2001 MAZDA MODEL PROTÉGÉ Owners Manual (in English)

Your Vehicle at a clance
Dashboard Orerview
wiper and ssher leeei (Fge 5 35)Hazard Naming fa)her!{'Lh (p,ge b 2)In{rumenr cluster eage 5 :0)
Lighi conrol/Tun signahAndio systen (pa8e s-s6)
cenler console (t!ge 5-4o)

Your Vehicle at a Glance
OuGde mircrlprge I 2l I
Power aindow switches*
Outside nimr (paBe 3-21)
Froot (Passenger's side)

Your Vehicle at a clance

Your Vehicle at a Glarce
Luggage Compartment

Essential Safety Equipment
P.rsanat salery ani coaJort are ||hat nake
.lrivins tour Mavla d pleasurdble
erpendce. Sectioh 2 describd esehtidl
inJbmatia Ji, optihal sqfe divins incLl.line
seats, seat bek stslhs and the supplenehtal
Front Sears 2 2
Rearsear 2- 5
SeatBelt Systems 2- I
Child ResEaint 220LAICH Child-Restrainl Systens 2 21
Supplemental Restnint Systems 2 30
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Essential Safety Equipment
Front Seats
I Seat Slide
To move a seat forward or backward.
raise the lever and slide the seat to the
desired position.
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Secuin! seats:
Adjustable seats a d seatbacks that
are not securetr tatched arc
dangero s.In a s dde stot or
couhion, the seat or seatbackcould
now,caasing i jut!. Make sure the
odjustable conpon.nts of the seat
are lo.ked in place br attenpting to
sline the seatforward and backwa
and rocking the seatb.ck.
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Driv e r's S e at Ad i ustme nt:
Adjusting the bit'er seat v,hile the
whicle is mo'ing is dangenus.The
divet couA bse contrct oJ the
whick and have an occident. Adj|st
the dtuet's seat onlr whenthe

Essentbl Safety Equipment
I Head Restraint
I Seat Recline
To change lhe sealback angle. lean
fonvard slightly while raising the l€ver
Then lean back to the desired position
and release ihe lever.
Make sure the leverreturns to its original
position and the seatback is locked in
place by attempting to push it fo.ward
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Reclinins:
Sittins in a nclined position while
the rehicle it nofing is dangerous
because lou tlon't get the fullprotection from seat behs. During
sunnen brukins ot a cotlision, )oucan sline under the lap belt and
suffet seious intemat injudes. For
Duxinun pdecnon, sit u'ell back
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Head Restraints Adj stme t:
Driying with the head rcstrahtti
adjusted too low or rcnoved is
dangerous. With no support behitul
rour head, rour ne.k could be
sedoustr injured in a collision.
Alwars dnre with the heotr rcstraints
insetledwhen seats arc beine used
and ,nake surc thet a.e prcperl!
adjusted.
ACAUTION
When retuming a real reclined
seatback to its upright position, make
sure you support lhe seatback while
operating lbe seatback lever Ifthe
seatback is nol supporled, irwill flip
forward suddenly and could cause
lnjufy.

Bssential Sfety Eqnipmeni
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V Height adjustment
To raise a head restraint. pull it up to the
To lowe. lhe head reslrainl. press the
stop-catch release. $en push rhe head
Adjust tbe head restraint so tha! the top
parallels the top of the passenger's earsi
never lhe passenger's neck.
I Seat Tilt* (Driver's Seat)
The seat bottom angle can be adjustedby
rotaiing rhe dial. Th€ front dial lilts ihe
front of $e seat bottom upward.
The seat bottom angle can be adjusted by
rotating the dial. The rear dial tihs the
rear of the seal bottom upward.
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