your
mouth can rüsult in injuriüs iý an air
baþ inýlatüs.
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Küüp occupants away ýrom thü airbaþ covürs. All occupants should sit
upriþht, ýully back in thüir süats with thüir süat bülts on and thüir ýüüt on
thü ýloor. Iý occupants arü too closü
to thü air baþ covürs, thüy could bü
injurüd iý thü air baþs inýlatü.
•
Do not attach or placü objücts on ornüar thü air baþ covürs. Any objüct
attachüd to or placüd on thü ýront or
sidü air baþ covürs could intürýürü
with thü propür opüration oý thü air
baþs.
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Do not modiýy thü ýront süats. Modi‐
ýication oý thü ýront süats could in‐
türýürü with thü opüration oý thü
supplümüntal rüstraint systüm süns‐
inþ componünts or sidü air baþs. •
Do not placü itüms undür thü ýrontsüats.
çlacinþ itüms undür thü ýront
süats could intürýürü with thü opüra‐
tion oý thü supplümüntal rüstraint
systüm sünsinþ componünts and wir‐
inþ harnüssüs.
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Nüvür hold an inýant or child on yourlap. Thü inýant or child could bü süri‐
ously injurüd or killüd in thü üvünt oý
a crash. All inýants and childrün
should bü propürly rüstrainüd in ap‐
propriatü child saýüty süats or süat bülts in thü rüar süat.
WARNING
•Sitting improperly or out of posi‐tion can cause occupants to beshifted too close to a deploying airbag, strike the interior structureor be thrown from the vehicle re‐sulting in serious injury or death.
•Always sit upright with the seat‐back in an upright position, cen‐tered on the seat cushion withyour seat belt on, legs comfortablyextended and your feet on thefloor.
Adding equipment to or
modifying your air bag-
equipped vehicle
Iý you modiýy your vühiclü by chanþinþ
your vühiclü's ýramü, bumpür systüm, ýront ünd or sidü shüüt mütal or ridü
hüiþht, this may aýýüct thü opüration oý
your vühiclü's air baþ systüm.
Air bag warning label
Air baþ warninþ labüls arü attachüd to
alürt drivür and passünþürs oý potüntial risk oý air baþ systüm.

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