Subaru Outback Manuals 2018 Outback Owner's Manual | Page 48

1-14 Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/Rear seats & Head restraint adjustment restraints into the front seats. the head restraint locks. S01AC03 Both the rear window side seats and the rear center seat are equipped with head restraints. ! Rear window side seating position S01AC0301 WARNING . Never drive the vehicle with the head restraints removed because they are designed to reduce the risk of serious neck injury in the event that the vehicle is struck from the rear. Therefore, when you remove the head restraints, you must reinstall all head re- straints to protect vehicle occu- pants. . All occupants, including the dri- ver, should not operate a vehicle or sit in a vehicle’s seat until the head restraints are placed in their proper positions in order to mini- mize the risk of neck injury in the event of a crash. . The front seat head restraints are designed to be installed into the front seats only. The rear seat head restraints are designed to be installed into the rear seats only. Do not attempt to install the front seat head restraints into the rear seats, or the rear seat head 1) 2) The head restraint should be adjusted so that the center of the head restraint is closest to the top of the occupant’s ears. When the seats are not occupied, lower the head restraints to improve rearward visibility. Head restraint Release button To raise: Pull the head restraint up. To lower: Push the head restraint down while press- ing the release button on the top of the seatback. To remove: While pressing the release button, pull out the head restraint. To install: Install the head restraint into the holes that are located on the top of the seatback until NOTE For Legacy, it is not possible to remove or install the head restraint without folding down the rear seatback. Fold down the rear seatback and then re- move or install the head restraint.