2010 FORESTER Owner's Manual 2010 FORESTER Owner's Manual
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2010 FORESTER Owner’s Manual Owner’s 2010 FORESTER Owner’s Manual A8150BE-A Issued February 2009 Printed in USA 03/09 2010A FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. TOKYO, JAPAN MSA5M1003A Foreword Congratulations on choosing a SUBARU vehicle. This Owner’s Manual has all the information necessary to keep your SUBARU in excellent condition and to properly maintain the emission control system for minimizing emission pollutants. We urge you to read this manual carefully so that you may understand your vehicle and its operation. For information not found in this Owner’s Manual, such as details concerning repairs or adjustments, please contact the SUBARU dealer from whom you purchased your SUBARU or the nearest SUBARU dealer. The information, specifications and illustrations found in this manual are those in effect at the time of printing. FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. reserves the right to change specifications and designs at any time without prior notice and without incurring any obligation to make the same or similar changes on vehicles previously sold. This Owner’s Manual applies to all models and covers all equipment, including factory installed options. Some explanations, therefore may be for equipment not installed in your vehicle. Please leave this manual in the vehicle at the time of resale. The next owner will need the information found herein. FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD., TOKYO, JAPAN is a registered trademark of FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. *C Copyright 2009 FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. This manual describes the following vehicle types.* * The illustrated vehicle is one of the FORESTER series. 1 Warranties & Models with HID headlights How to use this Owner’s Manual & Warranties for U.S.A. CAUTION All SUBARU vehicles distributed by & Using your Owner’s Manual High Intensity Discharge (HID) head- Subaru of America, Inc. and sold at retail lights contain mercury. For that Before you operate your vehicle, carefully by an authorized SUBARU dealer in the read this manual. To protect yourself and United States come with the following reason, it is necessary to remove HID headlights before vehicle dis- extend the service life of your vehicle, warranties: follow the instructions in this manual. posal. Once removed, please reuse, SUBARU Limited Warranty recycle or dispose of the HID head- Failure to observe these instructions may . Emission Control Systems Warranty lights as hazardous waste. result in serious injury and damage to your . Emissions Performance Warranty vehicle. This manual is composed of fourteen All warranty information, including details & Models without HID head- of coverage and exclusions, is in the chapters. Each chapter begins with a brief “Warranty and Maintenance Booklet”. lights table of contents, so you can usually tell at Please read these warranties carefully. a glance if that chapter contains the CAUTION information you want. & Warranties for Canada This vehicle does not contain mer- Chapter 1: Seat, seatbelt and SRS All SUBARU vehicles distributed by cury devices or parts. airbags Subaru Canada, Inc. and sold at retail by This chapter informs you how to use the an authorized SUBARU dealer in Canada seat and seatbelt and contains precau- come with the following warranties: tions for the SRS airbags. SUBARU Limited Warranty Chapter 2: Keys and doors . Anti-Corrosion Warranty This chapter informs you how to operate . Emission Control Warranty the keys, locks and windows. Chapter 3: Instruments and controls All warranty information, including details This chapter informs you about the opera- of coverage and exclusions, is in the “ ” tion of instrument panel indicators and Warranty and Service Booklet . Please how to use the instruments and other read these warranties carefully. switches. – CONTINUED – 2 Chapter 4: Climate control Chapter 12: Specifications CAUTION This chapter informs you how to operate This chapter informs you about dimen- the climate control. sions and capacities of your SUBARU. A CAUTION indicates a situation in Chapter 5: Audio Chapter 13: Consumer information and which injury or damage to your This chapter informs you how to operate Reporting safety defects vehicle, or both, could result if the your audio system. This chapter informs you about Uniform caution is ignored. Chapter 6: Interior equipment tire quality grading standards and Report- This chapter informs you how to operate ing safety defects. NOTE interior equipment. Chapter 14: Index ’ A NOTE gives information or sugges- Chapter 7: Starting and operating This is an alphabetical listing of all that sin tions how to make better use of your This chapter informs you how to start and this manual. You can use it to quickly find vehicle. operate your SUBARU. something you want to read. Chapter 8: Driving tips & & Safety symbol This chapter informs you how to drive your Safety warnings SUBARU