Subaru 2003 Forester - Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
Front seats ................................................... 1-2
Fore and aft adjustment ................................. 1-3
Reclining the seatback ................................... 1-4
Seat height adjustment (driver’s seat) .......... 1-5
Lumbar support .............................................. 1-5
Head restraint adjustment .............................. 1-6
Seat heater (if equipped) ............................. 1-8
Rear seats .................................................... 1-9
Headrest adjustment ...................................... 1-10
Folding down the rear seatback .................... 1-11
Seatbelts ...................................................... 1-12
Seatbelt safety tips ......................................... 1-12
Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) ............ 1-14
Automatic/Emergency Locking Retractor
(A/ELR) ............................................................. 1-14
Seatbelt warning light and chime .................. 1-15
Fastening the seatbelt .................................... 1-15
Seatbelt maintenance ..................................... 1-26
Front seatbelt pretensioners ...................... 1-27
System monitors ............................................. 1-28
System servicing ............................................ 1-29
Precautions against vehicle modification .... 1-30
Child restraint systems ............................... 1-30
Installing child restraint systems with
seatbelt ............................................................ 1-33
Installation of child restraint systems by
use of lower and tether anchorages ............. 1-35
Top tether anchorages ................................... 1-38
*SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint
System airbag) ............................................. 1-39
Vehicle with driver’s and front passenger’s
SRS airbags and lap/shoulder restraints ..... 1-39
SRS frontal airbag .......................................... 1-44
SRS side airbag (if equipped) ........................ 1-51
SRS airbag system monitors ......................... 1-60
SRS airbag system servicing ........................ 1-61
Precautions against vehicle modification .... 1-62