Mazda MX-5 2024 Owner's Manual page 35

Passenger Occupant
Classification System
Your vehicle is equipped with a
passenger occupant classification
sensor as a part of the supplemental
restraint system. This sensor is
equipped in the passenger's seat
cushion. This sensor measures the
electrostatic capacity of the
passenger's seat. The SAS unit is
designed to prevent the passenger
front and side air bags and seat belt
pretensioner system from deploying if
the passenger air bag deactivation
indicator light turns on.
To reduce the chance of injuries
caused by deployment of the
passenger air bag, the system
deactivates the passenger front and
side air bags and also the seat belt
pretensioner system when the
passenger air bag deactivation
indicator light turns on.
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Equipment to Protect Occupants/Pedestrians
SRS Air Bags
Warnings and Cautions
for Using the Passenger
Occupant Classification
System
WARNING
Do not allow an occupant in the
passenger's seat to sit with a posture
which makes it difficult for the
passenger occupant classification
sensor to detect the occupant
correctly.
Sitting in the passenger's seat with a
posture which makes it difficult for the
passenger occupant classification
sensor to detect the occupant correctly
is dangerous. If the passenger
occupant classification sensor cannot
detect the occupant sitting on the
passenger's seat correctly, the
passenger front and side air bags and
pretensioner system may not operate
(non-deploy) or they may operate
(deploy) accidentally. The passenger
will not have the supplementary
protection of the air bags or the
accidental operation (deployment) of
the air bags could result in serious
injury or death.
Under the following conditions, the
passenger occupant classification
sensor cannot detect a passenger
sitting on the passenger's seat correctly
and the deployment/non-deployment
of the air bags cannot be controlled as
indicated in the passenger air bag
deactivation indicator light on/off
condition chart. For example:
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