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•Keep the SRS parts and wiringsaway from water or any liquid. Ifthe SRS components are inopera‐tive due to exposure to water orliquids, it may cause fire or severeinjury.
How does the air bag system
operate
• Air bags are activated (able to inflateif necessary) only when the engine
start/stop button is turned to the ON or START position.
• Air bags inflate instantly in the event of a serious frontal collision or side
collision (if equipped with a side air
bag or curtain air bag) in order to
help protect the occupants from seri‐ ous physical injury.
• There is no single speed at which the air bags will inflate.
Generally, air bags are designed to in‐
flate based upon the severity of a
collision and its direction. These two
factors determine whether the sen‐ sors produce an electronic deploy‐
ment/inflation signal. • Air bag deployment depends on a
number of factors including vehicle
speed, angles of impact and the den‐ sity and stiffness of the vehicles or
objects which your vehicle hits in the
collision. The determining factors are
not limited to those mentioned
above.
• The front air bags will completely in‐ flate and deflate in an instant.
It is virtually impossible for you to
see the air bags inflate during an ac‐
cident.
It is much more likely that you will
simply see the deflated air bags
hanging out of their storage com‐ partments after the collision.
NOTICE
nIf equipped with rollover sen‐
sor
Air bags inflate instantly in the
event of a rollover (if equipped with
a side air bag or curtain air bag) in
order to help protect the occupants
from serious physical injury.
• In order to help provide protection in a severe collision, the air bags must
inflate rapidly. The speed of the air bag inflation is a consequence of ex‐
tremely short time in which a collision
occurs and the need to inflate the air
bag between the occupant and the
vehicle structures before the occu‐ pant impacts those structures.
This speed of inflation reduces the
risk of serious or life-threatening in‐
juries in a severe collision and is thus
a necessary part of the air bag de‐
sign.
However, air bag inflation can also cause injuries which can include facial
abrasions, bruises and broken bones
because the inflation speed also cau‐
ses the air bags to expand with a great deal of force.
•
There are even circumstances underwhich contact with the steeringwheel air bag can cause fatal injuries,especially if the occupant is posi‐tioned excessively close to the steer‐ing wheel.
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WARNING
•To avoid severe personal injury ordeath caused by deploying air bagsin a collision, the driver should sitas far back from the steeringwheel air bag as possible (at least250 mm (10 inches) away). Thefront passengers should alwaysmove their seats as far back aspossible and sit back in their seat.
•Air bags inflate instantly in theevent of a collision, and passen‐gers may be injured by the air bagexpansion force if they are not in aproper position.
•Air bag inflation may cause injuriesincluding facial or bodily abrasions,injuries from broken glasses orburns.
Noise and smoke
When the air bags inflate, they make a
loud noise and they leave smoke and
powder in the air inside of the vehicle. This is normal and is a result of the ig‐
nition of the air bag inflator. After the
air bag inflates, you may feel substan‐ tial discomfort in breathing due to the
contact of your chest with both the
seat belt and the air bag, as well as from breathing the smoke and powder.
Open your doors and/or windows assoon as possible after the impact in or‐der to reduce discomfort and preventprolonged exposure to smoke and pow‐der.
Though the smoke and powder are non-toxic, they may cause irritation to
the skin (eyes, nose and throat, etc). If
this is the case, wash and rinse with cold water immediately and consult a
doctor if the symptom persists.
WARNING
When the air bags deploy, the airbag related parts in the steeringwheel, instrument panel, front seatsand/or in both sides of the roof rails
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above the front and rear doors arevery hot. To prevent injury, do nottouch the air bag storage area’s in‐ternal components immediately af‐ter an air bag has inflated.

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Front passenger's air bag warning
label for child restraint system
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WARNING
Never place a rear facing child re‐straint in the front passenger seat,unless the passenger-side air bag isdeactivated. An inflating passenger-side air bag could impact the rear-facing child restraint and kill thechild.
In addition, we recommend that you do
not place front-facing child restraints in the front passenger’s seat either. If
the front passenger's air bag inflates, it
could cause serious or fatal injuries to the child.
If your vehicle is equipped with the pas‐
senger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch,
you can activate or deactivate the front passenger’s air bag when neces‐
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Air bag warning light
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The purpose of the air bag warning
light in your instrument panel is to alert
you of a potential problem with your air bag - Supplemental Restraint Sys‐
tem (SRS).
When the Engine Start/Stop button is
turned ON, the warning light should illu‐ minate for approximately 6 seconds,
then go off.
Have the system checked if: • The light does not turn on briefly when you turn the Engine Start/Stop
button to the ON position.
• The light stays on after illuminating for approximately 6 seconds. • The light comes on while the vehicle
is in motion.
• The light blinks when the engine start/stop button is in the ON posi‐
tion.
Passenger’s front air bag ON
indicator (if equipped)
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The passenger's front air bag ON indicator illuminates for
approximately 4 seconds afterthe engine start/stop button
is turned to the ON position. The passenger's front air bag ON indi‐
cator also comes on when the passeng‐ er's front air bag ON/OFF switch is set
to the ON position and goes off after
approximately 60 seconds.
Passenger’s front air bag OFF
indicator (if equipped)
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The passenger’s front air bag OFF indicator illuminates for
about 4 seconds after the en‐gine start/stop button is
turned to the ON position.

