KIA CARENS RHD 2018 Manual Online

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ABC – Always Buckle Childrenin the back seat. It is the safest
place for children of any age
to ride.
Front and side air bags can injure occupants improperly
positioned in the front seats.
Move your seat as far back as practical from the front air
bags, whilst still maintaining
control of the vehicle.
You and your passengers should never sit or lean
unnecessarily close to the air
bags. Improperly positioned
drivers and passengers can
be severely injured by inflat-
ing air bags.
Never lean against the door or centre console – always sit inan upright position.
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No objects should be placedover or near the air bag mod- ules on the steering wheel,
instrument panel, and the front
passenger's panel above the
glove box, because any suchobject could cause harm if the
vehicle is in a crash severe
enough to cause the air bags
to deploy.
Do not tamper with or discon- nect SRS wiring or other com-ponents of the SRS system.
Doing so could result in injury,
due to accidental deployment
of the air bags or by rendering
the SRS inoperative.
If the SRS air bag warning light remains illuminated
whilst the vehicle is being
driven, have the system
inspected by a professional
workshop. Kia recommendsto visit an authorised Kia deal-
er/service partner.
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Air bags can only be used once– have the system replaced by a
professional workshop. Kia rec-ommends to visit an authorised
Kia dealer/service partner.
The SRS is designed to deploy the front air bags only when an
impact is sufficiently severeand when the impact angle is
less than 30° from the forwardlongitudinal axis of the vehi-
cle. Additionally, the air bags
will only deploy once. Seat
belts must be worn at all times.
Front air bags are not intended to deploy in side-impact, rear-
impact or rollover crashes. In
addition, front air bags will not
deploy in frontal crashes below
the deployment threshold.
A child restraint system must never be placed in the front
seat. The infant or child could
be severely injured or killed by
an air bag deployment in caseof an accident.
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Passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF
switch (if equipped)
The passenger’s front air bag can be
deactivated by the passenger’s front
air bag ON/OFF switch if a child
restraint is installed on the front pas-senger's seat or if the front passen-
ger's seat is unoccupied by a person.
To ensure the safety of your child,
the passenger’s front air bag must be
deactivated when it should be neces-
sary to install a rearward facing childseat on the front passenger seat in
exceptional circumstances.
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Children age 12 and under must always be properly restrained in the rear seat.
Never allow children to ride in
the front passenger seat. If a
child over 12 must be seated
in the front seat, he or she
must be properly belted and
the seat should be moved as
far back as possible.
For maximum safety protec- tion in all types of crashes, all
occupants including the driver
should always wear their seat
belts whether or not an air bag
is also provided at their seat-ing position to minimise the
risk of severe injury or death
in the event of a crash. Do not
sit or lean unnecessarily close
to the air bag whilst the vehi-
cle is in motion.
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Sitting improperly or out ofposition can result in serious
or fatal injury in a crash. Alloccupants should sit upright
with the seat back in an upright
position, centred on the seatcushion with their seat belt on,
legs comfortably extended and
their feet on the floor until the
vehicle is parked and the igni-
tion key is removed.
The SRS air bag system must deploy very rapidly to provide
protection in a crash. If anoccupant is out of positionbecause of not wearing a seat
belt, the air bag may forcefullycontact the occupant causingserious or fatal injuries.
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❈The actual indicator in the vehicle may differ
from the illustration.
To deactivate or reactivate the passen-
ger’s front air bag: To deactivate the passenger’s front air
bag, insert the mechanical key into
the passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF
switch and turn it to the OFF position.
The passenger’s front air bag OFF
indicator ( ) will illuminate and stay
on until the passenger’s front air bag
is reactivated.
To reactivate the passenger’s front
air bag, insert the mechanical key
into the passenger’s front air bag
ON/OFF switch and turn it to the ON
position. The passenger’s front airbag OFF indicator will go out and the
passenger’s front air bag ON indica-
tor ( ) will illuminate for approxi-
mately 60 seconds.
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NOTICE
 When the passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch is set to the
ON position, the passenger’s front
air bag is activated and child or
infant seat should not be installed
on the front passenger seat.
 When the passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch is set to the
OFF position, the passenger’s
front air bag is deactivated.
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WARNING
On some models, the front air
bag ON/OFF switch could turn
by using a similar small rigid
device. Always check the status
of the front air bag ON/OFF
switch and passenger's front air
bag ON/OFF indicator.

