KIA RIO

Since 2000 of release

Repair and car operation

1.7. Seat belts

THE GENERAL DATA

SEAT BELTS WITH THE PRELIMINARY TENSION

On the car at the driver and the forward passenger belts with a preliminary tension are established. These belts provide dense contact to a body of the person at a car head-on collision that in a combination with system of air cushions reduces risk of reception of serious traumas. retractors a seat belt can be activated together with a safety pillow at considerable face-to-face blow.

In usual conditions these belts work also as well as belts of usual type. At the included ignition and a sharp stop of the car or at too fast displacement forward passengers, inertial натяжитель a seat belt it is blocked. In case of a serious head-on collision when the system of air cushions works, the belt covers the driver and the passenger more densely.

Seat belts with retractors can function both together with system of air cushions, and without it.

The basic components tension

1. A control lamp of system of air cushions 2. Натяжитель and the blocking device of a seat belt 3. The operating module of system of air cushions

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The prevention

For maintenance of the maximum protective properties of system of seat belts with a preliminary tightness:

      – Correctly have a seat belt round the body;
      – Correctly regulate length of a belt.

Seat belts with retractors and the passenger work the driver at a serious head-on collision of the car together with operation of system of air cushions as the system of air cushions and a seat belt with retractors cope the same gauge. retractors a seat belt can be activated together with a safety pillow at considerable face-to-face blow. In this case преднатяжители are activated even in the absence of passengers on seats at the moment of blow.

At operation натяжителей strong noise and occurrence of the fine dust similar to a smoke, in car salon is possible. It is not malfunction and corresponds to normal work of system.

Though the dust also is harmless, but it can cause irritation of a skin. She also is not recommended to be inhaled during long time. After failure when there was a system operation, carefully wash up hands and the person water.

As for преднатяжителей seat belts the operation gauge is the general with safety pillows, the control lamp in a combination of devices will burn approximately 6 with the ambassador of inclusion of ignition, and then should go out. If the system works incorrectly this control lamp will burn even in that case when in system of air cushions there are no malfunctions. If the control lamp of system of passive safety does not burn at inclusion of ignition or continues to burn more than 6 with, or at car movement, at the first possibility address to authorised dealer КИА for check of system of passive safety.

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Seat belts with retractors the disposable. After operation they are subject to replacement. All types of belts, подвергшиеся to a tension during failure, are subject to replacement.

During operation mechanisms of blocking of belts with retractors heat up. Within several minutes after their operation do not touch mechanisms of blocking of belts. Do not try to check up working capacity or to replace system of belts by own strength. Perform this operation only forces of the authorised dealer of firm Kia. Do not knock on mechanisms of blocking of belts. Which image do not try to repair or adjust system of belts with retractors.

Improper maintenance of blocking mechanisms and non-observance of recommendations about an interdiction of drawing of blows on the device, repair, updatings, and its replacement can lead to misoperation of system and reception of serious mutilations at failure. At car movement it is necessary to be the fastened seat belt always.

SYSTEM OF SEAT BELTS

Seat belts provide the best protection in cases, when:

      – The seat back is in the lifted position;
      – The person sits exactly (does not bend);
      – The femoral part of a seat belt covers hips and adjoins as it is possible more low to a basin;
      – The humeral part of a seat belt passes through a breast;
      – Knees are directed forward.

In a case if you will forget to be fastened, the control lamp will light up and the sound alarm system will join. All seats, except a back average are equipped by a plechevo-femoral seat belt. The average back seat has only femoral seat belt.

The internal lock in the mechanism of a tension of seat belts is not locked at застёгивании a belt that gives the chance free movement of the fastened passengers, and also raises their comfort. If the car is subject to force action, for example, at sharp braking, turn or collision, the lock in the mechanism of a tension of seat belts will block belts from вытягивания. The Seat belt of a back average seat has no this mechanism, therefore is always in the blocked position. For installation of a children's armchair use in the primary image a back average seat. In a case if it is impossible, can establish it on a forward seat near to the driver or on a back extreme seat. In this case it is necessary to use system of special blocking of a seat belt.

Never go with the overwound or rumpled seat belts. If not probably to straighten a belt or to unwind it, at once address to the dealer Kia or the nearest qualified technical help.

USE OF SEAT BELTS

Each seat in the car has the mechanism of belts consisting of a buckle and a uvula. These details have been designed for joint application.

