Kia Sportage: Seat Belt System / Seat Belt Reminder Components and components location

Emergency Fastening Device (EFD) Repair procedures

Replacement 1. Disconnect the battery negative terminal, and wait for at least three minutes before beginning to work. 2. Remove th ...

Seat Belt Reminder Repair procedures

Removal 1. Disconnect the battery negative terminal, and wait for at least three minutes before beginning to work. 2. Remove the fr ...

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Kia Sportage QL (2015-2026) Owners Manual: Curtain air bag

❈ The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ from the illustration. Curtain air bags are located along both sides of the roof rails above the front and rear doors. They are designed to help protect occupants in certain side impacts and to help prevent them from ejecting out of the veh ...

Kia Sportage QL (2015-2026) Owners Manual: Pre-tensioner seat belt

Your vehicle is equipped with driver's and front passenger's pre-tensioner seat belts (retractor pretensioner and EFD (Emergency Fastening Device)). The pre-tensioner seat belts may be activated, when a frontal collision is severe enough, together with the air bags. When the vehicle ...