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Rear lap/shoulder belt
To f asten the rear lap/ shoulder belt:
1. Grasp the buckle and tongue plate.
2. Slowly pull the lap/shoulder belt out.
3. Insert the tongue plate (
➀) into the
open end of the buckle (
➁) until an
audible “click’’ is heard, indicating the
belt is locked in the buckle. 4. Position the lap portion (
➀) of the belt
across your lap as LOW ON THE HIPS
as possible to reduce the risk of sliding
under it during an accident. Adjust the
belt to a SNUG FIT by pulling up on
the shoulder portion (
➁) of the safety
belt. The belt retractor is designed to
take up excess webbing automatically
and to maintain tension on the belt. For
your safety do not put any excess
slack into the safety belt.
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• Never drive or ride with a twi sted
or jammed safety belt. If you can-
not untwist or unjam the safety
belt, see the nearest Kia dealer
immediately.
• Never use a single belt to restrain more than one per son at a time.
Failure to follow thes e warnings
may increase the risk and severity
of injury in an accident.
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To unfasten:
Press the release button on the buckle
and allow the belt to slowly retract.When using the rear center seat belt, the
buckle with the “CENTER” mark must be
used.
WARNING
• Never wear the shoulder portionof the safety belt under the out-
side arm or behind the back.
• Never wear the shoulder portion of the safety belt across the neck
or face.
• Wear the lap portion of the safety
belt as low as possible. Be sure
the lap belt fits snugly around the
hips. Never wear the lap belt over
your waist.
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• Never drive or ride with a twi sted
or jammed safety belt. If you can-
not untwist or unjam the safety
belt, see the nearest Kia dealer
immediately.
• Never use a single belt to restrain more than one per son at a time.
Failure to follow thes e warnings
may increase the risk and severity
of injury in an accident.
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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 ques-
tionable parts immediately. • To clean the belt webbing, use a mild
soap solution recommended for clean-
ing upholstery or carpets. 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.
Restraint of pregnant women
Pregnant women should wear lap/shoul-
der belt assemblies whenever possible
according to specific recommendations
by their doctors. The lap portion of the
belt should be worn AS SNUGLY AND
LOW AS POSSIBLE.
WARNING - Pregnantwomen
Pregnant women must never place
the lap portion of the safety belt
over the area of the abdomen where
the fetus i s located or above the
abdomen where the belt could
crush the fetus during an impact.

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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.
Never allow a child to stand or kneel on
the seat of a moving vehicle. Never allow
a safety belt to be placed around both a
child and an adult or around two children
at the same time.
It is best for children to be seated in the
rear seats. Many companies manufacture child
restraint systems (often called child
seats) for infants and small children. An
acceptable child restraint system must
always satisfy Canadian Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards. Make sure that any
child-restraint system you use in your
vehicle is labelled as complying with
Federal Safety 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 fol-
low any instructions provided by the
child-restraint system manufacturer
when installing the child-restraint system.
WARNING- Children on
laps
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 collision.
WARNING- Infants and
young children
• Infants and young children are at
much greater ris k of serious injury
or death in an accident or s udden
s top if they are unres trained or
res trained improperly. Follow all
ins tructions in this s ection of your
Kia manual and the ins tructions
that came on and with an
improved child s afety restraint
s ystem. The child res traint must
be correctly ins talled in the vehi-
cle, and the child mus t be correct-
ly in stalled in the child res traint.
• All children under 12 are safest in the back seat.
• Never install a child or infant seat in the front passenger position.
The baby could be injured or
killed by the air bag if it deploys in
an accident.
•
Never allow a child to s tand or
kneel on the s eat of a moving vehi-
cle. In sis t the child s it down in an
approved res traint system.

