Subaru BRZ Manuals 2014 BRZ Owner's Manual | Page 106

1-7. Safety information SRS airbag deployment depends on the level of force experienced in the passenger compartment during a collision. That level differs from one type of collision to another, and it may have no bearing on the visible damage done to the vehicle itself. I Example of accident in which the driver’’s/driver’’s and front passenger’’s SRS frontal airbag(s) will most likely deploy A head-on collision against a thick concrete wall at a vehicle speeds of 12 to 19 mph (20 to 30 km/h) or higher activates only the driver’’s SRS frontal airbag or both driver’’s and front passenger’’s SRS frontal airbags. The airbag(s) will also be activated when the vehicle is exposed to a frontal impact similar in fashion and magnitude to the collision described above. 105 1 Before driving The driver’’s SRS frontal airbag and front passenger’’s SRS frontal airbag are designed to deploy in the event of an accident involving a moderate to severe frontal collision. They are not designed to deploy in most lesser frontal impacts because the necessary protection can be achieved by the seatbelt alone. Also, they are not designed to deploy in most side or rear impacts or in most roll-over accidents because deployment of only the driver’’s SRS frontal airbag or both driver’’s and front passenger’’s SRS frontal airbags would not help the occupant in those situations. The driver’’s and front passenger’’s SRS frontal airbags are designed to function on a one-time-only basis.