Subaru Forester: Seatbelts / Fastening the seatbelt. Rear center seatbelt

- Center seatbelt tongue plate
- Anchor tongue plate
- Anchor buckle
- Center seatbelt buckle

WARNING
Fastening the seatbelt with the webbing
twisted can increase the risk or
severity of injury in an accident.
When fastening the belt after it is
pulled out from the retractor, especially
when inserting the anchor
tongue plate into the mating buckle
(on right-hand side), always check
that the webbing is not twisted.

WARNING
- Be sure to fasten both tongue
plates to the respective buckles.
If the seatbelt is used only as a
shoulder belt (with the anchor
tongue plate not fastened to the
connector’s buckle on the righthand
side), it cannot properly
restrain the wearer in position in
an accident, possibly resulting in
serious injury or death.
- The head restraint is not intended
to be used at the lowest position.
Before sitting on the seat, raise
the head restraint to the extended
position. Otherwise, in an accident,
serious injury or death
could result.

Rear center seatbelt is stowed in the
recess of the ceiling.
- Retrieve the anchor tongue plate from
the slot in the recess by pulling the anchor
tongue plate, then pull out the seatbelt
slowly.

- Pass the seatbelt through the belt
guide.

- After confirming that the webbing is not
twisted, insert the anchor tongue plate
attached at the webbing end into the
buckle on the right-hand side until a click sounds.
- If the belt stops before reaching the
buckle, return the belt slightly and pull it
out more slowly.
- If the belt still cannot be unlocked,
give it a strong pull and let it retract
slightly, then pull it out slowly again.

- Insert the center seatbelt tongue plate
into the center seatbelt buckle marked
“CENTER” on the left-hand side until it
clicks.

- To tighten the lap part, pull up on the
shoulder belt.
- Place the lap belt as low as possible on
the hips, not on the waist.
Button
Push the release button of the center
seatbelt buckle (on the left-hand side) to
unfasten the seatbelt.NOTE
When the seatback is folded down, it is
necessary to disconnect the connector...
Other information:
The SRS side airbag and SRS curtain
airbag are designed as follows:
To deploy in the event of an accident
involving a moderate to severe side impact
collision
To function on a one-time-only basis
The SRS side airbag and SRS curtain
airbag are not designed to deploy in the
following cases:
In most lesser side impacts
In most frontal or most rear impacts
(because the SRS side airbag and SRS
curtain airbag deployment would not protect
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...
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...