2004 SUBARU LEGACY headrest

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
Front seats .................................................... 1-2 Fore and aft adjustment ................................... 1-3
Seat cushion angle and height adjustment (Power seat only) ........................................... 1-4
Reclining the seatback ..................................... 1-5
Head restraint adjustment ................................ 1-7
Lumbar support (if equipped) .......................... 1-8
Seat heater (if equipped) .............................. 1-9
Rear seats ..................................................... 1-10 Armrest (if equipped) ........................................ 1-11
Headrest adjustment – Rear center seating position on Station wagon ............................ 1-13
Folding down the rear seat – Station wagon .. 1-14
Seatbelts ....................................................... 1-18 Seatbelt safety tips ........................................... 1-18
Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) .............. 1-19
Automatic/Emergency Locking Retractor (A/ELR) ............................................................ 1-20
Seatbelt warning light and chime ................... 1-20
Fastening the seatbelt ...................................... 1-20
Seatbelt maintenance ....................................... 1-31
Seatbelt extender ......................................... 1-32
Front seatbelt pretensioners ....................... 1-34 System monitors ............................................... 1-35
System servicing .............................................. 1-36
Precautions against vehicle modification ...... 1-37
Child restraint systems ................................ 1-37 Where to place a child restraint system ......... 1-39
Choosing a child restraint system .................. 1-41 Installing child restraint systems with A/ELR
seatbelt ............................................................ 1-41
Installing a booster seat ................................... 1-46
Installation of child restraint systems by use
of lower and tether anchorages (LATCH) .... 1-48
Top tether anchorages ..................................... 1-52
*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint System airbag) ........................................... 1-57Vehicle with driver’s and front passenger’s SRS airbags and lap/shoulder restraints ..... 1-57
SRS frontal airbag ............................................ 1-62
SRS side airbag (if equipped) .......................... 1-70
SRS airbag system monitors ........................... 1-78
SRS airbag system servicing .......................... 1-79
Precautions against vehicle modification ...... 1-80

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and heavier than 55 lbs (25 kg). Such objects
can interfere with the driver’s proper operation
of the car, possibly causing an accident and se-
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Headrest adjustment – Rear center
seating position on Station wagon
To raise the headrest, pull it up. To lower it, push the
headrest down while pressing the release button on
the top of the seatback.
When the rear center seating position is occupied,
place the headrest in its highest position. When the
rear center seating position is not occupied, lower the
headrest to improve rearward visibility.
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1. Lower the headrests.
2. Unlock the seatback by pulling the release knob
and then fold the seatback down. TFolding down the seat cushion and seatback
1. Move the front seat forward.
2. Close the rear passengers’ cup holder and ashtray.
3. Remove the headrests (if so equipped).
Window-side seating positions: Pull the headrest
up while pressing the release button located on the
backside of the seatback. Center seating position:
Pull the headrest up while
pressing the release button located on the top of the
seatback.
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6. Unlock the seatback by pulling the release knob
and fold the seatback down. Confirm that the pin locat-
ed at the bottom of the seat cushion is inserted into the
slot at the top of the seatback. 7. Install the headrests (if so equipped) onto the back-
side of the seatback (window-side positions only).
To return the rear seat to its original position, raise the
seatback and seat cushion until they lock into place
and make sure that they are securely locked.
Make sure that the rear seatbelts are not under the
seat cushion or seatback.
Place the headrests (if so equipped) back in their nor-
mal position.
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Station wagon
A) Center anchorage
B) Left (right) anchorage
Three anchorages, i.e., ones for the right, center and
left positions, are already installed on the rear shelf (on Sedan) or on the rear edge of the roof (on Station
wagon). T
To hook the top tether
V Sedan
1. Remove the headrest at the seating position where
the child seat has been installed with the seatbelt or
lower anchorages; lift up the headrest while pressing
the release button.
Store the headrest in the cargo area. Avoid placing the
headrest in the passenger compartment to prevent it
from being thrown around in the passenger compart-
ment in a sudden stop or a sharp turn.
TOP TETHER
A B
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2. Fasten the top tether hook of the child restraint sys-
tem to the appropriate upper anchorage. 3. Tighten the top tether securely.
Do not route the top tether over the headrest. It
may happen that the top tether cannot be fas-
tened tightly.
When the child restraint system is to be se-
cured using the top tether, pass the top tether
under the headrest between the headrest stay
posts. If the top tether still cannot be fastened
tightly, remove the headrest.
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Station wagon0
Window-side seating position Center seating position
1. Remove the headrest (if so equipped) at the seat- ing position where the child restraint system has been
installed with the seatbelt or lower anchorages; lift up
the headrest while pressing the release button. Store
the headrest in the cargo area. Avoid placing the
headrest in the passenger compartment to prevent it
from being thrown around in the passenger compart-
ment in a sudden stop or a sharp turn.
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2. Fasten the top tether hook of the child restraint sys-
tem to the appropriate upper anchorage.
3. Tighten the top tether securely.
Always remove the headrest when mounting a
child restraint system with a top tether. Other-
wise, it may happen that the top tether cannot
be fastened tightly. *SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint
System airbag) *SRS: This stands for supplemental restraint system.
This name is used because the airbag system supple- ments the vehicle’s seatbelts. „
Vehicle with driver’s and front passen-
ger’s SRS airbags and lap/shoulder re-
straints
Your vehicle is equipped with a supplemental restraint
system in addition to a lap/shoulder belt at each front
seating position.
The supplemental restraint system (SRS) consists of
two airbags (driver’s and front passenger’s frontal air-
bags) or four airbags (driver’s and front passenger’sfrontal airbags and driver’s and front passenger’s
side airbags).
These SRS airbags are designed only as a supple-
ment to the primary protection provided by the
seatbelt.
The system also controls front seatbelt pretensioners.
For operation, instructions are precautions concerning
the seatbelt pretensioner, see the “Front seatbelt pre-
tensioners” section in this chapter.
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