Seats; Safety Tips - Subaru Ascent 2023 Manual

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Seats

1-1. Seats
& Safety tips
! Safety tips for seat
WARNING
. Never adjust the seat while driv-
ing, as personal injury or loss of
vehicle control may occur.
. Before adjusting the seat, ensure
nothing is blocking the adjusting
mechanism.
. After adjusting the seat, move it
back and forth to ensure the seat
is securely locked. If it is not, it
may move suddenly or the seat-
belt may not operate properly.
. Do not put objects under the front
seats. They may interfere with the
front seat locking mechanism
and cause an accident.
. Seatbelts provide maximum re-
straint when the occupant sits
back and upright in the seat. To
reduce the risk of sliding under
the seatbelt in a collision, the
front seatbacks should always
be used in the upright position
while the vehicle is running. If the
front seatbacks are not in the
upright position and a collision
occurs, the risk of sliding under
the lap belt and of the lap belt
sliding up over the abdomen will
increase, and both can result in
serious injury or death.
. The SRS airbags deploy with
considerable speed and force.
Occupants who are not seated
in the proper upright position
when the SRS airbag deploys
could suffer very serious injuries.
Because the SRS airbag needs
enough space for deployment,
the driver should always sit up-
right and well back in the seat as
far from the steering wheel as
practical while still maintaining
full vehicle control, and the front
passenger should move the seat
as far back as possible and sit
upright and well back in the seat.
WARNING
Seat children in the rear seat prop-
erly restrained at all times. The SRS
airbag deploys with considerable
speed and force and can injure or
even kill children, especially if they
are not restrained or improperly
restrained. Because children are
lighter and weaker than adults, their
risk of being injured from deploy-
ment is greater. For that reason, we
strongly recommend that ALL chil-
dren (including those in child re-
straint systems and those that have
outgrown child restraint devices) sit
in the REAR seat properly restrained
at all times in a child restraint device
or in a seatbelt, whichever is appro-