Subaru 2011 Tribeca Owner's Manual page 238

! Conditions in which front passen-
ger's SRS frontal airbag is not
activated
The front passenger's SRS frontal airbag
will not be activated when any of the
following conditions are met regarding the
front passenger's seat.
. The seat is empty.
. The seat is equipped with a rearward
facing child restraint system and an infant
is restrained with it. (See WARNING that
follows.)
. The seat is equipped with a forward
facing child restraint system and a small
child is restrained with it. (See WARNING
that follows.)
. The seat is equipped with a booster
seat and a small child is in the booster
seat. (See WARNING that follows.)
. The seat is relieved of the occupant
load for a time exceeding the predeter-
mined monitoring time period.
. The seat is occupied by a child who
has outgrown a child restraint system
(See WARNING that follows.) or by a
small adult.
. The front passenger's occupant detec-
tion system is malfunctioning.
WARNING
NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FA-
CING CHILD SEAT IN THE FRONT
PASSENGER'S SEAT EVEN IF THE
FRONT PASSENGER'S SRS FRON-
TAL AIRBAG IS DEACTIVATED. Be
sure to install it in one of the rear
seating positions recommended in
this Owner's Manual in a correct
manner. Also, it is strongly recom-
mended that any forward facing
child seat or booster seat be in-
stalled in one of the rear seating
positions recommended in this
Owner's Manual, and that even
children who have outgrown a child
restraint system be also seated in a
REAR seat. This is because children
sitting in the front passenger's seat
may be killed or severely injured
should the front passenger's SRS
frontal airbag deploy. REAR seats
are the safest place for children.
When the front passenger's seat is occu-
pied by a child, observe the following
precautions. Failure to do so may increase
the load on the front passenger's seat,
activating the front passenger's SRS
frontal airbag even though that seat is
occupied by a child.
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
. Do not place any article on the seat
other than the child occupant and a child
restraint system.
. Do not place more than one child on
the seat.
. Do not install any accessory such as a
table or TV onto the seatback.
. Do not store a heavy load in the
seatback pocket.
. Do not allow the rear/second-row seat
occupant to place his/her hands or legs on
the front passenger's seatback, or allow
him/her to pull the seatback.
! If the front passenger's frontal air-
bag ON indicator illuminates and the
OFF indicator turns off even when
an infant or a small child is in a child
restraint system (including booster
seat)
Turn the ignition switch to the "LOCK"
position if the front passenger's frontal
airbag ON indicator illuminates and the
OFF indicator turns off even when an
infant or a small child is in a child restraint
system (including booster seat). Remove
the child restraint system from the seat. By
referring to the child restraint manufac-
turer's recommendations as well as the
child restraint system installation proce-
dures in the "Child restraint systems" F1-
31 section in this chapter, correctly install
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