Hyundai Kona (2018 year). Instruction

Safety system of your vehicle

i-Size Child Restraint Systems according to ECE regulations

Seating Position

Second Row

Mass Group

Passenger Front

Outboard

Outboard Left

Center

Right

i-size Child Restraint Systems

i-U

: Suitable for i-Size "universal" Child Restraint Systems forward and rearward-facing

i-UF : Suitable for forward-facing i-Size "universal" Child Restraint Systems only

: Seat position not suitable for i-size Child Restraint Systems

Recommended child restraint systems (for Europe)

ECE-R44

Mass Group

Name

Manufacturer

Type of Fixation

Approval No.

Group 0+

Cabriofix & Familyfix

Maxi Cosi

Rearward-facing with ISOFIX

E4 04443907

Group I

Duo Plus

Britax Römer

Forward-facing with ISOFIX and top-tether

E1 04301133

Group II

KidFix II XP

Britax Römer

Forward-facing with ISOFIX and vehicle Belt

E1 04301323

E11 03.44.164

Group III

Junior III

Graco

Forward-facing with vehicle Belt

E11 03.44.165

CRS Manufacturer information

Maxi Cosi Cabriofix & Familyfix http://www.maxi-cosi.com

Britax Römmer http://www.britax.com

Graco http//www.gracobaby.com

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The vehicles are equipped with a

WARNING

Supplemental Air Bag System for the

driver’s seat and front passenger’s

AIR BAG SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

seats.

The front air bags are designed to

ALWAYS use seat belts Child Restraint Systems - every trip, every

supplement the three-point seat

time, everyone! Even with air bags, you can be seriously injured or

belts. For these air bags to provide

killed in a collision if you are improperly belted or not wearing your

protection, the seat belts must be

seat belt when the air bag inflates.

worn at all times when driving.

NEVER place a child in any Child Restraint System or booster seat in

You can be severely injured or killed

the front passenger seat, unless the air bag is deactivated.

in an accident if you are not wearing

An inflating air bag could forcefully strike the infant or child causing

a seat belt. Air bags are designed to

serious or fatal injuries.

supplement seat belts, but do not

ABC - Always Buckle Children under age 13 in the back seat. It is the

replace them. Also, air bags are not

safest place for children of any age to ride. If a child age 13 or older

designed to deploy in every collision.

must be seated in the front seat, he or she must be properly belted

In some accidents, the seat belts are

and the seat should be moved as far back as possible.

the only restraint protecting you.

All occupants should sit upright with the seatback in an upright posi-

tion, centered on the seat cushion with their seat belt on, legs com-

fortably extended and their feet on the floor until the vehicle is parked

and the engine is turned off. If an occupant is out of position during

an accident, the rapidly deploying air bag may forcefully contact the

occupant causing serious or fatal injuries.

You and your passengers should never sit or lean unnecessarily

close to the air bags or lean against the door or center console.

Move your seat as far back as possible from front air bags, while still

maintaining control of the vehicle.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Where are the air bags?

Your vehicle is equipped with a

WARNING

Supplemental Restraint System

Driver’s and passenger’s front

(SRS) and lap/shoulder belts at both

air bags

To reduce the risk of serious

the driver and passenger seating

■ Driver’s front air bag

positions.

injury or death from inflating front

air bags, take the following pre-

The SRS consists of air bags which

cautions:

are located in the center of the steer-

• Seat belts must be worn at all

ing wheel, in the driver’s side lower

times to help keep occupants

crash pad below the steering wheel,

positioned properly.

and the passenger's side front panel

pad above the glove box.

• Move your seat as far back as

possible from front air bags,

The air bags are labeled with the let-

while still maintaining control

ters “AIR BAG” embossed on the pad

of the vehicle.

covers.

• Never lean against the door or

The purpose of the SRS is to provide

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center console.

the vehicle's driver and front passen-

■ Passenger’s front air bag

gers with additional protection than

• Do not allow the front passen-

that offered by the seat belt system

ger to place their feet or legs on

alone in case of a frontal impact of

the dashboard.

sufficient severity.

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•

No objects (such as crash pad

cover, cellular phone holder,

cup holder, perfume or stickers)

should be placed over or near

the air bag modules on the

steering wheel, instrument

panel, windshield glass, and

the front passenger's panel

above the glove box. Such

objects could cause harm if the

vehicle is in a crash severe

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enough to cause the air bags to

deploy.

Passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF

To deactivate the passenger’s front

•

Do not attach any objects on

switch (if equipped)

air bag:

the front windshield and inside

The purpose of the switch is to dis-

Insert the key or a similar rigid device

mirror.

able the passenger’s front air bag in

into the passenger’s front air bag

order to transport occupants who are

ON/OFF switch and turn it to the

at increased risk for air bag-related

OFF position. The passenger air bag

injury due to age, size, or medical

OFF indicator (

) will illuminate and

condition.

stay on until the passenger’s front air

bag is reactivated.

