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

! Examples of the types of accidents in which the driver’s/driver’s and front passenger’s SRS
frontal airbag(s) will basically
not deploy

frontal airbags are not designed to deploy
in the following cases.
. If the vehicle is struck from the side or
from behind
. If the vehicle rolls onto its side or roof
. If the vehicle is involved in a low-speed
frontal collision

1)
2)

& SRS side airbag and SRS
curtain airbag
Your vehicle is equipped with a SUBARU
SRS curtain airbag system that complies
with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 226.

First impact
Second impact

In an accident where the vehicle is
impacted more than once, the driver’s
and/or front passenger’s SRS frontal
airbag(s) will deploy only once on the first
impact.

The driver’s and front passenger’s SRS

once either or both of the driver’s and front
passenger’s SRS frontal airbags is/are
activated on the first impact, it/they will not
be activated on the second impact.

Example: In the case of a double collision,
first with another vehicle, then against a
concrete wall in immediate succession,

The SRS side airbag is stored in the door
side of each front seat seatback.
In a moderate to severe side impact
collision, the SRS side airbag on the
impacted side of the vehicle deploys
between the occupant and the door panel
and supplements the seatbelt by reducing
the impact on the occupant’s chest and