Hyundai Veloster (2019 year). Manual - part 4
Safety system of your vehicle
They are designed to help protect the
How Does the Air Bag System
•
Properly
secure
child
heads of the front seat occupants
Operate?
restraints as far away from the
and the rear outboard seat occupants
door as possible.
in certain side impact collisions.
•
Do not place any objects over
The curtain air bags are designed to
the air bag. Also, do not attach
deploy during certain side impact
any objects around the area
collisions, depending on the crash
the air bag inflates such as the
severity.
door, side door glass, front
The side and curtain air bags on
and rear pillar, roof side rail.
both sides of the vehicle may deploy
•
Do not hang other objects
if a rollover or possible rollover is
except clothes, especially
detected.
hard or breakable objects. In
The curtain air bags are not designed
an accident, it may cause
to deploy in all side impact or rollover
vehicle damage or personal
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situations.
injury.
The SRS consists of the following
•
Do not allow passengers to
components:
WARNING
lean their heads or bodies onto
1. Driver's front air bag module
doors, put their arms on the
To reduce the risk of serious
doors, stretch their arms out of
2. Passenger's front air bag module
injury or death from an inflating
the window, or place objects
3. Side air bag modules
curtain air bag, take the follow-
between the doors and seats.
4. Curtain air bag modules
ing precautions:
•
Do not open or repair the side
5. Retractor pre-tensioner
• All seat occupants must wear
curtain air bags.
6. Air bag warning light
seat belts at all times to help
keep occupants positioned
7. SRS control module (SRSCM)/
properly.
Rollover sensor
8. Front impact sensors
9. Side impact sensors
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10. Side pressure sensors
SRS warning light
WARNING
11. Seat belt buckle sensor
12. Emergency Fastening Device
If your SRS malfunctions, the air
System
bag may not inflate properly dur-
2
13. Occupant classification system
ing an accident increasing the
risk of serious injury or death.
The SRS
(Supplement Restraint
If any of the following condi-
The SRSCM (Supplemental Restraint
System) air bag warning light on the
tions occur, your SRS is mal-
System Control Module) continually
instrument panel displays the air bag
functioning:
monitors all SRS components while
symbol depicted in the illustration.
the ignition switch is in the ON position
The system checks the air bag elec-
• The light does not turn on for
to determine if a crash impact is
trical system for malfunctions. The
approximately six seconds
severe enough to require air bag
light indicates that there is a potential
when the Engine Start/Stop
deployment or pre-tensioner seat belt
malfunction with your air bag system,
button is in the ON position.
deployment.
which could include your side and
• The light stays on after illumi-
curtain air bags used for rollover pro-
nating for approximately six
tection.
seconds.
• The light comes on while the
vehicle is in motion.
• The light blinks when the
engine is running.
Have an authorized HYUNDAI
dealer inspect the SRS as soon
as possible if any of these con-
ditions occur.
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Safety system of your vehicle
During a frontal collision, sensors will
•
The front air bags will completely
•
To help provide protection, the air
detect the vehicle's deceleration. If
inflate and deflate in an instant. It is
bags must inflate rapidly. The speed
the rate of deceleration is high
virtually impossible for you to see
of air bag inflation is a consequence
enough, the control unit will inflate
the air bags inflate during an acci-
of extremely short time in which to
the front air bags.
dent. It is much more likely that you
inflate the air bag between the
will simply see the deflated air bags
occupant and the vehicle structures
The front air bags help protect the
hanging out of their storage com-
before the occupant impacts those
driver and front passenger by
partments after the collision.
structures. This speed of inflation
responding to frontal impacts in
reduces the risk of serious or life-
which seat belts alone cannot pro-
•
In addition to inflating in certain
threatening injuries and is thus a
vide adequate restraint. When need-
side collisions, vehicles equipped
necessary part of air bag design.
ed, the side air bags help provide
with a rollover sensor, side and
protection in the event of a side
curtain air bags will inflate if the
However, the rapid air bag inflation
impact or rollover.
sensing system detects a rollover.
can also cause injuries which can
include facial abrasions, bruises
• Air bags are activated
(able to
When a rollover is detected, side
and broken bones because the
inflate if necessary) only when the
and curtain air bags will remain
inflation speed also causes the air
Engine Start/Stop button is in the
inflated longer to help provide pro-
bags to expand with a great deal of
ON position.
tection from ejection, especially
force.
