Kia Sportage: How does the air bag system operate? / Do not install a child restraint on the front passenger’s seat

Never place a rear-facing child restraint in the front passenger’s seat. If the
air bag deploys, it would impact the rear-facing child restraint, causing serious
or fatal injury.
In addition, do not place front-facing child restraints in the front passenger’s
seat. If the front passenger air bag inflates, it could cause serious or fatal injuries
to the child.
WARNING - Air bag deployment
When children are seated in the rear outboard seats of a vehicle equipped
with side and/or curtain air bags, install the child restraint system as far away
from the door side as possible. Inflation of the side and/or curtain air bags could
impact the child.
When inflated, the air bags make a loud noise and leave smoke and powder in the
air inside the vehicle. This is normal and is a result of the ignition of the air
bag inflator. After the air bag in ...
The purpose of air bag warning light in your instrument panel is to alert you
of a potential problem with your air bag system, which could include your side and/or
curtain air bags used for roll ...
Other information:
Description
According to driving environment and loading state of vehicle, head lamp lighting
direction is changed to keep the driver's visibility range and to protect the
driver's vision from glare, aiming at safety driving.
Sensor integrated ECU mounting on t ...
ESC OFF state
This car has 2 kinds of ESC off states.
If the engine stops when ESC is off, ESC remains off. Upon restarting the engine,
the ESC will automatically turn on again.
• ESC off state 1
To cancel ESC operation, press the ESC OFF button (ESC OFF
) shortly (ESC OFF indicator lig ...