2011 SUBARU TRIBECA Owners Manual

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creased.
1. Slide the seat or seat pair to its
rearmost position.
2. Place the booster seat in the rear
seating position and sit the child on it. The
child should sit well back on the boosterseat.
3. Run the lap and shoulder belt through
or around the booster seat and the child
following the instructions provided by its
manufacturer.
4. Insert the tongue plate into the buckle
until you hear a click. Take care not to
twist the seatbelt.
Make sure the shoulder belt is positioned
across the center of child ’s shoulder and
that the lap belt is positioned as low as
possible on the child ’s hips.
5. To remove the booster seat, press the
release button on the seatbelt buckle and
allow the belt to retract.
WARNING
. Never use a belt that is twisted or
reversed. In an accident, this can
increase the risk or severity of
injury to the child.
. Never place the shoulder belt
under the child ’s arm or behind
the child ’s back. If an accident
occurs, this can increase the risk
or severity of injury to the child.
. The seatbelt should fit snugly in
order to provide full restraint.
Loose fitting belts are not as effective in preventing or redu-
cing injury.
. Place the lap belt as low as
possible on the child ’s hips. A
high-positioned lap belt will in-
crease the risk of sliding under
the lap belt and of the lap belt
sliding up over the abdomen, and
both can result in serious inter-
nal injury or death.
. Make sure the shoulder belt is
positioned across the center ofchild ’s shoulder. Placing the
shoulder belt over the neck may
result in neck injury during sud-
den braking or in a collision.
& Installation of child restraint
systems by use of lower and
tether anchorages (LATCH)
WARNING
. Child restraint systems and seat-
belts can become hot in a vehicle
that has been closed up in sunny
weather; they could burn a small
child. Check the child restraint
system before you place a child
in it.
. Do not leave an unsecured child

restraint system in your vehicle.
Unsecured child restraint sys-
tems can be thrown around in-
side of the vehicle in a sudden
stop, turn or accident; they can
strike and injure vehicle occu-
pants as well as result in serious
injuries or death to the child.
CAUTION
When you install a child restraint
system, follow the manufacturer ’s
instructions supplied with it. After
installing the child restraint system,
check to ensure that it is held
securely in position. If it is not held
tight and secure, the danger of your
child suffering personal injury in the
event of an accident may be in-creased.
Some types of child restraint systems can
be installed in a rear seating position of
your vehicle without use of the seatbelts.
Such child restraint systems are secured
to the dedicated anchorages provided on
the vehicle body.
The lower and tether anchorages are
sometimes referred to as the LATCH
system ( Lower Anchors and Tethers for
CH ildren).
The second-row seat has four lower
anchorages (bars) and three upper an-
chorages (tether anchorages) for accom-
modating such child restraint systems.
The lower anchorages (bars) are used for
installing a child restraint system only on
the window-side seating positions. For
each window-side seating position, two
lower anchorages are provided.
Each lower anchorage is located where
the seat cushion meets the seatback. Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
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The tether anchorages (upper an-
chorages) are provided for all the seating
positions of the second-row seat.
On each outboard rear/second-row seat,
you will find marks “”at the bottom of the
seatback. Each lower anchorage is located where
the seat cushion meets the seatback.
CAUTION
When you install a child restraint
system, follow the manufacturer ’s
instructions supplied with it. After
installing the child restraint system,
check to ensure that it is held
securely in position. If it is not held
tight and secure, the danger of your
child suffering personal injury in the
event of an accident may be in-creased.
1. Slide the seat or seat pair to its
rearmost position.
2. Make the clearance between the seat cushion and seatback a little wider to
locate the two anchorages (bars) for the
position where you want to install the child
restraint system.
3. While following the instructions sup-
plied by the child restraint system manu-
facturer, connect the lower hooks onto the
lower anchorages located at
“
”marks on
the bottom of the seatback. When the
hooks are connected, make sure the
adjacent seatbelts are not caught.

