Subaru WRX-STI Owner's Manual page 52

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/Child restraint systems
Right-hand drive models
A: Front passenger's seat
Do not install a child restraint system
(including a booster cushion) due to the
hazard to children posed by the passen-
ger s airbag.
B: Rear seat, window-side seating
positions
Recommended positions for all types of
child restraint systems.
In these positions, the following equip-
ment is provided for installing a child
restraint system.
. Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR)
seatbelts
. Automatic Locking Retractor/Emer-
gency Locking Retractor (ALR/ELR) seat-
belts (if equipped)
. ISOFIX anchor bars
. Top tether anchorages
Some types of child restraints might not be
able to be secured firmly due to projection
of the seat cushion.
In this seating position, you should use
only a child restraint system that has a
bottom base that fits snugly against the
contours of the seat cushion and can be
securely retained using the seatbelt.
C: Rear seat, center seating position
Do not install a child restraint system
(including a booster seat).
WARNING
. Secure ALL types of child re-
straint devices (including for-
ward facing child seats) in the
REAR seats at all times. The SRS
airbag deploys with considerable
speed and force and can injure or
even kill children, especially if
they are 12 years of age and
under or 1.5 m (4 feet 11 inches)
tall or less and are not restrained
or improperly restrained. Be-
cause children are lighter and
weaker than adults, their risk of
being injured from deployment is
greater. According to accident
statistics, children are safer
when properly restrained in the
rear seating positions than in the
front seating positions.
. NEVER INSTALL A FORWARD
OR REARWARD FACING CHILD
SEAT IN THE FRONT PASSEN-
GER'S SEAT. DOING SO RISKS
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO
THE CHILD BY PLACING THE
CHILD'S HEAD TOO CLOSE TO
THE SRS AIRBAG.
. Never install a child restraint
system in the front passenger's
seat. The force of the rapid