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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/Child restraint systems

& Top tether anchorages

! Anchorage location

Your vehicle is equipped with two or three

! 4-door models

top tether anchorages so that a child

restraint system having a top tether can

be installed in the rear seat. When

installing a child restraint system using

top tether, proceed as follows, while

observing the instructions by the child

restraint system manufacturer.

Since a top tether can provide additional

stability by offering another connection

between a child restraint system and the

vehicle, we recommend that you use a top

7. Before seating a child in the child

tether whenever one is required or avail-

restraint system, try to move it back and

able.

forth and right and left to verify that it is

held securely in position.

8. To remove the child restraint system,

follow the reverse procedures of installa-

tion.

If you have any question concerning this

type of child restraint system, ask your

SUBARU dealer.

For left seat

For center seat

For right seat

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Three upper anchorages are installed on

! 5-door models

the rear shelf behind the rear seat.

the back side of the rear seatback.

! To hook the top tether

CAUTION

. Except for the center seating

position on 5-door models, re-

move the head restraint when

mounting a child restraint sys-

tem. Otherwise, it might be pos-

sible that the top tether cannot be

fastened tightly.

. For the center seating position on

5-door models, raise the center

head restraint to the extended

position when mounting a child

restraint system. Otherwise, it

will be impossible to use the

seatbelt guide that is attached

to the head restraint correctly.

The seatbelt guide is essential

for routing the belt webbing at

the center seating position. For

information about using the seat-

belt guide, refer to “Rear center

seatbelt on 5-door models” F1-

For left seat

16.

For center seat

For right seat

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint System airbag)

For the center seating position on 5-

*SRS airbag (Supplemental

door models, route the top tether under

Restraint System airbag)

the head restraint as illustrated below.

*SRS: This stands for supplemental re-

straint system. This name is used be-

cause the airbag system supplements the

vehicle’s seatbelts.

Your vehicle is equipped with a supple-

mental restraint system in addition to a

lap/shoulder belt at each front seating

position and each rear window-side seat-

ing positions. The supplemental restraint

4-door models

system (SRS) consists of seven airbags.

The configurations are as follows.

. Driver’s and front passenger’s frontal

Seatbelt guide

airbags

Seatbelt of the center seating position

. Driver’s and front passenger’s side

Top tether

airbags

2. Tighten the top tether securely.

. Curtain airbags (for driver, front pas-

senger, and window-side rear passen-

Please contact your SUBARU dealer if

gers)

you have any question regarding the

. Knee airbag for driver

installation of a child restraint system.

These SRS airbags are designed only

as a supplement to the primary protec-

tion provided by the seatbelt.

5-door models

The system also controls front seatbelt

1. Open the cover (4-door models) and

pretensioners. For operation instructions

attach the top tether hook to the appro-

and precautions concerning the seatbelt

priate upper anchorage.

pretensioner, refer to “Front seatbelt pre-

tensioners” F1-20.

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