2002 Subaru Forester Owner's Manual - Page 69

Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags The vehicle strikes a telephone pole or similar object. The vehicle slides under a truck's load bed. The vehicle sustains an oblique offset frontal impact. HS0238 HS0239 HS0240 n Examples of the types of accidents in which the SRS frontal airbag will basically not deploy. The SRS frontal airbag is basically not designed to deploy if the vehicle is struck from side or from behind, or if it rolls onto its side or roof, or if it is involved in a low-speed frontal collision. The vehicle is struck from behind. The vehicle is struck from the side. The vehicle rolls onto its side or roof. HS0241 HS0242 HS0243 In an accident where the vehicle is impacted more than once, the SRS frontal airbag deploys only once. Example: In the case of a double collision, first with another vehicle, then against a concrete wall in immediate succession, the SRS frontal airbag is activated on the first impact but not on the second. - CONTINUED - 1-41