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Hyundai i30 N (2018 year). Manual - part 4

AIR BAG - SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM

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1. Driver’s front air bag

2. Passenger’s front air bag

3. Side air bag

4. Curtain air bag

5. Knee air bag*

6. Front passenger air bag ON/OFF switch

* : if equipped

The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ from the illustration.

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Safety system of your vehicle

The vehicles are equipped with a

WARNING

Supplemental Air Bag System for the

driver’s seat and front passenger’s

AIR BAG SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

seats.

The front air bags are designed to

ALWAYS use seat belts Child Restraint Systems - every trip, every

supplement the three-point seat

time, everyone! Even with air bags, you can be seriously injured or

belts. For these air bags to provide

killed in a collision if you are improperly belted or not wearing your

protection, the seat belts must be

seat belt when the air bag inflates.

worn at all times when driving.

NEVER place a child in any Child Restraint System or booster seat in

You can be severely injured or killed

the front passenger seat, unless the air bag is deactivated.

in an accident if you are not wearing

An inflating air bag could forcefully strike the infant or child causing

a seat belt. Air bags are designed to

serious or fatal injuries.

supplement seat belts, but do not

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

replace them. Also, air bags are not

safest place for children of any age to ride. If a child age 13 or older

designed to deploy in every collision.

must be seated in the front seat, he or she must be properly belted

In some accidents, the seat belts are

and the seat should be moved as far back as possible.

the only restraint protecting you.

All occupants should sit upright with the seatback in an upright posi-

tion, centered on the seat cushion with their seat belt on, legs com-

fortably 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.

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

maintaining control of the vehicle.

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Where are the air bags?

■ Passenger’s front air bag

WARNING

Driver’s and passenger’s front

air bags

To reduce the risk of serious

■ Driver’s front air bag

injury or death from inflating front

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air bags, take the following pre-

cautions:

•

Seat belts must be worn at all

times to help keep occupants

positioned properly.

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• Move your seat as far back as

Your vehicle is equipped with a

possible from front air bags,

Supplemental Restraint System

while still maintaining control

(SRS) and lap/shoulder belts at both

of the vehicle.

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the driver and passenger seating

■ Driver’s knee air bag

• Never lean against the door or

positions.

center console.

The SRS consists of air bags which

• Do not allow the front passen-

are located in the center of the steer-

ger to place their feet or legs on

ing wheel, in the driver’s side lower

the dashboard.

crash pad below the steering wheel,

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and the passenger's side front panel

pad above the glove box.

The air bags are labeled with the let-

ters “AIR BAG” embossed on the pad

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covers.

The purpose of the SRS is to provide

the vehicle's driver and front passen-

gers with additional protection than

that offered by the seat belt system

alone in case of a frontal impact of

sufficient severity.

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Safety system of your vehicle

(Continued)

•

No objects (such as crash pad

cover, cellular phone holder,

cup holder, perfume or stickers)

should be placed over or near

the air bag modules on the

steering wheel, instrument

panel, windshield glass, and

the front passenger's panel

above the glove box. Such

objects could cause harm if the

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vehicle is in a crash severe

enough to cause the air bags to

Passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF

To deactivate the passenger’s front

deploy.

switch

air bag:

•

Do not attach any objects on

The purpose of the switch is to dis-

Insert the key or a similar rigid device

the front windshield and inside

able the passenger’s front air bag in

into the passenger’s front air bag

mirror.

order to transport occupants who are

ON/OFF switch and turn it to the

at increased risk for air bag-related

OFF position. The passenger air bag

injury due to age, size, or medical

OFF indicator (

) will illuminate and

condition.

stay on until the passenger’s front air

bag is reactivated.

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WARNING

WARNING

Never allow an adult passenger

If the passenger’s front air bag

to ride in the front passenger

ON/OFF switch malfunctions,

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seat when the passenger air

the following conditions may

bag OFF indicator is illuminat-

occur:

ed. During a collision, the air

•

The air bag warning light (

)

bag will not inflate if the indica-

on the instrument cluster will

tor is illuminated. Turn on the

illuminate.

passenger’s front air bag or

•

The passenger air bag OFF

have your passenger move to

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indicator (

) will not illumi-

the rear seat.

nate and the ON indicator (

)

To reactivate the passenger’s front

will come on and go off after

air bag:

approximately

60 seconds.

