
Safety system of your vehicle
Important safety precautions...............................2-2Always Wear Your Seat Belt ..........................................2-2 
Restrain All Children .........................................................2-2
Air Bag Hazards .................................................................2-2
Driver Distraction ..............................................................2-2
Control Your Speed ...........................................................2-3
Keep Your Vehicle in Safe Condition ............................2-3
Seats ........................................................................2-4 Safety Precautions ...........................................................2-5
Front Seats .........................................................................2-6
Rear Seats.........................................................................2-12
Head Restraints ...............................................................2-16
Seat warmers ...................................................................2-20
Seat belts ..............................................................2-23 Seat Belt Safety Precautions .......................................2-23
Seat Belt Warning Light ................................................2-24
Seat Belt Restraint System...........................................2-26
Additional Seat Belt Safety Precautions ...................2-33
Care of Seat Belts...........................................................2-35 Child restraint system (CRS) ..............................2-36
Children Always in the Rear .........................................2-36
Selecting a Child Restraint System (CRS) .................2-37
Installing a Child Restraint System (CRS)..................2-39
Air bag - 
Advanced supplemental restraint system ........2-47 Where Are the Air Bags? ..............................................2-49
How Does the Air Bag System Operate?..................2-53
What to Expect After an Air Bag Inflates ................2-57
Occupant Classification System (OCS).......................2-58
Why Didn't My Air Bag Go Off in a Collision? ........2-63
SRS Care ............................................................................2-68
Additional Safety Precautions .....................................2-69
Air Bag Warning Labels .................................................2-70
This chapter provides you with important information about how to protect yourself and your passengers. 
It explains how to properly use your seats and seat belts, and how your air bags work.
Additionally, this chapter explains how to properly restrain infants and children in your vehicle.
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Convenient features of your vehicle
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Instrument Cluster Control
Adjusting instrument clusterillumination 
When the vehicle’s parking lights or headlights are on, press the illumina-
tion control button to adjust the
brightness of the instrument panelillumination. When pressing the illumination con- 
trol button, the interior switch illumi-nation intensity is also adjusted.  The brightness of the instrument
panel illumination is displayed.
 If the brightness reaches the maxi- mum or minimum level, a chimewill sound.
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cluster while driving. Doing socould lead to driver distraction
which may cause an accident
and lead to vehicle damage,
serious injury, or death.
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Good Driving Practices
 Never shift to P (Park) or N(Neutral) to any other position with 
the accelerator pedal depressed.
 Never shift to P (Park) when the vehicle is in motion. 
Be sure the vehicle is completely 
stopped before you attempt to shift
into R (Reverse) or D (Drive).
 Do not shift to N (Neutral) when driving. Doing so may result in anaccident.
 Do not drive with your foot resting on the brake pedal. Even light, butconsistent pedal pressure can
result in the brakes overheating,
brake wear and possibly even
brake failure.
 Alway apply the parking brake when parked on a sloped driveway
or hill when leaving the vehicle. Donot depend on placing the gear in
P (Park) to keep the vehicle from
moving.  Exercise extreme caution when
driving on a slippery surface. Be
especially careful when braking,
accelerating or shifting gears. Also,
avoid increasing the regenerative
braking level suddenly. On a slip-
pery surface, an abrupt change in
vehicle speed can cause the drive
wheels to lose traction and may
cause loss of vehicle control result-ing in an accident
 Optimum vehicle performance and economy is obtained by smoothlydepressing and releasing the
accelerator.
To reduce the risk of SERIOUS
INJURY or DEATH:
ALWAYS wear your seat belt. 
In a collision, an unbelted
occupant is significantly more
likely to be seriously injured
or killed than a properly belt-ed occupant.
Avoid high speeds when cor- nering or turning. (Continued)
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Do not make quick steering 
wheel movements, such as
sharp lane changes or fast,sharp turns.
The risk of rollover is greatly 
increased if you lose control
of your vehicle at highwayspeeds.
Loss of control often occurs if 
two or more wheels drop off
the roadway and the driver
over steers to reenter the
roadway.
In the event your vehicle 
leaves the roadway, do not
steer sharply. Instead, slow
down before pulling back into
the travel lanes.
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When you drive on a road having 
poor traction, such as an icy road,
and apply your brakes continu-
ously, the ABS will be active con-
tinuously and the ABS warning
light ( ) may illuminate. Pull
your car over to a safe place and
turn the vehicle off. 
Restart the vehicle. If the ABS 
warning light is off, then your ABSsystem is normal. 
Otherwise, you may have a prob- 
lem with your ABS system.
Contact an authorized HYUNDAI
dealer as soon as possible.Information 
When you jump start your vehicle
because of a drained battery, the ABS
warning light ( ) may turn on at the
same time. This happens because of
the low battery voltage. It does not
mean your ABS is malfunctioning.
Have the battery recharged before
driving the vehicle.
Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
The Electronic Stability Control 
(ESC) system helps to stabilize the
vehicle during cornering maneuvers. 
ESC checks where you are steering 
and where the vehicle is actually
going. ESC applies braking pressure
to any one of the vehicle's brakes
and intervenes in the electric vehicle
control system to assist the driver
with keeping the vehicle on the
intended path. It is not a substitute
for safe driving practices. Always
adjust your speed and driving to the
road conditions.
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NOTICE
If the ABS warning light ( ) is 
on and stays on, you may have
a problem with the ABS. Your
power brakes will work normal-
ly. To reduce the risk of serious
injury or death, contact your
HYUNDAI dealer as soon as
possible.
