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

Kia Rio 2017-2025 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 2017-2025 YB Owners Manual: TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) malfunction indicator

The low tire pressure telltale will illuminate after it blinks for approximately one minute when there is a problem with the Tire Pressure Monitoring System. If the system is able to correctly detect an underinflation warning at the same time as system failure then it will illuminate both th ...

Kia Rio 2017-2025 YB Service Manual: Rain Sensor

Components and components location Components Schematic diagrams Circuit Diagram Description and operation Description Integrated Rain Sensor Integrated rain sensor (A) controls three systems: front wiper, auto-light, and central air c ...