Kia Picanto, Manual

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Safety features of your vehicle
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Air bag - supplemental restraint system
ment panel, windscreen 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
Your vehicle is equipped with a side
impact air bag in each front seat.
The purpose of the air bag is to pro
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vide the vehicle's driver and the
front passenger with additional pro
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tection than that offered by the
seat belt alone.
The side air bags are designed to
deploy only during certain sideim
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pact collisions, depending on the
crash severity, angle, speed and
point of impact. The side impact air
bags are not designed to deploy in
all side impact situations.
WARNING
Do not allow the passengers to lean
their heads or bodies onto doors,
put their arms on the doors, stretch
their arms out of the window, or
place objects between the doors and
passengers when they are seated
on seats equipped with side and/or
curtain air bags.
WARNING
䳜 The side air bag is supplemental
to the seat belt systems and is
not a substitute for them. There
-
fore your seat belts must be worn
at all times whilst the vehicle is in
motion. The air bags deploy only
in certain side impact conditions
severe enough to cause signifi
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cant injury to the vehicle occu
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pants.
䳜 For best protection from the side
air bag system and to avoid being
injured by the deploying side air
bag, both front and all rear (if
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