Subaru Forester 2019-2025 Owners Manual / Appearance care / Cleaning the interior / Synthetic leather upholstery

Subaru Forester: Cleaning the interior / Synthetic leather upholstery

The synthetic leather material used on the SUBARU may be cleaned using mild soap or detergent and water, after first vacuuming or brushing away loose dirt. Allow the soap to soak in for a few minutes and wipe off with a clean, damp cloth. Commercial foam-type cleaners suitable for synthetic leather materials may be used when necessary.

CAUTION

Strong cleaning agents such as solvents, paint thinners, window cleaner or fuel must never be used on leather or synthetic interior materials. Doing so could damage the surface and cause the color to deteriorate.

Leather seat materials

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Water repellent seat material (if equipped) / Seatbelt

Water repellent seat material The water repellency of the seat fabric will decrease over time. Do not apply additional water repellent coating. Seatbelt For details about how to clean the seatbelt, refer to “Seatbelt maintenance”...

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Subaru Forester 2019-2025 Owners Manual: Seatbelt with shoulder belt pretensioner

NOTE This section is applicable to the following components. Rear passenger’s seatbelt (windowside) The pretensioner sensor also serves as follows. SRS frontal airbag sensor Side impact sensor Rollover sensor If the sensor detects a certain predetermined amount of force during frontal or side collisions or rollover accidents, any seatbelt that has a seatbelt pretensioner is quickly drawn back in by the retractor to take up the slack so that the belt more effectively restrains the seat occupant...

Subaru Forester 2019-2025 Owners Manual: State emission testing (U.S. only)

WARNING Only use a four-wheel dynamometer when testing an All-Wheel Drive model. Testing of an AWD model must NEVER be performed on a single two-wheel dynamometer. Attempting to do so will result in uncontrolled vehicle movement and may cause an accident or injuries to persons nearby...

Windshield wiper and washer switches

The wiper operates only when the ignition switch is in the “ON” or “ACC” position.