airbag SUBARU FORESTER 2001 SF / 1.G Owner's Guide
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Examples of the types of accidents in which it is possible that
the SRS frontal airbag will deploy.
The SRS frontal airb ag may b e ac tivated when the ve hic le sustains a
hard imp ac t in the und erc arriag e area from the road surfac e (suc h as
when the vehic le p lung es into a d eep d itc h, is seve rely b ump ed or
knoc ked hard ag ainst an ob stac le on the road suc h a s a c urb ).
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n Examples of the types of accidents in which the SRS frontal
airbag is unlikely to deploy.
There are many typ es of c ollisions whic h mig ht not nec essarily req uire
SRS frontal airb ag d ep loyment. If the vehic le strik es an ob jec t, suc h
as a telep hone p ole or sig n p ole, or if it slid es u nd er a truc k’s load
b ed , or if it sustains an ob liq ue offset frontal im p ac t, the SRS frontal
airb ag may not d ep loy d ep end ing on the level of ac c id ent forc es in-
volved .
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The vehicle strikes a tele- phone pole or similar ob- ject.
The vehicle slides under a truck
’s load bed. The vehicle sustains anoblique offset frontal im- pact.
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Examples of the types of accidents in which the SRS frontal
airbag will basically not deploy.
The SRS frontal airb ag is b asic ally not d esig ned to d ep loy if the
vehic le is struc k from sid e or from b ehind , or if i t rolls onto its sid e or
roof, or if it is involved in a low-sp eed frontal c ollision.
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The vehicle is struck from behind.
The vehicle is struck fromthe side.The vehicle rolls onto itsside or roof.
In an ac c id ent where the vehic le is imp ac ted more t
han onc e, the
SRS frontal airb ag d ep loys only onc e on the first i mp ac t.
Examp le: In the c ase of a d oub le c ollision, first w ith another vehic le,
then ag ainst a c onc rete wall in immed iate suc c essio n, the SRS frontal
airb ag is ac tivated on the first imp ac t b ut not on the sec ond .