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Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
Knowing Your Mazda3-6
007-2A1E
WARNING
!
Unattended Children and Pets:Leaving a child or an animal
unattended in a parked vehicle is
dangerous. In hot weather,
temperatures inside a vehicle can
become high enough to cause
brain damage or even death.
Always take all children and
animals with you or leave a
responsible person with them.
NOTEAlways remove the key from the
ignition switch, close all windows,
and lock all doors when leaving
your vehicle unattended. This
discourages intruders and thieves.
007-3E3E
J94A2006
Unlock Lock
Inside Door Lock
To lock any door, push the door lock
button into the door handle area.
To unlock, pull it.
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Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
Knowing Your Mazda3-8
WARNING
!
Keys and Children:Leaving small children in a
vehicle with the ignition key is
dangerous. This could result in
someone being badly injured or
even killed. They could play with
power windows or other controls,
or even make the vehicle move.
Don’t leave the keys in your
vehicle with small children.
NOTEAlways remove the key from the
ignition switch, close all windows,
and lock all doors when leaving
your vehicle unattended. This
discourages intruders and thieves.
007-7FE
J94A2009
Unlock
Lock
Rear Door Child Safety Lock
This lock is intended to help prevent
children from accidentally opening the
rear doors. Use it whenever a child
rides in the vehicle.
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*Some models.
Knowing Your Mazda
3-9
If you slide the child safety lock to the
lock position before closing that door,
the door cannot be opened from the
inside. The door can be opened only
by lifting the outside handle.
Q118-5BE
Keyless Entry System*This system locks and unlocks the
doors and opens the trunk.
CAUTION
!
To avoid damaging the transmitter,
don’ t drop it, get it wet, or expose
it to heat or sunlight.
118-6BE
NOTE• The keyless entry system is
designed to operate up to about
2.5 meters (8 feet) from the
center of the vehicle, but this
may vary because of local
conditions.
• The system doesn’ t operate
when the ignition switch is in
the ON position.
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Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
Knowing Your Mazda3-14
Q008-3AE
WARNING
!
Closing Power Windows:Closing power windows can be
dangerous. A person’s hands,
head, or even neck could be
caught by the window and result
in serious injury. This warning
applies especially to children.
Make sure the opening is clear
before closing a window.
Q008-4E2E
J94A2013
Lock
Power Window Lock Switch
With the lock switch in the unlocked
position, all power window switches
may be used. With the lock switch in the locked
position, only the driver
’s window can
be operated.
WARNING
!
Unintentional Window Operation:Unintentional window operation
could be dangerous. A person ’s
hands, head, or neck could be
caught by the window and result
in serious injury. Unless a
passenger needs to operate a
window, keep the power window
lock switch in the locked position.
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Knowing Your Mazda
3-15
CAUTION
!
To prevent burning out the fuse
and damaging the power window
system, don’t open or close more
than two windows at once.
Q008-7A1E
WARNING
!
Children Playing with PowerWindows:Playing with power windows is
dangerous. Someone’ s hands,
head, or neck could get caught in
a closing window. They would be
seriously injured or even killed.
Don’ t let children play with power
windows.
Q008-5AEOpen Close
J94A2014
Passenger Door Power Window
Switch
To open the window, push down on its
switch. To close, pull the switch up.
Q010-1A2E
Trunk LidJ94A2015
Open
Key-Operated Trunk
To open the trunk lid, insert the
primary key and turn it clockwise.
The secondary key will not operate
this lock (page 3-2).
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Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
Knowing Your Mazda3-18
N178-1AE
Trunk Release HandleYour vehicle is equipped with a trunk
release handle that provides a means
of escape for children and adults in the
event they become locked inside the
trunk.
No matter how careful adults might be
with keys and locking their cars,
parents should be aware that children
may be tempted to play around
vehicles and use the trunk as a hiding
place.
Adults are advised to familiarize
themselves with the operation and
location of the release handle so that
all children can be told about it in an
appropriate way, keeping in mind that
most vehicles don’t have such handles.
WARNING
!
Open Trunk Lid and Children:Leaving the trunk lid open or
leaving children in the vehicle
with the keys is dangerous.
Children could open the trunk lid
and climb inside resulting in
possible injury or death from heat
exposure. Close the trunk lid, lock
the rear seatbacks and do not
allow children to play inside the
vehicle.
94S060–004To open the trunk lid from the inside,
pull the illuminated ‘‘ T” shaped
handle. The handle is made of
material that will glow for hours in the
darkness of the trunk following a brief
exposure to ambient light.
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Knowing Your Mazda
3-19
The ‘‘T” shaped handle is located on
the inside of the trunk lid.
76Y060-002
WARNING
!
Unattended Children and Pets:Leaving children or animals
unattended in a parked vehicle is
dangerous. Babies left sleeping
and kids who lock themselves in
cars or trunks can die very
quickly from heat prostration.
Don’ t leave your children or pets
alone in a car at any time. Don’ t
leave the car, the rear folding
seats or the trunk unlocked.
Always keep the car from being a
tempting place to play by locking
doors, trunk and rear seats and
keeping the keys where children
won’ t play with them.
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Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
Index11-3
PagePage Page
CCapacities10-5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cassette Tape Player 5-83
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Catalytic Converter
(see Emission Control System)
Center Console Box 5-58
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Center Pocket 5-58
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chains 4-13
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing a Flat Tire 6-21
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing Coolant 8-23
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing the Oil 8-18
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Charging System Warning Light 5-37 . . . .
Check Engine Light 5-39
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Checking
Automatic transaxle fluid level 8-29 . . . .
Brake/clutch fluid level 8-25
. . . . . . . . .
Coolant level 8-21
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Engine oil level 8-17
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power steering fluid level 8-27 . . . . . . . .
Washer fluid level 8-33
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Child Restraint
2-26
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Child restraint precautions 2-26 . . . . . . .
Child-restraint systems 2-28
. . . . . . . . . .
Installing child-restraint systems 2-29 . .
Child Safety Lock for Rear Door 3-8 . . . . .
Cleaning Dashboard 7-12
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lap/shoulder belt webbing 7-13 . . . . . . .
Upholstery and interior trim 7-12 . . . . . .
Window interiors 7-13
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Climate Control System 5-60
. . . . . . . . . . .
Clock 5-51
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Compact Disc Changer 5-83
. . . . . . . . . . .
Compact Disc Player 5-82, 5-83
. . . . . . . .
Coolant, Engine
Adding 8-21
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing 8-22
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inspecting 8-21
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Courtesy Lights 3-41
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cruise Control 5-24
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cup Holders 5-56
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customer Assistance
9-2, 9-5
. . . . . . . . . .
Customer Information 9-1
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
DDashboard Illumination 5-35
. . . . . . . . . . .
Dashboard Overview 1-3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dashboard Precautions 7-12
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Day/Night Mirror 3-35
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Defroster Outside mirrors 3-34
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear window 5-49
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Door Locks 3-4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inside door lock 3-6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outside door lock 3-4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Door-Ajar Warning Light 5-40
. . . . . . . . . .
Doors 1-4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Driving Hazardous driving 4-10
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
In flooded areas 4-14
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rocking the vehicle 4-11
. . . . . . . . . . . .