warning KIA Sorento 2006 1.G Owner's Guide

2. Insert the tongue plate (A) into the
open end of the buckle (C) until an
audible “click" is heard, indicating
the latch is locked. Make sure the
belt is not twisted.3. Pull the tongue plate (B) and insert
the tongue plate into the open end
of the buckle (D) until an audible
“click”is heard, indicating the latch
is locked. Make sure the belt is not
twisted.There will be an audible “click”when
the tab locks in the buckle. The seat
belt automatically adjusts to the prop-
er length only after the lap belt is
adjusted manually so that it fits snug-
ly around your hips, if you lean for-
ward in a slow, easy motion, the belt
will extend and let you move around.
If there is a sudden stop or impact,
the belt will lock into position. It will
also lock if you try to lean forward too
quickly.
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(D) (A)
(C)(B)
S2BLB303A
(D) (B)PRESS
S2BLC304
WARNING
When using the rear seat center
belt, you must lock all tongue
plates and buckles. If any
tongue plate or buckle is not
locked, it will increase the
chance of injury in the event of
collision.
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Restraint of Pregnant Women
Pregnant women should wear
lap/shoulder belt assemblies when-
ever possible according to specific
recommendations by their doctors.
The lap portion of the belt should be
worn AS SNUGLY AND AS LOW AS
POSSIBLE.Restraint of Infants and Small
Children
To increase their safety, infants and
young children should always be
restrained by a restraint system
approved for their age and size.Many companies manufacture child-
restraint systems (often called child
seats) for infants and small children.
An acceptable child-restraint system
must always satisfy Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards of your country.
Make sure that any child-restraint
system you use in your vehicle is
labeled as complying with those safe-
ty standards.
The child restraint system should be
chosen to fit both the size of the child
and the size of the vehicle seat. Be
sure to follow any instructions provid-
ed by the child restraint system man-
ufacturer when installing the child-
restraint system.
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WARNING- Pregnant Women
Pregnant women must never
place the lap portion of the
safety belt over the area of the
abdomen where the fetus is
located or above the abdomen.
WARNING- Children on Lap
Never hold a child on your lap
or in your arms in a moving
vehicle. Even a very strong per-
son cannot hold onto a child in
the event of even a minor colli-
sion.
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WARNING- Infants and Young
Children
 Infants and young children
are at much greater risk of
serious injury or death in an
accident or sudden stop if
they are unrestrained or
restrained improperly. Follow
all instructions in this section
of your Kia manual and the
instructions that came on and
with an improved child safety
restraint system. The child
restraint must be correctly
installed in the vehicle, and
the child must be correctly
installed in the child restraint.
 All children under 12 are
safest in the back seat. The
center rear position is best.
 Never install a child or infant
seat in the front passenger
position. The baby will be
injured or killed by the airbag
if it deploys in an accident.
(Continued)
(Continued)
 Never allow a child to stand or
kneel on the seat of a moving
vehicle. Insist the child sit
down in an approved restraint
system.
 Never allow a safety belt to be
placed around both a child and
an adult or around two chil-
dren. In an accident they will
not be properly restrained and
may receive worse injuries
from being thrown forward or
crushed against one another.
 Never allow a child to be held
on a lap or in anyone’s arms
while the vehicle is moving.
Even a very strong person can-
not hold onto a child in even a
minor collision.
 A child too large for a child
restraint but too small for the
vehicle safety belts should use
an approved belt-positioning
booster seat. This is safer than
allowing a child to ride with a
shoulder belt that touches their
face or neck.
WARNING- Hot Metal Parts
Since a safety belt or child
restraint system can become
very hot in a closed vehicle dur-
ing warm sunny weather, be
sure to check the seat cover
and buckles before placing a
child anywhere near them.
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Restraint of Large Children
As children grow, they may need to
use new child restraints, including
larger child seats or booster seats,
which are appropriate for their
increased size.
A child who has outgrown available
child restraint systems should use
the belts provided in the vehicle.
When seated, the child should be
restrained by the lap/shoulder belt.
If the shoulder belt slightly touches
the child’s neck or face, try placing
the child closer to the center of the
vehicle. If the shoulder belt still
touches their face or neck, they may
need to be returned to a child
restraint system. In addition, after-
market devices are available from
independent manufacturers which
help pull the shoulder belt lower and
away from the child’s face or neck.Placement of a Child Restraint
System
We recommend that, whenever pos-
sible, you put the child restraint in the
center position of the rear seat.
If the center rear seat is not available,
