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 Always drive and ride withyour seatback upright and the
lap portion of the safety belt,
or lap belt, snug and low
across the hips. This position
puts your safety belts in the
best position to protect you incase of an accident.
 In order to avoid unnecessary airbag injuries including the
possibility of severe injury or
death, always sit as far back
as possible from the steering
wheel so that your chest is
away at least 250 mm (10 inch-
es) away from the steeringwheel.WARNING
 Loose objects in the driver’s foot area could interfere with
the operation of the foot ped-
als, possibly causing an acci-
dent. Loose objects might
interfere with the seat slide
mechanism. Do not place any-
thing under the front seats.
 Children should never be left unattended in the car.WARNING - Driver’s seat
 Never attempt to adjust seat while the vehicle is moving. This could result in loss of
control, and an accident caus-
ing death, serious injury, or
property damage.
 Do not allow anything to inter- fere with the normal position
of the seatback. Storing items
against a seatback or in any
other way interfering with
proper locking of a seatbackcould result in serious or fatal
injury in a sudden stop or col-lision.
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Pre-tensioner seat belt (if equipped)
Your vehicle is equipped with driver’s
and front passenger’s pre-tensioner
seat belts. The purpose of the pre-
tensioner is to make sure that theseat belts fit tightly against the occu-
pant’s body in certain frontal colli-
sions. The pre-tensioner seat belts
will activate together with the
airbags, where the frontal collision is
severe enough. The seat belt pre-tensioner system
consists mainly of the following com-
ponents. Their locations are shown in
the illustration. ➀
SRS airbag warning light
➁ Seatbelt pre-tensioner assembly
➂ SRS airbag control module
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CAUTION
The pre-tensioner seat belt is
installed at the front seats, andthe sensor is equipped insidethe buckle, where presence of passenger is sensed by the fas-tening of the seat belts.Therefore, pre-tensioner will not activate if the passenger is notfastened with the seat belts.Likewise, it will activate if buck- led even without a passenger inthe seat. Pre-tensioner seat beltis designed to activate when theseatbelt is in use. To ensure the pretensioner seatbelts activatein event of a possible seatbeltbuckle switch malfunction, the system is designed to activateregardless of whether a seatbelt is in use or if no seat belt use is detected within 6 sec-onds of turning the ignitionswitch ON.
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WARNING
To obtain maximum benefit from a pre-tensioner seat belt:
 The seat belt must be worn correctly.
 The seat belt must be adjusted to the correct position.CAUTION
When the pre-tensioner seat
belts are activated, a loud noise may be heard and fine dust,which may appear to be smoke,may be visible in the passenger compartment and are not toxic.
Although, it is harmless, the finedust may cause skin irritationand should not be breathed forprolonged periods. Wash your hands and face thoroughly afteran accident in which the airbagsand/or pre-tensioner seat belts were activated.
CAUTION
 Because the sensor that acti- vates the SRS airbag is con-nected with pre-tensioner seatbelt, the SRS airbag warninglight on the instrument panel will blink or illuminate forapproximately 6 seconds afterthe ignition key has beenturned to the “ON” position, then the light should go off.
 If the pre-tensioner seat belt is not working properly, thiswarning light will illuminateeven if there is no malfunction of SRS airbag system. If theSRS airbag warning light doesnot illuminate when the igni- tion key is turned to “ON” , orif it remains illuminated afterblinking or illuminating for approximately 6 seconds, or ifit illuminates while the vehicleis being driven, please have an authorized Kia dealerinspect the pre-tensioner seatbelt or SRS airbag system as soon as possible.

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Safety belt restraint system We strongly recommend that the
driver and all passengers be proper-
ly restrained at all times by using the
safety belts provided with the vehi-
cle. Proper use of the safety belts
decreases the risk of severe injury or
death in accidents or sudden stops.
All seats (including or except the
center rear seat) have lap/shoulder
belts. Inertial locks in the safety belt
retractors allow all of the lap/shoul-
der safety belts to remain unlocked
during normal vehicle operation. This
allows the occupants some freedom
of movement and increased comfort
while using the safety belts. If a force
is applied to the vehicle, such as a
strong stop, a sharp turn, or a colli-
sion, the safety belt retractors will
automatically lock the safety belts.Since the inertial locks do not require
a collision in order to lock up, you
may become aware of the safety
belts locking while braking or going
around sharp corners.
Always use the rear seat position(s)
to install your child restraint(s).
Never install a child restraint system in the front passenger position, as an
inflating airbag could cause serious
or fatal injury to a child in that posi-tion.
WARNING
- Safety belts
To minimize the risk of serious
or fatal injury in an accident, the
driver and all passengers
should use the appropriate
safety restraints for their age
and size. The presence of
airbags does not change the
need to be properly restrained
by a safety belt or size-appropri-
ate child restraint. In fact,
airbags are designed to work
the best when passengers are
correctly restrained in the vehi-
cle. Be sure you are familiar
with the information in this sec-
tion, including the information
on infant and child restraints.