• Air bags inflate in the event of cer-
when used in conjunction with the
seat belts.
•
There are even circumstances
tain frontal or side collisions to help
protect the occupants from serious
under which contact with the air
bag can cause fatal injuries, espe-
physical injury.
cially if the occupant is positioned
• Generally, air bags are designed to
excessively close to the air bag.
inflate based upon the severity of a
collision, its direction, etc. These
two factors determine whether the
sensors produce an electronic
deployment/inflation signal.
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You can take steps to help reduce
■ Driver's front air bag (1)
WARNING
the risk of being injured by an inflat-
ing air bag. The greatest risk is sitting
To reduce the risk of serious
too close to the air bag. An air bag
injury or death from an inflating
needs about 10 inches (25 cm) of
2
air bag, take the following pre-
space to inflate. NHTSA recom-
cautions:
mends that drivers allow at least 10
inches (25 cm) between the center of
•
NEVER place a child restraint
the steering wheel and the chest.
in the front passenger seat.
Always properly restrain chil-
dren under age 13 in the rear
seats of the vehicle.
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•
Adjust the front passenger's
When the SRSCM detects a suffi-
and driver's seats as far to the
ciently severe impact to the front of
rear as possible while allow-
the vehicle, it will automatically
ing you to maintain full con-
deploy the front air bags.
trol of the vehicle.
•
Hold the steering wheel with
hands at the 9 o'clock and 3
o'clock positions.
•
Never place anything or any-
one between the air bag and
the seat occupant.
•
Do not allow the front passen-
ger to place their feet or legs
on the dashboard.
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Safety system of your vehicle
■ Driver's front air bag (2)
■ Driver's front air bag (3)
WARNING
To prevent objects from becom-
ing 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 passenger's panel above
the glove box where the pas-
senger's air bag is located.
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■ Passenger's front air bag
•
Do not install a container of
Upon deployment, tear seams mold-
liquid air freshener near the
ed directly into the pad covers will
instrument cluster or on the
separate under pressure from the
instrument panel surface.
expansion of the air bags. Further
opening of the covers allows full
inflation of the air bags.
A fully inflated air bag, in combina-
tion with a properly worn seat belt,
slows the driver or the front passen-
ger forward motion, reducing the risk
of head and chest injury.
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After complete inflation, the air bag
immediately starts deflating, enabling
the driver to maintain forward visibili-
ty and the ability to steer or operate
other controls.
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What to Expect After an Air
Noise and smoke from inflating
•
Always wash exposed skin
Bag Inflates
air bag
areas thoroughly with cold
After a frontal or side air bag inflates,
and mild soap.
When the air bags inflate, they make
it will deflate very quickly. Air bag
a loud noise and may produce
•
Always have an authorized
smoke and powder in the air inside of
2
inflation will not prevent the driver
HYUNDAI dealer replace the
from seeing out of the windshield or
the vehicle. This is normal and is a
air bag immediately after
being able to steer. Curtain air bags
result of the ignition of the air bag
deployment. Air bags are
may remain partially inflated for
inflator. After the air bag inflates, you
designed to be used only
some time after they deploy.
may feel substantial discomfort in
once.
breathing because of the contact of
your chest with both the seat belt and
WARNING
the air bag, as well as from breathing
the smoke and powder. The powder
After an air bag inflates, take
may aggravate asthma for some
the following precautions:
people. If you experience breathing
• Open your windows and doors
problems after an air bag deploy-
as soon as possible after
ment, seek medical attention imme-
impact to reduce prolonged
diately.
exposure to the smoke and
Though the smoke and powder are
powder released by the inflat-
nontoxic, they may cause irritation to
ing air bag.
the skin, eyes, nose, throat, etc. If
• Do not touch the air bag stor-
this is the case, wash and rinse with
age area's internal compo-
cold water immediately and seek
nents immediately after an air
medical attention if the symptoms
bag has inflated. The parts
persist.
that come into contact with an
inflating air bag may be very
hot.
