Subaru 2008 TRIBECA Owner's Manual page 85

preventing deployment of the cur-
tain airbags.
Before hanging clothing on the coat
hooks, make sure there are no sharp
objects in the pockets. Hang cloth-
ing directly on the coat hooks with-
out using hangers.
WARNING
Do not put any kind of cover or
clothes or other objects over either
front seatback and do not attach
labels or stickers to the front seat
surface on or near the SRS side
airbag. They could prevent proper
deployment of the SRS side airbag,
reducing protection available to the
front seat's occupant.
! Operation
The SRS side airbag and SRS curtain
airbag can function only when the ignition
switch is in the "ON" position.
The driver's and front passenger's SRS
side airbags and SRS curtain airbags
deploy independently of each other since
each has its own impact sensor. There-
fore, they may not both deploy in the same
accident. Also, the SRS side airbag and
SRS curtain airbag deploys independently
of the driver's and front passenger's SRS
frontal airbags in the steering wheel and
instrument panel.
An impact sensor is located in each of the
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
left and right center pillars and rear wheel
houses. In addition, the rollover sensor is
inside the airbag control module. If a
center pillar impact sensor senses an
impact force above a predetermined level
in a side collision, the control module
causes both the SRS side airbag and
curtain airbag on the impacted side to
inflate regardless of whether the rear
wheel house impact sensor on the same
side senses an impact. If it is a rear wheel
house impact sensor alone that senses a
sufficiently strong impact force, the control
module causes only the SRS curtain
airbag on the impacted side to inflate. If
the rollover sensor detects rollover of the
vehicle, the control module inflates the
curtain airbag. After deployment, the SRS
side airbag immediately starts to deflate.
The time required from detection of an
impact to deflation of an SRS side airbag
after deployment is shorter than the blink
of an eye.
The SRS curtain airbag remains inflated
for a while following deployment then
slowly deflates.
The SRS side airbag and SRS curtain
airbag deploy even when no one occupies
the seat on the side on which an impact is
applied.
When the SRS side airbag and SRS
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