Subaru Forester Manuals 2025 Forester Owner's Manual | Page 97

SEAT, SEATBELT AND SRS AIRBAGS 93
SRS airbag system warning light
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If the seatbelt buckle switch and / or front passenger’ s occupant detection system have failed, the SRS airbag system warning light will illuminate. If the SRS airbag system warning light illuminates, immediately stop the vehicle in a safe place, and consult a SUBARU dealer.
If your vehicle has sustained impact, this may affect the proper function of the SUBARU advanced frontal airbag system. Have your vehicle inspected at your SUBARU dealer. Do not use the front passenger’ s seat while driving the vehicle to your SUBARU dealer.
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Occupant detection sensors
The occupant detection sensors are installed between the seat and seat rails, and monitor the physique and posture of the front passenger. Using this information, the occupant detection system determines whether the following airbags should be deployed or not.
. Front passenger’ s SRS frontal airbag
. Front passenger’ s SRS seat cushion airbag
WARNING
Do not kick the front passenger seat or subject it to severe impact. Otherwise, the SRS airbag system warning light may illuminate to indicate a malfunction of the front passenger occupant detection system. In this case, immediately stop the vehicle in a safe place, and consult a SUBARU dealer.
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: Front passenger’ s frontal airbag ON indicator light
: Front passenger’ s frontal airbag OFF indicator light
Refer to“ Front Passenger’ s Frontal Airbag ON and OFF INDICATOR LIGHTS”
If the front passenger’ s frontal airbag ON and OFF indicator lights do not work properly, do not allow anyone to sit on the front passenger’ s seat and have the occupant detection system checked by your SUBARU dealer.
Also, if luggage is placed on the front passenger’ s seat, this may adversely affect the ability of the system to determine deployment. This may prevent the
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