belt SUBARU LEGACY 2001 3.G Workshop Manual

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SRS frontal airbag
WARNING
NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FACING CHILD SAFETY SEAT
IN THE FRONT SEAT. DOING SO RISKS SERIOUS INJURY OR
DEATH TO THE CHILD BY PLACING THE CHILD ’S HEAD TOO
CLOSE TO THE SRS AIRBAG. Never allow a child to stand up, or to kneel on the front pas-
senger’ s seat, or never hold a child on your lap or in your arms.
The SRS airbag deploys with considerable force and can injure oreven kill the child. The SRS airbag deploys with considerable speed and force.
Occupants who are out of proper position when the SRS airbag
deploys could suffer very serious injuries. Because the SRS air-bag needs enough space for deployment, the driver should al-ways sit upright and well back in the seat as far from the steeringwheel as practical while still maintaining full vehicle control and
the front passenger should move the seat as far back as possibleand sit upright and well back in the seat. It is also important to wear your seatbelt to help avoid injuriesthat can result when the SRS airbag contacts an occupant not inproper position such as one thrown toward the front of the carduring pre-accident braking.
HB0306 HB0307
Never install rearward facing child restraint system in the front passen-
ger’
s seat.
Never allow a child to stand up, or to kneel on the front passenger ’s
seat

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HB0308
Never hold a child on your lap or in your arms.HS0233
Adjust the seatback to upright position. Sit well back and upright.
Move the seat as far from the steering wheel as practical.
HB0290
Adjust the seatback to upright position. Sit well back and upright.
Move the seat as far back as possible.
WARNING
Do not put any objects over the steering wheel pad and dash-
board. If the SRS frontal airbag deploys, those objects could in-
terfere with its proper operation and could be propelled inside the
vehicle and cause injury. Do not attach accessories to the windshield, or fit an extra-
wide mirror over the rear view mirror. If the SRS airbag deploys,those objects could become projectiles that could seriously in-jure vehicle occupants.

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SRS airbags deploy as soon as a collision occurs. After deployment, SRS airbags start to deflate immediately so that the driver
’s
vision is not obstructed.
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Driver’
s side Passenger ’s side
The SRS airb ag c an func tion only when the ig nition switc h is in the
“ ON ” p osition.
If the front sub sensors insid e the b oth front fend ers and the imp ac t
sensors in the airb ag c ontrol mod ule d etec t a c erta in p red etermined
amount of forc e d uring a frontal c ollision, the c on trol mod ule send s
sig nals to the frontal airb ag mod ules instruc ting t hem to inflate the
SRS frontal airb ag s. Then b oth airb ag mod ules p rod u c e g as, whic h
instantly inflates d river ’s and p asseng er ’s SRS frontal airb ag s. After
the d ep loyment, the SRS airb ag s immed iately start t o d eflate so that
the d river ’s vision is not ob struc ted . The time req uired from d etec ting
imp ac t to the d eflating SRS airb ag after d ep loyment is shorter than
the b link of an eye.
The front p asseng er ’s SRS frontal airb ag d ep loys tog ether with d riv-
er ’s SRS frontal airb ag even when no one oc c up ies the front p assen-
g er ’s seat.
When the SRS frontal airb ag s d ep loy, the d river ’s and front p assen-
g er ’s seatb elt p retensioners op erate at the same time.
Althoug h it is hig hly unlikely that the SRS airb ag would ac tivate in a
non-ac c id ent situation, should it oc c ur, the SRS ai rb ag will d eflate
q uic kly, not ob sc uring vision and will not interfer e with the d river’s
ab ility to maintain c ontrol of the vehic le.

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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 ).
HB1057BA
HB1056BA
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 .
HB0311
HB1042BB
HB1041AB The vehicle sustains an oblique offset frontal impact.

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SRS side airbag (if equipped)
WARNING
The SRS aide airbag is designed as only a supplement to the
primary protection provided by the seatbelt. It does not do away with the need to fasten seatbelts. It is also important to wear your
seatbelt to help avoid injuries that can result when an occupant isnot seated in a proper upright position. Do not sit or lean unnecessarily close to either front door. The
SRS side airbag is stored in both front seat seatbacks next to the
door, and it provides protection by deploying rapidly (faster thanthe blink of an eye) in the event of a side impact collision. Howev-
er, the force of SRS side airbag deployment may cause injuries ifyour head or other body parts are too close to the SRS side air-bag. Do not rest your arm on either front door or its internal trim. It
could be injured in the event of SRS side airbag deployment. Never allow a child to kneel on the front passenger ’s seat fac-
ing the side window or to wrap his/her arms around the front seat
seatback. In the event of an accident, the force of SRS side airbag
deployment could seriously injure or even kill the child becausehis/her head or arms or other body parts are close to the side air-bag. Since your vehicle is also equipped with a passenger ’s SRS
frontal airbag, children aged 12 and under should be placed inthe rear seat anyway and should be properly restrained at alltimes.

