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SEAT, SEATBELT AND SRS AIRBAGS
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The following seatbelts have a seatbelt pretensioner.
. Driver’ s seatbelt. Front passenger’ s seatbelt
. Window-side rear passenger’ s seatbelts
The seatbelt pretensioners are designed to be activated in the event of an accident involving a moderate to severe frontal and side collision and rollover accident.
WARNING
. To obtain maximum protection, the occupants should sit in an upright position with their seatbelts properly fastened. Refer to“ Seatbelts” FP55.
. Do not modify, remove or strike the seatbelt retractor assemblies equipped with seatbelt pretensioners or surrounding area. This could result in accidental activation of the seatbelt pretensioners or could make the system inoperative, possibly resulting in serious injury. Seatbelt pretensioners have no user-serviceable parts. For required servicing of seatbelt retractors equipped with seatbelt pretensioners, consult your SUBARU dealer.
. When discarding seatbelt retractor assemblies equipped with seatbelt pretensioners or scrapping the entire vehicle due to collision damage or for other reasons, consult your SUBARU dealer.
– Front impact sensors – Side impact sensors – Rollover sensor
. Pretensioners are designed to function on a one-time-only basis. In the event that a pretensioner is activated, the seatbelt retractor assemblies equipped with seatbelt pretensioners should be replaced only by an authorized SUBARU dealer. When replacing seatbelt retractor assemblies, use only genuine SUBARU parts.
. If a seatbelt that has a seatbelt pretensioner does not retract or cannot be pulled out due to a malfunction or activation of the pretensioner, contact your SUBARU dealer as soon as possible.
. If the seatbelt retractor assembly or surrounding area has been damaged, contact your SUBARU dealer as soon as possible.
. When you sell your vehicle, we urge you to inform the buyer that the vehicle is equipped with seatbelt pretensioners. Also, notify the buyer of the contents in this section.
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NOTE
This section is applicable to the following components.
. Front passenger’ s seatbelt
. Rear passenger’ s seatbelt( windowside)
NOTE
. Seatbelt pretensioners are not designed to activate in minor impacts or in rear impacts. The pretensioner can also be activated by the following sensors.