Equipment To Protect Occupants/Pedestrians - Mazda MX-5 2024 Owner's Manual

Equipment to Protect Occupants/Pedestrians

SRS Air Bags
SRS Air Bags
If the vehicle receives a strong impact
from the front or side of the vehicle
when the vehicle power is switched
ON, the air bags inflate
instantaneously and lessen the impact
on the head or chest of the driver or
passenger.
The SRS air bag system protects
occupants together with the seat belts
and they are not a substitute for the
seat belts.
There are 3 types of air bags.
Vehicles have a sensor which detects
an impending roll-over accident.
The air bag supplemental restraint
systems are designed to provide
supplemental protection in certain
situations so seat belts are always
important.
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.
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Driver's air bag
The driver's air bag is stored in the
center of the steering wheel.
When air bag crash sensors detect a
frontal impact of greater than
moderate force, the driver's air bag
inflates quickly helping to reduce injury
mainly to the driver's head or chest
caused by directly hitting the steering
wheel.
(Except Mexico)
The driver's dual-stage air bag controls
air bag inflation in two energy stages.
During an impact of moderate severity,
the driver's air bag deploys with lesser
energy, whereas during more severe
impacts, it deploys with more energy.
Passenger's air bag
The passenger's air bag is stored in the
dashboard.
The inflation mechanism for the
passenger air bag is the same as the
driver's air bag.
In addition, the passenger air bag is
designed to only deploy when the
passenger occupant classification
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