Subaru 2003 Legacy - Manual (Page 54)

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the front seat occupant.
When a seatbelt pretensioner is activated, an operating noise will be
heard and a small amount of smoke will be released. These occur-
rences are normal and not harmful. This smoke does not indicate a
fire in the vehicle.
Once the seatbelt pretensioner has been activated, the seatbelt re-
tractor remains locked. Consequently, the seatbelt can not be pulled
out and retracted and therefore must be replaced.
NOTE
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Seatbelt pretensioners are not designed to activate in minor
frontal impacts, in side or rear impacts or in roll-over accidents.
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The driver’s seat and passenger’s seat pretensioners and fron-
tal airbag operate simultaneously.
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Pretensioners are designed to function on a one-time-only ba-
sis. In the event that a pretensioner is activated, both the driver’s
and front passenger’s seatbelt retractor assemblies must be re-
placed and only by an authorized SUBARU dealer. When replac-
ing seatbelt retractor assemblies, use only genuine SUBARU
parts.
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If either front seatbelt does not retract or cannot be pulled out
due to a malfunction or activation of the pretensioner, contact
your SUBARU dealer as soon as possible.
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If the front seatbelt retractor assembly or surrounding area
has been damaged, contact your SUBARU dealer as soon as pos-
sible.
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When you sell your vehicle, we urge you to explain to the buy-
er that it has seatbelt pretensioners by alerting him to the con-
tents of this section.