Hyundai i10 (2016 year). Manual

Safety system of your vehicle

The front air bags are designed to sup-

plement the three-point seat belts. For

WARNING - AIR BAG SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

these air bags to provide protection, the

•

ALWAYS use seat belts and child restraints - every trip, every time, every-

seat belts must be worn at all times when

one! Even with air bags, you can be seriously injured or killed in a collision

driving.

if you are improperly belted or not wearing your seat belt when the air bag

You can be severely injured or killed in an

inflates.

accident if you are not wearing a seat

•

NEVER place a child in any child restraint or booster seat in the front pas-

belt. Air bags are designed to supple-

senger seat. An inflating air bag could forcefully strike the infant or child

ment seat belts, but do not replace them.

causing serious or fatal injuries.

Also, air bags are not designed to deploy

•

ABC - Always Buckle Children under age 13 in the back seat. It is the safest

in every collision. In some accidents, the

place for children of any age to ride. If a child age 13 or older must be seat-

seat belts are the only restraint protect-

ed in the front seat, he or she must be properly belted and the seat should

ing you.

be moved as far back as possible.

•

All occupants should sit upright with the seatback in an upright position,

centered on the seat cushion with their seat belt on, legs comfortably

extended and their feet on the floor until the vehicle is parked and the

engine is turned off. If an occupant is out of position during an accident,

the rapidly deploying air bag may forcefully contact the occupant causing

serious or fatal injuries.

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You and your passengers should never sit or lean unnecessarily close to

the air bags or lean against the door or center console.

Move your seat as far back as possible from front air bags, while still main-

taining control of the vehicle. It is recommended that drivers allow at least

25 cm (10 inches) between the center of the steering wheel and the chest.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Where are the air bags?

■ Driver’s front air bag

Driver’s and passenger’s front air

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bags (if equipped)

To reduce the risk of serious injury

Your vehicle is equipped with a

or death from an inflating front air

bags, take the following precau-

Supplemental Restraint System

(SRS)

tions:

and lap/shoulder belts at both the driver

and passenger seating positions.

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Seat belts must be worn at all

times to help keep occupants

The SRS consists of air bags which are

positioned properly.

located in the center of the steering

wheel and the passenger's side front

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Adjust the front passenger’s and

panel pad above the glove box.

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driver’s seats as far to the rear as

The air bags are labeled with the letters

■ Passenger’s front air bag

possible while allowing you to

“AIR BAG” embossed on the pad covers.

maintain full control of the vehicle.

•

Never lean against the door or

center console.

•

Do not allow the front passenger

to place their feet or legs on the

dashboard.

•

Do not allow the passenger to ride

in the front seat when the front

passenger’s air bag OFF indicator

is illuminated.

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No objects should be placed over

The purpose of the SRS is to provide the

or near the air bag modules on the

vehicle's driver and front passengers

steering wheel, instrument panel,

with additional protection than that

and the front passenger's panel

offered by the seat belt system alone in

above the glove box. Such objects

case of a frontal impact of sufficient

could cause harm if the vehicle is

severity.

in a crash severe enough to cause

the air bags to deploy.

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Safety system of your vehicle

■ Left-hand drive

■ Right-hand drive

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How does the air bags system operate?

The SRS consists of the following components:

7. Passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF indicator *

1. Driver's front air bag module*

8. Passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch*

2. Passenger's front air bag module*

*: if equipped

3. Pre-tensioner seatbelt system*

4. Air bag warning light*

The SRSCM continually monitors all SRS components while

5. SRS control module (SRSCM)*

the ignition switch is ON to determine if a crash impact is

6. Front impact sensors*

severe enough to require air bag deployment or pre-tensioner

seat belt deployment.

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Safety system of your vehicle

SRS warning light

During a moderate to severe frontal colli-

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sion, sensors will detect the vehicle’s

• The light blinks when the engine

rapid deceleration. If the rate of deceler-

is running.

ation is high enough, the control unit will

We recommend that an authorized

inflate the front air bags.

HYUNDAI dealer inspect the SRS as

The front air bags help protect the driver

The SRS (Supplement Restraint System)

soon as possible if any of these

and front passenger by responding to

air bag warning light on the instrument

conditions occur.

frontal impacts in which seat belts alone

panel displays the air bag symbol depicted

cannot provide adequate restraint. When

in the illustration. The system checks the

needed, the side air bags help provide

air bag electrical system for malfunctions.

protection in the event of a side impact or

The light indicates that there is a potential

rollover by supporting the side upper

problem with your air bag system.

body area.

