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Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
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.
021-11AE
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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Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
Essential Safety Equipment2-42provide the special care needed in
the removal and installation of
front seats. It is important to
protect the side air bag wiring and
connections to assure that the
bags do not accidently deploy and
that the seats retain an
undamaged air bag connection.
021-12B1E
WARNING
!
Installation of Front-EndEquipment:Installation of front-end
equipment, such as a frontal
protection bar (kangaroo bar, bull
bar, push bar, etc.), snowplow, or
winches, is dangerous. The air
bag crash sensor system could be
affected. This could cause air
bags to inflate unexpectedly, or it
could prevent the air bags from
inflating during an accident.
Front occupants could be
seriously injured. Never install
any front-end equipment to your
vehicle.
021–9AE
WARNING
!
Front Air Bag Storage Areas:Attaching an object to a front air
bag storage area or placing
something in front of it is
dangerous. In an accident, the
object could interfere with front
air bag inflation and injure the
occupants.
Always keep the front air bag
storage areas free of objects.
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021-??
WARNING
!
Suspension Adjustment:Adjusting the vehicle suspension
is dangerous. If the vehicle’ s
height or the suspension’ s
damping is changed, the vehicle
will be unable to accurately detect
a collision resulting in incorrect
or unexpected air bag deployment
and the possibility of serious
injuries.
CAUTION
!
To prevent damage to the side air
bag wiring, don’ t place luggage or
other objects under the front seats.
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Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
*Some models.
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000–00?
Constant Monitoring
The following components of the
supplement restraint systems are
monitored by a diagnostic system:
• SAS unit
• Air bag modules
• Side air bag crash sensors*
• Related wiring
A diagnostic module continuously
monitors the system’s readiness. This
begins when the ignition switch is
turned to the “ ON” position and
continues while the vehicle is being driven.
J94S2005
Supplemental restraint system
warning light
If the supplemental restraint system is
OK, the SRS warning light comes on
when the ignition switch is turned to
the ON position or after the engine is
cranked. After about 6 seconds it goes
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Customer Information9-16
093-1A1E
Service PublicationsFactory-authorized Mazda service publications are available for owners who wish to do some\
of their own maintenance
and repair.
When requesting any of our publications through an Authorized Mazda Deal\
er, refer to the chart below.
If they don’ t have what you need in stock, they can order it for you.
PUBLICATION ORDER NUMBER
PUBLICATION DESCRIPTION
9999 95 019B 01
2001 WORKSHOP MANUAL (English)
9999 95 021G 01
2001 WIRING DIAGRAM (English)
9999 95 17CS 01 (Except Puerto Rico)
2001 OWNER’S MANUAL
WORKSHOP MANUAL:
Covers recommended maintenance and repair procedures of the drive train,\
body and chassis.
WIRING DIAGRAM:
Provides electrical schematics as well as component location for the ent\
ire electrical system.