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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint System airbag)
and OFF indicators do not work properly
even when the front passenger’s seat is
dry, do not allow anyone to sit on the front
passenger’s seat and have the occupant
detection system checked by your
SUBARU dealer.
Also, if luggage or electronic devices are
placed on the front passenger’s seat, this
may adversely affect the ability of the
system to determine deployment. This
may prevent the front passenger’s frontal
airbag ON and OFF indicators from working properly. Check that the indicators
work properly.
When the OFF indicator turns off and the
ON indicator illuminates, the front passenger’s frontal airbag may deploy during a
collision. Remove luggage and electronic
devices from the front passenger’s seat.
CAUTION
Electrical devices, such as cell
phones, laptops, portable music
players, or electronic games, especially when connected to the accessory power outlet and placed on the
front passenger’s seat or used by
the person sitting in the front passenger’s seat, may affect the operation of the occupant detection system. If the occupant detection sys-
tem warning light illuminates or
operates erratically when using an
electronic device in the vehicle, at
first try to relocate that device to
avoid it creating any interference. If
the device continues to cause interference, the use of that device in the
vehicle should be discontinued.
! Conditions in which front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag is not
activated
The front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag
will not be activated when any of the
following conditions are met regarding the
front passenger’s seat:
. The seat is empty.
. The seat is equipped with an appropriate child restraint system and an infant
is restrained in it. (See WARNING that
follows.)
. The front passenger’s occupant detection system is malfunctioning.
WARNING
NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FACING CHILD SEAT IN THE FRONT
PASSENGER’S SEAT EVEN IF THE
FRONT PASSENGER’S SRS FRONTAL AIRBAG IS DEACTIVATED. Be
sure to install it in the REAR seat in
a correct manner. Also, it is strongly
recommended that any forward facing child seat or booster seat be
installed in the REAR seat, and that
even children who have outgrown a
child restraint system be also
seated in the REAR seat. This is
because children sitting in the front
passenger’s seat may be killed or
severely injured should the front
passenger’s SRS frontal airbag deploy. REAR seats are the safest
place for children.
CAUTION
When the front passenger’s seat is
occupied by an infant in an appropriate child restraint system, observe the following precautions.
Failure to do so may interfere with
the proper operation of the occupant detection system, activating
the front passenger’s SRS frontal
airbag even though that seat is
occupied by the infant in the child
restraint system.
. Do not place any article (including electronic devices) on the
seat other than the infant in the
child restraint system.