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•To prevent unexpected deploy‐ment of the side air bag that mayresult in personal injury, avoid im‐pact to the side impact sensorwhen the engine start/stop buttonis in the ON position.
•If the seat or seat cover is dam‐aged, we recommend that thesystem be serviced by an author‐ized Kia dealer.
Curtain air bag
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❈The actual air bags in the vehicle
may differ from the illustration. Curtain air bags are located along both
sides of the roof rails above the front and rear doors.
They are designed to help protect the
heads of the front seat occupants and
the rear outboard seat occupants in certain side impact collisions.
The curtain air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side impact colli‐
sions, depending on the crash severity, angle, speed and point of impact. How‐
ever, when the side deployment
threshold is satisfied at front impact, the side air bags may deploy.
The curtain air bags may deploy on the
side of the impact side.
The curtain air bags are not designed
to deploy in all side impacts or rollover situations.
NOTICE
nif equipped with rollover sen‐
sor
•Both sides of the curtain air bags
deploy in certain rollover situa‐
tions.
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WARNING
•Do not hit or allow any objects toimpact the locations where airbags or sensors are installed.This may cause unexpected airbag deployment, which could re‐sult in serious personal injury ordeath.
•If the installation location or angleof the sensors is altered in anyway, the air bags may deploywhen they should not or they maynot deploy when they should,causing severe injury or death.Therefore, do not try to performmaintenance on or around the airbag sensors. We recommend thatthe system be serviced by an au‐thorized Kia dealer.
•Problems may arise if the sensorinstallation angles are changed dueto the deformation of the frontbumper, body or front door and Cpillars where side collision sensorsare installed. We recommend thatthe system be serviced by an au‐thorized Kia dealer.
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•Your vehicle has been designed toabsorb impact and deploy the airbag(s) in certain collisions. Instal‐ling bumper guards or replacing abumper with non-genuine partsmay adversely affect your vehi‐cle's collision and air bag deploy‐ment performance.
WARNING
nif equipped with rollover sen‐sor
If your vehicle is equipped with sideand curtain air bags, set the EngineStart/Stop button in the OFF posi‐tion when the vehicle is being towed.The side and curtain air bags maydeploy when the engine start/stopbutton is in the ON position, and therollover sensor detects the situationas a rollover.
Air bag inflation conditions
Front air bags
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Front air bags are designed to inflate in
a frontal collision depending on the in‐ tensity, speed or angles of impact of
the front collision.
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SMART KEY
Record your key number
The key code number is stamped on the
key code tag attach‐ed to the key set.
Should you lose your keys, we recom‐
mend that you contact an authorized Kia dealer. Remove the key code tag
and store it in a safe place. Also, record
the key code number and keep it in a safe place (not in the vehicle).
Key operations
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• Used to start the engine.
• Used to lock and unlock the doors.
• Used to lock and unlock the glove box. • Used to lock and unlock the trunk.
To remove the mechanical key, press
and hold the release button (1) and re‐ move the mechanical key (2).
To reinstall the mechanical key, put the
key into the hole and push it until a
click sound is heard.
WARNING
nIgnition key (smart key)
Leaving children unattended in a ve‐hicle with the ignition key (smartkey) is dangerous even if the key isnot in the ignition or the start but‐ton is in the ACC or ON position. Chil‐dren copy adults and they couldplace the key in the ignition or pressthe start button. The smart keywould enable children to operatepower windows or other controls, oreven make the vehicle move, whichcould result in serious bodily injuryor even death. Never leave the keysin your vehicle with unsupervisedchildren, when the engine is running.
WARNING
We recommend that you use partsfor replacement from an authorizedKia dealer. If an aftermarket key isused, the ignition switch may not re‐turn to ON after START. If this hap‐pens, the starter will continue to op‐erate causing damage to the startermotor and possible fire due to ex‐cessive current in the wiring.
Immobilizer system
Your vehicle may be equipped with an
electronic engine immobilizer system to
reduce the risk of unauthorized vehicle use.
Your immobilizer system is comprised
of a small transponder in the ignition
key and electronic devices inside the vehicle.
With the immobilizer system, whenever
the engine start/stop button is
changed to the ON position, it checks and determines and verifies if the igni‐
tion key is valid or not.
If the key is determined to be valid, the
engine will start.
If the key is determined to be invalid, the engine will not start.
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To activate the immobilizer system:
Change the engine start/stop button to
the OFF position. The immobilizer sys‐ tem activates automatically. Without a
valid ignition key for your vehicle, the
engine will not start.
To deactivate the immobilizersystem:
Change the engine start/stop button to
the ON position.
WARNING
In order to prevent theft of your ve‐hicle, do not leave spare keys any‐where in your vehicle. Your immobil‐izer password is a customer uniquepassword and should be kept confi‐dential. Do not leave this numberanywhere in your vehicle.
NOTICE
When starting the engine, do not
use the key with other immobilizer
keys around. Otherwise the engine
may not start or may stop soon af‐
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ter it starts. Keep each key sepa‐
rately in order to avoid a starting
malfunction.
CAUTION
Do not put metal accessories nearthe ignition switch. Metal accesso‐ries may interrupt the transpondersignal and may prevent the enginefrom being started.
NOTICE
If you need additional keys or lose
your keys, we recommend that you
consult an authorized Kia dealer.
CAUTION
The transponder in your ignition keyis an important part of the immobil‐izer system. It is designed to giveyears of trouble-free service. How‐
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ever, you should avoid exposure tomoisture, static electricity and roughhandling. Immobilizer system mal‐function could occur.
CAUTION
Do not change, alter or adjust theimmobilizer system because it couldcause the immobilizer system tomalfunction. We recommend thatthe system be serviced by an au‐thorized Kia dealer. Malfunctionscaused by improper alterations, ad‐justments or modifications to theimmobilizer system are not coveredby your vehicle manufacturer war‐ranty.
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