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Safety system of your vehicle
Occupant Classification
Main components of the
For example, if a child restraint of the
System (OCS)
Occupant Classification System
type specified in the regulations is on
the seat, the occupant classification
• A detection device located within
sensor can detect it and cause the
the front passenger seat cushion.
air bag to turn OFF.
• Electronic system to determine
Front passenger seat adult occu-
whether the passenger air bag
pants who are properly seated and
systems should be activated or
wearing the seat belt properly,
deactivated.
should not cause the passenger air
• An indicator light located on the
bag to be automatically turned OFF.
instrument panel which illuminates
For small adults it may be turned
the words "PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF, however, if the occupant does
OFF" indicating the front passen-
not sit in the seat properly (for exam-
ger air bag system is deactivated.
ple, by not sitting upright, by sitting
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• The instrument panel air bag indi-
on the edge of the seat, or by other-
cator light is interconnected with
wise being out of position), this could
Your vehicle is equipped with an
the OCS.
cause the sensor to turn the air bag
Occupant Classification System
(OCS) in the front passenger's seat.
OFF.
The OCS is designed to help detect
You will find the "PASSENGER AIR
the presence of a properly-seated
BAG OFF" indicator on the center
front passenger and determine if the
fascia panel. This system detects the
passenger's front air bag should be
conditions 1-4 in the following table
enabled (may inflate) or not.
and activates or deactivates the front
passenger air bag based on these
The purpose is to help reduce the
conditions.
risk of injury or death from an inflat-
ing air bag to certain front passenger
seat occupants, such as children, by
requiring the air bag to be automati-
cally turned OFF.
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Always be sure that you and all vehi-
Condition and operation in the front passenger Occupant Classification System
cle occupants are seated properly
and wearing the seat belt properly for
Indicator/Warning light
Devices
the most effective protection by the
Condition detected by the
"PASSENGER
air bag and the seat belt.
SRS
Front passenger
2
occupant classification system
AIR BAG OFF"
warning light
air bag
The OCS may not function properly if
indicator light
the passenger takes actions which
1. Adult *1
Off
Off
Activated
can affect the classification system.
These include:
2. Infant *2 or child restraint
On
Off
Deactivated
•
Failing to sit in an upright position.
system with 12 months old *3 *4
•
Leaning against the door or center
3. Unoccupied
On
Off
Deactivated
console.
4. Malfunction in the system
Off
On
Activated
•
Sitting towards the sides of the
front of the seat.
1
*
The system judges a person of adult size as an adult. When a smaller adult sits in the front
•
Putting their legs on the dashboard
passenger seat, the system may recognize him/her as a child depending on his/her physique
or resting them on other locations
and posture.
which reduce the passenger
*2
Do not allow children to ride in the front passenger seat. When a larger child who has out-
weight on the front seat.
grown a child restraint system sits in the front passenger seat, the system may recognize
him/her as an adult depending upon his/her physique or sitting position.
•
Wearing the seat belt improperly.
3
*
Never install a child restraint system on the front passenger seat.
•
Reclining the seatback.
4
*
The PASSENGER AIR BAG "OFF" indicator may turn on or off when a child above 12 months
•
Wearing a thick cloth like ski wear
to 12 years old (with or without child restraint system) sits in the front passenger seat. This is
or hip protection wear.
a normal condition.
•
Putting an additional thick cushion
on the seat.
•
Putting electrical devices
(e.g.
notebook, satellite radio) on the
seat with inverter charging.
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Safety system of your vehicle
WARNING
Riding in an improper position or placing weight on the front passenger’s seat when it is unoccupied by a
passenger adversely affects the OCS. To reduce the risk of serious injury or death:
• NEVER put a heavy load in
• NEVER ride with the seat-
the front seat or seatback
back reclined when the
pocket, or hang any items
vehicle is moving.
on the front passenger
seat.
