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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
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take the following actions.
" Ensure that no article is placed on the seat other
than the occupant.
" Ensure that there is no article left in the seat-
back pocket.
If the ON indicator still illuminates while the OFF
indicator extinguishes despite the fact that the ac-
tions noted above have been taken, seat the child/
small adult in the rear seat and immediately con-
tact your SUBARU dealer for an inspection. Even
if the system has passed the dealer inspection, it
is recommended that on subsequent trips the
child/small adult always take the rear seat.
Children who have outgrown a child restraint system
should always wear the seatbelt irrespective of wheth-
er the airbag is deactivated or activated.
! Conditions in which front passenger’s SRS
frontal airbag is activated
The front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag will be acti-
vated for deployment upon impact when any of the fol-
lowing conditions is met regarding the front passen-
ger’s seat.
" When the seat is occupied by an adult.
" When a heavy article is placed on the seat.
When the front passenger’s seat is occupied by an
adult, observe the following precautions. Failure to do
so may lessen the load on the front passenger’s seat,
deactivating the front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag
despite the fact that the seat is occupied by an adult.
" Do not allow the rear seat occupant to lift the front
passenger’s seat cushion using his/her feet.
" Do not place any article under the front passenger’s
seat, or squeeze any article from behind and under the
seat. This may lift the seat cushion.
" Do not squeeze any article between the front pas-
senger’s seat and side trim/pillar, door or center con-
sole box. This may lift the seat cushion.
" If the passenger’s frontal airbag OFF indicator
illuminates and the ON indicator extinguishes
even when the front passenger’s seat is occu-
pied by an adult
This can be caused by the adult incorrectly sitting in
the front passenger’s seat. Turn the ignition switch to
the “OFF” position. Ask the front passenger to set the
seatback to the upright position, sit up straight in the
center of the seat cushion, correctly fasten the seat-
belt, position his/her legs out forward, and adjust the
seat to the rearmost position. If the OFF indicator re-
mains illuminated while the ON indicator remains ex-
tinguished, take the following actions.
" Ensure that there is no article, book, shoe, etc.
trapped under the seat, at the rear of the seat, or on
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