Essential Safety Equipment - Mazda MX-5 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
Seat ................................................................................................ 2-5
Head Restraints ............................................................................. 2-8
Seat Belt Systems ................................................................................ 2-9
Seat Belt Precautions .................................................................... 2-9
Seat Belt ...................................................................................... 2-12
Seat Belt Warning Systems ......................................................... 2-13
Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems .................... 2-14
Child Restraint ................................................................................. 2-16
Child-Restraint Precautions ........................................................ 2-16
Child-Restraint System Installation ............................................ 2-21
Child-Restraint System Suitability for Various Seat Positions
Table ............................................................................................ 2-26
Installing Child-Restraint Systems ............................................. 2-29
SRS Air Bags .................................................................................... 2-33
Supplementary Restraint System (SRS) Precautions .................. 2-33
Supplementary Restraint System Components ........................... 2-39
How the SRS Air Bags Work ...................................................... 2-41
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .............................................. 2-44
Limitations to SRS Air Bag ........................................................ 2-45
Passenger Occupant Classi cation System
Constant Monitoring ................................................................... 2-52
Active Bonnet ................................................................................... 2-53
Active Bonnet precautions
How the Active Bonnet Works .................................................... 2-55
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*Some models.
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