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SEAT, SEATBELT AND SRS AIRBAGS
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GENERAL PRECAUTIONS RE- GARDING SRS AIRBAG SYS- TEM AND CHILDREN s01ah14
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. Do not put any kind of clothes or other objects over the driver’ s seat and front passenger’ s seatback and do not attach labels or stickers to the driver’ s seat and front passenger’ s seat surface on or near the SRS side airbag or the SRS seat cushion airbag. They could prevent proper deployment of the SRS side airbag or the SRS seat cushion airbag, reducing protection available to the occupant of the driver’ s seat or the front passenger’ s seat.
. Do not install a seat cover unless it is a genuine SUBARU seat cover exclusively designed for use with the SRS airbag. Even when using a genuine SUBARU seat cover, the SRS side airbag or the SRS seat cushion airbag may not function normally if the seat cover is not installed correctly.
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SUBARU strongly recommends that ALL infants and children( including those in child restraint systems) sit in the REAR seat properly restrained in a child restraint system or in a seatbelt, whichever is appropriate for the child’ s age, height and weight. The SRS airbag deploys with considerable speed and force and can injure or even kill children, especially if they are not restrained or improperly restrained. Because children are lighter and weaker than adults, their risk of being injured from deployment is greater. According to accident statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in the rear seating positions than in the front seating positions. For instructions and precautions concerning child restraint systems, refer to“ Child Restraint Systems” FP68.