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• NEVER place your feet on
• NEVER place your feet or
the front passenger seat-
legs on the dashboard.
back.
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OLMB033102
• NEVER sit with your hips
• NEVER lean on the door or
shifted towards the front
center console or sit on
of the seat.
one side of the front pas-
senger seat.
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OLMB033104
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•
Do not sit on the passen-
•
Do not place electronic
ger seat wearing heavily
devices such as laptops,
padded clothes such as
DVD player, or conductive
ski wear and hip protector.
materials such as water
2
bottles on the passenger
seat.
•
Do not use electronic
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devices such as laptops
and satellite radios which
use inverter chargers.
•
Do not use car seat
•
If large quantity of liquid
accessories such as thick
has been spilled on the
blankets and cushions
passenger seat, the air
which cover up the car
bag warning light may
seat surface.
illuminate or malfunction.
Therefore, make sure the
seat has been completely
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dried before driving the
vehicle.
•
Do not place sharp objects on the front passenger seat. These may damage the occupant detection sys-
tem, if they puncture the seat cushion.
•
Do not place any items under the front passenger seat.
•
When changing or replacing the seat or seat cover, use original items only. The OCS has been devel-
oped based on using original HYUNDAI car seats only. Altering or changing the authentic parts may
result in system malfunction and increase risk of injury when in collision. Any of the above could inter-
fere with the proper operation of the OCS sensor thereby increasing the risk of an injury in an accident.
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Safety system of your vehicle
Do Not Install a Child Restraint
WARNING
in the Front Passenger's Seat
Never allow an adult passenger
to ride in the front passenger
seat when the "PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF" indicator is illuminat-
ed. During a collision, the air bag
will not inflate if the indicator is
illuminated. Have your passen-
ger reposition himself in the
seat. If the "PASSENGER AIR
B990A01O
BAG OFF" indicator remains illu-
Proper seated position for OCS
minated after the passenger
If the "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF"
repositions himself properly and
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indicator is on when an adult is seat-
the vehicle is restarted, have the
Even though your vehicle is equipped
ed in the front passenger seat, place
passenger move to the rear seat
with the OCS, never install a child
the Engine Start/Stop button in the
because the air bag will not
restraint in the front passenger's seat.
OFF position and ask the passenger
inflate.
An inflating air bag can forcefully
to sit properly (sitting upright with the
strike a child or child restraint result-
seat back in an upright position, cen-
NOTICE
ing in serious or fatal injury.
tered on the seat cushion with their
seat belt on, legs comfortably
The "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF"
extended and their feet on the floor).
indicator illuminates for approxi-
Restart the engine and have the per-
mately 4 seconds after the Engine
son remain in that position. This will
Start/Stop button is in the ON
allow the system to detect the person
position or after the engine is
and to enable the passenger air bag.
started. If the front passenger seat
If the "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF"
is occupied, the OCS will then
indicator is still on, ask the passen-
classify the front passenger after
ger to move to the rear seat.
several more seconds.
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Why Didn't My Air Bag Go Off
WARNING
•
Do not perform maintenance
in a Collision?
on or around the air bag sen-
•
NEVER place a rear-facing or
Air bags are not designed to inflate in
sors. If the location or angle of
every collision. There are certain
the sensors is altered, the air
front-facing child restraint in
2
the front passenger's seat of
types of accidents in which the air bag
bags may deploy when they
would not be expected to provide
should not or may not deploy
the vehicle.
additional protection. These include
when they should.
•
An inflating frontal air bag
rear impacts, second or third colli-
could forcefully strike a child
•
Do not install bumper guards
sions in multiple impact accidents, as
resulting in serious injury or
or replace the bumper with a
well as low speed impacts. Damage
death.
non-genuine HYUNDAI parts.
to the vehicle indicates a collision
This may adversely affect the
•
Always properly restrain chil-
energy absorption, and is not an indi-
collision and air bag deploy-
dren in an appropriate child
cator of whether or not an air bag
ment performance.
restraint in the rear seat of the
should have inflated.
vehicle.
•
Place the ignition switch in
the LOCK/OFF or ACC posi-
Air bag collision sensors
tion when the vehicle is being
towed to prevent inadvertent
air bag deployment.
