Mazda 3 2004 Owner's Manual page 47

Equipment to Protect Occupants/Pedestrians
SRS Air Bags
Front passenger air bag deactivation
indicator light on/off condition chart
Condition
detected
by the Front pas-
front pas- senger air
senger oc- bag deacti-
cupant vation indi-
classifica- cator light
tion sys-
tem
Empty
(Not occu- On
pied)
Child or
child-re-
On
straint sys-
*1
tem
*2
Off
Adult
*
1 If a larger child sits on the front passenger
seat, the sensors might detect the child as
being an adult depending on the child's
physique.
*
2 If a smaller adult sits on the front passenger
seat, the sensors might detect the person as
being a child depending on the person's
physique.
The curtain air bag is ready for inflating
regardless of what the front passenger air bag
deactivation indicator light on/off condition
chart indicates.
If the front passenger air bag
deactivation indicator light does not
illuminate when the vehicle power is
switched ON and does not illuminate
as indicated in the front passenger air
bag deactivation indicator light on/off
condition chart, do not allow a child to
sit in the front passenger seat and
consult an Authorized Mazda Dealer
as soon as possible. The system may
not work properly in an accident.
3-22
Front pas- Front
senger passen-
front and ger seat
side and belt pre-
knee air tensioner
bags system
Deactivat- Deacti-
ed vated
Deactivat- Deacti-
ed vated
Ready Ready
NOTE
The system requires about 10

seconds to alternate between turning
the front passenger front and side air
bags and knee air bags, and seat belt
pretensioner system on or off.
The front passenger air bag

deactivation indicator light may
illuminate repeatedly if luggage or
other items are put on the front
passenger seat, or if the temperature
of the vehicle's interior changes
suddenly.
The front passenger air bag

deactivation indicator light may
illuminate for 10 seconds if the total
seated weight on the front passenger
seat changes.
The air bag/seat belt pretensioner

system warning light might illuminate
if the front passenger seat receives a
severe impact.
If the front passenger air bag

deactivation indicator light does not
illuminate after installing a
child-restraint system on the front
passenger seat, first, re-install your
child-restraint system according to
the procedure in this owner's
manual. Then, if the front passenger
air bag deactivation indicator light
still does not illuminate, install the
child-restraint system on the rear seat
and consult an Authorized Mazda
Dealer as soon as possible.