Subaru XV Crosstrek owners manual page 81

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1-54 Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint System airbag) The driver’s and front passenger’s SRS CAUTION SRS airbag deployment depends on the frontal airbags use dual stage inflators. level of force experienced in the passen- The two inflators of each airbag are DonottouchtheSRSairbagsystem ger compartment during a collision. That triggered either sequentially or simulta-components around the steering level differs from one type of collision to neously, depending on the severity of wheel and dashboard with bare another, and it may have no bearing on impact, in the case of the driver’s SRS hands right after deployment. Doing the visible damage done to the vehicle frontal airbag and depending on the so can cause burns because the itself. severity of impact and the characteristiccomponents can be very hot as a !Exampleofaccidentinwhichthe of item(s) or person on the seat in the caseresult of deployment. driver’s/driver’s and front pas- of the front passenger’s SRS frontal senger’s SRS frontal airbag(s) airbag. The driver’s SRS frontal airbag and front will most likely deploy After deployment, the SRS airbag imme- passenger’s SRS frontal airbag are de- diately starts to deflate so that the driver’ssigned as follows. vision is not obstructed and the driver’s. to deploy in the event of an accident ability to maintain control of the vehicle isinvolving a moderate to severe frontal not impaired. The time required from collision detecting impact to the deflation of the. to function on a one-time-only basis SRS airbag after deployment is shorter The driver’s SRS frontal airbag and front than the blink of an eye. passenger’s SRS frontal airbag are not Both when only the driver’s SRS frontaldesigned as follows. airbag deploys and the driver’s and front. to deploy in most lesser frontal im- passenger’s SRS frontal airbags deploy, *1 pacts the driver’s and front passenger’s seatbelt. to deploy in most side or rear impacts pretensioners operate at the same time.or in most roll-over accidents*2 A head-on collision against a thick con- Whenthe SRS airbag deploys, a sudden, *1: Because the necessary protection can becrete wall at a vehicle speed of 12 to 19 fairly loud inflation noise will be heard andachieved by the seatbelt alone. mph (20 to 30 km/h) or higher activates some smoke will be released. These only the driver’s SRS frontal airbag or both occurrences are a normal result of the *2: Because deployment of only the driver’sdriver’s and front passenger’s SRS frontal deployment. This smoke does not indicateSRSfrontal airbag or both the driver’s and frontairbags. The airbag(s) will also be acti- a fire in the vehicle. passenger’s SRS frontal airbags would notvated when the vehicle is exposed to a protect the occupant in those situations.frontal impact similar in fashion and

owners manual Subaru XV

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