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Chapter 12: Specifications
This chapter informs you about dimension
and capacities of your SUBARU.
Chapter 13: Supplement
This chapter informs you of supplemen-
tary information complied with some
countries' requirements.
Chapter 14: Index
This is an alphabetical listing of all that's in
this manual. You can use it to quickly find
something you want to read.
& Safety warnings
You will find a number of WARNINGs,
CAUTIONs and NOTEs in this manual.
These safety warnings alert you to poten-
tial hazards that could result in injury to
you or others.
Please read these safety warnings as well
as all other portions of this manual care-
fully in order to gain a better understand-
ing of how to use your SUBARU vehicle
safely.
WARNING
A WARNING indicates a situation in
which serious injury or death could
result if the warning is ignored.
CAUTION
A CAUTION indicates a situation in
which injury or damage to your
vehicle, or both, could result if the
caution is ignored.
NOTE
A NOTE gives information or sugges-
tions how to make better use of your
vehicle.
& Safety symbol
You will find a circle with a slash through it
in this manual. This symbol means "Do
not", "Do not do this", or "Do not let this
happen", depending upon the context.
& Abbreviation list
You may find several abbreviations in this
manual. The meanings of the abbrevia-
tions are shown in the following list.
Abbreviation Meaning
A/C Air conditioner
Automatic/Emergency locking
A/ELR
retractor
ABS Anti-lock brake system
ALR Automatic locking retractor
AWD All-wheel drive
Continuously variable trans-
CVT
mission
Continuously variable trans-
CVTF
mission fluid
Electronic brake force distri-
EBD
bution
ELR Emergency locking retractor
GPS Global positioning system
HID High intensity discharge
INT Intermittent
LED Light emitting diode
LHD Left-hand drive
MPW Maximum permissible weight
MT Manual transmission
OBD On-board diagnostics