Kia PICANTO 2023, Manual, Page: 70 / 570

Safety features of your vehicle
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Air bag - supplemental restraint system
switched off, or the malfunction may
occur in the SRS Control Module.
And there may be a danger that the
driver's and/or front passenger’s and/
or side and curtain air bag may fail to
trigger, or not trigger correctly during
a collision.
僅 Never install a rearward facing child
seat on the front passenger's seat
unless the passenger's front air bag
has been deactivated.The infant or
child could be severely injured or
killed by an air bag deployment in
case of an accident.
僅 Even though your vehicle is equipped
with the passenger's front air bag ON/
OFF switch, do not install a child
restraint system in the front passen
-
ger's seat. A child restraint system
must never be placed in the front
seat. Children who are too large for
child restraint systems should always
occupy the rear seat and use the
available lap/shoulder belts. Children
are afforded the most safety in the
event of an accident when they are
restrained by a proper restraint sys
-
tem in the rear seat.
僅 As soon as the child seat is no longer
needed on the front passenger's seat,
reactivate the front passenger's air
bag.
WARNING
No attaching objects
No objects (such as crash pad cover,
mobilemobile phone holder, cup holder,
perfume or stickers) should be placed
over or near the air bag modules on the
steering wheel, instrument panel, wind
-
screen glass, and the front passenger's
panel above the glove box. Such objects
could cause harm if the vehicle is in a
crash severe enough to cause the air
bags to deploy. Do not place any objects
over the air bag or between the air bag
and yourself.
Side air bag (if equipped)
Front
* The actual indicator in the vehicle may
differ from the illustration.
Your vehicle is equipped with a side air
bag in each front seat. The purpose of
the air bag is to provide the vehicle's
driver and the front passenger with
additional protection than that offered
by the seat belt alone.
The side air bags are designed to deploy
only during certain sideimpact collisions,
depending on the crash severity, angle,
speed and point of impact. The side air
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