2008 KIA Amanti belt

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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 colli-
sion greatly increases.
WARNING
When using the vehicle’ s “LATCH”
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
securely in their seat belt buckles
and the seat belt webbing mu st be
retracted behind the child re straint
to prevent the child from reaching
and taking hold of unretracted seat
belts. Unlatched metal latch plate s
or tabs may allow the child to reach
the unretracted seat belts which
may result in strangulation and a
serious injury or death to the child
in the child restraint.
WARNING
• Do not mount more than one child restraint to a single tether or
to a child restraint lower anchor-
age point. The improper
increas ed load may caus e the
anchorage points or tether
anchor to break, causing serious
injury or death.
• Do not install a child restraint seat at the rear center seating
pos ition us ing the vehicle’ s
LATCH anchor s. The LATCH
anchor s are only provided for the
left and right outboard rear seat-
ing positions. Do not mi suse the
LATCH anchor s by attempting to
attach a child restraint seat in the
middle rear seating position to
the LATCH anchor s.
In a crash, the child restraint seat
LATCH attachment s may not be
strong enough to secure the child
restraint seat improperly in the
rear center seating position and
may break, causing serious injur
y
or death.
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• Attach the LATCH or LATCH-com-patible child restraint seat only to
the appropriate location s shown
in the illustration.
•Alway s follow the installation and
use instructions provided by the
manufacturer of the child res traint.

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What your air bag system does
Driver’s air bag and front passenger’s air
bag are designed to supplement the pro-
tection offered by the safety belt in cer-
tain frontal collisions. Likewise, side air
bag and curtain air bags 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 impact or
collision. No safety belt or air bag system
can completely eliminate injuries that
may be caused in collisions or impacts.
To help reduce impact on driver or pas-
sengers in any collision, safety belts
must be correctly worn.
What your air bag system does
not do
The air bag system is designed to sup-
plement the protection offered by the
safety belt system.IT IS NOT A SUB-
STITUTE FOR THE SAFETY BELT.
The importance of u sing
safety belt s
There are four very important reasons to
use safety belts even with an air bag
supplemental restraint 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 impact (vehicles not equipped with
side and curtain air bags) or rear
impact collisions, because an air bag is
not designed to inflate in such situa-
tions and even a side curtain air bag is
designed to inflate only in certain side
impact collisions.
• reduce the risk of harm in frontal or side collisions which are not severe
enough to actuate the air bag supple-
mental restraint system.
• reduce the risk of being ejected from your vehicle.

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✽NOTICE
Your vehicle’s Supplemental Restraint
System Control Module is equipped
with a recording device that may record
the use or status of the safety belt
restraint system by the driver and front
passenger in certain collisions.WARNING- Air bags &
safety belt s
• Even in vehicles with air bags,
you and your passenger s must
always wear the safety belt s pro-
vided in order to minimize the ri sk
and severity of injury in the event
of a collision or rollover.
•Alway s 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 wearing safe-
ty belts or correctly seated, they
cannot be protected, and thus
face serious injury or death.
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• Driver’s and front passenger’ s air
bags are designed to inflate only
in certain frontal collision, and
s ide and curtain air bags are
designed to inflate in certain side
impacts. Frontal air bags will gen-
erally not provide protection in
s ide impacts (vehicles not
equipped with side and curtain air
bags) or rear impacts, rollover s,
less severe frontal collis ions.
They will not provide protection
from later impacts in a multi-
impact collision.
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Air bag system components
• The SRS air bag consists of the fol-lowing components;
1. Driver's air bag module
2. Passenger's air bag module
3. Side air bag module
4. Curtain air bag module
5. Front impact sensors
6. Side impact sensors
7. SRS air bag control module
8. Driver's seat position sensor
9. Occupant Classification System (Front passenger's seat only)
10. "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF" indicator (Front passenger's seat
only)
11. Driver's and front passenger's safety belt buckle sensors
12. Retractor Pre-tensioner Assemblies
13. SRS "AIR BAG" warning light
• A diagnostic system that continually monitors the system operation.
• An indicator light to warn you of a pos- sible problem with the system.
• Emergency power backup in case your car’s electrical system is disconnected
in a crash. The SRS uses a collection of sensors to
gather information about the driver’s seat
position, the driver’s and front passen-
ger’s safety belt usage and impact sever-
ity.
The driver’s seat position sensor, which
is installed on the seat track, determines
if the seat is fore or aft of a reference
position. Similarly, the safety belt usage
sensors determine if the driver and front
passenger’s safety belts are fastened.
These sensors provide the ability to con-
trol the SRS deployment based on how
close the driver’s seat is to the steering
wheel, how close the passenger’s seat is
to the instrument panel, whether or not
the safety belts are fastened, and the
severity of the impact.
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• If your vehicle has been subject-
ed to flood conditions (e.g.
soaked carpeting/standing water
on the floor of the vehicle, etc.) or
if your vehicle has become flood
damaged in any way, do not
attempt to start the vehicle or put
the key in the ignition before di s-
connecting the battery.
Disregarding thi s precaution may
cause air bag deployment, which
could result in serious per sonal
injury or death. If your vehicle i s
subjected to flooded condition s,
before starting the vehicle, have
the vehicle towed to an author-
ized Kia dealer for in spection and
necessary repair s.