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The passenger’s front air bag OFF indi‐
cator also comes on when the passeng‐ er’s front air bag ON/OFF switch is set
to the OFF position and goes off when
the passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch is set to the ON position.
CAUTION
If the passenger’s front air bagON/OFF switch malfunctions, thepassenger’s front air bag OFF indica‐tor will not illuminate (the passeng‐er's front air bag ON indicator comeson and goes off after approximately60 seconds) and the passenger’sfront air bag will inflate in a frontalimpact even if the passenger’s frontair bag ON/OFF switch is set to theOFF position.If this occurs, we recommend thatthe passenger’s front air bagON/OFF switch and the SRS air bagsystem be inspected by an author‐ized Kia dealer.
SRS components and functions
The SRS consists of the following com‐
ponents: 1. Driver's front air bag module
2. Passenger's front air bag module
3. Side air bag modules
4. Curtain air bag modules
5. Retractor pre-tensioner assem‐
blies *
6. Air bag warning light
7. SRS control module (SRSCM)/Roll‐ over sensor *
8. Front impact sensors
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Side impact sensors *
10. Passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF indicator (front passenger's seat
only) *
11. Passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch *
12. Side pressure sensors
The SRSCM continually monitors all SRS
components while the Engine Start/
Stop button is ON to determine if a crash impact is severe enough to re‐
quire air bag deployment or pretension‐ er seat belt deployment.
The SRS air bag warning light on the in‐
strument panel will illuminate for about 6 seconds after the Engine Start/Stop
button is set to the ON position, after
which the SRS air bag warning light should go out.
WARNING
If any of the following conditions oc‐curs, this indicates a malfunction ofthe SRS. We recommend that the
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system be inspected by an author‐ized Kia dealer.•The light does not turn on brieflywhen you turn the engine start/stop button is ON.
•The light stays on after illuminat‐ing for approximately 6 seconds.
•The light comes on while the vehi‐cle is in motion.
•The light blinks when the enginestart/stop button to the ON posi‐tion.
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The front air bag modules are located
in the center of the steering wheel, in the front passenger's panel above the
glove box and/or in the driver’s side
knee bolster. When the SRSCM detects a sufficiently severe impact to the
front of the vehicle, it will automatically
deploy the front air bags.
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Upon deployment, tear seams molded
directly into the pad covers will sepa‐ rate under pressure from the expan‐
sion of the air bags. Further opening of
the covers then allows full inflation of the air bags.

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A fully inflated air bag, in combination
with a properly worn seat belt, slows the driver's or the passenger's forward
motion, reducing the risk of head and
chest injury.
After complete inflation, the air bag im‐ mediately starts deflating, enabling the
driver to maintain forward visibility and
the ability to steer or operate other controls.
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WARNING
•Do not install or place any acces‐sories (drink holder, cassette hold‐er, sticker, etc.) on the front pas‐senger's panel above the glove boxin a vehicle with a passenger's airbag. Such objects may becomedangerous projectiles and causeinjury if the passenger's air bag in‐flates.
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•When installing a container of liq‐uid air freshener inside the vehicle,do not place it near the instrumentcluster nor on the instrument pan‐el surface.It may become a dangerous pro‐jectile and cause injury if the pas‐senger's air bag inflates.
WARNING
•If an air bag deploys, there may bea loud noise followed by a finedust released in the vehicle. Theseconditions are normal and are nothazardous - the air bags arepacked in this fine powder. Thedust generated during air bag de‐ployment may cause skin or eyeirritation as well as aggravateasthma for some persons. Alwayswash all exposed skin areas thor‐oughly with cold water and mildsoap after an accident in which theair bags were deployed.
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•The SRS can function only whenthe Engine Start/Stop is set to theON position. If the SRS air bagwarning light does not illuminate,or continuously remains on afterilluminating for about 6 secondswhen the Engine Start/Stop but‐ton is turned to the ON position, orafter the engine is started, comeson while driving, the SRS is notworking properly. If this occurs, werecommend that the system be in‐spected by an authorized Kia deal‐er.
•Before you replace a fuse or dis‐connect a battery terminal, turnthe Engine Start/Stop button tothe OFF position. Never remove orreplace the air bag related fuse(s)when the Engine Start/Stop but‐ton is in the ON position. Failure toheed this warning will cause theSRS air bag warning light to illumi‐nate.
Driver's and passenger's front
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Your vehicle is equipped with a Supple‐
mental Restraint (Air Bag) System and lap/shoulder belts at both the driver
and passenger seating positions.
The indications of the system's pres‐
ence are the letters "AIR BAG" em‐ bossed on the air bag pad cover in the
steering wheel and/or on the cover of
the driver's side knee bolster located below the steering wheel and the pas‐
senger's side front panel pad above the
glove box.

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