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Air bags are activated (able to inflate if

WARNING

necessary) only when the ignition

switch is in the ON position.

If your SRS malfunctions, the air bag

may not inflate properly during an

•

Air bags inflate in the event of a severe

accident increasing the risk of seri-

frontal or side collision to help protect

the occupants from serious physical

ous injury or death.

injury.

If any of the following conditions

•

There is no single speed at which the

occur, your SRS is malfunctioning:

air bags will inflate. Generally, air bags

• The light does not turn on for

are designed to inflate based upon the

approximately six seconds when

severity of a collision and its direction.

the ignition switch is placed in

These two factors determine whether

the ON position.

the sensors produce an electronic

• The light stays on after illuminat-

deployment/inflation signal.

ing for approximately six sec-

onds.

• The light comes on while the

vehicle is in motion.

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•

Air bag deployment depends on a

• There are even circumstances under

■ Driver’s front air bag (1)

number of factors including vehicle

which contact with the air bag can

speed, angles of impact and the densi-

cause fatal injuries, especially if the

ty and stiffness of the vehicles or

occupant is positioned excessively

objects which your vehicle impacts

close to the air bag.

during a collision. The determining fac-

tors are not limited to those mentioned

You can take steps to reduce the risk of

above.

being injured by an inflating air bag. The

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The front air bags will completely

greatest risk is sitting too close to the air

inflate and deflate in an instant. It is vir-

bag. An air bag needs about 25 cm (10

tually impossible for you to see the air

inches) of space to inflate. It is recom-

bags inflate during an accident. It is

mended that drivers allow at least 25 cm

much more likely that you will simply

(10 inches) between the center of the

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see the deflated air bags hanging out

steering wheel and the chest.

When the SRSCM detects a sufficiently

of their storage compartments after the

severe impact to the front of the vehicle,

collision.

it will automatically deploy the front air

•

To help provide protection, the air bags

bags.

must inflate rapidly. The speed of air

bag inflation is a consequence of

extremely short time in which to inflate

the air bag between the occupant and

the vehicle structures before the occu-

pant impacts those structures. This

speed of inflation reduces the risk of

serious or life-threatening injuries and

is thus a necessary part of air bag

design.

However, the rapid air bag inflation can

also cause injuries which can include

facial abrasions, bruises and broken

bones because the inflation speed also

causes the air bags to expand with a

great deal of force.

Safety system of your vehicle

■ Driver’s front air bag (2)

■ Driver’s front air bag (3)

WARNING

To prevent objects from becoming

dangerous projectiles when the

passenger's air bag inflates:

•

Do not install or place any

objects (drink holder, CD holder,

stickers, etc.) on the front pas-

senger's panel above the glove

box where the passenger's air

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bag is located.

■ Passenger’s front air bag

•

Do not install a container of liquid

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air freshener near the instrument

Upon deployment, tear seams molded

cluster or on the instrument

directly into the pad covers will separate

panel surface.

under pressure from the expansion of the

air bags. Further opening of the covers

allows full inflation of the air bags.

A fully inflated air bag, in combination

with a properly worn seat belt, slows the

driver's or the passenger's forward

motion, reducing the risk of head and

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chest injury.

After complete inflation, the air bag

immediately starts deflating, enabling the

driver to maintain forward visibility and

the ability to steer or operate other con-

trols.

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Safety system of your vehicle

What to expect after an air bag

Noise and smoke from inflating air

■ Left-hand drive

inflates

bag

When the air bags inflate, they make a

After a frontal or side impact air bag

inflates, it will deflate very quickly. Air bag

loud noise and they leave smoke and

powder in the air inside of the vehicle.

inflation will not prevent the driver from see-

This is normal and is a result of the igni-

ing out of the windshield or being able to

tion of the air bag inflator. After the air

steer. Curtain air bags may remain partially

bag inflates, you may feel substantial dis-

inflated for some time after they deploy.

comfort in breathing because of the con-

tact of your chest with both the seat belt

WARNING

and the air bag, as well as from breathing

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After an air bag inflates, take the

the smoke and powder. The powder may

■ Right-hand drive

following precautions:

aggravate asthma for some people. If you

• Open your windows and doors as

experience breathing problems after an

soon as possible after impact to

air bag deployment, seek medical atten-

reduce prolonged exposure to

tion immediately.

the smoke and powder released

Though the smoke and powder are non-

by the inflating air bag.

toxic, they may cause irritation to the

• Do not touch the air bag storage

skin, eyes, nose, throat, etc. If this is the

area’s internal components

case, wash and rinse with cold water

immediately after an air bag has

immediately and seek medical attention

inflated. The parts that come into

if the symptoms persist.

contact with an inflating air bag

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may be very hot.

