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Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR)

Subaru Forester / Subaru Forester Owners Manual / Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags / Seatbelts / Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR)

The driver’s seatbelt has an Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR).

The emergency locking retractor allows normal body movement but the retractor locks automatically during a sudden stop, impact or if you pull the belt very quickly out of the retractor.

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