Mazda MX-30 2022 Owner's Manual Leaflet page 68

Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
Supplemental Restraint
System (SRS) Precautions
▼ Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) Precautions
The front and side supplemental
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 dashboard (front

passenger air bag)
Under the instrument panel (driver

and front passenger knee air bags)
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 supplemental restraint
systems are designed to provide
supplemental 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
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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.
Hold the driver in a position which

allows better control of the vehicle.
Refer to the Front Passenger Occupant
Classification System (page 2-64) for
details.
The front passenger air bag
deactivation indicator light illuminates
for a specified time after the power
switch is switched ON.
Small children must be protected by a
child-restraint system as stipulated by
law in every state and province. In
certain states and provinces, larger
children must use a child-restraint
system (page 2-35).
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