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If the SRS air bag warning light blinks or does not illuminatewhen the ignition switch is turned to the ON position, or ifit illuminates whilst the vehicleis being driven, have the sys-tem inspected by a profession- al workshop. Kia recommendsto visit an authorised Kia deal-er/service partner.CAUTION
If the passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch is not workingproperly, the air bag warninglight ( )on the instrumentpanel will illuminate.
And, the passenger's front airbag OFF indicator ( ) will not illuminate (The passenger'sfront air bag ON indicatorcomes on and goes off after approximately 60 seconds),the SRS Control Module reac-tivates the passenger’s front air bag and the passenger’sfront air bag will inflate infrontal impact crashes even if the passenger’s front air bagON/OFF switch is set to theOFF position.
In this case, have the systeminspected by a professional workshop. Kia recommends tovisit an authorised Kia deal-er/service partner.
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WARNING
The driver is responsible for the proper position of the pas-
senger’s front air bag ON/OFF
switch.
Deactivate the passenger's front air bag only when the
ignition switch is switched off,
or the malfunction may occur
in the SRS Control Module.
And there may be a danger
that the driver's and/or front
passenger’s and/or side and
curtain air bag may fail to trig-
ger, or not trigger correctlyduring a collision.
Never install a rearward facing child seat on the front passen-
ger's seat unless the passen-
ger's front air bag has been
deactivated. The infant or child
could be severely injured or
killed by an air bag deploy-ment in case of an accident.
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Side air bag (if equipped)
Your vehicle is equipped with a side air bag in each front seat.(Continued)
Even though your vehicle isequipped with the passenger's
front air bag ON/OFF switch,
do not install a child restraint
system in the front passen-
ger's seat. A child restraint
system must never be placed
in the front seat. Children who
are too large for child restraint
systems should always occu-
py the rear seat and use the
available lap/shoulder belts.
Children are afforded the most
safety in the event of an acci-
dent when they are restrained
by a proper restraint system inthe rear seat.
As soon as the child seat is no longer needed on the front
passenger's seat, reactivate
the front passenger's air bag.WARNING - No attaching objects
No objects (such as crash pad
cover, cellular phone holder, cup
holder, perfume or stickers)
should be placed over or near
the air bag modules on the
steering wheel, instrument
panel, windscreen glass, and
the front passenger's panel
above the glove box. Suchobjects could cause harm if the
vehicle is in a crash severe
enough to cause the air bags to
deploy. Do not place any objects
over the air bag or between the
air bag and yourself.
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fer from the illustration.

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The purpose of the air bag is to pro-
vide the vehicle's driver and/or thefront passenger with additional pro-
tection than that offered by the seat
belt alone. The side air bags are designed to
deploy only during certain side-
impact collisions, depending on the
crash severity, angle, speed and
point of impact. The side air bags are
not designed to deploy in all side
impact situations.
WARNING
Do not allow the passengers to lean their heads or bodies onto
doors, put their arms on the
doors, stretch their arms out of
the window, or place objects
between the doors and passen-
gers when they are seated onseats equipped with side and/or
curtain air bags.
WARNING
The side air bag is supplemen- tal to the driver's and the pas-
senger's seat belt systems and
is not a substitute for them.
Therefore your seat belts must
be worn at all times whilst the
vehicle is in motion. The air
bags deploy only in certain side
impact conditions severeenough to cause significant
injury to the vehicle occupants.
For best protection from the side air bag system and to
avoid being injured by the
deploying side air bag, both
front seat occupants should sitin an upright position with the
seat belt properly fastened. Thedriver's hands should beplaced on the steering wheel at
the 9:00 and 3:00 positions. The
passenger's arms and handsshould be placed on their laps.
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Do not use any accessory seatcovers.
Use of seat covers could reduce or prevent the effec- tiveness of the system.
To prevent unexpected deploy- ment of the side air bag that
may result in personal injury,
avoid impact to the sideimpact sensor when the igni-
tion key is on.
If the seat or seat cover is dam- aged, have the system serv-
iced by a professional work-shop. Kia recommends to visit an
authorised Kia dealer/service
partner.
Never place or insert any object into any small opening
near side airbag labels
attached to the vehicle seats.
When the air bag deploys, the
object may affect the deploy-
ment and result in unexpected
accident or bodily harm.

