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Safety features of your vehicle
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• Do not modify or replace the
front passenger seat. Don't
place anything on or attach any-
thing such as a blanket or seat
heater to the front passenger
seat. This can adversely affect
the occupant detection system.
• Do not place sharp objects on
the front passenger seat.
These may damage the occu-
pant detection system, if they
puncture the seat cushion.
• Do not use accessory seat
covers on the front seats.
• Accident statistics show that
children are safer if they are
restrained in the rear, as
opposed to the front seat. It is
recommended that child
restraints be secured in a rear
seat, including an infant riding
in a rear-facing infant seat, a
child riding in a forward-fac-
ing child seat and an older
child riding in a booster seat.
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• Air bags can only be used
once - have an authorized Kia
dealer replace the air bag
immediately after deployment.
• The occupant detection sys-
tem may not work properly if
water, coffee or any other liq-
uid including rain gets on the
seat. Keep the front seat dry
at all times.
• Do not place an electronic
device (ex. laptop computer,
after market DMB/navigation/
satellite audio, video game
machine, MP3, etc.) on the
front passenger seat. Its elec-
tronic field may cause the
ODS to switch to the "on" con-
dition and thus turn on the air
bag warning light or allow the
passenger air bag to deploy
needlessly in a collision,
increasing your repair costs.
WARNING
If the occupant detection sys-
tem is not working properly, the
SRS air bag warning light
on
the instrument panel will illumi-
nate because the passenger's
front air bag is connected with
the occupant detection system.
If there is a malfunction of the
occupant detection system, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG “OFF”
indicator will not illuminate and
the passenger's front air bag
will inflate in frontal impact
crashes even if there is no
occupant in the front passen-
ger's seat.
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