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Restraint of larger children
As children grow, they may need to use
new child-restraint systems, 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 in
the rear outboard seats, the child should
be restrained by the lap/shoulder belt.
If the shoulder belt portion slightly touch-
es 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 inde-
pendent manufacturers which help pull
the shoulder belt down and away from
the child’s face or neck.
Larger children should use one of the
seat belts provided.WARNING- Shoulder belts
on small children
• Never allow a shoulder belt to be
in contact with a child’ s neck or
face while the vehicle is in
motion.
• If safety belt s are not properly
worn and adjusted, there is a risk
of death or serious injury to a
child.
WARNING- Hot metal parts
Safety belts and seats can become
hot in a vehicle that has been
clo sed during warm/hot weather;
they could burn a child. Check seat
cover s and buckles before you
place a child anywhere near them.

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Child restraint system
(if equipped)
For small children and babies, the use of
a child seat or infant seat is required by
law. 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
strongly recommended that the seat be
placed in the vehicle's rear seat since
this can make an important contribution
to safety.
Children riding in the car should sit on
the rear seat and must always be proper-
ly restrained to minimize the risk of injury
in an accident, sudden stop or sudden
maneuver. According to accident statis-
tics, children are safer when properly
restrained in the rear seats than in the
front seat. You are required by law to use safety
restraints for children. If small children
ride in your vehicle you must put them in
a child restraint system (safety seat).
Children could be injured or killed in a
crash if their restraints are not properly
secured. For small children and babies, a
child seat or infant seat must be used.
Before buying a particular child restraint
system, make sure it fits your car and
seat belts, and fits your child. Follow all
the instructions provided by the manufac-
turer when installing the child restraint
system.
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WARNING
• A child restraint
system must be
placed in the rear s eat. Never
install a child or infant seat on the
front passenger's seat.
Should an accident occur and
cause the passenger air bag to
deploy, it could severely injure or
kill an infant or child seated in an
infant or child seat. Thus, only use
a child restraint in the rear seat of
your vehicle.
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Installing a child restraint system
For safety reasons, we recommend that
the child restraint system be used in the
rear seats.Never place a rear-facing
child restraint in the front passenger
seat, because of the danger that an
inflating passenger side air bag could
impact the rear-facing child re straint
and kill the child.
Since all passenger’s (except driver’s)
safety belts move freely under normal
conditions and only lock under extreme
or emergency conditions (emergency
lock mode), you must manually change
these safety belts to the auto lock mode
to secure a child restraint.
✽ NOTICE
The driver’s safety belt incorporates the
emergency lock mode only.
WARNING
• Do not install any child restraint
system in the front passenger
seat. Should an accident occur
and cause the passenger air bag
to deploy, it could severely injure
or kill an infant or child seated in
an infant or child seat. Therefore,
only use a child restraint system
in the rear seat of your vehicle.
• If the child restraint seat is not
anchored properly, the ri sk of a
child being seriously injured or
killed in a collis ion greatly
increases.
WARNING
• Before ins talling the child
restraint system, read the instruc-
tions supplied by the child
restraint system manufacturer.
• If the seat belt does not operate as described, have the system
checked immediately by your
authorized Kia dealer.
• Failure to observe this manual ins tructions regarding child
restraint system and the instruc-
tions provided with the child
restraint system could increase
the chance and/or s everity of
injury in an accident.

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✽NOTICE
When 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.
Securing a child re straint seat with
“Tether Anchor” system
Child restraint hook holders are located
on the shelf behind the rear seats.
1. Open the tether anchor cover on the
shelf behind the rear seats. 2. Route the child restraint seat strap
over the seatback.
For vehicles with adjustable headrest,
route the tether strap under the head-
rest and between the headrest posts,
otherwise route the tether strap over
the top of the seatback.
3. Connect the tether strap hook to the correct child restraint hook holder and
tighten to secure the seat.
WARNING- Auto lockmode
The lap/shoulder belt automatically
returns to the “emergency lock
mode” whenever the belt i s allowed
to retract fully. Therefore, the pre-
ceding seven steps mu st be fol-
lowed each time a child re straint is
installed.
If the s afety belt is not placed in the
“auto lock” mode, severe injury or
death could occur to the child
and/or other occupants in the vehi-
cle in a collis ion,since the child
res traint will not be effectively held
in place.
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