2005 KIA Rio child seat

3-51 The Importance of The Passenger Being
Properly Seated
The front seat passenger’s air bag is much larger than
the driver’s air bag and inflates with considerably more
force. It can seriously hurt or kill a passenger who is
not in the proper position and wearing the safety belt
properly. The front passenger should always move
their seat as far back as practical and sit well back in
the seat. It is essential that the front passenger always
wears his/her safety belt, even when travelling in a
parking lot or along a driveway into a garage.
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The reason for this is that in most frontal impacts there
is substantial pre-impact braking which tends to throw
the occupants forward. If the right front passenger is
not using their safety belt, they will be directly in front
of or even touching the air bag storage compartment
when inflation occurs. In that situation, death or severe
injury is possible.
Because of the air bag, you must NEVER INSTALL A
CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM IN THE FRONT
PASSENGER SEAT. There is a very significant risk of
serious or fatal injuries to a child in a child restraint if
the right front passenger air bag inflates.
WARNING -Right Front Seat
Pre-impact braking could throw an unbelted
passenger toward or onto the air bag storage
compartment. Upon impact in a collision, the
air bag would rapidly inflate and possibly
serverly injure or kill that occupant who failed
to wear their safety belt.
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Knowing Your Vehicle3-52 Air Bag Warning LightThe purpose of the air bag warning light in your instru-
ment panel is to alert you of a potential problem with
your Air Bag – Supplemental Restraint System (SRS).
WARNING - Front Passengers
 NEVER use a child restraint in the front
seat. There is a very significant risk of seri-
ous or fatal injuries to a child in a child
restraint if the right front passenger air bag
inflates.

In the front seat, a rear-facing child restraint
would be positioned too close to where the
air bags are stored and in the event an air
bag deploys, the air bag would impact the
rear-facing child restraint and cause serious
injuries or death.
 Failure to observe the instructions provided
with the child restraint system could
increase the risk and/or severity of injury in
an accident.
Have the system checked if:
 The light does not illuminate when you turn the
ignition ON.
 The light stays ON after the engine starts.
 The light comes ON or flashes while you are dri-
ving.
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AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT
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Knowing Your Vehicle3-54Air Bag Warning Label (sunvisor - front side)
To remind you of the dangers of the air bag, air bag
warning labels which are now required by the
Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS)
are adhered to the driver’s and passenger’s sunvisors
and attached to the glove box.
Note that even though these government warnings
emphasize the risk to children, please be aware of the
risk to adults, as described in previous pages.
Children 12 and under can be killed by the air bag.
The BACK SEAT is the SAFEST place for children.
NEVER put a rear-facing child seat in the front.
Sit as far back as possible from the air bag.ALWAYS use SEAT BELTS and CHILD RESTRAINTS.
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Rear Hatch (For 5 Door Hatchback) The rear hatch can be locked and unlocked with the
key.
 You can also unlock the latch with the automatic
door lock system(if equipped) but couldn't open the
rear hatch.
 Once the rear hatch has been unlocked, lifting the
rear hatch handle may open it.
To make certain that you close the rear hatch door
before driving your vehicle. Possible damage may
occur to the rear hatch lift cylinders and attaching
hardware if the rear hatch door is not closed prior to
driving.
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handleUnlock Lock
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Changing the Engine Oil and FilterChange engine oil and filter according to the
Scheduled Maintenance earlier in this section.
1. Warm the engine up for a few minutes and then
turn it off. Remove the oil filler cap.
2. Drain the oil into a suitable container after
removing the oil filler cap and drain plug.
3. Remove the engine oil filter with an oil filter
wrench.4. Use a clean rag to clean the oil filter mounting
surface on the engine.
5. Apply a small amount of engine oil to the new oil
filter O-ring seal.
6. Install the oil filter and tighten it. (Refer to
the oil filter caution label for tightening
instructions.)
7. Replace the drain plug tightly after the oil has
thoroughly drained.
8. Refill the engine with new oil to the F mark on the
dipstick. Do not overfill.
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WARNING - Engine Oil
 Continuous contact with USED engine oil
has caused skin cancer in laboratory mice.
Protect your skin by washing with soap and
water.
 Keep all engine oil out of the reach of
children.
CAUTION
Both the oil and engine are hot. Do not burn
yourself.
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NOTICE
When installing the replacement oil filter, do not
allow the oil filter gasket to remain on the oil
filter mounting surface. This will cause oil
leakage and engine damage. Remove the old
gasket completely so that a new gasket will
properly seat and seal.
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