Mazda Mazda3 2019 Owner's Manual page 65

Supplementary Restraint
System (SRS) Precautions
▼ Supplementary Restraint System
(SRS) Precautions
The front and side supplementary restraint
systems (SRS) include different types of
air bags. Please verify the different types
of air bags which are equipped on your
vehicle by locating the "SRS AIRBAG"
location indicators. These indicators are
visible in the area where the air bags are
installed.
The air bags are installed in the following
locations:
The steering wheel hub (driver air bag)

The front passenger instrument panel

(front passenger air bag)
Under the instrument panel (driver knee

air bag)
The outboard sides of the front

seatbacks (side air bags)
The front and rear window pillars, and

the roof edge along both sides (curtain
air bags)
The air bag supplementary restraint
systems are designed to provide
supplementary protection in certain
situations so seat belts are always
important in the following ways:
Without seat belt usage, the air bags
cannot provide adequate protection during
an accident. Seat belt usage is necessary
to:
Keep the occupant from being thrown

into an inflating air bag.
Reduce the possibility of injuries during

an accident that is not designed for air
bag inflation, such as rear impact.
Reduce the possibility of injuries in

frontal, near frontal or side collisions or
roll-over accidents that are not severe
enough to activate the air bags.
Reduce the possibility of being thrown

from your vehicle.
Reduce the possibility of injuries to

lower body and legs during an accident
because the air bags provide no
protection to these parts of the body.
Hold the driver in a position which

allows better control of the vehicle.
A child who is too small to use a seat belt
must be properly secured using a
child-restraint system (page 2-31).
Carefully consider which child-restraint
system is necessary for your child and
follow the installation directions in this
Owner's Manual as well as the
child-restraint system manufacturer's
instructions.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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