Your vehicle is equipped with a side air bag in each front seat.
The purpose of the air bag is to provide the vehicle's driver and/or the front passenger with additional protection than that offered by the seat belt alone.
The side air bags are designed to deploy during certain side-impact collisions, depending on the crash severity of impact. However, when side deployment threshold is satisfied at front-impact, side air bags may deploy. The side air bags are not designed to deploy in all side impact situations.
The side air bags may deploy on the side of the impact.
WARNING
Do not allow the passengers to lean their heads or bodies onto doors, put their arms on the doors, stretch their arms out of the window, or place objects between the doors and passengers when they are seated on seats equipped with side and/or curtain air bags.
WARNING
WARNING - No attaching objects
Kia Niro 2017 (DE HEV) Service Manual: Components and components location
Components
1. Memory power seat unit (PSM)
2. IMS control switch
3. Outside rearview mirror
4. IMS mirror control (Driver power window switch)
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Kia Niro 2017 (DE HEV) Service Manual: Battery Sensor Specification
Specifications
Item
Specification
Rated Voltage (V)
12 - 14
Quiescent Current (uA)
175
Pin
2 (B+, LIN)
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