Safety features of your vehicle
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Air bag - supplemental restraint system
a professional workshop. Kia rec
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ommends to visit an authorised
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䳜 Keep the SRS parts and wirings
away from water or any liquid. If
the SRS components are inopera
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tive due to exposure to water or
liquids, it may cause fire or severe
injury.
How does the air bag system oper
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ate
䳜 Air bags are activated (able to
inflate if necessary) only when
the ignition switch is turned to
the ON or START position.
䳜 Air bags inflate instantly in the
event of a serious frontal collision
or side collision (if equipped with a
side air bag or curtain air bag) in
order to help protect the occu
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pants from serious physical
injury.
䳜 In normal conditions, the airbag is
designed to deploy based on cer
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tain angle and intensity of the
collision. These two factors are
crucial elements for deciding
whether to transmit airbag
deployment signal or start the
electrical operation or not.
䳜 The airbag will deploy based on
angle and intensity of the colli
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sion. It will not deploy in every
crash or collision situations
䳜 The front air bags will completely
inflate and deflate in an instant. It
is virtually impossible for you to
see the air bags inflate during an
accident.
It is much more likely that you will
simply see the deflated air bags
hanging out of their storage com
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partments after the collision.
䳜 In order to help provide protection
in a severe collision, the air bags
must inflate rapidly. The speed of
the air bag inflation is a conse
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quence of extremely short time in
which a collision occurs and the
need to inflate the air bag
between the occupant and the
vehicle structures before the
occupant impacts those struc
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tures.
This speed of inflation reduces
the risk of serious or life-threat
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ening injuries in a severe collision
and is thus a necessary part of
the air bag design.
However, air bag inflation can
alsocause injuries which can
includefacial abrasions, bruises
and bro
ken bones because the inflation
speed also causes the air bags to
expand with a great deal of force.
䳜 There are even circumstances
under which contact with the
steering wheel air bag can cause
fatal injuries, especially if the
occupant is positioned excessively
close to the steering wheel.
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