Safety features of your vehicle
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Child Restraint System (CRS)
This will eliminate or greatly reduce the
safety benefit provided by the seat belt
to the occupants.
Using a child restraint system
Rearward-facing child restraint system
Forward-facing child restraint system
For small children and babies, the use of
a child seat or infant seat is required.
This child seat or infant seat should be
of appropriate size for the child and
should be installed in accordance with
the manufacturer's instructions.
For safety reasons, we recommend that
the child restraint system be used in the
rear seats.
Since all passenger seat belts move
freely under normal conditions and only
lock under extreme or emergency condi
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tions (emergency lock mode), you must
manually change these seat belts to the
auto lock mode to secure a child
restraint.
If the seat belt does not operate as
described in this section, have the sys
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tem checked immediately by your
authorized Kia dealer.
Unattended Children
Never leave children unattended in a
vehicle. The vehicle can heat up very
quickly, resulting in injuries and possibly
even death of the child in the vehicle.
Child seat installation
僅 Always follow the instructions pro
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vided by the child restraint system
manufacturer. Child restraint system
manufacturers know their products
best.
僅 Failure to observe this manual's
instructions regarding child restraint
system and the instructions provided
with the child restraint system could
result in the improper installation of
the child restraint system which may
reduce the protection to your child in
a crash or a sudden stop.
If the vehicle headrest prevents proper
installation of a child seat (as described
in the child seat system manual), the
headrest of the respective seating posi
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tion shall be readjusted or entirely
removed.