Subaru 2014 Impreza - Front Seatbelt Pretensioners; Seatbelt with Shoulder Belt Pretensioner

1-20 Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/Front seatbelt pretensioners
Front seatbelt pretensioners
The driver’s and front passenger’s seat-
belts have a seatbelt pretensioner. The
seatbelt pretensioners are designed to be
activated in t he event of an accident
involving a moderate to severe frontal
and side collision and rollover accident.
& Seatbelt with shoulder belt
pretensioner
NOTE
This section is applicable to the follow-
ing components.
. Except XV CROSSTREK models:
– Driver’s seatbelt
– Front passenger’s seatbelt
. XV CROSSTREK models:
– Driver’s seatbelt
The pretensioner sensor also serves as
follows.
. SRS frontal airbag sensor
. Side impact sensor
If the sensor detects a certain predeter-
mined amount of force during frontal or
side collisions or rollover accidents, the
front seatbelt is quickly drawn back in by
the retractor to take up the slack so that
the b elt more effectively restrains the
driver.
When a seatbelt pretensioner is activated,
an operating noise will be heard and a
small amount of smoke will be released.
These occurrences are normal and not
harmful. This smoke does not indicate a
fire in the vehicle.
Once the seatbelt pretensioner has been
activated, the seatbelt retractor remains
locked. Consequently, the seatbelt can not
be pulled out and retracted and therefore
must be replaced.
NOTE
. Seatbelt pretensioners are not de-
signed to activate in minor impacts or
in rear impacts.
. In the case of rollover accidents
– XV CROSSTREK models:
As the curtain airbags deploy, the
driver’s side seatbelt pretensioner
and front passenger’ sside
shoulder belt pretensioner are acti-
vated simultaneously.
– Except XV CROSSTREK models:
Seatbelt pretensioners are not acti-
vated.
. In cases of frontal collisions, the
following components will operate si-
multaneously.
– Seatbelt pretensioner for driver
– Seatbelt pretensioner for front
passenger
– SRS frontal airbag for driver
– SRS frontal airbag for front pas-
senger*
– SRS side airbags (both sides) (if
an offset frontal collision occurs)
– SRS curtain airbags (both sides)