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Introduction
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Your Kia vehicle is equipped with
many high technology, electroni-
cally controlled systems that help
to ensure your vehicle operates
properly and provides the perform-
ance that you expect. These sys-
tems utilize computers to monitor
the operation of various systems
and components and help to con-
trol their operation. These com-
puterized system operations are
wide-ranging and involve compo-
nents to reduce emissions, to con-
tinuously evaluate the readiness
of the air bag and seatbelt preten-
sioner systems, to determine
when the air bag and seatbelt pre-
tensioner systems should be
deployed and then to activate the
deployment, and if equipped, to
operate anti-lock braking, traction
control and electrical stability con-
trol to assist the driver to control
the vehicle in difficult driving situ-
ations. These systems electroni-
cally store information that is use-
ful to service technicians when
they need to diagnose and repair
these systems.
Additional information is stored
only when a crash occurs that
results in the deployment of the air
bags or seatbelt pre-tensioners.
This type of data storage is done
by devices called event data
recorders (EDR).
After a crash event, the air bag
and seatbelt pre-tensioner com-
puter system, known as the
Supplemental Restraint System
Control Module (SRSCM) or Air
Bag Control Unit (ACU), may
record some information about
the condition of the vehicle and
how it was being operated. This
information consists of data relat-
ed to seatbelt usage and if there
was diagnostic information in the
air bag or seatbelt systems at the
time that a crash occurred, and if
the ACU sensed that a crash of
sufficient severity occurred to
require seat belt pre-tensioner or
air bag deployment.
To retrieve this information, spe-
cial equipment is needed and
access to the vehicle or the device
that stores the data is required. Kia
will not access information about a
crash event or share it with others
except:
• in response to an official request
of police or similar government
office, or
• with the consent of the vehicle
owner or, if the vehicle is leased,
with the consent of the lessee, or
• as part Kia’s defense of litigation
through the discovery process,
or
• as required by law.
Your rights with respect to the
information discussed above may
vary from state to state. In some
states, such information is consid-
ered private, is exclusively owned
by the owner of the motor vehicle,
and is not retrievable or usable by
another person or entity.
VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION AND EVENT DATA RECORDERS