Use a humeral belt only for an external shoulder. Never spend a belt under the arm.

Watch, that the belt did not concern necks and did not pass through an internal shoulder.

Never use one seat belt for several passengers.

Femoral and humeral parts of a belt can because of the force which have arisen during failure, to be extended and damaged.

The system of seat belts at any collision should be checked carefully up. All damaged mechanisms of a tension, knots of fastening and other faulty parts should be replaced before the further operation of the car.

The seat belt is necessary for supervising periodically for definition of excessive deterioration or damage. Strongly worn out, cut, burnt or on another the damaged belt it is necessary to replace everyone. Be convinced that бедерная and humeral parts of a belt smoothly and easily come back in the tension mechanism. Check up latches and be convinced that they work without hindrances and delays. Each belt in the damaged condition or badly working should be immediately replaced.

Watch that набедренный or the humeral belt never got to closed doors. It can damage a seat belt or latches that increases probability травмирования during failure.

SAFETY OF PREGNANT WOMEN

Pregnant women should use seat belts always if it is resolved by their doctor. The nabedrennaja part of a belt should be AS it is possible MORE LOW And MORE CONVENIENTLY.

Pregnant women never should have a seat belt over stomach area where there is a fruit, or over a stomach.

SAFETY CHEST AND SMALL CHILDREN

Safety chest and small children should be provided by the certificated children's system of the safety guaranteeing during movement their maximum safety.

Never allow the child to be kneeling during movement or feet on a seat. Never it is impossible to fasten one seat belt of the adult and the child or two children simultaneously.

Never transport children, having planted them on knees to the adult or holding the child on hands. Even the strong person is not capable to keep the child in a case even easy collision.

In process of growth of children it is necessary to use the new systems of safety including seats большего of the size or a pillow of seats, corresponding to the sizes of the child.

For children who have grown from children's system of safety, it is necessary to apply automobile seat belts. In case children sit on back extreme seats, it is necessary to use a bedreno-humeral seat belt.

If the humeral part of a belt touches necks or child's faces, try to plant it is more subcentral the car. If and after that the humeral part of a belt touches necks or child's faces, return to use of children's system of safety.

Use of humeral belts for small children

Never suppose, that the humeral part of a belt touched necks or child's faces during car movement. In case of wrong adjustment or пристёгивания the risk strong or deadly травмирования the child arises belts.

CONTROL LAMP OF THE SEAT BELT

If a zone / humeral seat belt of the driver will not fasten, at ignition key turn the control lamp of a seat belt will be included in position ON for some seconds.

Control lamp of seat belts

BEDRENNO-HUMERAL SEAT BELT

For пристёгивания a forward bedrenno-humeral seat belt execute following actions:

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Strong take in hands a buckle and the belt lock. 2. Gradually extend a belt from the tension mechanism. 3. Enclose a belt buckle in the lock. If thus will hear click the buckle is correctly clasped. 4. Place бедерную a belt part AS it is possible MORE LOW for an exception проскальзывания under a belt in case of failure. A belt ADJUST According to YOUR GROWTH. The tension mechanism automatically reels up an excessive part of a belt and constantly supports a belt in the tense condition. With a view of achievement of the maximum safety do not extend needlessly a belt and do not create its excessive sagging. 5. By means of top fastening of a belt regulated on height establish belt height according to the growth. For fastening moving upwards pull the handle on itself and move fastening knot upwards. For moving downwards pull the handle on itself and move fastening downwards. Be convinced that the knot of fastening of a belt is reliably fixed.

Seat belts of forward seats

During movement of a back of forward seats should be in the lifted position for maintenance of comfort of the driver and the passenger. Seat belts give the best protection if backs of seats are in the lifted position. Never fasten a belt if the humeral part of a belt is behind a back or behind an external shoulder.

Never fasten a belt if the humeral part of a belt passes through a neck or through the person.

Place бедерную a belt part as it is possible more low. Be convinced that the belt densely adjoins to hips. It is not supposed, that бедерная the belt part passed round a waist.

Never go with the overwound or rumpled seat belt.

Never fasten one belt more than one person simultaneously. Non-observance of these preventions raises danger травмирования during failure.

Отстёгивание a forward seat belt

Press the button отстёгивания on a belt buckle.