Front seats........................................................... 1-2
Manual seat (if equipped) .................................... 1-4
Power seat (if equipped)...................................... 1-5
Head restraint adjustment.................................... 1-8
Seat heater (if equipped) .................................... 1-9
Front seat heater (if equipped) ............................ 1-10
Rear seat heater (if equipped) ............................. 1-10
Rear seats........................................................... 1-11
Reclining the seatback (Outback)........................ 1-11
Folding down the rear seatback .......................... 1-12
Head restraint adjustment................................... 1-14
Armrest ............................................................. 1-15
Seatbelts ............................................................. 1-16
Seatbelt safety tips............................................. 1-16
Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) ................... 1-17
Automatic Locking Retractor/Emergency Locking
Retractor (ALR/ELR) ......................................... 1-17
Seatbelt warning light and chime ........................ 1-17
Fastening the seatbelt ........................................ 1-17
Seatbelt maintenance ......................................... 1-24
Front seatbelt pretensioners ............................. 1-24
System monitors ................................................ 1-26
System servicing................................................ 1-26
Precautions against vehicle modification............ 1-27
Child restraint systems ..................................... 1-27
Where to place a child restraint system.............. 1-28
Choosing a child restraint system ...................... 1-30
Installing child restraint systems with ALR/ELR
seatbelt ........................................................... 1-30
Installing a booster seat..................................... 1-34
Installation of child restraint systems by use of
lower and tether anchorages (LATCH) .............. 1-35
Top tether anchorages ....................................... 1-38
*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint
System airbag)................................................ 1-41
General precautions regarding SRS airbag
system ............................................................ 1-41
Components...................................................... 1-48
SUBARU advanced frontal airbag system, SRS
seat cushion airbag, SRS side airbag and SRS
curtain airbag .................................................. 1-51
System operation............................................... 1-56
SRS airbag system monitors.............................. 1-68
SRS airbag system servicing ............................. 1-69
Precautions against vehicle modification............ 1-70
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
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