2001 SUBARU FORESTER rear view mirror

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Adjust the seatback to upright position. Sit well back and upright.
Move the seat as far from the steering wheel as practical.
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Never hold a child on your lap or in your arms in the front passenger’s
seat or any other seat.
Adjust the seatback to upright position. Sit well back and upright.
Move the seat as far back as possible.
WARNING
Do not put any objects over the steering wheel pad and dash-
board. If the SRS frontal airbag deploys, those objects could in-
terfere with its proper operation and could be propelled inside the
vehicle and cause injury. Do not attach accessories to the windshield, or fit an extra-
wide mirror over the rear view mirror. If the SRS airbag deploys,those objects could become projectiles that could seriously in-jure vehicle occupants.

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Do not put any objects over the steering wheel pad and dashboardDo not attach accessories to the windshield, or fit an extra-wide mir-
ror over the rear view mirror.
The d river ’s SRS frontal airb ag is stowed in the c enter p ortio n of the
steering wheel. The p asseng er ’s SRS frontal airb ag is stowed near the
top of the d ashb oard und er an “SRS AIRBAG ” mark.
In a mod erate to severe frontal c ollision, the d riv er’s and front p assen-
g er ’s SRS frontal airb ag s d ep loy and sup p lement the sea tb elts b y red uc -
ing the imp ac t on the d river ’s and front p asseng er ’s head and c hest.
Operation
CAUTION
Do not touch the SRS airbag system components around the steering wheel and dashboard with bare hands right after deploy-ment. Doing so can cause burns because the components can bevery hot as a result of deployment.

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c ient slac k in the c hains taking tig ht-turn situati
ons into ac c ount; how-
ever, b e c areful not to let them d rag on the g round .
For more information ab out the safety c hain c onnec t ion, refer to the
instruc tions for your hitc h and trailer. n Side mirrors
After hitc hing a trailer to your vehic le, c hec k tha t the stand ard sid e
mirrors p rovid e a g ood rearward field of view witho ut sig nific ant b lind
sp ots. If sig nific ant b lind sp ots oc c ur with the ve hic le’s stand ard sid e
mirrors, use towing mirrors that c onform with Fed er al, state/p rovinc e
and /or other ap p lic ab le reg ulations.
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n Trailer lights CAUTION
Direct splicing or other improper connection of trailer lights may
damage your vehicle ’s electrical system and cause a malfunction
of your vehicle ’s lighting system.
Connec tion of trailer lig hts to your vehic le ’s elec tric al system req uires
mod ific ations to the vehic le ’s lig hting c irc uit to inc rease its c ap ac ity
and ac c ommod ate wiring c hang es. To ensure the trail er lig hts are
c onnec ted p rop erly, p lease c onsult your SUBARU d eal er. Chec k for
p rop er op eration of the turn sig nals and the b rake lig hts and p arking
lig hts eac h time you hitc h up .

12-4Fuses and circuits
Fuse panel located behind the coin tray
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Fuse panel
Fuse ratingCircuit
115A Heater fan
215AHeater fan
315APower d oor loc k
420ACig arette lig hter
Remote c ontrolled rear view mirrors
510ATail lig ht
Parking lig ht
615ASRS airb ag
715AFog lig ht
820AABS solenoid
915ARad io
Cloc k
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