KIA Sedona Driver’s air bag and KIA Sedona front passenger’s air bag are designed to supplement the protection offered by the KIA Sedona safety belt in certain frontal collisions. Likewise, side air bag and KIA Sedona curtain air bags are designed to supplement the protection offered by the safety belt in side collisions. Safety belts are designed to reduce the injury of the driver or passengers in case of impact or collision. No safety belt or air bag system can completely eliminate injuries that may cause in KIA Sedona collisions or impacts. To help reduce impact on KIA Sedona driver or KIA Sedona passengers in any collision, safety belts must be correctly worn.
(1) KIA Sedona Driver’s air bag
(2) KIA Sedona Front passenger’s air bag
(3) KIA Sedona Side air bag
(4) KIA Sedona Curtain Air bag
(5) KIA Sedona Side impact sensor
(6) KIA Sedona Front impact sensor
(7) KIA Sedona Occupant classification system
(8) KIA Sedona Front seat position sensor
(9) KIA Sedona SRS Control Module
The advanced KIA Sedona SRS offers the ability to control the KIA Sedona air bag inflation with two levels. A first stage level is provided for moderate- severity KIA Sedona impacts. A second stage level is provided for more severe impacts. According to the impact severity, seating position and safety belt usage, the KIA Sedona SRSCM (SRS Control Module) controls the air bag inflation. Failure to properly wear safety belts can increase the risk or severity of injury in an accident. Additionally, your SRS is equipped with an occupant classification system in the front passenger’s seat. The KIA Sedona occupant classification system detects the presence of a passenger in the front passenger’s seat and will turn off the front passenger’s air bag under certain conditions.
You must always sit as far back from the KIA Sedona steering wheel air bag as possible (chest at least 250 mm (10 inches) away from the steering wheel), while still maintaining a comfortable seating position for good KIA Sedona control, in order to reduce the risk of injury or death in a collision. Never place objects over the KIA Sedona air bag storage compartments or between the air bags and yourself. Due to the speed and force of the air bag inflation, such objects could hit your body at high speed and cause severe bodily injury and even death. Do not put stickers or ornaments on the KIA Sedona steering wheel cover. These may interfere with the deployment of the air bag.
KIA Sedona Front passenger’s air bag is stored in the instrument panel on the glove box. Since you cannot know which air bags will deploy or from what direction, never put any objects or ornaments on the KIA Sedona instrument panel.
KIA Sedona Side air bags are stored in the left side of the driver’s seat, right side of the front passenger’s seat. If air bag inflation conditions are met (side collision), they will inflate.
KIA Sedona Curtain air bags are located along both sides of the roof rails above the front and rear doors. It is designed to help protect the heads of the front seat occupants and the rear outboard seat occupants in certain side impact collisions.
Why didn’t my KIA Sedona air bag go off in a collision? There are many types of KIA Sedona accidents in which the KIA Sedona air bag would not be expected to provide additional protection. These include KIA Sedona rear impacts, second or third collisions in multiple impact accidents, as well as KIA Sedona low speed impacts. In other words, just because your KIA Sedona is damaged and even if your KIA Sedona is totally unusable, don’t be surprised that the air bags did not inflate.
KIA Sedona Air bag only operates when the KIA Sedona ignition switch is turned to the ON or START positions. KIA Sedona Air bags inflate instantly in the event of serious frontal or side collision in order to help protect the occupants from serious physical injury. 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 determine whether the KIA Sedona sensors send out an electronic deployment/inflation signal. Air bag deployment depends on a number of factors including vehicle speed, angles of impact and the density and stiffness of the vehicles or objects which your KIA Sedona hits in the collision. However, factors are not limited to those mentioned above. The KIA Sedona 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 simply see the deflated air bags hanging out of their storage compartments after the collision. 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 KIA Sedona 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. There are even circumstances under which contact with the steering wheel air bag can cause fatal injuries, especially if the KIA Sedona occupant is positioned excessively close to the KIA Sedona steering wheel.
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