Essential Safety Equipment - Mazda mazda3 2015 Owner's Manual

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Essential Safety Equipment

Important information about safety equipment, including seats, seat belt
system, child-restraint systems and SRS air bags.
Seats ..................................................................................................... 2-2
Seat Precautions ............................................................................ 2-2
Front Seat ...................................................................................... 2-5
Rear Seat ....................................................................................... 2-8
Head Restraints ........................................................................... 2-11
Seat Belt Systems .............................................................................. 2-13
Seat Belt Precautions .................................................................. 2-13
Seat Belt ...................................................................................... 2-17
Seat Belt Warning Systems ......................................................... 2-18
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems .......... 2-18
Centre-Rear Position Seat Belt
Child Restraint ................................................................................. 2-22
Child Restraint Precautions ......................................................... 2-22
Child-Restraint System Installation ............................................ 2-26
Child-Restraint System Suitability for Various Seat Positions
Table ............................................................................................ 2-31
Installing Child-Restraint Systems ............................................. 2-34
SRS Air Bags .................................................................................... 2-39
Supplementary Restraint System (SRS) Precautions .................. 2-39
Front Passenger Air Bag Deactivation Switch
Supplementary Restraint System Components ........................... 2-48
How the SRS Air Bags Work ...................................................... 2-49
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .............................................. 2-52
Limitations to SRS Air Bag ........................................................ 2-53
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*Some models.
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