2006 Subaru Impreza Owner's Manual - Page 74
2006 Subaru Impreza Manual
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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags 1-47 Operation A 1 B The SRS airbag can function only when the ignition switch is in the ON position. The Subaru advanced frontal airbag system is designed to determine the activation or deactivation condition of the front passengers SRS frontal airbag depending on the total load on the front passengers seat monitored by the front passengers occupant detection system weight sensor. For this reason, only the drivers SRS frontal airbag may deploy in the event of a collision, but this does not mean failure of the system. 2 A) B) 1) 2) Drivers side Passengers side SRS AIRBAGs deploy as soon as a collision occurs. After deployment, SRS AIRBAGs start to deflate immediately so that the drivers vision is not obstructed. 100619 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 collision, the control module sends signals to the airbag module(s) (only drivers module or both drivers and front passengers modules) instructing the module(s) to inflate the SRS frontal airbag(s). The drivers and front passengers 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 drivers seat position and fastening/unfastening of the seatbelt in the case of the drivers SRS frontal airbag and depending on the severity of impact and the total load on the seat in the CONTINUED