Read the safety warnings on the
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Safety belts provide the best restraint when:
 The seatback is upright.
 The occupant is sitting upright (not
slouched).
 The lap belt is snug across the hips.
 The shoulder belt is snug across the chest.
 The knees are straight forward.
To help you remember to fasten your
safety belt, a warning light will come
on and a chime will sound. See
Safety Belt Warning Light and Chimeon page 3-36.WARNING - After a colli-
sion
 Lap/shoulder belt assemblies may be stretched or damaged when subjected to the stress
and forces of a collision.
 The entire restraint system should be inspected following
any collision. All belts, retrac-
tors, anchors and hardware
damaged by a collision should
be replaced before the vehicle
is operated again.WARNING - Cargo area (if equipped)
Passengers should never be
allowed to ride in the cargo area
of a vehicle. No safety belts are
provided for the cargo area.
Persons riding in the vehicle
without a fastened safety belt
are much more likely to suffer
serious bodily injury or deathduring an accident.
WARNING - Twisted belts
A twisted or jammed safety belt
cannot restrain you properly. If
you cannot untwist or unjam the
safety belt, have an authorized
Kia dealer it immediately. Neverdrive or ride with a twisted or
jammed safety belt.

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➀Driver’s airbag
(see page 3- 59)
➁ Front passenger’s airbag
(if equipped, see page 3- 60)
➂ Side airbag
(if equipped, see page 3- 62)
➃ Curtain Airbag
(if equipped, see page 3- 62)
➄ Front impact sensor
(if equipped, see page 3- 64)
➅ Side impact sensor
(if equipped, see page 3- 64)
➆ SRS Control Module
(see page 3- 64)
■ Airbag inflation condition
(see page 3- 65)
■ Airbag non-inflation condition
(see page 3- 67)
■ Airbag warning light
(see page 3- 72)
■ Airbag service
(see page 3- 72)
■ Airbag warning label
(see page 3- 74) 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, side airbag and curtainairbags are designed to supplement
the protection 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 pas-
sengers 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
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The importance of using
safety belts
There are four very important rea-
sons to use safety belts even with an
airbag supplemental restraint sys-
tem. They:
 help keep you in the proper posi-
tion (away from the airbag) when it
inflates.
 reduce the risk of harm in rollover, side impact (vehicles not equipped
with side and curtain airbags) or
rear impact collisions, because anairbag is not designed to inflate in
such situations and even a side
curtain airbag is designed to inflate
only in certain side impact colli-
sions.
 reduce the risk of harm in frontal or side collisions which are not
severe enough to actuate the
airbag supplemental restraint sys-tem.
 reduce the risk of being thrown from your vehicle.WARNING - Airbags &
safety belts
 Even in vehicles with air bags, you and your passengers
must always wear the safety
belts provided in order to min-
imize the risk and severity of
injury in the event of a colli-
sion or rollover.
 Always wear your safety belt. It can help keep you away
from the air bags during heavy
braking just before a collision.
 If occupants are not fastened or correctly seated, they can-
not be protected, and thus
face serious injury or death.
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 Driver’s and front passenger’sairbag are designed to inflate
only in certain frontal colli-
sions, and side and curtain
airbags (if equipped) are
designed to inflate in certain
side impacts. They will gener-
ally not provide protection in
side impacts (vehicles not
equipped with side and curtain
airbags) or rear impacts,
rollovers, less severe frontal
collisions. They will not pro-
vide protection from later
impacts in a multi-impact colli-sion.
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 If driver brakes the vehicleheavily in an urgent situa-
tions, occupants will be
thrown forward. If front pas-
sengers are not wearing the
safety belts, they will be
directly in front of the storage
compartment when inflation
occurs. In that situation, seri-
ous injury or death is possi-
ble.
 Never allow front passenger to put their hands or feet onthe instrument panel or put
their face close to the instru-
ment panel. The airbag will
impact the front passengerwhen it inflates.
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 Never allow children/old and feeble persons/pregnant
women to sit on the front pas-
senger’s seat. Do not put child
restraint system on the front
passenger’s seat either. They
may be seriously injured by
the airbag inflation when
airbag deploys.
 Do not put objects or stickers on the instrument panel. Do
not apply any accessory on
the front windshield glass ordo not install aftermarket mir-
rors or accessories on the fac-
tory installed rearview mirror.
These may interfere with the
deployment of airbag inflation
or could hit your body at high
speed and cause severe bodi-
ly injury and even death.WARNING
 The front seat passenger’s airbag is much larger than the
steering wheel airbag 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 proper-
ly. The front passengers
should always move their seat
as far back as practical and sit
back in their seat.
 It is essential that the front passengers always wear their
safety belts, even when the
vehicle is moving in a parking
lot or up a driveway into
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