Subaru WRX & WRX STI Manuals 2012 Impreza WRX & WRX STI Owner's Manual | Page 79

Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags

After deployment, the SRS airbag immediately starts to deflate so that the driver’s
vision is not obstructed and the driver’s
ability to maintain control of the vehicle is
not impaired. The time required from
detecting impact to the deflation of the
SRS airbag after deployment is shorter
than the blink of an eye.

SRS airbag deployment depends on the
level of force experienced in the passenger compartment during a collision. That
level differs from one type of collision to
another, and it may have no bearing on
the visible damage done to the vehicle
itself.

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! Example of accident in which the
driver’s/driver’s and front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag(s) will most
likely deploy.

Both when only the driver’s SRS frontal
airbag deploys and the driver’s and front
passenger’s SRS frontal airbags deploy,
the driver’s and front passenger’s seatbelt
pretensioners operate at the same time.
The driver’s SRS frontal airbag and front
passenger’s SRS frontal airbag are designed to deploy in the event of an
accident involving a moderate to severe
frontal collision. They are basically not
designed to deploy in lesser frontal impacts because the necessary protection
can be achieved by the seatbelt alone.
Also, they are basically not designed to
deploy in side or rear impacts