Passenger’s front air bag

• Always wash exposed skin areas

ON/OFF switch (if equipped)

thoroughly with lukewarm water

The purpose of the switch is to disable

and mild soap.

the passenger’s front air bag in order to

• We recommend that an author-

transport occupants who are at

ized HYUNDAI dealer replace the

increased risk for air bag-related injury

air bag immediately after deploy-

due to age, size, or medical condition.

ment. Air bags are designed to be

used only once.

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Safety system of your vehicle

■ Left-hand drive

✽ NOTICE

The passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF

indicator illuminates for about 4 sec-

onds after the ignition switch is placed

in the ON position.

WARNING

Never allow an adult passenger to

ride in the front passenger seat

when the passenger air bag OFF

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indicator is illuminated. During a

■ Right-hand drive

collision, the air bag will not inflate

if the indicator is illuminated. Turn

on the passenger’s front air bag or

have your passenger move to the

rear seat.

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To deactivate the passenger’s front air

To reactivate the passenger’s front air

bag:

Insert the master key or a similar rigid

device into the passenger’s front air bag

ON/OFF switch and turn it to the OFF

ON/OFF switch and turn it to the ON

position. The passenger air bag OFF

position. The passenger air bag ON indi-

indicator (

) will illuminate and stay on

cator (

) will illuminate and stay on for

until the passenger’s front air bag is reac-

60 seconds.

tivated.

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Safety system of your vehicle

■ Type A

If your vehicle is equipped with the pas-

WARNING

senger’s front air bag ON/OFF switch,

you can activate or deactivate the front

If the passenger’s front air bag

passenger’s air bag when necessary. For

ON/OFF switch malfunctions, the

following conditions may occur:

more details, please refer to page 3-35.

•

The air bag warning light (

) on

the instrument panel will illumi-

WARNING

nate.

NEVER place a rear-facing or front-

•

The passenger air bag OFF indi-

facing child restraint in the front

cator (

) will not illuminate and

passenger’s seat of the vehicle. An

the ON indicator

(

) will come

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inflating frontal air bag could force-

on and go off after approximately

■ Type B

fully strike a child resulting in seri-

60 seconds. The passenger’s

ous injury or death. Always proper-

front air bag will inflate in a

ly restrain children in an appropri-

frontal impact even though the

ate child restraint in the rear seat of

passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF

the vehicle.

switch is set to the OFF position.

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We recommend that an author-

ized HYUNDAI dealer inspect the

passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF

switch and the SRS air bag sys-

tem as soon as possible.

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Do not install a child restraint on the

front passenger seat

Never install a child restraint in the front

passenger’s seat. An inflating air bag can

forcefully strike a child or restraint result-

ing in serious or fatal injury.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Why didn’t my air bag go off in a

Air bag collision sensors

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collision?

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Do not install bumper guards or

(Air bags are not designed to

WARNING

replace the bumper with a non-

inflate in every collision.)

To reduce the risk of an air bag

genuine part. This may adversely

There are certain types of accidents in

deploying unexpectedly and caus-

affect the collision and air bag

which the air bag would not be expected

ing serious injury or death:

deployment performance.

to provide additional protection. These

• Do not hit or allow any objects to

•

We recommend that all repairs

include rear impacts, second or third col-

impact the locations where air

are conducted by an authorized

lisions in multiple impact accidents, as

bags or sensors are installed.

HYUNDAI dealer.

well as low speed impacts. Damage to

• Do not perform maintenance on

the vehicle indicates a collision energy

or around the air bag sensors. If

absorption, and is not an indicator of

the location or angle of the sen-

whether or not an air bag should have

sors is altered, the air bags may

inflated.

deploy when they should not or

may not deploy when they

should.

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Although the driver’s and front passen-

ger’s air bags are designed to inflate only

in frontal collisions, they also may inflate

in other types of collisions if the front

impact sensors detect a sufficient

impact.

If the vehicle chassis is impacted by

bumps or objects on unimproved roads,

the air bags may deploy. Drive carefully

on unimproved roads or on surfaces not

designed for vehicle traffic to prevent

unintended air bag deployment.