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ESC OFF condition
To cancel ESC operation :
 
Press the ESC OFF button briefly. The ESC OFF indicator light and/or
message "Traction Control disabled"
will illuminate. In this state, the trac-tion control function of ESC is dis-
abled, but the brake control function
of ESC still operates.  
Press and hold the ESC OFF button 
continuously for more than 3 sec-
onds. The ESC OFF indicator light
and/or message "Traction & Stability
Control disabled" illuminates and a
warning chime sounds. In this state,
both the traction control function of
ESC and the brake control function
of ESC are disabled. 
If the POWER button is placed to the 
OFF position when ESC is off, ESC
remains off. Upon restarting the vehi-
cle, the ESC will automatically turnon again.
Indicator lights 
When the POWER button is pressedto the ON position, the ESC indicator
light illuminates, then goes off if the
ESC system is operating normally. 
The ESC indicator light blinks when- 
ever the ESC is operating. 
If the ESC indicator light stays on, 
your vehicle may have a malfunction
with the ESC system. When this
warning light illuminates, have the
vehicle checked by an authorized
HYUNDAI dealer as soon as possi-
ble. The ESC OFF indicator light comes 
on when the ESC is turned off with
the button.
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Vehicle Stability Management (VSM)
The Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) is a function of the Electronic
Stability Control (ESC) system. It
helps ensure the vehicle stays stable
when accelerating or braking sud-
denly on wet, slippery and rough
roads where traction over the four
tires can suddenly become uneven.
VSM operation
VSM ON condition
The VSM operates when: 
 The Electronic Stability Control(ESC) is on.
 Vehicle speed is approximately above 15 km/h (9 mph) on curve 
roads.
 Vehicle speed is approximately above 20 km/h (12 mph) when the
vehicle is braking on rough roads.
When operating 
When you apply your brakes under 
conditions which may activate the
ESC, you may hear sounds from the
brakes, or feel a corresponding sen-
sation in the brake pedal. This is nor-
mal and it means your VSM is active. Information 
The VSM does not operate when:  
 Driving on a banked road such as a gradient or incline.
 Driving  in reverse.
 The ESC OFF indicator light is on. 
 The EPS (Electric power steering) warning light ( ) is on or blinks. 
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Take the following precautions 
when using the Vehicle Stability
Management (VSM):
ALWAYS check the speed and 
the distance to the vehicle
ahead. The VSM is not a substi-
tute for safe driving practices.
Never drive too fast for the 
road conditions. The VSM sys-
tem will not prevent acci-
dents. Excessive speed in bad
weather, slippery and uneven
roads can result in severeaccidents.
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Prerequisite for activation
FCA gets ready to be activated, 
when 'Active Assist' or 'Warning
Only' under Forward Safety is select-
ed in the cluster LCD display, and
when the following prerequisites aresatisfied. 
- ESC (Electronic Stability Control)is on.
- Vehicle speed is over 8 km/h (5 mph). (FCA is only activated within 
a certain speed range.)
- The system detects a pedestrian, cyclist (if equipped) or a vehicle in
front, which may collide with your
vehicle. However, FCA may not be
activated or may only sound a
warning alarm depending on the
driving or vehicle conditions. 
The FCA may not operate properly according to the frontal situation,
the direction of pedestrian orcyclist (if equipped) and speed.
FCA warning message and 
brake control
FCA produces warning messages, 
warning alarms, and emergency
braking based on the level of risk ofa frontal collision, such as when a
vehicle ahead suddenly brakes, orthe system detects that a collision
with a pedestrian or cyclist (ifequipped) is imminent.To avoid driver distractions, do not attempt to set or can-cel FCA while driving the vehi-
cle. Always completely stop
the vehicle at a safe place
before setting or cancelingthe system.
FCA automatically activates 
when the POWER button is in
the ON position. The driver
can deactivate FCA by cancel-ing the system setting on the
LCD display.
FCA automatically deactivates upon canceling the ESC
(Electronic Stability Control).When the ESC is canceled,
FCA cannot be activated on
the LCD display. In this situa-
tion, the FCA warning light will
illuminate which is normal.
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Smart Cruise Control will betemporarily cancelled when:
Cancelled manually 
 Depressing the brake pedal.
 Pressing the CANCEL button located on the steering wheel.
Smart Cruise Control turns off tem- 
porarily when the Set Speed and
Vehicle-to-Vehicle Distance indicator
on the cluster LCD display turns off. 
The cruise ( ) indicator is 
illuminated continuously. Cancelled automatically 
 The driver's door is opened.
 The shift lever is shifted to N
(Neutral), R (Reverse) or P (Park).
 The parking brake is applied.
 The vehicle speed is over 190 km/h (120 mph ).
 ESC (Electronic Stability Control), TCS (Traction Control System) or 
ABS is operating.
 ESC is turned off. 
 The sensor or the cover is dirty or blocked with foreign matter.
 The vehicle is stopped for more than 5 minutes.
 The vehicle stops and goes repeat- edly for a long period of time.
 The accelerator pedal is continu- ously depressed for a long period 
of time.
 SCC system has malfunctioned. 
 The motor performance is abnor- mal.  The braking control is operated for
FCA (Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist)
 The driver starts driving by pushing the toggle switch up (RES+)/down
(SET-) or depressing the accelera-
tor pedal, after the vehicle is
stopped by the Smart Cruise
Control system with no other vehi-cle ahead.
 The driver starts driving by pushing the toggle switch up (RES+)/down
(SET-) or depressing the accelera-
tor pedal, after stopping the vehicle
with a vehicle stopped far away infront.
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