2005 SUBARU LEGACY driver seat adjustment

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
Front seats .................................................... 1-2 Manual seat ....................................................... 1-3
Power seat (if equipped) .................................. 1-5
Reclining the seatback ..................................... 1-6
Head restraint adjustment ................................ 1-8
Active head restraint ........................................ 1-8
Lumbar support (if equipped) .......................... 1-9
Seat heater (if equipped) .............................. 1-10
Rear seats ..................................................... 1-11 Folding down the rear seat – Station wagon .. 1-12
Head restraint adjustment ................................ 1-12
Armrest (if equipped) ................................... 1-14 Loading long objects (Sedan) .......................... 1-15
Seatbelts ....................................................... 1-16 Seatbelt safety tips ........................................... 1-16
Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) .............. 1-18
Automatic/Emergency Locking Retractor (A/ELR) ............................................................ 1-18
Seatbelt warning light and chime .................... 1-19
Fastening the seatbelt ...................................... 1-21
Seatbelt maintenance ....................................... 1-33
Front seatbelt pretensioners ....................... 1-33 System monitors ............................................... 1-35
System servicing .............................................. 1-36
Precautions against vehicle modification ...... 1-37
Child restraint systems ................................ 1-38 Where to place a child restraint system ......... 1-40
Choosing a child restraint system .................. 1-41
Installing child restraint systems with A/ELR seatbelt ............................................................ 1-42 Installing a booster seat ................................... 1-47
Installation of child restraint systems by use
of lower and tether anchorages (LATCH) .... 1-49
Top tether anchorages ..................................... 1-55
*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint System airbag) ........................................... 1-59Vehicle with SRS airbags and lap/shoulder restraints for driver, front passenger, and
window-side rear passengers ....................... 1-59
Subaru advanced frontal airbag system ........ 1-65
SRS side airbag and SRS curtain airbag ........ 1-80
SRS airbag system monitors ........................... 1-89
SRS airbag system servicing .......................... 1-91
Precautions against vehicle modification ...... 1-92

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!Seat cushion height adjustment (driver’s seat)
The height of the seat can be adjusted by moving the
seat cushion adjustment lever up and down.
When the lever is pushed down, the seat is lowered.
When the lever is pulled up, the seat rises. !
Power seat (if equipped)
! Fore and aft adjustment
To adjust the seat forward or backward, move the con-
trol switch forward or backward.
NOTE
During backward-forward adjustment of the seat,
you cannot adjust the seat cushion angle or seat
height.
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!Seat cushion angle adjustment (Driver’s seat
only)
To adjust the seat cushion angle, pull up or push down
the front end of the control switch. !
Seat height adjustment (Driver’s seat only)
To adjust the seat height, pull up or push down the
rear end of the control switch.
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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
Do not attach accessories to the windshield, or
fit an extra-wide mirror over the rear view mir-
ror. If the SRS airbag deploys, those objects
could become projectiles that could seriously
injure vehicle occupants.
! Driver’s SRS frontal airbag
The driver’s SRS frontal airbag uses a dual stage in-
flator. The inflator operates in different ways depend-
ing on the severity of impact, backward-forward ad-
justment of the driver’s seat position and whether or not he/she is wearing the seatbelt.
The backward-forward adjustment of the driver’s seat
position is monitored by the driver’s seat position sen-
sor under the driver’s seat.
Whether or not the driver is wearing the seatbelt is
monitored by the seatbelt buckle switch.
Observe the following precautions. Failure to do so
may cause the seatbelt buckle switch and/or the seat
position sensor to malfunction, preventing the Subaru
advanced frontal airbag system from functioning cor-
rectly or causing the system to fail."
Do not place articles/metal objects or install any ac-
cessory other than a genuine SUBARU accessory un-
der the driver’s seat. Do not allow the rear seat occu-
pant to kick the driver’s seat or push up its bottom sur-
face with his/her feet. " Do not place a magnet near the seatbelt buckle or
under the driver’s seat.
If the seatbelt buckle switch and/or the driver’s seat
position sensor have failed, the SRS airbag system
warning light will illuminate. Although the driver’s SRS
frontal airbag can deploy regardless of the backward-
forward adjustment of the driver’s seat position even
when the warning light is on, have the system inspect-
ed by your SUBARU dealer immediately if the SRS
airbag system warning light comes on.
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!Operation
A) Driver’s side
B) Passenger’s side
The SRS airbag can function only when the ignition switch is in the “ON” position.
The Subaru advanced frontal airbag system is de-
signed to determine activation or deactivation condi-
tion of the front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag de-
pending on the total load on the front passenger’s seat
monitored by the front passenger’s occupant detection
system weight sensor. For this reason, only the driv-
er’s SRS frontal airbag may deploy in the event of a
collision, but this does not mean failure of the system.
If the front sub sensors inside both front fenders and
the impact sensors in the airbag control module detect
a predetermined amount of force during a frontal colli-
sion, the control module sends signals to the airbag
module(s) (only driver’s module or both driver’s and
front passenger’s modules) instructing the module(s)
to inflate the SRS frontal airbag(s). The driver’s and
front passenger’s SRS frontal airbags use dual stage
inflators. The two inflators of each airbag are triggered
either sequentially or simultaneously, depending on
the severity of impact, backward-forward adjustment
of the driver’s seat position and fastening/unfastening
of the seatbelt in the case of the driver’s SRS frontal
airbag and depending on the severity of impact and
the total load on the seat in the case of the front pas-
senger’s SRS frontal airbag. After the deployment, the
SRS airbag immediately start to deflate so that the
driver’s vision is not obstructed. The time required
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