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The advanced SRS offers the ability to
control the air bag inflation with two lev-
els. A first stage level is provided for
moderate-severity impacts. A second
stage level is provided for more severe
impacts.
According to the impact severity, seating
position (only driver) and safety belt
usage, the SRSCM (SRS Control
Module) controls the air bag inflation.
Failure to properly wear safety belts
can increase the risk or severity of
injury in an accident.
Additionally, your SRS is equipped with
an occupant classification system in the
front passenger’s seat. The occupant
classification system detects the pres-
ence of a passenger in the front passen-
ger’s seat and will turn off the front pas-
senger’s air bag under certain conditions.
For more detail, see “Occupant
Classification System” later in this sec-
tion.
CAUTION
If the seat position sensor is not
working properly, the SRS air bag warning light ( ) on the in stru-
ment panel will illuminate even if there is no malfunction of the SRSair bag system, because the SRS airbag warning light i s connected with
the seat position sensor. If the SRS
air bag warning light doe s not illu-
minate when the ignition key is turned to the "ON" po sition, if it
remains illuminated after blinking for approximately 6 seconds, or if it
illuminates while the vehicle is
being driven, have an authorized Kia dealer inspect the seat position sensor and the advanced SRS airbag system as soon as possible.
AIR
BAG
WARNING
• Modification to the seat structure
can adver sely affect the s eat
position sensor and cause the air
bag to deploy at a different level
than should be provided.
• Failure to properly wear safety
belts can increas e the risk or
severity of injury by causing the
air bags to deploy at a different
level than should be provided.
• Do not place any object s under-
neath the driver’ s seats which
could damage the seat position
sensor.
• Do not place any object s that may
cause magnetic fields near the
front seat. These may cause a
malfunction of the seat position
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If there is no passenger in the front pas-
senger seat or if the passenger in the
front passenger's seat is very small,
(such as a child), the front PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF indicator may go ON.
When this indicator is ON, the front pas-
senger's air bag will not deploy.
The front passenger’s side air bag will
not deploy if the front seat is unoccupied.
The front passenger’s side air bag may
deploy if the front seat is occupied by a
small occupant.Always be sure that you and all vehicle
occupants are seated and restrained
properly (sitting upright with the seat in
an upright position, centered on the seat
cushion, with the person's legs comfort-
ably extended, feet on the floor, and
wearing the safety belt properly) for the
most effective protection by the air bag
and the safety belt.
• The OCS may not function properly if
the passenger takes actions which can
defeat the detection system. These
include:
(1) Failing to sit in an upright position.
(2) Leaning against the door or center console.
(3) Sitting towards the sides or the front of the seat.
(4) Putting legs on the dashboard or rest- ing them on other locations which
reduce the passenger weight on the
front seat.
(5) Improperly wearing the safety belt.
(6) Reclining the seat back. • The "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF"
indicator illuminates after the ignition
key is turned to the "ON" position or
after the engine is started. If the front
passenger seat is unoccupied or is
occupied by very small person, or is
occupied by someone who is improp-
erly seated, the "PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF" indicator will remain illumi-
nated. If the front passenger seat is
occupied by someone of adult size and
body shape, the "PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF" indicator will turn off after 6
seconds.
• If the "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF" indicator illuminates, the front passen-
ger's air bag will not deploy.
The front passenger’s side air bag will
not deploy if the front seat is unoccu-
pied.
The front passenger’s side air bag may
deploy if the front seat is occupied by a
small occupant.
• If the "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF" indicator is not illuminated, the front
passenger front air bag and front pas-
senger side air bag may deploy in
either a side or frontal collision.
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The location of OCS warning indicator

