Subaru WRX & WRX STI Manuals 2017 WRX & WRX STI Owner’s Manual | Page 86

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

part of the SRS curtain airbag
system (from the front pillar to the
part of the roof side over the rear
seat). Doing so can cause burns
because the components can be
very hot as a result of deployment.

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the visible damage done to the vehicle
itself.
! Example of the type of accident
in which the SRS side airbag will
most likely deploy.

The SRS side airbag and SRS curtain
airbag are designed to deploy in the event
of an accident involving a moderate to
severe side impact collision. They are not
designed to deploy in most lesser side
impact. Also, they are not designed to
deploy in most frontal or most rear impacts
because SRS side airbag and SRS
curtain airbag deployment would not help
the occupant in those situations.
The SRS curtain airbags are also designed to deploy when the vehicle is in an
extremely inclined state such as during a
rollover. They are not designed to deploy
in most less inclined states.

A severe side impact near the front seat.

Each SRS side airbag and SRS curtain
airbag are designed to function on a onetime-only basis.
SRS side airbag and SRS curtain airbag
deployment depend on the level of force
experienced in the passenger compartment during a side impact collision. That
level differs from one type of collision to
another, and it may have no bearing on
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