Kia Optima: Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system / Side air bag
❈ The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ from the illustration.
Your vehicle is equipped with a side air bag in each front seat. 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 are designed to deploy during certain side-impact collisions,
depending on the crash severity, angle, speed and point of impact. However,
when side deployment threshold is satisfied at frontimpact, side air bags may
deploy.
- The side air bags may deploy on the side of the impact or on both sides.
- 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 - Unexpected deployment
Avoid impact to the side impact airbag sensor when the ignition switch is
ON to prevent unexpected deployment of the side air bag.
- The side air bag is 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 operation.
- 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. The driver's hands should be
placed on the steering wheel at the 9:00 and 3:00 positions. The passenger's
arms and hands should be placed on their laps.
WARNING - Deployment
Do not install any accessories including seat covers, on the side or near
the side air bag as this may affect the deployment of the side air bags.
- If seat or seat cover is damaged, have the vehicle checked and repaired
by an authorized Kia dealer. Inform the dealer that your vehicle is equipped
with side air bags and an occupant detection system.
WARNING - Flying objects
Do not place any objects (an umbrella, bag, etc.) between the front door and
the front seat. Such objects may become dangerous projectiles if the side airbag
inflates.
WARNING - No attaching objects
- 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.
- Never place or insert any object into any small opening near side airbag
labels attached to the vehicle seats. When the air bag deploys, the object may
affect the deployment and result in unexpected accident or bodily harm.
- Do not install any accessories on the side or near the side air bags.
■ Driver’s front air bag
■ Driver’s knee air bag
■ Passenger’s front air bag
Your vehicle is equipped with an Advanced Supplemental Restraint (Air Bag) System
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❈ The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ from the illustration.
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Description
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Component Location
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Repair procedures
Replacement
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