Kia Optima: Side impact air bag
Your vehicle is equipped with a side impact 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 impact air bags are designed to deploy only during certain side-impact
collisions, depending on the crash severity, angle, speed and point of impact. The
side air bags are not designed to deploy in all side impact situations.
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 impact 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 motion. The air bags deploy
only in certain side impact conditions severe enough to cause significant injury
to the vehicle occupants.
- For best protection from the side impact air bag system and to avoid being
injured by the deploying side impact 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 9:00 and 3:00 positions. The
passenger's arms and hands should be placed on their laps.
- Do not use any accessory seat covers.
- Use of seat covers could reduce or prevent the effectiveness of the system.
- Do not install any accessories on the side or near the side impact air
bag.
- Do not place any objects over the air bag or between the air bag and yourself.
- Do not place any objects (an umbrella, bag, etc.) between the front door
and the front seat. Such objects may become dangerous projectiles and cause
injury if the supplemental side air bag inflates.
- To prevent unexpected deployment of the side impact air bag that may result
in personal injury, avoid impact to the side impact sensor when the ignition
switch is on.
- If the 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 impact air bags.
Driver’s front air bag
Passenger’s front air bag
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pillar.
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Components
1. Front door trim
2. Front door quadrant inner cover
3. Front door belt inside weatherstrip
4. Front door module
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