So I was interpreting my VIN # on my 2003 WRX wagoon with the help of this site...
http://www.cars101.com/subaru/vin.html
...and everything matched correctly, until I came to the 8th digit. The number on my car is a "6", which means that I have manual seat belts with dual front and dual side airbags. Now, my question is, where are the dual side airbags located?? I never knew I had these in there! Shouldn't there be an "Airbag" stamp somewhere or something just like they put on the dash and steering wheel to let you know that you have one?

 

The steering wheel and pass. side dash should read SRS

 

The side airbags are in the seats. Look on the outer side of the seatback, there is a small oval SRS/airbag label over where they are.

 

Oh I missed read, what he said.

 

OOh, so that would explain the yellow airbag plug underneath the seats. So how exactly does that work...the airbags are actually inside the side of the seats? So everytime they're deployed they tear the seats up and you haveto either get them fixed or buy new seats?

Also, on another subject, my rear seats have "child" sewn into them on the lower seat backs. I'm assuming this has something to do with the extra seat belt buckle (plug) back there also. Is this some sort of option for ease of use with a child seat?

 

...the fourth plug is for using the middle seat belt in the wagons...the baby symbol is because there are attachment points under the seats and on the roof in the back area so you can completely lock down a child seat...

 

pretty much. they stitch the fabric in a way that the seam opens up when the air bag is deployed.

 

wait wai, a airbag freaking pops out of the seat!?

 

Yep, pops out on the side of the seat, don't worry it won't harm the person. It's just a small airbag on each front seat.

 

What if i get a katskin leather seat cover? Will it still work with the airbags?

 

^^Good question...^^ I was wondering the same thing with any seat cover.

Thanks to everyone for putting up with my n00b questions and your great answers!!

 

Seat covers will interfere with the airbags, you should not cover them. If you want a more definitive answer to this you can contact Subaru but I'm sure they will tell you the same thing.