Mazda 2006 Mazda3 4-Door Owner's Manual page 66

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Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
Side and curtain air bag activation
Greater than moderate impact to one side
of the vehicle (driver or passenger side
areas) will cause the side and curtain air
bags on that side to inflate, but it will not
normally deploy the front air bags.
Limitations to side and curtain air bag
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activation
Depending on the severity of impact, the
side and curtain air bags may not inflate in
the following cases:
Frontal offset impact may not provide
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enough side impact to deploy the side
and curtain air bags.
Side impacts involving trees or poles
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can cause severe cosmetic damage but
may not have enough impact force to
activate the side and curtain air bags.
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Some models.
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Vehicle roll-over may not provide
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enough side force to deploy the side
and curtain air bags.
Side impacts with two-wheeled
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vehicles may not provide enough force
to deploy the side and curtain air bags.
Non-activation of side and curtain air
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bag
The side and curtain air bags will not
normally inflate in the following cases:
Collision from the rear.
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Collision from the front, but it may
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deploy the front air bags.
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