Front seats........................................................... 1-2
Manual seat ........................................................ 1-3
Power seat (driver’s seat – if equipped) ............... 1-4
Head restraint adjustment.................................... 1-5
Active head restraint ........................................... 1-6
Seat heater (if equipped) .................................... 1-6
Rear seats............................................................ 1-7
Armrest .............................................................. 1-8
Head restraint adjustment.................................... 1-8
Reclining the seatback (if equipped) ................... 1-10
Folding down the rear seatback .......................... 1-10
Seatbelts ............................................................. 1-12
Seatbelt safety tips............................................. 1-12
Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) ................... 1-13
Automatic/Emergency Locking Retractor
(A/ELR) ............................................................ 1-13
Seatbelt warning light and chime ........................ 1-13
Fastening the seatbelt ........................................ 1-13
Seatbelt maintenance ......................................... 1-19
Front seatbelt pretensioners............................. 1-20
System monitors ............................................... 1-21
System servicing ............................................... 1-21
Precautions against vehicle modification............ 1-22
Child restraint systems ..................................... 1-22
Where to place a child restraint system.............. 1-23
Choosing a child restraint system ...................... 1-24
Installing child restraint systems with A/ELR
seatbelt ........................................................... 1-25
Installing a booster seat..................................... 1-28
Installation of child restraint systems by use of
lower and tether anchorages (LATCH) .............. 1-29
Top tether anchorages ....................................... 1-32
*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint
System airbag)................................................ 1-33
Models with SRS airbags and lap/shoulder
restraints for driver, front passenger, and
window-side rear passengers........................... 1-33
SUBARU advanced frontal airbag system ........... 1-37
SRS side airbag and SRS curtain airbag............. 1-47
SRS airbag system monitors.............................. 1-57
SRS airbag system servicing ............................. 1-58
Precautions against vehicle modification............ 1-59
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
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