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Instruments and controls/Warning and indicator
& Seatbelt warning light
and chime
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Your vehicle is equipped with a seatbelt
warning device at the driver’s and front
passenger’s seat, as required by current
safety standards.
With the ignition switch turned to the “ON”
position, this device reminds the driver and
front passenger to fasten their seatbelts by
illuminating the warning lights in the loca-
tions indicated in the following illustration
and sounding a chime.
Front passenger’s warning light
! Operation
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If the driver and/or front passenger have/
has not yet fastened the seatbelt(s) when
the ignition switch is turned to the “ON”
position, the seatbelt warning light(s) will
illuminate for several seconds, to warn that
the seatbelt(s) is/are unfastened. If the
driver’s seatbelt is not fastened, a chime
will also sound simultaneously.
NOTE
Driver’s warning light
. If the driver’s and/or front p assen-
ger’s seatbelt(s) are/is still not fastened
several seconds later, the seatbelt
warning device operates as follows
according to the vehicle speed.
– At speeds lower than approxi-
mately 9 mph (15 km/h)
The warning light(s) for unfastened
seatbelt(s) will alternate between
steady illumination and flashing at
15-second intervals. The chime will
not sound.
– At speeds higher than approxi-
mately 9 mph (15 km/h)
The warning light(s) for unfastened
seatbelt(s) will alternate between
flashing and steady illumination at
15-second intervals and the chime
will sound while the warning light(s)
is/are flashing.
. It is possible to cancel the warning
operation that follows the short warn-
ing after turning ON the ignition switch.
When the ignition switch is turned ON
next time, however, the complete se-
quence of the warning operation re-
sumes. For further details about can-
celing the warning operation, please
contact your SUBARU dealer.
If there is no passenger on the front
passenger’s seat, the seatbelt warning
device for the front passenger’s seat will
be deactivated. The front passenger’s
occupant detection system monitors
whether or not there is a passenger on
the front passenger’s seat.
Observe the following precautions. Failure
to do so may prevent the device from
functioning correctly or cause the device to