2000 Subaru Forester Owner's Manual - Page 87

Seat, seat belt and SRS airbag n Examples of the types of accidents in which it is possible that the SRS airbag will deploy. The SRS airbag may be activated when the vehicle sustains a hard impact in the undercarriage area from the road surface (such as when the vehicle plunges into a deep ditch, is severely bumped or knocked hard against an obstacle on the road such as a curb). HS2004BA HS2005BA n Examples of the types of accidents in which the SRS airbag is unlikely to deploy. There are many types of collisions which might not necessarily require SRS 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 airbag may not deploy depending on the level of accident forces involved. 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 - CONTINUED - 2-35