Subaru Forester: SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint System airbag) / Examples of the types of accidents in which deployment of the driver’s/driver’s
and front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag(s) is unlikely to occur

- The vehicle strikes an object, such as a
telephone pole or sign pole.
- The vehicle slides under the load bed of a
truck.
- The vehicle sustains an oblique offset
frontal impact.
- The vehicle sustains an offset frontal
collision.
- The vehicle strikes an object that can
move or deform, such as a parked
vehicle.
There are many types of collisions which
might not necessarily require deployment
of driver’s/driver’s and front passenger’s
SRS frontal airbag(s). In the event of
accidents like those illustrated, the driver’s/
driver’s and front passenger’s SRS
frontal airbag(s) may not deploy depending
on the level of accident forces involved.
Only the driver’s SRS frontal airbag or both
driver’s and fron..
The driver’s and front passenger’s SRS frontal airbags are not designed to
deploy
in most of the following cases.
If the vehicle is struck from the side or
from behind...
Other information:
The following are SUBARU’s recommendations
on where to place a child restraint
system in your vehicle.
WARNING
Several types of child restraint
systems may conceal the buckle
of the neighboring seat. If the
occupant of the neighboring seat
cannot correctly fasten the seatbelt,
that person must move to a
different seat...
WARNING
Before beginning work on or near
any battery, be sure to extinguish
all cigarettes, matches, and lighters.
Never expose a battery to an
open flame or electric sparks.
Batteries give off a gas which is
highly flammable and explosive...