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Front seatbelt pretensioners

Once the seatbelt pretensioner has been

activated, the seatbelt retractor remains

locked. Consequently, the seatbelt can not

The driver’s and front passenger’s seat-

be pulled out and retracted and therefore

belts have a seatbelt pretensioner. The

must be replaced.

seatbelt pretensioners are designed to be

activated in the event of an accident

NOTE

involving a moderate to severe frontal

. Seatbelt pretensioners are not de-

and side collision and rollover accident.

signed to activate in minor impacts or

in rear impacts.

& Seatbelt with shoulder belt

. In the case of rollover accidents

pretensioner

– XV CROSSTREK models:

NOTE

As the curtain airbags deploy, the

driver’s side seatbelt pretensioner

The pretensioner sensor also serves as

This section is applicable to the follow-

a n d f r o n t p a s s e n g e r ’s s i d e

follows.

ing components.

shoulder belt pretensioner are acti-

. SRS frontal airbag sensor

. Except XV CROSSTREK models:

vated simultaneously.

. Side impact sensor

– Driver’s seatbelt

– Except XV CROSSTREK models:

– Front passenger’s seatbelt

If the sensor detects a certain predeter-

Seatbelt pretensioners are not acti-

. XV CROSSTREK models:

mined amount of force during frontal or

vated.

– Driver’s seatbelt

side collisions or rollover accidents, the

. In cases of frontal collisions, the

front seatbelt is quickly drawn back in by

following components will operate si-

the retractor to take up the slack so that

multaneously.

the belt more effectively restrains the

– Seatbelt pretensioner for driver

driver.

– Seatbelt pretensioner for front

passenger

When a seatbelt pretensioner is activated,

– SRS frontal airbag for driver

an operating noise will be heard and a

– SRS frontal airbag for front pas-

small amount of smoke will be released.

senger*

These occurrences are normal and not

– SRS side airbags (both sides) (if

harmful. This smoke does not indicate a

an offset frontal collision occurs)

fire in the vehicle.

– SRS curtain airbags (both sides)

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/Front seatbelt pretensioners

(if an offset frontal collision occurs)

. If either front seatbelt does not

equipped with seatbelt preten-

retract or cannot be pulled out due to

sioners, consult your SUBARU

*: This does not operate if the occupant

a malfunction or activation of the

dealer.

detection system deactivates airbag op-

pretensioner, contact your SUBARU

eration. For details, refer to “Front

. When discarding front seatbelt

dealer as soon as possible.

passenger’s SRS frontal airbag” F1-46 .

retractor assemblies or scrap-

. If the front seatbelt retractor assem-

. In cases of side collisions, the

ping the entire vehicle due to

bly or surrounding area has been

following components will operate si-

collision damage or for other

damaged, contact your SUBARU dealer

multaneously.

reasons, consult your SUBARU

as soon as possible.

dealer.

– SRS curtain airbag (impacted

. When you sell your vehicle, we urge

side)

you to explain to the buyer that it has

– SRS side airbag (impacted side)

seatbelt pretensioners by alerting the

(when any of the center pillar im-

buyer to the contents of this section.

pact sensors/front door impact sen-

sors sense an impact force)

WARNING

– Seatbelt pretensioner for driver

(when the driver’s side front door

. To obtain maximum protection,

impact sensor sense an impact

the occupants should sit in an

force)

upright position with their seat-

– Seatbelt pretensioner for front

belts properly fastened. Refer to

passenger (shoulder belt preten-

“Seatbelts” F1-11.

sioner only) (when the front pas-

. Do not modify, remove or strike

senger’s side front door impact

the front seatbelt retractor as-

sensor sense an impact force)

semblies or surrounding area.

. Pretensioners are designed to func-

This could result in accidental

tion on a one-time-only basis. In the

activation of the seatbelt preten-

event that a pretensioner is activated,

sioners or could make the sys-

both the driver’s and front passenger’s

tem inoperative, possibly result-

seatbelt retractor assemblies should

ing in serious injury. Seatbelt

be replaced only by an authorized

pretensioners have no user-ser-

SUBARU dealer. When replacing seat-

viceable parts. For required ser-

belt retractor assemblies, use only

vicing of front seatbelt retractors

genuine SUBARU parts.

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags -> Seatbelt with shoulder belt pretensioner for Your Subaru XV SUV First Generation (2010-2016)

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