2005 KIA Rio warning

Knowing Your Vehicle3-34Tether 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
shelf behind the rear seat or in the trunk on the inboard
side of the rear bumper in the 5-door hatchback.
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Child Seat Anchorage PositionFor 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 manu-
facturer’s instructions. It is further recommended that
the seat be placed in the vehicle’s rear seat since this
can make an important contribution to safety. Your
vehicle is provided with three child restraint hook
holders on the package tray behind the rear seat for
installing the child seat or infant seat.
WARNING - Child Restraint
Placement
Never use a child restraint in the front passen-
ger 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.
WARNING
If the tether strap is clipped incorrectly, the
child restraint seat may not be restrained
properly in the event of a collision.
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Installing a child restraint seat ;
1. Position the child restraint seat on the rear passenger
seat cushion.
2. Route the child restraint seat tether 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 package tray 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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WARNING - Child Restraint
Anchorage
 Child restraint anchorages are designed to
withstand only those loads imposed by cor-
rectly fitted child restraints. Under no cir-
cumstances are they to be used for adult
seat belts or harnesses or for attaching other
items or equipment to the vehicle.
 The tether strap may not work properly if
attached somewhere other than the correct
tether anchor.
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.
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Child Seat Lower AnchorsThe lower anchors are located between rear seat cush-
ion and seatback.Knowing Your Vehicle3-36
There is a symbol located on the lower portion of each
side of the rear seatbacks. These symbols indicate the
position of the lower anchors for child restraints so
equipped.
To attach the child seat to the lower anchor, insert the
child seat latch into the lower anchor hold. Listen for
the audible “Click” sound.
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S2D300
Child lower anchor indicater
WARNING
If the child restraint is not anchored properly,
the risk of a child being seriously injured or
killed in a collision greatly increases.
Always follow the installation and use instruc-
tions provided by the manufacturer of the child
restraint.
WARNING
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.
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Safety Belt Warning Light and Chime
As a reminder to the driver and passenger, safety belt
warning light will illuminate for approximately 6 sec-
onds each time you turn the ignition switch ON.
If the driver’s lap/shoulder belt is not fastened when
the key is turned ON, the safety belt warning chime
sounds for approximately six seconds and the safety
belt warning light illuminates for approximately six
seconds.
AN7B03016
Safety belt warning light
Front Lap/Shoulder Belt
To fasten the front lap/shoulder belt:
1. Grasp the buckle and tongue plate.
2. Slowly pull the lap/shoulder belt out from the
retractor.
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5. Adjust the shoulder anchor position to your size. To
raise the anchor position, pull the knob and push
the anchor up. To lower the anchor position, pull
the knob and slide the anchor down. After adjust-
ment, make sure the anchor is locked in position.
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Adjustable shoul-
der anchor
(If equipped)
WARNING - Front Safety Belts
 The front seatbacks should always remain in
a comfortable, upright position while the
vehicle is in motion. The safety belt system
will provide the most protection with the
seatbacks in an upright position.
 Never wear the shoulder portion of the safe-
ty belt under the outside arm or behind the
back.
 Never wear the shoulder portion of the safe-
ty belt across the neck or face.
 Wear the lap portion of the safety belt as
low on the hips as possible. Be sure the lap
belt fits snugly around the hips. Never wear
the lap belt over your waist.
 Never drive or ride with a twisted or
jammed safety belt. If you cannot untwist or
unjam the safety belt, see the nearest Kia
dealer immediately.
 Never use a single belt to restrain more than
one person at a time.
Failure to follow these warnings will increase
the risk and severity of injury in an accident.
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To Unfasten:
Press the release button on the buckle.Knowing Your Vehicle3-42
WARNING - Rear Lap/Shoulder
Safety Belts
 Never wear the shoulder portion of the safe-
ty belt under the outside arm or behind the
back.
 Never wear the shoulder portion of the safe-
ty belt across the neck or face.
 Wear the lap belt or the lap portion of the
belt as low as possible. Be sure the lap belt
fits snugly around the hips. Never wear the
lap belt over your waist.
 Never ride or drive with a twisted or
jammed safety belt. If you cannot untwist or
unjam the safety belt, see the nearest Kia
dealer immediately.
 Never use a single belt to restrain more than
one person at a time.
Failure to follow these warnings could increase
the chance and severity of injury in an acci-
dent.
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3-45 Proper Use and Care of the Safety Belt System
To ensure that the safety belts provide the maximum
protection, please follow these instructions:
 Use the belts at all times - even on short trips.
 If the safety belt is twisted, straighten it prior to use.
 Keep sharp edges and damaging objects away from
the belts.
 Periodically inspect belt webbing, anchors, buckles,
and all other parts for signs of wear and damage.
Replace damaged, excessively worn or questionable
parts immediately.
WARNING - Center Rear
Lap Belt
Be sure the center rear lap belt is positioned
snugly around the hips, and not on the waist.
Failure to position the center rear lap belt
snugly around the hips and not on the waist
will increase the chance and severity of injury
in the event of a collision.
 To clean the belt webbing, use any mild soap solu-
tion recommended for cleaning upholstery or car-
pets. Follow the instructions provided with the soap.
Do not bleach or dye the webbing because this may
weaken the webbing fibers and allow them to fail
when loaded in a collision.
 Do not make modifications or additions to the safety
belt.
 After wearing a safety belt, make sure it fully
retracts to the stowed position. Do not allow the belt
to get caught in the door when you close it.
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In other words, just because your vehicle is damaged
and even if it is totally unusable, don’t be surprised
that the air bag(s) did not inflate.
The Importance of Using Safety Belts
There are four very important reasons to use safety
belts even with an air bag system, they:
 Help keep you in the proper position (away from the
air bag) when it inflates.
 Reduce the risk of harm in rollover, side or rear
impact collisions, because an air bag is not designed
to inflate in such situations.
 Reduce the risk of harm in frontal collisions that are
not severe enough to activate the supplemental
restraint system.
 Reduce the risk of being thrown from your vehicle.
WARNING - Air Bags & Safety
Belts
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. (Continued)
Air Bag – Supplemental Restraint SystemWhat Your Air Bag System Does
Your vehicle is equipped with a dual Supplemental
Restraint System (SRS), which includes an air bag for
the driver (standard) and another air bag for the front
passenger (optional).
What Your Air Bag System Does Not Do
The air bag system is designed to supplement or add to
the protection provided to properly belted occupants in
moderate to severe frontal collisions. It is not a substi-
tute for the driver’s or front passenger’s safety belt and
it does not provide restraint to the lower body.
Why Didn’t My Air Bag Go Off in a Collision?
There are many types of accidents in which the air bag
would not be expected to provide additional protection.
These include side or rear impacts, rollovers, and sec-
ond or third impacts in multiple-impact accidents as
well as low speed impacts.
Remember: air bags are onl
ydesigned to inflate when
the impact would throw the occupant into the air bags
– generally from a little to the left to a little to the
right of straight ahead.
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