Kia Sportage: Appearance care
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Use the information in the following sections
to keep the exterior and interior of
your vehicle clean.
Exterior care
Use the information in the following sections
to maintain the exterior of your
Wax the vehicle when water will no longer
bead on the paint.
Always wash and dry the vehicle before
waxing. Use a good quality liquid or
paste wax, and follow the manufacturer's
instruction
Protecting your vehicle from corrosion
By using the most advanced design and
construction practices to combat corrosion,
we produce vehicles of the highest
quality. However, this is only part of t
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Description and
Operation
Description
Driver Airbag (DAB) is installed in the steering wheel and electrically
connected to SRSCM via the clock spring. It
protects the driver by deploying the air bag when frontal crash occurs. The
SRSCM determines deployment of the
Driver Airbag (DAB).
Air bags may not deploy in certain
low-speed collisions where the air bag
would not add any benefit beyond the
protection already offered by the seat
belts.
Front air bags are not designed to
inflate in rear collisions, because
occupants are moved backward by
the force of the imp