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Safety system of your vehicle

WARNING

Never allow an adult passenger

If the passenger’s front air bag

to ride in the front passenger

ON/OFF switch malfunctions,

seat when the passenger air

the following conditions may

bag OFF indicator is illuminat-

occur:

ed. During a collision, the air

•

The air bag warning light (

)

bag will not inflate if the indica-

on the instrument cluster will

tor is illuminated. Turn on the

illuminate.

passenger’s front air bag or

•

The passenger air bag OFF

have your passenger move to

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indicator (

) will not illumi-

the rear seat.

nate and the ON indicator (

)

To reactivate the passenger’s front

will come on and go off after

air bag:

approximately

60 seconds.

Insert the key or a similar rigid device

The passenger’s front air bag

into the passenger’s front air bag

will inflate in a frontal impact

ON/OFF switch and turn it to the ON

even though the passenger’s

position. The passenger air bag ON

front air bag ON/OFF switch is

indicator (

) will illuminate and stay

set to the OFF position.

on for 60 seconds.

•

We recommend that an author-

ized HYUNDAI dealer inspect

Information

the passenger’s front air bag

The passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF

ON/OFF switch and the SRS air

indicator illuminates for about 4 sec-

bag system as soon as possi-

onds after the ignition switch is placed

ble.

in the ON position.

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Side air bags (if equipped)

Your vehicle is equipped with a side air

•

Do not allow passengers to

bag in each front seat. The purpose of

lean their heads or bodies onto

the air bag is to provide the vehicle’s

doors, put their arms on the

driver and the front passenger with

doors, stretch their arms out of

additional protection than that offered

the window, or place objects

by the seat belt alone.

between the doors and seats.

The side air bags are designed to

•

Hold the steering wheel at the 9

deploy during certain side impact col-

o’clock and 3 o’clock positions,

lisions, depending on the crash

to minimize the risk of injuries

severity, angle, speed and point of

to your hands and arms.

impact.

•

Do not use any accessory

The side air bags on both sides of the

seat covers. This could reduce

vehicle are designed to deploy when a

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or prevent the effectiveness

rollover is detected by a rollover sen-

of the system.

sor. (if equipped with rollover sensor)

•

Do not hang other objects

The side air bags are not designed to

except clothes. In an accident

deploy in all side impact or rollover

it may cause vehicle damage

situations.

or personal injury especially

when air bag is inflated.

WARNING

•

Do not place any objects over

the air bag or between the air

To reduce the risk of serious

bag and yourself. Also, do not

injury or death from an inflating

attach any objects around the

side air bag, take the following

area the air bag inflates such

precautions:

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as the door, side door glass,

• Seat belts must be worn at all

front and rear pillar.

times to help keep occupants

positioned properly.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Curtain air bags (if equipped)

They are designed to help protect the

•

Do not place any objects

heads of the front seat occupants

between the door and the

and the rear outboard seat occupants

seat. They may become dan-

in certain side impact collisions.

gerous projectiles if the side

The curtain air bags are designed to

air bag inflates.

deploy during certain side impact

•

Do not install any accessories

collisions, depending on the crash

on the side or near the side air

severity, angle, speed and impact.

bags.

The curtain air bags on both sides of the

•

Do not cause impact to the

vehicle are designed to deploy when a

doors when the ignition switch

rollover is detected by a rollover sensor.

is in the ON position as this

(if equipped with rollover sensor)

may cause the side air bags to

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The curtain air bags are not designed

inflate.

to deploy in all side impact or rollover

•

If the seat or seat cover is

situations.

damaged, we recommend that

the system be serviced by an

authorized HYUNDAI dealer.

WARNING

To reduce the risk of serious

injury or death from an inflating

curtain air bag, take the follow-

ing precautions:

• All seat occupants must wear

seat belts at all times to help

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keep occupants positioned

properly.

Curtain air bags are located along

both sides of the roof rails above the

front and rear doors.

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How does the air bags system

(8) SRS control module (SRSCM)/

•

Properly secure Child Restraint

operate?

Rollover sensor

System as far away from the

(9) Front impact sensors

door as possible.

(10) Side impact sensors

•

Do not place any objects over

the air bag. Also, do not attach

(11) Side pressure sensors

any objects around the area the

(12) Passenger’s front air bag OFF

air bag inflates such as the

indicator (front passenger's seat

door, side door glass, front and

only)

rear pillar, roof side rail.

(13) Passenger’s front air bag ON/

•

Do not hang other objects

OFF switch

except clothes, especially

hard or breakable objects.

