Emergency Flashers; If Your Vehicle Has To Be Stopped In An Emergency - Mazda 2 HYBRID Owner's Manual

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7-1. Essential information

Emergency flashers

7-1.Essential information
The emergency flashers are
used to warn other drivers
when the vehicle has to be
stopped on the road due to a
breakdown, etc.
Operating instructions
Press the switch.
All the turn signal lights will flash.
To turn them off, press the switch once
again.
Emergency flashers
If the emergency flashers are used for
a long time while the hybrid system is
not operating (while the "READY" indi-
cator is not illuminated), the 12-volt
battery may discharge.
If any of the SRS airbags deploy
(inflate) or in the event of a strong rear
impact, the emergency flashers will
turn on automatically.
The emergency flashers will turn off
automatically after operating for
approximately 20 minutes. To manu-
ally turn the emergency flashers off,
press the switch twice.
(The emergency flashers may not turn
on automatically depending on the
force of the impact and conditions of
the collision.)
If your vehicle has to be
stopped in an emer-
gency
Only in an emergency, such as
if it becomes impossible to
stop the vehicle in the normal
way, stop the vehicle using the
following procedure:
Stopping the vehicle
1
Steadily step on the brake pedal
with both feet and firmly depress
it.
Do not pump the brake pedal repeat-
edly as this will increase the effort
required to slow the vehicle.
2
Shift the shift lever to N.
If the shift lever is shifted to N
3
After slowing down, stop the
vehicle in a safe place by the
road.
4
Stop the hybrid system.
If the shift lever cannot be shifted
to N
3
Keep depressing the brake
pedal with both feet to reduce
vehicle speed as much as possi-
ble.
4
Perform the following proce-
dure to stop the hybrid system:
Vehicles without a smart entry &
start system
Turn the power switch to ACC.