Subaru WRX-STI Owner's Manual page 77

If your vehicle has sustained impact, this
may affect the proper function of the front
passenger s SRS frontal airbag system.
We recommend that you have your
vehicle inspected at your SUBARU dealer.
Do not use the front passenger s seat
while driving the vehicle to your SUBARU
dealer or another service center.
NOTE
The front passenger's SRS side airbag
and SRS curtain airbag are not con-
trolled by the SRS frontal airbag sys-
tem.
! Passenger's frontal airbag ON and
OFF indicators (if equipped)
Refer to Front passenger s frontal airbag
ON and OFF indicators F3-17.
! Conditions in which front passen-
ger's SRS frontal airbag is not
activated (models with occupant
detection system)
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 an appro-
priate child restraint system and an infant
is restrained in it. (See WARNING that
follows.)
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint System airbag)
. The system is being checked after the
ignition switch is turned to the
position.
. The front passenger s occupant detec-
tion system is malfunctioning.
WARNING
NEVER INSTALL A FORWARD OR
REARWARD FACING CHILD SEAT
IN THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT
EVEN IF THE FRONT PASSEN-
GER'S SRS FRONTAL AIRBAG IS
DEACTIVATED. Be sure to install it
in the REAR seat in a correct
manner. Also, it is strongly recom-
mended that any forward facing
child seat or booster seat be in-
stalled in the REAR seat, and that
even children who have outgrown a
child restraint system be also
seated in the 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 de-
ploy. REAR seats are the safest
place for children.
CAUTION
ON
When the front passenger's seat is
occupied by an infant in an appro-
priate child restraint system, ob-
serve the following precautions.
Failure to do so may interfere with
the proper operation of the occu-
pant detection system, activating
the front passenger's SRS frontal
airbag even though that seat is
occupied by the infant in the child
restraint system.
. Do not place any article (includ-
ing electronic devices) on the
seat other than the infant in the
child restraint system.
. Do not place more than one
infant in the child restraint sys-
tem.
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