Insert the key or a similar rigid device

The passenger’s front air bag

into the passenger’s front air bag

will inflate in a frontal impact

ON/OFF switch and turn it to the ON

even though the passenger’s

position. The passenger air bag ON

front air bag ON/OFF switch is

indicator (

) will illuminate and stay

set to the OFF position.

on for 60 seconds.

•

We recommend that an author-

ized HYUNDAI dealer inspect

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the passenger’s front air bag

The passenger’s front air bag ON/OFF

ON/OFF switch and the SRS air

indicator illuminates for about 4 sec-

bag system as soon as possi-

onds after the ignition switch is placed

ble.

in the ON position.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Side air bags

The side air bags are designed to

(Continued)

deploy during certain side impact col-

lisions, depending on the crash sever-

•

Hold the steering wheel at the 9

ity, angle, speed and point of impact.

o’clock and 3 o’clock positions,

to minimize the risk of injuries

The side air bags on both sides of

to your hands and arms.

the vehicle are designed to deploy

when a rollover is detected by a

•

Do not use any accessory

rollover sensor.

(if equipped with

seat covers. This could reduce

rollover sensor)

or prevent the effectiveness

of the system.

The side air bags are not designed to

deploy in all side impact or rollover

•

Do not hang other objects

except clothes. In an accident

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situations.

it may cause vehicle damage

or personal injury especially

WARNING

when air bag is inflated.

•

Do not place any objects over

To reduce the risk of serious

the air bag or between the air

injury or death from an inflating

bag and yourself. Also, do not

side air bag, take the following

attach any objects around the

precautions:

area the air bag inflates such

• Seat belts must be worn at all

as the door, side door glass,

times to help keep occupants

front and rear pillar.

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positioned properly.

(Continued)

• Do not allow passengers to

Your vehicle is equipped with a side

lean their heads or bodies onto

air bag in each front seat. The pur-

doors, put their arms on the

pose of the air bag is to provide the

doors, stretch their arms out of

vehicle’s driver and the front passen-

the window, or place objects

ger with additional protection than

between the doors and seats.

that offered by the seat belt alone.

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Curtain air bags

They are designed to help protect

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the heads of the front seat occupants

•

Do not place any objects

and the rear outboard seat occu-

between the door and the

pants in certain side impact colli-

seat. They may become dan-

sions.

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gerous projectiles if the side

The curtain air bags are designed to

air bag inflates.

deploy during certain side impact

•

Do not install any accessories

collisions, depending on the crash

on the side or near the side air

severity, angle, speed and impact.

bags.

The curtain air bags on both sides of

•

Do not cause impact to the

the vehicle are designed to deploy

doors when the ignition switch

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when a rollover is detected by a

is in the ON position as this

rollover sensor.

(if equipped with

may cause the side air bags to

rollover sensor)

inflate.

The curtain air bags are not

•

If the seat or seat cover is

designed to deploy in all side impact

damaged, we recommend that

or rollover situations.

the system be serviced by an

authorized HYUNDAI dealer.

WARNING

To reduce the risk of serious

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injury or death from an inflating

curtain air bag, take the follow-

Curtain air bags are located along

ing precautions:

both sides of the roof rails above the

• All seat occupants must wear

front and rear doors.

seat belts at all times to help

keep occupants positioned

properly.

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Safety system of your vehicle

How does the air bags system

(8) SRS control module (SRSCM)/

(Continued)

operate?

Rollover sensor

•

Properly secure Child Restraint

(9) Front impact sensors

System as far away from the

door as possible.

(10) Side pressure sensors

(11) Passenger’s front air bag

•

Do not place any objects over

ON/OFF indicator

the air bag. Also, do not attach

(front passenger's seat only)

any objects around the area the

air bag inflates such as the

(12) Passenger’s front air bag

door, side door glass, front and

ON/OFF switch

rear pillar, roof side rail.

•

Do not hang other objects

The SRSCM continually monitors all

except clothes, especially

SRS components while the ignition

hard or breakable objects.

switch is ON to determine if a crash

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impact is severe enough to require

In an accident, it may cause

vehicle damage or personal

The SRS consists of the following

air bag deployment or pre-tensioner

injury.

components:

seat belt deployment.

