KIA Niro: Side air bag and front center air bag
Your vehicle is equipped with a side air bag in each front seats and front center air bag in each front seat.
* The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ from the illustration.
The purpose of the air bag is to provide the vehicle's driver and/or the front passenger with additional protection than that offered by the seat belt alone.
The side air bags and front center air bag are designed to deploy only during certain side-impact collisions, depending on the crash severity. The side air bags and driver's center air bag are not designed to deploy in all side impact situations.
* The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ from the illustration.
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.
- The side air bags and front center air
bag are supplemental to the driver's
and the passenger's seat belt systems
and is not a substitute for them.
Therefore your seat belts must be worn at all times while the vehicle is in motion. The air bags deploy only in certain side impact or rollover conditions (Only vehicle equipped with rollover sensor) severe enough to cause significant injury to the vehicle occupants.
- For best protection from the side air bag system and to avoid being injured by the deploying side air bag, both front seat occupants should sit in an upright position with the seat belt properly fastened.
- Do not use any accessory seat covers.
- Use of seat covers could reduce or prevent the effectiveness of the system.
- To prevent unexpected deployment of the side air bag that may result in personal injury, avoid impact to the side impact sensor when the vehicle is in ON position and within approximately 3 minutes after the vehicle is in OFF position.
- If the seat or seat cover is damaged,
have the system serviced by a professional
workshop.
Kia recommends to visit an authorized Kia dealer/service partner.
- Do not place any objects over the air
bag or between the air bag and yourself.
Also, do not attach any objects around the area the air bag inflates such as the door, side door glass, front and rear pillar.
- Do not place any objects between the door and the seat. They may become dangerous projectiles if the side air bag inflates.
- Do not install any accessories on the side or near the side air bags.
NOTICE
If equipped with rollover sensor
Also, the air bags inflate instantly in the event of a rollover (if equipped with a side air bag or curtain air bag) in order to help protect the occupants from serious physical injury.
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Curtain air bag
* The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ from the illustration. Curtain air bags are located along both sides of the roof rails above the front and rear doors. They are designed to help protect the heads of the front seat occupAir bag collision sensors
* The actual features in your vehicle may not necessarily be available due to the selected options or regions. Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) control module/rollover sensor Front impact sensor Side pressure sensors (front door)Air bag non-inflation conditions
WARNING The SRS is designed to deploy the front air bags only when an impact is sufficiently severe and when the impact angle is less than 30º from the forward longitudinal axis of the vehicle. Front air bags are not intended toSEE MORE:
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