Safety system
Air bag collision sensors
Why didn’t my air bag go off in
a collision?
There are certain types of accidents
in which the air bag would not be
expected to provide additional pro-
tection. These include rear impacts,
second or third collisions in multiple
impact accidents, as well as low
speed impacts. Damage to the vehi-
WARNING
To reduce the risk of an air bag
deploying unexpectedly and caus-
ing serious injury or death:
ꢀ Do not hit or allow any objects to
impact the locations where air
bags or sensors are installed.
cle indicates
a
collision energy
absorption, and is not an indicator of
whether or not an air bag should have
inflated.
ꢀ Do not perform maintenance on
or around the air bag sensors. If
the location or angle of the sen-
sors is altered, the air bags may
deploy when they should not or
may not deploy when they
should.
ꢀ Do not install bumper guards or
replace the bumper with a non-
genuine part. This may adversely
affect the collision and air bag
deployment performance.
ꢀ Place the ignition switch to the
LOCK/OFF or ACC position,
when the vehicle is being towed
to prevent inadvertent air bag
deployment.
ꢀ We recommend that all air bag
repairs are conducted by
HYUNDAI authorised repairer.
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