Subaru 2004 Forester X - Manual (Page 88)

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
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plunges into a deep ditch, is severely bumped or
knocked hard against an obstacle on the road such as
a curb).
When is the SRS frontal airbag unlikely to de-
ploy?
There are many types of collisions which might not
necessarily require SRS frontal airbag deployment. If
the vehicle strikes an object, such as a telephone pole
or sign pole, or if it slides under a truck’s load bed, or
if it sustains an oblique offset frontal impact, the SRS
frontal airbag may not deploy depending on the level
of accident forces involved.
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