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Your Vehicle at a GlanceYour Mazda is a complex vehicle, but the design throughout considers your safety and comfort paramount. This
requires many controls, locks, graphic symbols, mechanisms and amenities that need to be un\
derstood for
proper operation.
Section 1 illustrates this information to familiarize you with what need\
s to be known to help make your motoring
safer and easier, and lots more fun.Interior Overview 1-2
Dashboard Overview 1-3 Doors 1-4
Luggage Compartment 1-5
1
1-1
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*Some models.
Your Vehicle at a Glance1-4
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Doors
Courtesy light (page 3-41)
Front (Driver’s side)
Remote trunk lid release (page 3-16)Door lock switch* (page 3-7)
Door lock (page 3-4)
Power window
master control*
(page 3-13)J94S1003_a
(2001)
Outside mirror (page 3-33)
Door handle (page 3-7)
Courtesy light (page 3-41)
Front (Passenger’s side)J94S1004_a (2001)
Door lock (page 3-4)
Outside mirror (page 3-33)
Power window switch* (page 3-13) Door handle (page 3-7)
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*Some models.
Your Vehicle at a Glance
1-5
RearJ94A1005Door handle
(page 3-7)Door lock (page 3-4)
Power window switch* (page 3-13)
Child safety lock (page 3-8)
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Luggage Compartment
Tool bag Jack
Spare tire (page 6-27)
J94S6013_1Gr
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Essential Safety Equipment2-34in the rear seat, do not allow the
child to lean over or against the
front door, even if the child is
seated in a child-restraint system.
J54A2112HFront passenger ’s seat
child-restraint system installation
(Lap/shoulder belt)
1. Slide the seat as far back as possible. 2. Secure the child-restraint system with
the lap portion of the lap/shoulder
belt. See the instructions on the
child-restraint system for belt routing
instructions.
3. To get the retractor into the automatic locking mode, pull the
shoulder belt portion of the seat belt
until the entire length of the belt is
out of the retractor. Position the belt
correctly, push the child-restraint
system firmly into the vehicle seat
and be sure the belt retracts as snugly
as possible. Clicking from the
retractor will be heard during
retraction if the system is in
automatic locking mode. If the belt
does not lock the seat down tight,
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Essential Safety Equipment
2-41
front seatbacks. Furthermore,
sleeping up against the door or
hanging out the driver’s-side
window while driving could block
the side air bag and eliminate the
advantages of supplemental
protection.
Give the side air-bags room to
work by sitting in the center of the
seat while the vehicle is moving
with seat belts worn properly.
021–3GE
NOTEWhen an air bag deploys, a loud
inflation noise can be heard and
some smoke will be released.
Neither is likely to cause injury.
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WARNING
!
Hot Air Bag Inflators:Hot air bag inflators are
dangerous. Immediately after
inflation, the inflators in the
steering wheel, dashboard or the
seatbacks are very hot. You could
get burned. Don’ t touch the
internal components of the air
bag storage areas after the bags
have inflated.
021-2C1E
WARNING
!
Modification of the SupplementalRestraint System:Modifying the components or
wiring of the supplemental
restraint system is dangerous. You
could accidentally activate it or
make it inoperable. Don’ t make
any modifications to the
supplemental restraint system.
This includes installing trim,
badges, or anything else over the
air bag storage areas. It also
includes installing extra electric
equipment on or near system
components or wiring.
An Authorized Mazda Dealer can (Continued)
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Knowing Your MazdaSecurity takes many forms and is very important to owner and occupants. Section \
3 describes the safe way to use
your Mazda: keys, locks, windows and interior lighting.Keys 3- 2
Door Locks 3- 4
Keyless Entry System 3- 9 Power Windows 3-13
Trunk Lid 3-15
Trunk Release Handle 3-18 Hood Release 3-20
Immobilizer System 3-22
Theft-Deterrent System 3-26 Fuel-Filler Lid 3-30
Fuel-Filler Cap 3-30
Steering Wheel 3-32
Mirrors 3-33
Sunroof 3-36
Interior Light 3-39 Map Lights 3-40
Trunk Light 3-41
Courtesy Lights 3-41
3
3-1
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3-3
CAUTION
!
When starting the engine, do not
let the following materials touch
the key grip. The engine may not
start:
•Spare keys.
• Keys for other vehicles
equipped with an immobilizer
system.
• Metal objects that touch or pass
through the hole in the key.
UQ006-5AE
Here’s what the keys are used for.
Key
Lock
Operates
Primary
Secondary
Ignition switch
and steering
column lock
Ye s
Ye s
Doors
Ye s
Ye s
Glove box
Ye s
No
Trunk
Ye s
No
If you must leave your vehicle with
another person, such as a parking
attendant, protect items by locking the
glove box and trunk lid with the
primary key. Keep that key and give
the other person only the secondary
key.
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A code number is stamped on the plate
attached to the key set; detach this
plate and store it in a safe place (not in
the vehicle) for use if you need to
make a replacement key.
Also write down the code number and
keep it in another safe and handy
place, but not in the vehicle.
If your key is lost, consult your
Authorized Mazda Dealer with the
code number ready.
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Knowing Your Mazda3-4
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.
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Door LocksUnlock
LockJ94A2003Outside Door Lock
Locking, unlocking, with key
Any front door can be locked or
unlocked with a key. Turn the key toward the front to
unlock, toward the back to lock.