•

Do not allow passengers to

(1) Driver's front air bag module/

lean their heads or bodies

Driver’s knee air bag module

onto doors, put their arms on

(2) Passenger's front air bag module

the doors, stretch their arms

(3) Side air bag modules/

out of the window, or place

Side impact sensors

objects between the doors

(4) Curtain air bag modules

and seats.

•

Do not open or repair the side

(5) Rear Retractor pre-tensioner

(if equipped)

curtain air bags.

(6) Retractor pre-tensioner assemblies

(7) Air bag warning light

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SRS warning light

During a moderate to severe frontal

WARNING

collision, sensors will detect the vehi-

cle’s rapid deceleration. If the rate of

If your SRS malfunctions, the

deceleration is high enough, the con-

air bag may not inflate properly

trol unit will inflate the front air bags,

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during an accident increasing

at the time and with the force needed.

the risk of serious injury or

The SRS

(Supplement Restraint

The front air bags help protect the driv-

death.

System) air bag warning light on the

er and front passenger by responding

If any of the following condi-

instrument panel displays the air bag

to frontal impacts in which seat belts

tions occur, your SRS is mal-

symbol depicted in the illustration.

alone cannot provide adequate

functioning:

The system checks the air bag elec-

restraint. When needed, the side air

trical system for malfunctions. The

• The light does not turn on for

bags help provide protection in the

light indicates that there is a potential

approximately six seconds

event of a side impact or rollover by

problem with your air bag system,

when the ignition switch is in

supporting the side upper body area.

which could include your side and/or

the ON position.

• Air bags are activated (able to inflate

curtain air bags used for rollover pro-

• The light stays on after illumi-

if necessary) only when the ignition

tection (if equipped with rollover sen-

nating for approximately six

switch is in the ON position.

sor).

seconds.

• Air bags inflate in the event of certain

• The light comes on while the

frontal or side collisions to help pro-

vehicle is in motion.

tect the occupants from serious

• The light blinks when the

physical injury.

engine is running.

• There is no single speed at which the

We recommend that an author-

air bags will inflate. Generally, air bags

are designed to inflate based upon

ized HYUNDAI dealer inspect the

SRS as soon as possible if any

the severity of a collision and its direc-

tion. These two factors determine

of these conditions occur.

whether the sensors produce an elec-

tronic deployment/inflation signal.

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■ Driver’s front air bag (1)

■ Driver’s front air bag (2)

■ Driver’s front air bag (3)

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OLMB033056

■ Passenger’s front air bag

OLMB033054

OLMB033055

When the SRSCM detects a suffi-

Upon deployment, tear seams mold-

ciently severe impact to the front of

ed directly into the pad covers will

the vehicle, it will automatically

separate under pressure from the

deploy the front air bags.

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's or the front pas-

OLMB033057

senger's forward motion, reducing

After complete inflation, the air bag

the risk of head and chest injury.

immediately starts deflating, enabling

the driver to maintain forward visibili-

ty and the ability to steer or operate

other controls.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Noise and smoke from inflating

WARNING

WARNING

air bag

When the air bags inflate, they make

After an air bag inflates, take

To prevent objects from becom-

a loud noise and may produce smoke

ing dangerous projectiles when

the following precautions:

and powder in the air inside of the

the passenger's air bag inflates:

•

Open your windows and doors

vehicle. This is normal and is a result

• Do not install or place any

as soon as possible after

of the ignition of the air bag inflator.

objects (drink holder, CD hold-

impact to reduce prolonged

After the air bag inflates, you may feel

er, stickers, etc.) on the front

exposure to the smoke and

substantial discomfort in breathing

passenger's panel above the

powder released by the inflat-

because of the contact of your chest

glove box where the passen-

ing air bag.

with both the seat belt and the air

ger's air bag is located.

•

Do not touch the air bag stor-

bag, as well as from breathing the

• Do not install a container of

age area’s internal compo-

smoke and powder. The powder may

liquid air freshener near the

nents immediately after an air

aggravate asthma for some people. If

instrument cluster or on the

bag has inflated. The parts

you experience breathing problems

instrument panel surface.

that come into contact with an

after an air bag deployment, seek

inflating air bag may be very

medical attention immediately.

hot.

