Subaru Outback 2011 Owner's Manual page 86

passenger compartment and
cause serious injuries. They
could also prevent proper opera-
tion of the SRS curtain airbags.
WARNING
Do not put any kind of cover or
clothes or other objects over either
front seatback and do not attach
labels or stickers to the front seat
surface on or near the SRS side
airbag. They could prevent proper
deployment of the SRS side airbag,
reducing protection available to the
front seat's occupant.
! Operation
Models with SRS side airbags and SRS
curtain airbags
The SRS side airbag and SRS curtain
airbag can function only when the ignition
switch is in the "ON" position.
The driver's and front passenger's SRS
side airbags and SRS curtain airbags
deploy independently of each other be-
cause each has its own impact sensor.
Therefore, they may not both deploy in the
same accident. Also, the SRS side airbag
and SRS curtain airbag deploy indepen-
dently of the driver's and front passen-
ger's SRS frontal airbags in the steering
wheel and instrument panel.
An impact sensor, which senses impact
force, is located in each of the following
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
locations.
. In the left and right center pillars
. In the left and right rear wheel houses
. In the airbag control module
If the impact sensor that is located in the
airbag control module and one of the
center pillar impact sensors together
sense an impact force above a predeter-
mined level in a side collision, the control
module causes both the SRS side airbag
and SRS curtain airbag on the impacted
side to inflate regardless of whether the
rear wheel house impact sensor on the
same side senses an impact.
If the impact sensor that is located in the
airbag control module and one of the rear
wheel house impact sensors together
sense an impact force above a predeter-
mined level in a side collision, the control
module causes only the SRS curtain
airbag on the impacted side to inflate.
After the deployment, the SRS side airbag
immediately starts to deflate. The time
required from detection of an impact to
deflation of an SRS side airbag after
deployment is shorter than the blink of
an eye. The SRS curtain airbag remains
inflated for a while following deployment
then slowly deflates.
The SRS side airbag and SRS curtain
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