Subaru Outback Manuals 2026 Outback Owner's Manual | Page 91

SEAT, SEATBELT AND SRS AIRBAGS 87
proper operation of the SRS curtain airbags.
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Do not hang coat hangers or other hard or pointed objects on the coat hooks. If such items were hanging on the coat hooks during deployment of the SRS curtain airbags, they could cause serious injuries by coming off the coat hooks and being thrown through the cabin or by preventing deployment of the curtain airbags.
Before hanging clothing on the coat hooks, make sure there are no sharp objects in the pockets. Hang clothing directly on the coat hooks without using hangers.
and do not attach labels or stickers to the driver’ s seat and front passenger’ s seat surface on or near the SRS side airbag or the SRS seat cushion airbag. They could prevent proper deployment of the SRS side airbag or the SRS seat cushion airbag, reducing protection available to the occupant of the driver’ s seat or the front passenger’ s seat.
. Do not install a seat cover unless it is a genuine SUBARU seat cover exclusively designed for use with the SRS airbag. Even when using a genuine SUBARU seat cover, the SRS side airbag or the SRS seat cushion airbag may not function normally if the seat cover is not installed correctly.
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS RE- GARDING SRS AIRBAG SYS- TEM AND CHILDREN s01ah14
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. Do not put any kind of clothes or other objects over the driver’ s seat and front passenger’ s seatback
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SUBARU strongly recommends that ALL infants and children( including those in child restraint systems) sit in the REAR seat properly restrained in a child restraint system or in a seatbelt, whichever is appropriate for the child’ s age, height and weight. The SRS airbag deploys with considerable speed and force and can injure or even kill children, especially if they are
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