WARNING
•
Have all air bag repairs conduct-
To reduce the risk of an air bag
ed by an authorized HYUNDAI
deploying unexpectedly and
dealer.
causing serious injury or death:
• Do not hit or allow any objects
to impact the locations where air
bags or sensors are installed.
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Safety system of your vehicle
1. SRS control module/Rollover sensor
2. Front impact sensor
3. Side pressure sensor
4. Side impact sensor
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Air bag inflation conditions
Although the driver's and front pas-
senger's air bags are designed to
inflate only in frontal collisions, they
also may inflate in other types of col-
lisions if the front impact sensors
2
detect a sufficient impact. Side and
curtain air bags are designed to
inflate only in side impact collisions
or rollover situations, but they may
inflate in other collisions if the side
impact sensors detect a sufficient
impact.
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If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
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bumps or objects on unimproved
Front air bags
roads, the air bags may deploy. Drive
carefully on unimproved roads or on
Front air bags are designed to inflate
surfaces not designed for vehicle
in a frontal collision depending on
traffic to prevent unintended air bag
the severity of impact of the front col-
deployment.
lision.
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Side and curtain air bags
Side and curtain air bags are
designed to inflate when an impact is
detected by side collision sensors
depending on the severity of impact
resulting from a side impact collision.
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Safety system of your vehicle
Air bag non-inflation conditions
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Front air bags are not designed to
Front air bags may not inflate in side
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inflate in rear collisions, because
impact collisions, because occupants
In certain low-speed collisions the air
occupants are moved backward by
move in the direction of the collision,
bags may not deploy. The air bags
the force of the impact. In this case,
and thus in side impacts, front air bag
are designed not to deploy in such
inflated air bags would not provide
deployment would not provide addi-
cases because they may not provide
any additional benefit.
tional occupant protection.
benefits beyond the protection of the
However, side and curtain air bags
seat belts.
may inflate depending on the severi-
ty of impact.
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2
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In an angled collision, the force of
Just before impact, drivers often
Front air bags may not inflate in
impact may direct the occupants in a
brake heavily. Such heavy braking
rollover accidents because air bag
direction where the air bags would
lowers the front portion of the vehicle
deployment could not provide protec-
not be able to provide any additional
causing it to "ride" under a vehicle
tion to the occupants.
benefit, and thus the sensors may
with a higher ground clearance. Air
However, side and curtain air bags
not deploy any air bags.
bags may not inflate in this "under-
may inflate when the vehicle is rolled
ride" situation because deceleration
over by a side impact collision.
forces that are detected by sensors
may be significantly reduced by such
"underride" collisions.
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Safety system of your vehicle
SRS Care
WARNING
The SRS is virtually maintenance-
free and there are no parts you can
To reduce the risk of serious
safely service by yourself. If the SRS
injury or death, take the follow-
air bag warning light does not illumi-
ing precautions:
nate when the ignition switch is in the
•
Do not attempt to modify or
ON position, or continuously remains
disconnect the SRS compo-
on, have your vehicle immediately
nents or wiring, including the
inspected by an authorized HYUNDAI
addition of any kind of badges
dealer.
to the pad covers or modifica-
Any work on the SRS system, such
tions to the body structure.
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as removing, installing, repairing, or
•
Do not place objects over or
Air bags may not inflate if the vehicle
any work on the steering wheel, the
near the air bag modules on
collides with objects such as utility
front passenger's panel, front seats
the steering wheel, instrument
poles or trees, where the point of
and roof rails must be performed by
panel, or the front passen-
impact is concentrated and the colli-
an authorized HYUNDAI dealer.
ger’s panel above the glove
sion energy is absorbed by the vehi-
Improper handling of the SRS system
box.
cle structure.
may result in serious personal injury.
•
Clean the air bag pad covers
with a soft cloth moistened
with plain water. Solvents or
cleaners could adversely
affect the air bag covers and
proper deployment of the sys-
tem.
•
Always have inflated air bags
replaced by an authorized
HYUNDAI dealer.
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