System Monitors - Subaru Legacy Outback 2006 Owner's Manual

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
Seatbelt pretensioners are not de-
signed to activate in minor frontal im-
pacts, in side or rear impacts or in roll-
over accidents.
The driver's seat and passenger's
seat pretensioners and frontal SRS air-
bag operate simultaneously.
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.
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.
If the front seatbelt assembly or sur-
rounding area has been damaged, we
recommend that you contact your
SUBARU dealer as soon as possible.
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.
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.
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
SUBARU dealer.
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
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.

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-
nearest bag system warning light will show normal
system operation by lighting for approxi-
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