Subaru WRX & WRX STI Manuals 2015 WRX & WRX STI Owner's Manual | Page 74

Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint System airbag)

! Operation

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The SRS airbags can function only when
the ignition switch is in the “ON” position.
The SUBARU advanced frontal airbag
system is designed to determine the
activation or deactivation condition of the
front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag
depending on the characteristic of item
(s) or person on the front passenger’s seat
monitored by the front passenger’s occupant detection system sensor. For this
reason, only the driver’s SRS frontal
airbag may deploy in the event of a
collision, but this does not mean failure
of the system.
If the front sub sensors and the impact
sensors in the airbag control module
detect a predetermined amount of force
during a frontal collision, the control
module sends signals to the airbag
module(s) (only driver’s module or both
driver’s and front passenger’s modules)
instructing the module(s) to inflate the
SRS frontal airbag(s). On driver’s side, the
SRS knee airbag also inflates with the
SRS frontal airbag.

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Driver’s side
Passenger’s side
SRS AIRBAGs deploy as soon as a collision occurs.
After deployment, SRS AIRBAGs start to deflate immediately so that the driver’s vision is not
obstructed.
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