Kia Optima: Side Airbag
Your vehicle is equipped with a side airbag in each front seat. The purpose of the airbag is to provide the vehicle’s driver and/or the front passenger with additional protection other than that offered by the seatbelt alone. The side impact airbags are designed to deploy only during certain side-impact collisions, depending on the crash severity, angle, speed and point of impact. The air bags are not designed to deploy in all side impact situations.

WARNING
Passenger Presence Detection
Airbag Warning Label (sunvisor)Starter
Relay. Repair procedures
Inspection
1.
Remove the fuse box cover.
2.
Remove the starter relay (A).
3.
Using an ohmmeter, check that there is continuit ...
Removal
1.
Disconnect the negative (-) battery
terminal.
2.
Remove the front wheel guard
clip(2EA).(Refer to the BD group - "Front bumper")
3.
D ...
Components and Components Location
Components
1. HECU module
2. Front wheel speed sensor
3. Rear wheel speed sensor
4. Yaw rate & Lateral G sensor
5. Steering angle sensor
6. ABS Warning lamp
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