or you are using more than one child
restraint system in the vehicle at the
same time, the rear safety belts have
been designed to allow a child
restraint to be used in these posi-
tions. Since those safety belts nor-
mally lock only under extreme or
emergency conditions (emergency
lock mode) you must manually adjust
those belts to the auto lock mode.
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WARNING
When a child restraint is not in
use, make sure that it is
secured by a safety belt. In a
sudden stop or accident, a
loose child restraint could be
thrown forward and injure
someone.
✽ ✽
NOTICEThe driver’s safety belt incorpo-
rates the emergency lock mode
only.
WARNING- Restraint Instructions
Failure to observe this manuals
instructions regarding child
restraint systems and the
instructions provided with the
child restraint system could
increase the chance and/or
severity of injury in an accident.
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Installing a child restraint system
in the rear center seat
To install a child restraint system in
the rear center seat, do the following:
1. Pull the safety belt webbing and
insert the tongue plate into the
buckle.
2. Do the same procedure in the rear
outboard seat on page 3-38.Placing a passenger safety belt
Into the auto lock mode
The use of the auto lock mode will
ensure that the normal movement of
the child in the vehicle does not
cause the safety belt to be pulled out
and loosen the firmness of its hold on
the child restraint system.
To secure a child restraint in the rear
outboard seats, follow the procedure
below.
1. Place the child restraint system in
the seat and route the lap/shoulder
belt around or through the
restraint, following the restraint
manufacturer’s instructions. Be
sure the safety belt webbing is not
twisted.
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ADVANCED AIRBAG
WARNING- Child Restraint Placement
Never use a child restraint in
the front passenger seat. In a
collision the air bag inflates
with great force. A child in a
restraint in the front passenger
seat can be severely or fatally
injured by the power of the air
bag.
S2BLB350
S2MS103005
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5. Before placing the child in the child
restraint, forcibly try to push the
seat from side to side and forward
to make sure that the seat is
securely held in place.
6. Double check that the retractor is
in the automatic locking mode by
trying to pull the shoulder portion
of the safety belt out of the retrac-
tor. If you cannot pull the belt out of
the retractor, it is in the automatic
locking mode. If you can, repeat
step 4.
To remove the child restraint, press
the release button on the buckle and
then pull the lap/shoulder belt out of
the restraint and allow the safety belt
to retract fully.Child restraint anchor position
For small children and babies, the
use of a child seat or infant seat is
strongly recommended. This child
seat or infant seat should be of
appropriate size for the child and
should be installed in accordance
with the manufacturer’s instructions.
It is further recommended that the
seat be placed in the vehicle’s rear
seat since this can make an impor-
tant contribution to safety. Your vehi-
cle is provided with three child
restraint hook holders on the floor
behind the rear seat for installing the
child seat or infant seat.KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE3-40
WARNING- Auto Lock Mode
The lap/shoulder belt automati-
cally returns to the “emergency
lock mode” whenever the belt is
allowed to retract fully. Therefore,
the preceding seven steps must
be followed each time a child
restraint is installed.
If the safety belt is not placed in
the “auto lock” mode, severe
injury or death could occur to the
child and/or other occupants in
the vehicle in a collision, since
the child restraint will not be
effectively held in place.
✽ ✽
NOTICEWhen the safety belt is allowed to
retract to its fully stowed position,
the retractor will automatically
switch from the “Auto Lock” mode
to the emergency lock mode for
normal adult usage.
WARNING- Child Restraint Placement
Never use a child restraint in
the front passenger seat. A
child in a child restraint
installed in the front passenger
seat can be severely or fatally
injured by an air bag which
could impact the child restraint
with great force when the air
bag inflates.
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Tether anchor installation
Your vehicle is equipped with an
anchor for securing the tether strap of
a child restraint system (child seat).
The child restraint anchor fittings are
installed on the floor behind the rear
seat.Installing a Child Restraint seat ;
1. Position the child restraint seat on
the rear passenger seat cushion.
2. Route the child restraint seat teth-
er strap over the back of the seat.
For vehicles with adjustable head
restraints, route the tether strap
under the head restraint and
between the head restraint posts,
otherwise route the tether strap
over the top of the seatback.
3. Locate the correct anchor on the
floor behind the rear seat for the
selected seating position.
4. Open the tether anchor cover.
5. Clip the tether strap hook to the
tether strap hook holder.
6. Tighten the tether strap to secure
the seat.
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S2BLD348
