2008 Kia Amanti Owners Manual

Knowing your vehicle
How does the air bag system
•  Air  bag     deployment  depends   on  a
number   of  factors   including   vehicle
speed, angles of impact  and the densi-
ty   and  stiffness   of   the   vehicles  or
objects  which  your vehicle  hits  in the
collision. However, factors are not limit-
ed to those  mentioned above.
•  In order  to help provide  protection in a
severe  collision,   the   air   bags  must
inflate  rapidly.  The  speed  of   air  bag
inflation   is   a   consequence    of   the
extremely short time in which a collision
occurs and the  need to get the  air bag
between the  occupant and  the vehicle
structures before the occupant  impacts
those structures. This speed of inflation
reduces   the  risk   of  serious   or   life-
threatening injuries in a severe collision
and is thus a  necessary part of air  bag
design.
However,  air   bag  inflation   can   also
cause   injuries   which   normally    can
include  facial  abrasions,  bruises   and
broken  bones,  and   sometimes  more
serious  injuries  because  that inflation
speed  also   causes   the  air  bags   to
expand with a  great deal force.
operate
Air bag only operates when the ignition
switch  is turned  to  the ON  or  START
positions.
Air bags inflate instantly  in the event of
serious   frontal   or   side   collision   (if
equipped  with  side air  bag  or  curtain
air  bag)  in  order  to  help  protect  the
occupants from serious  physical injury.
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 sim-
ply see  the  deflated air  bags  hanging
out of their storage compartments  after
the collision.
There is  no single  speed at  which the
air bags will  inflate.
Generally,  air  bags   are  designed   to
inflate by the severity of  a collision and
its  direction. These  two  factors deter-
mine whether  the sensors send out  an
electronic deployment/inflation  signal.
There
are
even
circumstances
under which  contact with  the steer-
ing  wheel  air  bag  can  cause   fatal
injuries,  especially  if  the  occupant
is  positioned  excessively   close  to
thesteering   wheel.
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CategoriesKia Amanti Manuals, Kia Manuals
Model Year2008
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richard on Jul 09, 2017.

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