Though the smoke and powder are

What to expect after an air bag

•

Always wash exposed skin

nontoxic, they may cause irritation to

inflates

areas thoroughly with cold

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

After a frontal or side air bag inflates,

water and mild soap.

is the case, wash and rinse with cold

it will deflate very quickly. Air bag

•

We recommend that an author-

water immediately and seek medical

inflation will not prevent the driver

ized HYUNDAI dealer replace

attention if the symptoms persist.

from seeing out of the windshield or

the air bag immediately after

being able to steer. Curtain air bags

deployment. Air bags are

may remain partially inflated for

designed to be used only once.

some time after they deploy.

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Do not install a Child Restraint

Why didn't my air bag go off in

(Continued)

System on the front passenger

a collision?

•

Do not perform maintenance

seat

There are certain types of accidents

on or around the air bag sen-

in which the air bag would not be

sors. If the location or angle of

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expected to provide additional protec-

the sensors is altered, the air

tion. These include rear impacts, sec-

bags may deploy when they

ond or third collisions in multiple

should not or may not deploy

impact accidents, as well as low

when they should.

speed impacts. Damage to the vehicle

•

Do not install bumper guards or

indicates a collision energy absorp-

replace the bumper with a non-

tion, and is not an indicator of whether

genuine part.This may adverse-

or not an air bag should have inflated.

ly affect the collision and air

bag deployment performance.

Air bag collision sensors

•

Place the ignition switch to

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the LOCK/OFF or ACC posi-

Never install a Child Restraint System

WARNING

tion, when the vehicle is being

in the front passenger seat, unless the

towed to prevent inadvertent

air bag is deactivated

To reduce the risk of an air bag

air bag deployment.

deploying unexpectedly and

•

We recommend that all air bag

causing serious injury or death:

WARNING

repairs are conducted by an

• Do not hit or allow any objects to

authorized HYUNDAI dealer.

NEVER use a rearward facing

impact the locations where air

Child Restraint on a seat pro-

bags or sensors are installed.

tected by an ACTIVE AIRBAG in

(Continued)

front of it, DEATH or SERIOUS

INJURY to the CHILD can occur.

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Safety system of your vehicle

1. SRS control module

2. Front impact sensor

3. Side pressure sensor (front)*

4. Side impact sensor (rear)*

* : if equipped

OPDEN037046/OPDEN037047/OPDEN037048/OPD036049/OPD036050

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Air bag inflation conditions

Although the driver’s and front pas-

senger’s air bags are designed to

inflate in frontal collisions, they also

may inflate in other types of colli-

sions if the front impact sensors

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detect a sufficient impact. Side and

curtain air bags are designed to

inflate in side impact collisions, but

they may inflate in other collisions if

the side impact sensors detect a suf-

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ficient impact.

Also, the side and curtain air bags are

designed to inflate when a rollover is

OPD036051

detected by a rollover sensor.

(if

Front air bags

equipped with rollover sensor)

Front air bags are designed to inflate

If the vehicle chassis is impacted by

in a frontal collision depending on

bumps or objects on unimproved

the severity, speed or angles of

roads, the air bags may deploy. Drive

impact of the front collision.

carefully on unimproved roads or on

surfaces not designed for vehicle

traffic to prevent unintended air bag

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deployment.

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, speed or

angles of impact resulting from a

side impact collision.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Air bag non-inflation conditions

OPD036055

OPD036056

Front air bags are not designed to

Front air bags may not inflate in side

OPD036054

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 severity,

vehicle speed and angles of impact.

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OTL035069

OPD036057

OTL035068

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 front air

direction where the air bags would

lowers the front portion of the vehicle

bag deployment would not provide

not be able to provide any additional

causing it to “ride” under a vehicle

additional occupant protection.

benefit, and thus the sensors may

with a higher ground clearance. Air

not deploy any air bags.

bags may not inflate in this "under-

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ride" situation because deceleration

forces that are detected by sensors

• Vehicles equipped with rollover sensor

may be significantly reduced by such

The side and curtain air bags may

“underride” collisions.

inflate in a rollover situation, when it is

detected by the rollover sensor.

• Vehicles not equipped with rollover

sensor

The side and/or curtain air bags may

inflate when the vehicle is rolled over

by a side impact collision, if the vehicle

is equipped with side and/or curtain

air bags.

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