Daewoo Kalos, User Manual

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SEATS AND OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEMS 1–21
SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT
SYSTEM (AIR BAG)
Your vehicle is equipped with an air
bag supplemental restraint system (SRS)
designed to protect properly seated and
restrained front seat occupants. Both the
driver and front passenger seating po-
sitions are equipped with driver and
passenger air bags and side air bags (if
so equipped), in addition to three-point
safety belts and other safety features.
Each air bag is specially packed in a
module, from which the air bag is de-
signed to inflate and deploy at ex-
tremely high speed and force in the
event your vehicle is involved in certain
types of collisions which pose a high
risk of serious injury or death to the
driver and passengers.
WARNING
Air bags are only a supplemental re-
straint, and are most effective in
combination with safety belts.
All occupants, including the driver,
should always wear their safety belts,
whether or not an air bag is also pro-
vided at their seating position, to
minimize the risk of severe injury or
death in the event of a crash.
• Air bags do not deploy in side or
rear collisions. Occupants not
wearing their safety belts will not
be protected by any restraint sys-
tem, resulting in severe injuries or
death in these types of collisions.
• Occupants who are not properly
wearing their safety belts may be
thrown forward by braking before
impact, placing their bodies near
or against the air bag modules.
This can cause severe injury from
the force of an air bag’s deploy-
ment.
DRIVER’S AND FRONT PASSENGER’S
AIR BAG
Driver’s air bag
The driver’s air bag module is located
in the center of the steering wheel.
Front passenger’s air bag*
The passenger’s air bag module is lo-
cated in the instrument panel, above the
glove box.
S3W1201A
Driver’s air bag Front passenger’s
air bag