Kia Rio: Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system / Air bag warning light

Kia Rio 2017-2024 YB Owners Manual / Safety features of your vehicle / Air bag - advanced supplemental restraint system / Air bag warning light

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 rollover protection.

Have the system checked by an authorized Kia dealer if:

Air bag warning light does not turn on briefly when you turn the ignition ON.
Air bag warning light stays on after illuminating for approximately 6 seconds.
Air bag warning light comes on while the vehicle is in motion.

Installing a child restraint on a front passenger’s seat is forbidden

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, ...

SRS components and functions

The SRS consists of the following components: 1. Driver's front air bag module 2. Passenger's front air bag module 3. Side air bag modules 4. Curtain air bag modules 5. Retractor pre-tensioner ...

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Kia Rio 2017-2024 YB Owners Manual: Vehicle stability management (VSM)

This system is designed to provide further enhancements to vehicle stability and steering responses when a vehicle is driving on a slippery road or a vehicle detected changes in coefficient of friction between the right wheels and left wheels when braking. VSM operation When the VSM is in op ...

Kia Rio 2017-2024 YB Service Manual: MDPS Motor

Repair procedures Removal 1. Disconnect the battery negative cable. 2. Remove the crash pad lower panel. (Refer to Body - "Crash Pad Lower Panel") 3. Disconnect all connectors connected to the steering column. ...