The SRSCM continually monitors all

In an accident, it may cause

SRS components while the ignition

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vehicle damage or personal

switch is ON to determine if a crash

injury.

The SRS consists of the following

impact is severe enough to require

•

Do not allow passengers to

components:

air bag deployment or pre-tensioner

lean their heads or bodies

(1) Driver's front air bag module

seat belt deployment.

onto doors, put their arms on

(2) Passenger's front air bag module

the doors, stretch their arms

(3) Side air bag modules

out of the window, or place

objects between the doors

(4) Curtain air bag modules

and seats.

(5) Rear retractor pre-tensioner

•

Do not open or repair the side

(if equipped)

curtain air bags.

(6) Retractor pre-tensioner assem-

blies

(7) Air bag warning light

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Safety system of your vehicle

SRS warning light

During a moderate to severe frontal

WARNING

collision, sensors will detect the vehi-

cle’s rapid deceleration. If the rate of

If your SRS malfunctions, the

deceleration is high enough, the con-

air bag may not inflate properly

trol unit will inflate the front air bags,

during an accident increasing

at the time and with the force needed.

the risk of serious injury or

The SRS

(Supplement Restraint

The front air bags help protect the driv-

death.

System) air bag warning light on the

er and front passenger by responding

If any of the following condi-

instrument panel displays the air bag

to frontal impacts in which seat belts

tions occur, your SRS is mal-

symbol depicted in the illustration. The

alone cannot provide adequate

functioning:

system checks the air bag electrical

restraint. When needed, the side air

system for malfunctions. The light indi-

• The light does not turn on for

bags help provide protection in the

cates that there is a potential problem

approximately six seconds

event of a side impact or rollover by

with your air bag system, which could

when the ignition switch is in

supporting the side upper body area.

include your side and/or curtain air

the ON position.

• Air bags are activated (able to inflate

bags used for rollover protection (if

• The light stays on after illumi-

if necessary) only when the ignition

equipped with rollover sensor).

nating for approximately six

switch is in the ON position.

seconds.

• Air bags inflate in the event of certain

• The light comes on while the

frontal or side collisions to help pro-

vehicle is in motion.

tect the occupants from serious

• The light blinks when the

physical injury.

engine is running.

• There is no single speed at which the

We recommend that an author-

air bags will inflate. Generally, air bags

are designed to inflate based upon

ized HYUNDAI dealer inspect the

SRS as soon as possible if any

the severity of a collision and its direc-

tion. These two factors determine

of these conditions occur.

whether the sensors produce an elec-

tronic deployment/inflation signal.

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•

Air bag deployment depends on a

•

To help provide protection, the air

You can take steps to reduce the risk

number of factors including vehicle

bags must inflate rapidly. The speed

of being injured by an inflating air

speed, angles of impact and the

of air bag inflation is a consequence

bag. The greatest risk is sitting too

density and stiffness of the vehicles

of extremely short time in which to

close to the air bag. An air bag needs

or objects which your vehicle

inflate the air bag between the

space to inflate. It is recommended

impacts during a collision. The

occupant and the vehicle structures

that drivers sit as far as possible

determining factors are not limited

before the occupant impacts those

between the center of the steering

to those mentioned above.

structures. This speed of inflation

wheel and the chest while still main-

reduces the risk of serious or life-

taining control of the vehicle.

•

The front air bags will completely

threatening injuries and is thus a

inflate and deflate in an instant. It is

necessary part of air bag design.

virtually impossible for you to see

the air bags inflate during an acci-

However, the rapid air bag inflation

dent. It is much more likely that you

can also cause injuries which can

will simply see the deflated air bags

include facial abrasions, bruises

hanging out of their storage com-

and broken bones because the

partments after the collision.

inflation speed also causes the air

bags to expand with a great deal of

•

In addition to inflating in serious

force.

side collisions, vehicles equipped

with a rollover sensor, side and/or

•

There are even circumstances

curtain air bags will inflate if the

under which contact with the air

sensing system detects a rollover.

bag can cause fatal injuries, espe-

When a rollover is detected, curtain

cially if the occupant is positioned

excessively close to the air bag.

air bags will remain inflated longer

to help provide protection from ejec-

tion, especially when used in con-

junction with the seat belts.

(if

equipped with a rollover sensor)

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Safety system of your vehicle

■ Driver’s front air bag (1)

■ Driver’s front air bag (2)

■ Driver’s front air bag (3)

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■ Passenger’s front air bag

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When the SRSCM detects a suffi-

Upon deployment, tear seams mold-

ciently severe impact to the front of

ed directly into the pad covers will

the vehicle, it will automatically

separate under pressure from the

deploy the front air bags.

expansion of the air bags. Further

opening of the covers allows full

inflation of the air bags.