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Condition and operation in the front passenger occupant
cla ssification system
Condition detected by
the occupant classifi- cation system
1. Adult *
1
2. Child*2or child
restraint system
3. Unoccupied Off
On
OnOff
Off
Off
Activated
Deactivated
Deactivated
"PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF" indicator lightAIR BAG
warning light Front passenger
front air bag
Indicator/Warning light
Device
*1The system detects a person who is generally adult size as an adult, thus allowing the pas-
senger air bag to deploy. When a smaller adult sits in the front passenger seat, the system
may detect their body shape as that of a child, thus preventing air bag deployment.
*
2When a larger child who has outgrown a child restraint system sits in the front passenger seat, the system may recognize him/her as an adult depending on his/her body shape or seating
position, thus permitting air bag deployment.
CAUTION
If the "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF" indicator illuminate s or blinks continu-
ously when a per son of adult size sits in the front passenger's seat, it could
be because that per son isn't sitting properly in the seat. If this happens, turn
the vehicle off, make sure the seat back is not reclined, have the passenger center on the seat cushion, with legs comfortably extended, and the safety
belt properly po sitioned. Restart the vehicle and have the per son remain in
this position long enough to allow the system to detect the person and acti-
vate the passenger air bag.
CAUTION
If the occupant cla ssification sys-
tem is not working properly, the air bag warning light ( ) on theins trument panel will illuminate
because the passenger’ s air bag is
connected with the occupant cla s-
sification system. If there is a mal-
function of the occupant cla ssifica-
tion system, the "Passenger Air bag
Off" indicator will not illuminate and the front passenger's air bag will deploy in frontal crashes even ifthere is child or no occupant in the front passenger's seat.
Have an authorized Kia dealer inspect the occupant cla ssification
system with the SRS air bag system as soon as possible if any of follow-
ing occur;
• The SRS air bag warning light does not illuminate when the igni-tion key i s turned to "ON" po si-
tion.
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WARNING
• Even though your vehicle isequipped with the occupant cla s-
sification system, do not install a
child restraint system in the front
passenger seat. The child could
be severely injured or killed if the
air bag deploys. Children are
afforded the mo st protection in
the event of an accident when
they are restrained by the proper
restraint system in the rear seat.
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• If the "PASSENGER AIR BAGOFF" indicator is illuminated
when the front pa ssenger's seat
is occupied by a per son of adult
size who is seated properly, or if
the "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF"
indicator" is not illuminated when
the front passenger's seat is
unoccupied or occupied by a very
small per son, the occupant cla s-
sification system is not working
properly. Have your vehicle imme-
diately ins pected by your Kia
dealer if the occupant cla ssifica-
tion system is not working prop-
erly.
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• If a low weight adult is seated in
the front passenger seat, the
occupant classification system
may or may not turn off the right
front passenger air bag, depend-
ing upon the per son's seating
position and body type. Everyone
in your vehicle should wear a
safety belt properly -- whether or
not there i s an air bag for that per-
son.
• If the front s eat passenger
changes their s eating pos ition
(for example, by not s itting
upright, by sitting on the edge of
the seat, or by otherwi se being
out of position), the "PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF" indicator may
be turned on, and the pa ssenger
air bag may not deploy in a colli-
sion. Always be sure to sit prop-
erly in the front pa ssenger seat
and wear the safety belt properly
and do not do any of the follow-
ing.
(Continued)(Continued)• The SRS air bag warning light remains illuminated after illumi-nating or blinking for approxi-mately 6 seconds.
• The SRS air bag warning light illu- minates while the vehicle is beingdriven.