Seats ........................................................................ 1-2
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Safety tips ............................................................. 1-2 Front seats ............................................................ 1-5 Rear seats ............................................................. 1-6 Head restraint ........................................................ 1-8
Seat heater ( if equipped )...................................... 1-10 Safety precautions ................................................ 1-10 Operation .............................................................. 1-11
Seatbelts ................................................................ 1-12 Seatbelt safety tips ............................................... 1-12 Emergency Locking Retractor ( ELR )...................... 1-13 Automatic Locking Retractor / Emergency Locking Retractor ( ALR / ELR )............................................ 1-14
Seatbelt warning light and chime .......................... 1-14 Fastening the seatbelt ........................................... 1-14 Seatbelt maintenance ............................................ 1-20
Seatbelt pretensioners ......................................... 1-20 Driver ’ s seatbelt .................................................... 1-21 Front passenger ’ s seatbelt .................................... 1-21 System monitors ................................................... 1-24 System servicing .................................................. 1-24 Precautions against vehicle modification ............... 1-24
Rear Seat Reminder ( models with combination meter display ( color LCD )) ................................ 1-25
Child restraint systems ........................................ 1-25 Safety precautions ................................................ 1-25
Seat , seatbelt and SRS airbags
Safety tips for installing child restraint systems .... 1-27 Where to place a child restraint system ................ 1-28 Choosing a child restraint system ......................... 1-30 Installing child restraint systems with ALR / ELR seatbelt ............................................................. 1-30
Installing a booster seat or booster cushion ......... 1-35 Installation of child restraint systems by use of lower and tether anchorages ( LATCH ) ................ 1-37
Top tether anchorages .......................................... 1-41
SRS airbag ( Supplemental Restraint System airbag ) ................................................................ 1-43
General precautions regarding SRS airbag system .............................................................. 1-44
General precautions regarding SRS airbag system for accessories and any objects ............. 1-46
General precautions regarding SRS airbag system and children .......................................... 1-48
Components ......................................................... 1-51 SUBARU advanced frontal airbag system .............. 1-53 SRS side airbag and SRS curtain airbag ............... 1-64 SRS airbag system monitors ................................. 1-72 SRS airbag system servicing ................................ 1-73 Precautions against vehicle modification .............. 1-74 How to contact the vehicle manufacturer concerning modifications for persons with disabilities that may affect the advanced airbag system .............................................................. 1-75
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