Subaru Outback Manuals 2013 Outback Owner's Manual | Page 87

Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags ! Examples of the types of accidents in which the driver’s/driver’s and front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag(s) is not designed to deploy in most cases frontal airbags are designed not to deploy in most cases if the vehicle is struck from the side or from behind, or if it rolls onto its side or roof, or if it is involved in a lowspeed frontal collision. 1-57 be activated on the second impact. WARNING If the vehicle is damaged in an accident but the SRS frontal airbag does not deploy, contact your SUBARU dealer as soon as possible. ! SRS side airbag and SRS curtain airbag operation 1) 2) First impact Second impact In an accident where the vehicle is impacted more than once, the driver’s and/or front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag(s) will deploy only once on the first impact. The driver’s and front passenger’s SRS Example: In the case of a double collision, first with another vehicle, then against a concrete wall in immediate succession, once either or both of the driver’s and front passenger’s SRS frontal airbags is/are activated on the first impact, it/they will not The driver’s and front passenger’s SRS side airbags and SRS curtain airbags deploy independently of each other because each has its own impact sensor. Therefore, they may not both deploy in the same accident. Also, the SRS side airbag and SRS curtain airbag deploys indepen– CONTINUED –