in various conditions and ex- You will find a number of WARNINGs, plains some safety tips on driving. CAUTIONs and NOTEs in this manual. Chapter 9: In case of emergency These safety warnings alert you to poten- This chapter informs you what to do if you tial hazards that could result in injury to have a problem while driving, such as a you or others. flat tire or engine overheating. Please read these safety warnings as well Chapter 10: Appearance care as all other portions of this manual care- This chapter informs you how to keep your fully in order to gain a better understand- SUBARU looking good. ing of how to use your SUBARU vehicle safely. Chapter 11: Maintenance and service This chapter informs you when you need WARNING to take your SUBARU to the dealer for scheduled maintenance and informs you A WARNING indicates a situation in You will find a circle with a slash through it how to keep your SUBARU running which serious injury or death could in this manual. This symbol means “Do properly. result if the warning is ignored. not”, “Do not do this”,or“Do not let this happen”, depending upon the context. 3 Vehicle symbols Mark Name Mark Name There are some of the symbols you may Tail lights, license plate light Seat heater and instrument panel illumi- see on your vehicle. nation For warning and indicator lights, refer to “Warning and indicator lights” F18. Child restraint top tether an- chorages Headlights Mark Name Child restraint lower an- chorages Turn signal WARNING Horn Illumination brightness CAUTION Windshield wiper deicer Fan speed Power door lock and unlock Wiper intermittent Instrument panel outlets Passengers’ windows lock and unlock Windshield wiper and washer Instrument panel outlets and foot outlets Fuel Windshield wiper mist (for single wipe) Foot outlets Front fog lights Rear window wiper Windshield defroster and foot outlets Hazard warning flasher Rear window washer Windshield defroster Engine hood Lights Rear window defogger/Out- side mirror defogger – CONTINUED – 4 . The SRS airbags deploy with Mark Name Safety precautions when driving considerable speed and force. Occupants who are out of proper Air recirculation & Seatbelt and SRS airbag position when the SRS airbag deploys could suffer very serious Engine oil WARNING injuries. Because the SRS airbag needs enough space for deploy- . All persons in the vehicle should ment, the driver should always Washer fasten their seatbelts BEFORE sit upright and well back in the the vehicle starts to move. Other- seat as far from the steering wise, the possibility of serious wheel as practical while still Door lock (Transmitter) injury becomes greater in the maintaining full vehicle control event of a sudden stop or acci- and the front passenger should dent. move the seat as far back as Door unlock (Transmitter) possible and sit upright and well . To obtain maximum protection in back in the seat. the event of an accident, the Rear gate (Transmitter) driver and all passengers in the For instructions and precautions, carefully vehicle should always wear seat- read the following sections. belts when the vehicle is moving. For the seatbelt system, refer to “Seat- The SRS (Supplemental Restraint ” F System) airbag does not do away belts 1-11. with the need to fasten seatbelts. For the SRS airbag system, refer to “ In combination with the seat- *SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint ” F belts, it offers the best combined System airbag) 1-34. protection in case of a serious accident. Not wearing a seatbelt increases the chance of severe injury or death in a crash even when the vehicle has the SRS airbag. 5 & Child safety The SRS airbag deploys with . Never leave unattended children considerable speed and force in the vehicle. They could acci- WARNING and can injure or even kill chil- dentally injure themselves or dren, especially if they are 12 others through inadvertent op- . Never hold a child on your lap or years of age and under and are eration of the vehicle. Also, on in your arms while the vehicle is not restrained or improperly re- hot or sunny days, temperature moving. The passenger cannot strained. Because children are in a closed vehicle could quickly protect the child from injury in a lighter and weaker than adults, become high enough to cause collision, because the child will their risk of being injured from severe or possibly fatal injuries be caught between the passen- deployment is greater. to them. ger and objects inside the vehi- . NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD cle. FACING CHILD SEAT IN THE For instructions and precautions, carefully . While riding in the vehicle, in- FRONT SEAT. DOING SO RISKS read the following sections. fants and small children should SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO . For the seatbelt system, refer to “Seat- always be placed in the REAR THE CHILD BY PLACING THE belts” F1-11. seat in an infant or child restraint CHILD’S HEAD TOO CLOSE TO . For the child restraint system, refer to system which is appropriate for THE SRS AIRBAG. “Child restraint systems” F1-23.