Doors And Locks; Door Locks - Mazda 3 Owner's Manual

Door Locks

WARNING
Always take all children and pets with
you or leave a responsible person with
them:
Leaving a child or a pet unattended in
a parked vehicle is dangerous. In hot
weather, temperatures inside a vehicle
can become high enough to cause
brain damage or even death.
Do not leave the key in your vehicle
with children and keep them in a place
where your children will not fi nd or
play with them:
Leaving children in a vehicle with the
key is dangerous. This could result in
someone being badly injured or even
killed.
Always close all the windows and
sunroof, lock the doors and take the
key with you when leaving your vehicle
unattended:
Leaving your vehicle unlocked is
dangerous as children could lock
themselves in a hot vehicle, which
could result in death. Also, a vehicle
left unlocked becomes an easy target
for thieves and intruders.
After closing the doors, always verify
that they are securely closed:
Doors not securely closed are
dangerous, if the vehicle is driven with
a door not securely closed, the door
could open unexpectedly resulting in
an accident.

Doors and Locks

WARNING
Always confi rm the safety around the
vehicle before opening a door:
Suddenly opening a door is dangerous.
A passing vehicle or a pedestrian could
be hit and cause an accident.
NOTE
The vehicle lock-out prevention feature
prevents you from locking yourself out
of the vehicle.
(European models)
All doors and the liftgate/boot lid will
automatically unlock if they are locked
using the power door locks with any
door open.
If all the doors are closed even though
the liftgate/boot lid is open, all the doors
will lock.
(Except European models)
All doors and the liftgate/boot lid will
automatically unlock if they are locked
using the power door locks with any
door or the liftgate open.
Before Driving
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