Subaru Impreza Manuals 2017 Impreza Owner's Manual | Page 74

1-42 Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint System airbag) ment of the SRS curtain airbags, they could cause serious injuries by coming off the coat hooks and being thrown through the cabin or by preventing deployment of the cur- tain airbags. Before hanging clothing on the coat hooks, make sure there are no sharp objects in the pockets. Hang cloth- ing directly on the coat hooks with- out using hangers. face on or near the SRS side airbag. They could prevent prop- er deployment of the SRS side airbag, reducing protection avail- able to the front seat’s occupant. . 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 system may not function nor- mally if the seat cover is not installed correctly. & General precautions regard- ing SRS airbag system and children WARNING WARNING . Do not put any kind of clothes or other objects over either front seatback and do not attach labels or stickers to the front seat sur- Place children in the rear seat properly restrained at all times. The SRS airbag deploys with consider- able speed and force and can injure or even kill children, especially if they are not restrained or impro- perly restrained. Because children are lighter and weaker than adults, their risk of being injured from deployment is greater. For that reason, we strongly recom- mend that ALL children (including those in child seats and those that