A fully inflated air bag, in combina-

tion with a properly worn seat belt,

slows the driver's or the front pas-

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senger's forward motion, reducing

After complete inflation, the air bag

the risk of head and chest injury.

immediately starts deflating, enabling

the driver to maintain forward visibili-

ty and the ability to steer or operate

other controls.

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Noise and smoke from inflating

WARNING

air bag

When the air bags inflate, they make

After an air bag inflates, take

To prevent objects from becom-

a loud noise and may produce smoke

ing dangerous projectiles when

the following precautions:

and powder in the air inside of the

the passenger's air bag inflates:

•

Open your windows and doors

vehicle. This is normal and is a result

• Do not install or place any

as soon as possible after

of the ignition of the air bag inflator.

objects (drink holder, CD hold-

impact to reduce prolonged

After the air bag inflates, you may feel

er, stickers, etc.) on the front

exposure to the smoke and

substantial discomfort in breathing

passenger's panel above the

powder released by the inflat-

because of the contact of your chest

glove box where the passen-

ing air bag.

with both the seat belt and the air

ger's air bag is located.

•

Do not touch the air bag stor-

bag, as well as from breathing the

• Do not install a container of

age area’s internal compo-

smoke and powder. The powder may

liquid air freshener near the

nents immediately after an air

aggravate asthma for some people. If

instrument cluster or on the

bag has inflated. The parts

you experience breathing problems

instrument panel surface.

that come into contact with an

after an air bag deployment, seek

inflating air bag may be very

medical attention immediately.

hot.

Though the smoke and powder are

What to expect after an air bag

•

Always wash exposed skin

nontoxic, they may cause irritation to

inflates

areas thoroughly with cold

the skin, eyes, nose, throat, etc. If this

After a frontal or side air bag inflates,

water and mild soap.

is the case, wash and rinse with cold

it will deflate very quickly. Air bag

•

We recommend that an author-

water immediately and seek medical

inflation will not prevent the driver

ized HYUNDAI dealer replace

attention if the symptoms persist.

from seeing out of the windshield or

the air bag immediately after

being able to steer. Curtain air bags

deployment. Air bags are

may remain partially inflated for

designed to be used only once.

some time after they deploy.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Do not install a Child Restraint

Why didn't my air bag go off in

•

Do not perform maintenance

System on the front passenger

a collision?

on or around the air bag sen-

seat

There are certain types of accidents

sors. If the location or angle of

in which the air bag would not be

the sensors is altered, the air

expected to provide additional protec-

bags may deploy when they

tion. These include rear impacts, sec-

should not or may not deploy

ond or third collisions in multiple

when they should.

impact accidents, as well as low

•

Do not install bumper guards or

speed impacts. Damage to the vehicle

replace the bumper with a non-

indicates a collision energy absorp-

genuine part.This may adverse-

tion, and is not an indicator of whether

ly affect the collision and air

or not an air bag should have inflated.

bag deployment performance.

•

Place the ignition switch to

Air bag collision sensors

the LOCK/OFF or ACC posi-

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tion, when the vehicle is being

Never install a Child Restraint System

WARNING

towed to prevent inadvertent

in the front passenger seat, unless the

air bag deployment.

air bag is deactivated

To reduce the risk of an air bag

•

We recommend that all air bag

deploying unexpectedly and

repairs are conducted by an

causing serious injury or death:

WARNING

authorized HYUNDAI dealer.

• Do not hit or allow any objects to

NEVER use a rearward facing

impact the locations where air

Child Restraint on a seat pro-

bags or sensors are installed.

tected by an ACTIVE AIRBAG in

front of it, DEATH or SERIOUS

INJURY to the CHILD can occur.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Air bag inflation conditions

Although the driver’s and front pas-

senger’s air bags are designed to

inflate in frontal collisions, they also

may inflate in other types of colli-

sions if the front impact sensors

detect a sufficient impact. Side and

curtain air bags are designed to

inflate in side impact collisions, but

they may inflate in other collisions if

the side impact sensors detect a suf-

ficient impact.

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Also, the side and curtain air bags are

designed to inflate when a rollover is

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detected by a rollover sensor.

(if

Front air bags

equipped with rollover sensor)

Front air bags are designed to inflate

If the vehicle chassis is impacted by

in a frontal collision depending on

bumps or objects on unimproved

the severity, speed or angles of

roads, the air bags may deploy. Drive

impact of the front collision.

carefully on unimproved roads or on

surfaces not designed for vehicle

traffic to prevent unintended air bag

deployment.

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Side and curtain air bags

Side and curtain air bags are

designed to inflate when an impact is

detected by side collision sensors

depending on the severity, speed or

angles of impact resulting from a

side impact collision.

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