WARNING - Child Restraint
Check that the child restraint
system is secure by pushing
and pulling it in different direc-
tions. Incorrectly fitted child
restraints may swing, twist, tip
or come away causing death or
injury.
WARNING
If the tether strap is clipped
incorrectly, the child restraint
seat may not be restrained
properly in the event of a colli-
sion.
WARNING
- Child Restraint Anchorage
 Child restraint anchorages
are designed to withstand
only those loads imposed by
correctly fitted child
restraints. Under no circum-
stances are they to be used
for adult seat belts or har-
nesses or for attaching other
items or equipment to the
vehicle.
 The tether strap may not work
properly if attached some-
where other than the correct
tether anchor.
Tether anchor
cover
Tether
strap
hook
Chid restraint hook holder
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Child seat lower anchors
Some child seat manufacturers make
child restraint seats that are labeled as
ISOFIX or ISOFIX-compatible child
restraint seats. These seats include
two rigid or webbing mounted attach-
ments that connect to two ISOFIX
anchors at specific seating positions in
your vehicle. This type of child restraint
seat eliminates the need to use seat
belts to attach the child seat for for-
ward-facing child restraint seats.ISOFIX anchors have been provided
in your vehicle. The ISOFIX anchors
are located in the left and right out-
board rear seating positions. Their
locations are shown in the illustration.
There is no ISOFIX anchor provided
for the center rear seating position.
The ISOFIX anchors are located
between the seatback and the seat
cushion of the rear seat left and right
outboard seating positions.
Follow the child seat manufacturer’s
instructions to properly install child
restraint seats with ISOFIX or
ISOFIX-compatible attachments.Once you have installed the ISOFIX
child restraint, assure that the seat is
properly attached to the ISOFIX and
tether anchors. Also, test the child
restraint seat before you place the
child in it. Tilt the seat from side to
side. Also try to tug the seat forward.
Check to see if the anchors hold the
seat in place.KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE3-42
S2BLC354/SBGQ03102
S2BLD300
WARNING
When using the vehicle's
“ISOFIX” system to install a
child restraint system in the
rear seat, all unused vehicle
rear seat belt metal latch plates
or tabs must be latched secure-
ly in their seat belt buckles and
the seat belt webbing must be
retracted behind the child
restraint to prevent the child
from reaching and taking hold
of unretracted seat belts.
Unlatched metal latch plates or
tabs may allow the child to
reach the unretracted seat belts
which may result in strangula-
tion and a serious injury or
death to the child in the child
restraint.
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WARNING
If the child restraint is not
anchored properly, the risk of a
child being seriously injured or
killed in a collision greatly
increases.
(Continued)
 Do not install a child restraint
seat at the rear center seating
position using the vehicle’s
ISOFIX anchors. The ISOFIX
anchors are only provided for
the left and right outboard rear
seating positions. Do not mis-
use the ISOFIX anchors by
attempting to attach a child
restraint seat in the middle
rear seating position position
to the ISOFIX anchors. In a
crash, the child restraint seat
ISOFIX attachments may not
be strong enough to secure
the child restraint seat proper-
ly in the rear center seating
position and may break, caus-
ing serious injury or death.
(Continued)
(Continued)
 Attach the ISOFIX or ISOFIX-
compatible child restraint seat
only to the appropriate loca-
tions shown in the illustration.
 Always follow the installation
and use instructions provided
by the manufacturer of the
child restraint.
WARNING
 Do not mount more than one
child restraint to a single teth-
er or to a child restraint lower
anchorage point. The improp-
er increased load may cause
the anchorage points or tether
anchor to break, causing seri-
ous injury or death.
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➀
Driver’s airbag
(see page 3- 48)
➁
Front passenger’s airbag
(see page 3- 49)
➂
Curtain Airbag
(see page 3- 55)
➃Front impact sensor
(see page 3- 57)
➄
Side impact sensor
(see page 3- 57)
➅
SRS Control Module
(see page 3- 57)
➆
Occupant classification system
(see page 3- 49)

Airbag inflation condition
(see page 3- 58)

Airbag non-inflation condition
(see page 3- 59)

Airbag warning light
(see page 3- 64)

Airbag service
(see page 3- 64)

Airbag warning label
(see page 3- 66)What your airbag system does
Driver’s airbag and front passenger’s
airbag are designed to supplement
the protection offered by the safety
belt in certain frontal collisions.
Likewise, curtain airbags are
designed to supplement the protec-
tion offered by the safety belt in side
collisions. Safety belts are designed
to reduce the injury of the driver or
passengers in case of light impact or
collision. However, to help reduce
impact on driver or passengers in a
serious collision, seat belts must also
be correctly worn.What your airbag system does not
do
The air bag system is designed to
supplement the protection offered by
the safety belt system. IT IS NOT A
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE SAFETY
BELT.
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