Subaru Legacy BN/BS (2015-2019) Owners Manual: Seatbelt maintenance

Subaru Legacy BN/BS (2015-2019) Owners Manual / Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags / Seatbelts / Seatbelt maintenance

To clean the seatbelts, use a mild soap and lukewarm water. Never bleach or dye the belts because this could seriously affect their strength.

Inspect the seatbelts and attachments including the webbing and all hardware periodically for cracks, cuts, gashes, tears, damage, loose bolts or worn areas.

Replace the seatbelts even if only minor damage is found.

CAUTION

Keep the belts free of polishes, oils, chemicals and particularly battery acid.
Never attempt to make modifications or changes that will prevent the seatbelt from operating properly.

Unfastening the seatbelt

Push the release button of the center seatbelt buckle (on the left-hand side) to unfasten the seatbelt. Insert a tongue plate or other hard pointed object into the slot in t ...

Front seatbelt pretensioners

The driver's and front passenger's seatbelts have a seatbelt pretensioner. The seatbelt pretensioners are designed to be activated in the event of an accident involving moderate to severe frontal ...

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Rear gate drop prevention function
If, while fully opened via the power rear gate function, the rear gate is lowered by the weight of snow and such, an electronic chirp will sound and the rear gate drop prevention function will apply braking to the rear gate so that it prevents a rapid closure of the rear gate. NOTE ...