Total safety comes from its core.
WHAT’S INSIDE:
An advanced system of safety features, from restraint systems to the surrounding body structure, all
working together to keep you safe.
WHAT IT DOES:
Forester’s engineering provides an inside-out approach to protecting its occupants in the event
that a collision is unavoidable.
PASSIVE SAFETY, TO BETTER SURVIVE A COLLISION
Forester is engineered to protect its driver, passengers and even pedestrians with a network of progressive safety
systems. Advanced SRS1 airbags, active front headrests, collapsible pedals and 3-point seatbelts help protect
occupants directly. Surrounding these systems is a strategically strengthened body structure, including Subaru’s
Ring-Shaped Reinforcement Frames, to help minimize the impact energies that reach its occupants or pedestrians.
It’s a core Subaru value that driving enjoyment starts with your security and peace of mind.
BREAK AWAY ENGINE
Every Subaru goes above and beyond common practice when
it comes to your safety. In the event of a head-on collision, your
Forester’s SUBARU BOXER® engine and gearbox are driven
under the front seat occupants and away from the cabin for your
protection.
SEATS, SEATBELTS AND SRS1 AIRBAGS
Standard on every Forester are front, front side and curtain
SRS1 airbags, as well as height-adjustable front seatbelts with
pretensioners to hold occupants firmly in place, and load
limiters that ease peak forces to the chest. Active front headrests
automatically move in a rear collision for better support of the
head and neck.
RING-SHAPED REINFORCEMENT FRAMES
The Ring-Shaped Reinforcement Frames s trengthen the
passenger cabin from the roof to the doors, pillars and floor.
This design helps to divert and dissipate impact energy away
from the occupants in a collision. The front crumple zone is
integral to the frame.
PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION
Forester was designed with the objective of providing a high
level of pedestrian protection. Shock-absorbing space between
the hood and engine helps to reduce pedestrian injur y in
an accident, as do an energy-absorbing front bumper and a
specially designed area around the windshield wipers.
1 The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS airbags) affords the driver and passenger additional protection in some collisions. This system provides supplemental protection only, and seatbelts must be
worn in order to avoid injuries to out-of-position occupants upon airbag deployment. The combination of SRS and seatbelts provides the best protection in a serious accident.
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