2008 KIA Sportage steering

Your vehicle at a glance
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INTERIOR OVERVIEW
1. Door lock/unlock button
2. Power window switches
3. Outside rearview mirror control switch
(if equipped)
4. Hood release lever
5. Instrument panel illumination
(if equipped)
6. Traction control system (if equipped)/
Electronic stability program
(if equipped)
7. 4WD LOCK button (if equipped)
8. Steering wheel tilt
9. Brake pedal
10. Accelerator pedal
11. Seat
12. Parking brake lever
13. Fuel filler lid release lever
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Your vehicle at a glance
INSTRUMENT PANEL OVERVIEW
1. Driver’s airbag
2. Light control / Turn signals
3. Instrument cluster
4. Wiper/Washer
5. Ignition switch
6. Steering wheel
7. Digital clock
8. Hazard
9. Audio controls (if equipped)
10. Climate control system (if equipped)
11. Passenger’s airbag
12. Vent controls
13. Glove box
14. Ashtray
15. Cigar lighter
16. Shift lever
17. Auto cruise controls (if equipped)
18. PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
indicator
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• Always drive and ride with
your seatback upright and the
lap portion of the safety belt
snug and low across the hips.
This is the best position to
protect you in case of an acci-
dent.
• In order to avoid unnecessary
and perhaps severe airbag
injuries,always sit as far back
as possible from the steering
wheel so that your chest is at
least 250 mm (10 inches) away
from the steer
ing wheel.
WARNING-Loose
objects
Loose objects in the driver’s
foot area could interfere with
the operation of the foot pedals,
possibly causing an accident.
Do not place anything under the
front seats.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 seatback
could result in s
erious or fatal
injury in a sudden stop or col-
lision.
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Driver’s airbag
The driver’s airbag is stored in the
center of the steering wheel.
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• Have your car checked by a
Kia dealer as soon as possible
if the SRS warning light
comes on.Ignoring the indica-
tor light can result in serious
or fatal injury.
•Sitting improperly or out of
position can provide incorrect
data to the occupant classifi-
cation system and result in
serious or fatal injury in a
crash.All occupants
should
sit upright in their seats with
their feet on the floor.
WARNING-Steering
wheel
• You must always sit as far
back from the steering wheel
airbag as possible (chest at
least 250 mm (10 inches) away
from the steering wheel), while
still maintaining a comfortable
seating position for good
vehicle control,in order to
reduce the risk of injury or
death in a collision.
• Never place objects over the
airbag storage compartments
or between the airbags and
yourself.Due to the speed and
force of the a
irbag inflation,
such objects could hit your
body at high speed and cause
severe bodily injury and even
death.
• Do not put stickers or orna-
ments on the steering wheel
cover.These may interfere
with the deployment of the
airbag.
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• If the driver brakes the vehicle
heavily 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 on
the instrument panel or put
their face close to the instru-
ment panel.The airbag will
impact the front passenger
when 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 systems 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 or
do not i
nstall 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 belt
s, even when the
vehicle is moving in a parking
lot or up a driveway into
garage.
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How does the airbag system
operate
• Airbags only operate when the
ignition switch is turned to the ON
or START positions.
• Airbags inflate instantly in the
event of serious frontal or side col-
lision in order to help protect the
occupants from physical injury.
The airbag Electronic Control Unit
(ECU) is a small computer which
calculates the immediate impact
information and sends out a
deployment signal based on the
ECU's calculation of the likely
severity of the developing collision.
• There is no single vehicle speed at
which the airbags will inflate.• Airbag deployment depends on a
number of factors including vehicle
speed, angles of impact and the
density and stiffness of the vehi-
cles or objects which your vehicle
hits in the collision. However, fac-
tors are not limited to those men-
tioned above.
• The front airbags will completely
inflate and deflate in an instant.
It is impossible for you to see the
airbags inflate during an accident.
It is much more likely that you will
simply see the deflated airbags
hanging out of their storage com-
partments after the collision.• In order to help provide protection
in a severe collision, the airbags
must inflate rapidly. The speed of
airbag inflation has been deter-
mined by the Canadian Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS)
to reduce the likelihood of serious
or life-threatening injuries and is
thus a mandatory part of the airbag
design.
However, airbag inflation can also
cause injuries which normally can
include facial abrasions, bruises
and broken bones, and sometimes
more serious injuries because that
inflation speed also causes the
airbags to expand with a great deal
force.
• There are even circumstances
under which contact with the
steering wheel airbag can cause
fatal injuries,especially if the
occupant is positioned exces-
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Noise and smoke
When the airbags inflate, they make
a loud noise and they leave smoke
and powder in the air inside of the
vehicle. This is normal. After the
airbag inflates, you may feel sub-
stantial discomfort in breathing due
to the contact of your chest to both
the safety belt and the airbag, as well
as from breathing the smoke and
powder.We strongly urge you to
open your doors and/or windows
as soon as possible after impact
in order to reduce discomfort and
prevent prolonged exposure to
the smoke and powder.
Though the smoke and powder are
non-toxic, they may cause irritation
(eyes, nose and throat etc). Wash
and rinse with cold water immediate-
ly and consult the doctor if the symp-
tom persists.WARNING - Seated posi-
tioning
•Driver should sit as far back
from the steering wheel airbag
as possible to reduce the risk
of injury or death in a collision
(at least 250 mm (10 inches)
away).The front passenger
should always move their seat
as far back as possible and sit
back in their seat.
•Airbags inflate instantly in an
event of collision and passen-
gers may be inj
ured by the
airbag expansion force if they
are too close to the dash-
board.
•Airbag inflation may cause
injuries which normally
include facial or bodily abra-
sions,injuries from broken
eyeglasses or burns from the
airbag gases.
WARNING-Hot airbag
parts
When the airbags deploy, the
airbag related parts in steering
wheel and/or instrument panel
and/or in both sides of the roof
rails above the front and rear
doors are very hot.To prevent
injury, do not touch the airbag
storage area’s internal compo-
nents immediately after an
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When repairing or scrapping the
vehicle
• Repairing the steering wheel,
instrument panel, center console
or roofs, or installing a car audio
system around the center console
or painting the front metal sheet
could disable the airbag system.
Have such repairs and mainte-
nance performed by an authorized
Kia dealer.
• Special care must be taken in
scrapping or junking an airbag-
equipped vehicle. Always refer
such activities to a qualified profes-
sional.
WARNING- No mainte-
nance or repair
• Do not work on the airbag sys-
tem’s components or wiring.
This could cause the airbags
to inflate inadvertently, possi-
bly seriously injuring some-
one.Working on the system
could also disable the system
so that the airbags would not
deploy in a collision.
• Any work on the airbag sys-
tem,such as removing,
install
ing, or repairing the
steering wheel must be per-
formed by a qualified Kia tech-
nician.Improper handling of
the airbag system including
the steering wheel may result
in serious personal injury or
death.