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HS0353
Do not put any kind of cover over either seatback.Do not attach accessories to the door trim or near either side airbag and do not place objects near either side air- bag.
HB0366
The SRS sid e airb ag is stored in the d oor sid e of e ac h front seatb ac k,
whic h b ears an “SRS AIRBAG ” lab el.
In a mod erate to severe sid e imp ac t c ollision, the SRS sid e airb ag on the
imp ac ted sid e of the vehic le d ep loys b etween the oc c up ant and the
d oor p anel and sup p lements the seatb elt b y red uc ing the imp ac t on the
oc c up ant ’s c hest.
Operation
CAUTION
Do not touch the SRS side airbag system components around the front seatback with bare hands right after deployment. Doing socan cause burns because the components can be very hot as aresult of deployment.

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When the SRS sid e airb ag d ep loys, a sud d en, fairly
loud inflation
noise will b e heard and some smoke will b e released . These oc c ur-
renc es are normal result of the d ep loyment. This sm oke d oes not ind i-
c ate a fire in the vehic le.
The SRS sid e airb ag is d esig ned to d ep loy in the ev ent of an ac c id ent
involving a mod erate to severe sid e imp ac t c ollisio n. It is b asic ally not
d esig ned to d ep loy in lesser sid e imp ac t. Also, it is b asic ally not d e-
sig ned to d ep loy in frontal or rear imp ac ts b ec ause SRS sid e airb ag
d ep loyment would not help the oc c up ant in those sit uations.
Eac h SRS sid e airb ag is d esig ned to func tion on a o ne-time-only b a-
sis.
SRS sid e airb ag d ep loyment d ep end s on the level of forc e exp eri-
enc ed in the p asseng er c omp artment d uring a sid e im p ac t c ollision.
That level d iffers from one typ e of c ollision to an other, and it may have
no b earing on the visib le d amag e d one to the vehic l e itself.
n Example of the type of accident in which the SRS side airbag
will most likely deploy.
A severe sid e imp ac t near the front seat ac tivates the SRS sid e air-
b ag .
HB0313

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Examples of the types of accidents in which the SRS side air-
bag will basically not deploy.
The SRS sid e airb ag is b asic ally not d esig ned to d e p loy if the vehic le
is involved in a frontal c ollision or is struc k fro m b ehind . Examp les of
suc h ac c id ents are illustrated b elow.
HB1043BB
HB1046AB
In an ac c id ent where the vehic le is struc k from the sid e more than
onc e, the SRS sid e airb ag d ep loys only onc e on the first imp ac t.
Examp le: In the c ase of a d oub le sid e imp ac t c ollis ion, first with one
vehic le and immed iately followed b y another from th e same d irec tion,
the SRS sid e airb ag is ac tivated on the first imp ac t b ut not on the se-
c ond .
HB1071BB

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Flashing or flic kering of the ind ic ator lig ht.
No illumination of the warning lig ht when the ig nit ion switc h is first
turned to the “ON ” p osition.
Continuous illumination of the warning lig ht.
Illumination of the warning lig ht while d riving .
SRS airbag system servicing
WARNING
When discarding an airbag module or scrapping the entire car
damaged by a collision, consult your SUBARU dealer. The SRS airbag has no user-serviceable parts. Do not use
electrical test equipment on any circuit related to the SRS airbag
system. For required servicing of the SRS airbag, see your near-
est SUBARU dealer. Tampering with or disconnecting the sys-
tem’ s wiring could result in accidental inflation of the SRS airbag
or could make the system inoperative, which may result in seri-
ous injury. The wiring harnesses of the SRS airbag system arecovered with yellow insulation and system connectors are yellowfor easy identification.
CAUTION
If you need service or repair in areas listed below, we recommend
that you have an authorized SUBARU dealer perform the work. The
SRS airbag control module, impact sensors and airbag modules
are stored in these areas.
Under the center console
Inside each front fender
Steering wheel and column and nearby areas
Top of the dashboard on front passenger ’s side and nearby
areas Each front seat and nearby area (only for vehicle with SRS
side airbags) Inside each center pillar

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Replacement of seat fabric or leather (only for vehicles with
SRS side airbags) Installation of additional fabric or leather on the front seat
(only for vehicles with SRS side airbags)
Installation of additional electrical/electronic equipment such
as a mobile two-way radio on or near the SRS airbag system
components and/or wiring is not advisable. This could interferewith proper operation of the SRS airbag system.
CAUTION
Do not perform any of the following modifications. Such modifi-cations can interfere with proper operation of the SRS airbag sys-tem. Attachment of any equipment (brush bar, winches, snow plow,
skid plate, etc.) other than SUBARU genuine accessory parts tothe front end. Modification of the suspension system or front end structure.
Installation of a tire of different size and construction from the
tires specified on the tire placard attached to the door jamb. Attachment of any equipment (side steps or side sill protec-
tors, etc.) other than SUBARU genuine accessory parts to theside body (only for vehicles with side airbags).
Always c onsult your SUBARU d ealer if you want to in stall any ac c essory
p arts to your vehic le.