Subaru Legacy Outback 2006, Owner'S Manual

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
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an operating noise will be heard and a
small amount of smoke will be released.
These occurrences are normal and not
harmful. This smoke does not indicate a
fire in the vehicle.
Once the seatbelt pretensioner has been
activated, the seatbelt pretensioner re-
mains locked. Consequently, the seatbelt
can not be pulled out and retracted and
therefore must be replaced.
NOTE
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Seatbelt pretensioners are not de-
signed to activate in minor frontal im-
pacts, in side or rear impacts or in roll-
over accidents.
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The driver’s seat and passenger’s
seat pretensioners and frontal SRS air-
bag operate simultaneously.
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Pretensioners are designed to func-
tion on a one-time-only basis. In the
event that a pretensioner is activated,
we recommend that you have an autho-
rized SUBARU dealer replace both the
driver’s and front passenger’s seatbelt
retractor assemblies with genuine
SUBARU parts.
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If either front seatbelt does not re-
tract or cannot be pulled out due to a
malfunction or activation of the preten-
sioner, we recommend that you con-
tact your SUBARU dealer as soon as
possible.
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If the front seatbelt assembly or sur-
rounding area has been damaged, we
recommend that you contact your
SUBARU dealer as soon as possible.
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When you sell your vehicle, we urge
you to explain to the buyer that it has
seatbelt pretensioners by alerting him
to the contents of this section.
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System monitors
A diagnostic system continually monitors
the readiness of the seatbelt pretensioner
while the vehicle is being driven. The seat-
belt pretensioners share the control mod-
ule with the SRS airbag system. There-
fore, if any malfunction occurs in a seat-
belt pretensioner, the SRS airbag system
warning light will illuminate. The SRS air-
bag system warning light will show normal
system operation by lighting for approxi-
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To obtain maximum protection,
the occupants should sit in an up-
right position with their seatbelts
properly fastened. Refer to the
“Seatbelts” section in this chap-
ter.
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Do not modify, remove or strike
the front seatbelt assemblies or
surrounding area. This could re-
sult in accidental activation of the
seatbelt pretensioners or could
make the system inoperative, pos-
sibly resulting in serious injury.
Seatbelt pretensioners have no
user-serviceable parts. For re-
quired servicing of front seatbelt
assembly equipped with lap belt
pretensioners, we recommend
that you see your nearest
SUBARU dealer.
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When discarding front seatbelt re-
tractor assemblies or scrapping
the entire vehicle due to collision
damage or for other reasons, we
recommend that you consult your
SUBARU dealer.
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