Subaru Forester: Seatbelt pretensioners / System servicing
WARNING
- When discarding a seatbelt retractor
assembly or scrapping
the entire vehicle damaged by a
collision, consult your SUBARU
dealer.
- Tampering with or disconnecting
the system’s wiring could result
in accidental activation of the
seatbelt pretensioner and/or
SRS airbag or could make the
system inoperative, which may
result in serious injury. Do not
use electrical test equipment on
any circuit related to the seatbelt
pretensioner and SRS airbag systems.
For required servicing of
the seatbelt pretensioner, consult
your nearest SUBARU dealer.
CAUTION
For the locations of the sensors and
control modules, refer to “Components”.
If you need service or repair in those
areas or near the front seatbelt retractors, have the work performed
by your authorized SUBARU dealer.
NOTE
If the front or side part of the vehicle is
damaged in an accident to the extent
that the seatbelt pretensioner does not
operate, contact your SUBARU dealer
as soon as possible.
Always consult your SUBARU dealer if you
want to install any accessory parts to your
vehicle.
CAUTION
Do not perform any of the following
modifications...
Other information:
Perform any of the following operations to
release the Auto Vehicle Hold function.
Depress the accelerator pedal.
Depress the brake pedal again.
Apply the electronic parking brake.
Shift the select lever to the “P” position
with the brake pedal pressed...
WARNING
If you wear an implanted pacemaker
or an implanted defibrillator, perform
the procedure described in
“By operating the driver’s door” to disable the keyless access
function. If you perform the procedure
described in “By operating the
access key fob”, the operation
of an implanted pacemaker or
implanted defibrillator may be affected
by the radio waves from the
transmitter antenna...