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Curtain air bag (if equipped)
Curtain air bags are located along
both sides of the roof rails above the
front and rear doors.They are designed to help protect theheads of the front seat occupantsand the rear outboard seat occupants
in certain side impact collisions.
The curtain air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side impact
collisions, depending on the crash
severity, angle, speed and point of
impact. The curtain air bags are not
designed to deploy in all side impact
situations, collisions from the front or
rear of the vehicle or in most rollover
situations.
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The actual air bags in the vehicle may dif-
fer from the illustration.
WARNING - No attaching objects
Do not place any objects over the air bag or between the air
bag and yourself. Also, do not
attach any objects around the
area the air bag inflates such
as the door, side door glass,
front and rear pillar.
Do not place any objects between the door and the
seat. They may become dan-
gerous projectiles if the side
air bag inflates.
Do not install any accessories on the side or near the side air
bags.

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Do not allow the passengers to
lean their heads or bodies onto
doors, put their arms on the
doors, stretch their arms out of
the window, or place objects
between the doors and pas-
sengers when they are seatedon seats equipped with side
and/or curtain air bags.
Never try to open or repair any components of the curtain air
bag system. If necessary,
have the system serviced by a
professional workshop. Kiarecommends to visit an
authorised Kia dealer/service
partner.
Failure to follow the above men-tioned instructions can result in
injury or death to the vehicleoccupants in an accident.WARNING
In order for side and curtain air bags to provide the best pro-
tection, both front seat occu-
pants and both outboard rearoccupants should sit in anupright position with the seat
belts properly fastened.
Importantly, children should
sit in a proper child restraintsystem in the rear seat.
When children are seated in the rear outboard seats, they
must be seated in the proper
child restraint system.
Make sure to put the child
restraint system as far away
from the door side as possible,
and secure the child restraint
system in a locked position.
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Do not place any objects over the air bag. Also, do not attach
any objects around the area
the air bag inflates such as the
door, side door glass, front
and rear pillar, roof side rail.
objects on the coat hook.
Do not hang heavy items on the coat hooks for safety rea-sons.

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Why didn’t my air bag go off in a collision? (Inflation and non-inflation conditions of the air
bag)
There are many types of accidents
in which the air bag would not be
expected to provide additional
protection.
These include rear impacts, sec-
ond or third collisions in multiple
impact accidents, as well as lowspeed impacts.(1) SRS control module
(2) Front impact sensor(3) Side impact sensor (if equipped)
(4) Side impact sensor (if equipped)
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Air bag collision sensors

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Air bag inflation conditions
Front air bags
Front air bags are designed to inflate in a frontal collision depending on
the intensity, speed or angles ofimpact of the front collision.
WARNING
Do not hit or allow any objects to impact the locations where
air bag or sensors are installed.
This may cause unexpected
air bag deployment, whichcould result in serious per-
sonal injury or death.
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 per-
form maintenance on or
around the air bag sensors.
Have the system serviced by a
professional workshop. Kia recommends to visit an
authorised Kia dealer/service
partner.
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Problems may arise if the sen-sor installation angles are
changed due to the deforma-
tion of the front bumper, body
or B pillar and C pillars where
side collision sensors are
installed. In this case, have the
system serviced by a profes-
sional workshop. Kia recommends to visit an
authorised Kia dealer/service
partner.
Your vehicle has been designed to absorb impact
and deploy the air bag(s) in
certain collisions. Installing
bumper guards or replacing a
bumper with non-genuine
parts may adversely affect
your vehicles collision and air
bag deployment performance.
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