KIA Sorento 2014 User Manual

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Safety features of your vehicle

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Side air bag

Your vehicle is equipped with a side
air bag in each front seat. The pur-
pose of the air bag is to provide the
vehicle's driver and/or the front pas-
senger with additional protection than
that offered by the seat belt alone.

• The side air bags are designed to

deploy during certain side-impact
collisions, depending on the crash
severity, angle, speed and point of
impact.

• The side air bags do not only

deploy on the side of the impact
but also on the opposite side.

• The side and/or curtain air bags on

both sides of the vehicle will deploy
if a rollover or possible rollover is
detected.

• The side air bags are not designed

to deploy in all side impact or
rollover 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 passen-
gers when they are seated on
seats equipped with side and/or
curtain air bags.

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• The SRS air bag system must

deploy very rapidly to provide
protection in a crash. If an
occupant is out of position
because of not wearing a seat
belt, the air bag may forcefully
contact the occupant causing
serious or fatal injuries.

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