Subaru Solterra Manuals 2023 Solterra Owner's Manual | Page 42

40 1-1 . For safe use
WARNING
●Do not lean against the door , the roof side rail or the front , side and rear pillars .
●Do not attach anything to areas such as a door , windshield , side window , front or rear pillar , roof side rail and assist grip .
●Do not allow anyone to kneel on the passenger seat toward the
door or put their head or hands outside the vehicle .
●Do not attach anything to or lean anything against areas such as the dashboard , steering
wheel pad and lower portion of the instrument panel . These items can become projectiles when the SRS driver , front passenger and knee airbags deploy .
●Do not hang coat hangers or other hard objects on the coat hooks . All of these items could
become projectiles and may cause death or serious injury , should the SRS curtain shield
airbags deploy .
●If a vinyl cover is put on the area where the SRS knee airbag will deploy , be sure to remove it .
●Do not use seat accessories which cover the parts where the SRS side airbags inflate as they may interfere with inflation of
the SRS airbags . Such accessories may prevent the SRS side airbags from activating correctly , disable the system or cause the SRS side airbags to inflate accidentally , resulting in
death or serious injury .
●Do not strike or apply significant levels of force to the area of the SRS airbag components or the
front doors . Doing so can cause the SRS airbags to malfunction .
●Do not touch any of the component parts immediately after the SRS airbags have deployed ( inflated ) as they may be hot .