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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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Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
*Some models.
Knowing Your Mazda
3-13
Q008-1GE
Power Windows*J94A2012
Right front window
Right rear window
Left front window
Left rear window
Power Window Master Control
The ignition switch must be in the ON
position for the power windows to
operate.
J94A2064
Open Close
Windows may be opened or closed by
the power window master control
switches on the driver ’s door. Also,
each door has a switch to open and
close its window.
Q008-2A1E
One-Touch Power Window
(Driver ’s Window Only)
When the switch is pressed firmly, the
window will move to its fully open
position. To stop the window partway,
lift the switch.
Lift the switch continually to close the
window all the way.
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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
*Some models.
Knowing Your Mazda3-26
Q096-19AE
Theft-Deterrent System*The optional theft-deterrent system is
designed to prevent your vehicle or its
contents from being stolen when all of
the doors, hood, and trunk lid are
locked.
If forcible entry is attempted, the
system sounds the horn and flashes the
hazard warning lights and headlights.NOTEThe theft-deterrent system has
been designed to operate mainly
with the keyless entry system
transmitter.
096-3AE
The system won’ t function unless it’ s
properly armed.
So when you leave your vehicle:
• Lock all doors
• Close all windows
• Take your key and keyless entry
system transmitter
• Make sure the security indicator
light is flashing
Q096-4D2E
Operation
What turns it on:
• Forcing open a door, the hood or
the trunk lid.
• Opening the hood or the trunk lid
by operating the hood release lever
or remote trunk lid release button.
• Opening a door after unlocking the
doors with the key or an inside
door-lock button.
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Knowing Your Mazda3-30Mazda recommends that you affix
them to the lower rear corner of the
front door windows.
014-2BE
Fuel-Filler LidJ25F2040To open, pull the remote fuel-filler lid
release up.
015-1DE
Fuel-Filler Cap
J94A2023
Open
Close
•To remove the filler cap, turn it
counterclockwise.
• To replace the filler cap, turn it
clockwise until it clicks.
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*Some models.
Knowing Your Mazda3-34
023-4IE
J94A2055
Mirror adjusting switch
Power control mirror
The ignition switch must be in the
ACC or ON position. To adjust:
1. Rotate the mirror adjusting switch
to the left or right to choose the
mirror.
2. Depress the switch in the appropriate direction.
After adjusting the mirror, lock the
control by rotating the switch to the
middle position.
023-6BE
J94A4036
Mirror defroster*
To turn on the mirror defroster, turn
the ignition on and push the rear
window defroster switch (page 5-49).