Subaru 2002 Forester Owner's Manual page 69

The vehicle strikes a tele-
phone pole or similar ob-
ject.
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n Examples of the types of accidents in which the SRS frontal
airbag will basically not deploy.
The SRS frontal airbag is basically not designed to deploy if the
vehicle is struck from side or from behind, or if it rolls onto its side or
roof, or if it is involved in a low-speed frontal collision.
The vehicle is struck from
behind.
HS0241
In an accident where the vehicle is impacted more than once, the
SRS frontal airbag deploys only once.
Example: In the case of a double collision, first with another vehicle,
then against a concrete wall in immediate succession, the SRS frontal
airbag is activated on the first impact but not on the second.
The vehicle slides under
a truck's load bed.
HS0239
The vehicle is struck from
the side.
HS0242
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
The vehicle sustains an
oblique offset frontal im-
pact.
The vehicle rolls onto its
side or roof.
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