Subaru Forester: Rear seats / Window side seating position

Rear seats

Head restraints are installed in all secondrow seats and can be adjusted as described below...

Center seating position

CAUTION The head restraint is not intended to be used in the retracted position. Before sitting in the seat, raise the head restraint to the extended position...

Other information:

Subaru Forester 2019-2025 Owners Manual: Head restraints

WARNING The front seat head restraints are designed to be installed into the front seats only. The rear seat head restraints are designed to be installed into the rear seats only. Do not attempt to install the front seat head restraints into the rear seats, or the rear seat head restraints into the front seats...

Subaru Forester 2019-2025 Owners Manual: Reporting safety defects (U.S.A.)

If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Subaru of America, Inc. If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy campaign...