Seatbelt With Shoulder Belt And Lap Belt Pretensioners (Driver's Side - Except Australia Models) - Subaru Outback 2011 Owner's Manual

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
contact your SUBARU dealer as soon
as possible.
. If the front seatbelt retractor assem-
bly or surrounding area has been
damaged, we recommend that you
contact your SUBARU dealer as soon
as possible.
. When you sell your vehicle, we urge
you to explain to the buyer that it has
seatbelt pretensioners by alerting the
buyer to the contents of this section.
WARNING
. To obtain maximum protection,
the occupants should sit in an
upright position with their seat-
belts properly fastened. Refer to
"Seatbelts" F1-15.
. Do not modify, remove or strike
the front seatbelt retractor as-
semblies or surrounding area.
This could result in accidental
activation of the seatbelt preten-
sioners or could make the sys-
tem inoperative, possibly result-
ing in serious injury. Seatbelt
pretensioners have no user-ser-
viceable parts. For required ser-
vicing of front seatbelt retractors
equipped with seatbelt preten-
sioners, we recommend that
y o u c o n s u l t y o u r n e a r e s t
SUBARU dealer.
. When discarding front seatbelt
retractor assemblies or scrap-
ping the entire vehicle due to
collision damage or for other
reasons, we recommend that
you consult your SUBARU deal-
er.
& Seatbelt with shoulder belt
and lap belt pretensioners
(driver's side – except Aus-
tralia models)
1) Seatbelt retractor assembly (shoulder
belt pretensioner)
2) Lap belt pretensioner
On the driver's side, the shoulder belt
pretensioner is supplemented by a lap belt
pretensioner, which is located at the base
of the center pillar. Like the shoulder belt
pretensioner, the lap belt pretensioner
instantaneously pulls in the belt to elim-
inate slackness if a certain level of frontal
collision force is detected. As a result, the
belt restrains the driver more effectively.
When a seatbelt pretensioner is activated,
an operating noise will be heard and a