4. If your child restraint system is a
flexible attachment type (which uses
tether belts to connect the child restraint
system properly to the lower anchorages),
while pushing the child restraint into the
seat cushion, pull both left and right lower
tether belts up to secure the child restraint
system firmly by taking up the slack in thebelt.
5. Connect the top tether hook to the
tether anchorage and firmly tighten the
tether. For information on how to set the
top tether, refer to“Top tether anchorages ”
F 1-41.6. Before seating a child in the child
restraint system, try to move seat back
and forth and left and right to verify that it
is held securely in position.
7. 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. & Top tether anchorages
Your vehicle is equipped with five top
tether anchorages so that a child restraint
system having a top tether can be
installed in a rear seating position. 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
tether whenever one is required or avail- able. !
Tether anchorage location
! Second-row seat
Three tether anchorages, i.e., ones for the
right, center and left seats, are already
installed on the back of each seatback.
Open the cover flap to use each ancho-rage. Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
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! Third-row seat
Two tether anchorages are attached to the
rear edge of the cargo area.
Open the cover flap to use each ancho- rage. !
To hook the top tether
! Second-row seat
1. Raise the head restraint to the highest
position at the seating position where the
child seat has been installed using the
seatbelt or lower anchorages; lift up the
head restraint while pressing the releasebutton.
2. Confirm that there are no obstacles
around the anchorages.
3. Fasten the top tether hook of the child
restraint system to the appropriate upperanchorage.
4. Tighten the top tether securely.

CAUTION
When the child restraint system is to
be secured using the top tether,
pass the top tether under the head
restraint between the head restraint
stay posts.
CAUTION
Be sure to install the top tether with
the head restraint raised to the
highest position. If the head re-
straint is in any of the lower posi-
tions, the top tether will touch the
head restraint and the resulting
slack will prevent its secure installa-tion.
CAUTION
Do not route the top tether over the
head restraint. It may happen that
the top tether cannot be fastened
tightly. !
Third-row seat1. Lower the head restraint to its lowest position.
2. Open the lid of the cargo area, then
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3. Fasten the top tether hook of the child
restraint system to the appropriate upperanchorage.
4. Tighten the top tether securely.
CAUTION
Do not pass the top tether under the
head restraint. The top tether will
touch the head restraint and the
resulting slack will prevent its se-
cure installation.
CAUTION
Do not use the top tether with the
head restraint in a raised position,
otherwise the top tether cannot be
fastened tightly.
CAUTION
Prevent the top tether from touching
cargo in the cargo area. The top
tether may become slack if the
cargo changes shape or moves.

*SRS airbag (Supplemental
Restraint System airbag)
*SRS: This stands for supplemental re-
straint system. This name is used be-
cause the airbag system supplements thevehicle’s seatbelts.
Your vehicle is equipped with a crash
sensing and diagnostic module, which will
record the use of the seatbelt(s) by the
driver and front passenger when any of
the SRS frontal, side and curtain airbags
deploy. The recorded information cannot
be transmitted to any central communica-
tions system or other external device. & Your vehicle ’s SRS config-
uration
The driver ’s seat, the front passenger ’s
seat, and the outboard seats of the rear/
second seating row of your vehicle are
each provided with, in addition to a lap/
shoulder belt, one or more airbags asfollows. . Frontal airbag (one each for driver ’s
seat and front passenger ’s seat)
. Side airbag (one each for driver ’s seat
and front passenger ’s seat)
. Curtain airbag (one each for the out-
board sides of cabin, extending from driver ’s and front passenger ’s seats to rear/second seating row)
These SRS airbags are designed only
as a supplement to the primary protec-
tion provided by the seatbelt.
The system also controls front seatbelt
pretensioners. For operation instructions
and precautions concerning the seatbelt
pretensioner, refer to
“Front seatbelt pre-
tensioners ”F 1-28.
WARNING
. To obtain maximum protection in
the event of an accident, the
driver and all passengers in the
vehicle should always wear seat-
belts when the vehicle is moving.
The SRS airbag is designed only
as a supplement to the primary
protection provided by the seat-
belt. It does not do away with the
need to fasten seatbelts. In com-
bination with the seatbelts, it
offers the best combined protec-
tion in case of a serious accident.
Not wearing a seatbelt increases
the chance of severe injury or
death in a crash even when the
vehicle has the SRS airbag.
For instructions and precautions
concerning the seatbelt system, refer to
“Seatbelts ”F 1-17.
. Do not sit or lean unnecessarily
close to the SRS airbag. Because
the SRS airbag deploys with
considerable speed –faster than
the blink of an eye –and force to
protect in high speed collisions,
the force of an airbag can injure
an occupant whose body is too
close to SRS airbag.
It is also important to wear your
seatbelt to help avoid injuries
that can result when the SRS
airbag contacts an occupant not
in proper position such as one
thrown forward during pre-acci-
dent braking.
Even when properly positioned,
there remains a possibility that
an occupant may suffer minor
injury such as abrasions and
bruises to the face or arms
because of the SRS airbag de-
ployment force.
. The SRS airbags deploy with
considerable speed and force.
Occupants who are out of proper
position when the SRS airbag
deploys could suffer very serious
injuries. Because the SRS airbag
needs enough space for deploy-
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