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Air bag inflation conditions

Air bag non-inflation conditions

Front air bag

In certain low-speed collisions the air

Front air bags are designed to inflate in a

bags may not deploy. The air bags are

frontal collision depending on the intensi-

designed not to deploy in such cases

ty, speed or angles of impact of the front

because they may not provide benefits

collision.

beyond the protection of the seat belts.

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Front air bags are not designed to inflate

Front air bags may not inflate in side

In an angled collision, the force of impact

in rear collisions, because occupants are

impact collisions, because occupants

may direct the occupants in a direction

moved backward by the force of the

move in the direction of the collision, and

where the air bags would not be able to

impact. In this case, inflated air bags

thus in side impacts, front air bag deploy-

provide any additional benefit, and thus

would not provide any additional benefit.

ment would not provide additional occu-

the sensors may not deploy any air bags.

pant protection.

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Just before impact, drivers often brake

Air bags may not inflate in rollover acci-

Air bags may not inflate if the vehicle col-

heavily. Such heavy braking lowers the

dents because air bag deployment could

lides with objects such as utility poles or

front portion of the vehicle causing it to

not provide protection to the occupants.

trees, where the point of impact is con-

“ride” under a vehicle with a higher

However, side impact and curtain air

centrated and the collision energy is

ground clearance. Air bags may not

bags may inflate when the vehicle is

absorbed by the vehicle structure.

inflate in this "under-ride" situation

rolled over by a side impact collision, if

because deceleration forces that are

the vehicle is equipped with side impact

detected by sensors may be significantly

air bags and curtain air bags

reduced by such “underride” collisions.

Also, if the vehicle is equipped with a

rollover sensor, side impact and curtain

air bags may inflate in a rollover.

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Safety system of your vehicle

SRS care

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The SRS is virtually maintenance-free

WARNING

•

If components of the air bag sys-

and there are no parts you can safely

To reduce the risk of serious injury

tem must be discarded, or if the

service by yourself. If the SRS air bag

or death, take the following precau-

vehicle must be scrapped, certain

warning light does not illuminate when

tions:

safety precautions must be

the ignition switch is in the ON position,

•

Do not attempt to modify or dis-

observed. Consult an authorized

or continuously remains on, we recom-

connect the SRS components or

HYUNDAI dealer for the neces-

mend that the system be immediately

wiring, including the addition of

sary information. Failure to follow

inspected by an authorized HYUNDAI

any kind of badges to the pad

these precautions could increase

dealer.

covers or modifications to the

the risk of personal injury.

We recommend any work on the SRS

body structure.

system, such as removing, installing,

•

Do not place objects over or near

repairing, or any work on the steering

the air bag modules on the steer-

wheel, the front passenger's panel, front

ing wheel, instrument panel, or

seats and roof rails be performed by an

the front passenger's panel

authorized HYUNDAI dealer. Improper

above the glove box.

handling of the SRS system may result in

•

Clean the air bag pad covers with

serious personal injury.

a soft cloth moistened with plain

water. Solvents or cleaners could

adversely affect the air bag cov-

ers and proper deployment of the

system.

•

We recommend that inflated air

bags be replaced by an author-

ized HYUNDAI dealer.

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Additional safety precautions

Adding equipment to or modifying

■ Type A

your air bag equipped vehicle

Passengers should not move out of or

change seats while the vehicle is mov-

If you modify your vehicle by changing

ing. A passenger who is not wearing a

your vehicle's frame, bumper system,

seat belt during a crash or emergency

front end or side sheet metal or ride

stop can be thrown against the inside of

height, this may affect the operation of

the vehicle, against other occupants, or

your vehicle's air bag system.

be ejected from the vehicle.

Do not use any accessories on seat

belts. Devices claiming to improve occu-

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pant comfort or reposition the seat belt

■ Type B

can reduce the protection provided by

the seat belt and increase the chance of

serious injury in a crash

Do not modify the front seats.

Modification of the front seats could inter-

fere with the operation of the supplemen-

tal restraint system sensing components

or side air bags.

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Do not place items under the front

Air bag warning labels

seats. Placing items under the front

(if equipped)

seats could interfere with the operation of

Air bag warning labels are attached to

the supplemental restraint system sens-

alert the driver and passengers of poten-

ing components and wiring harnesses.

tial risks of the air bag system. Be sure to

read all of the information about the air

bags that are installed on your vehicle in

this Owner’s Manual.

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