2003 MAZDA MODEL 6 Owners Manual (in English)

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Essential Safety Equipment
Child Restraint
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
LATCH Child-Restraint System 
Installation Procedure (Rear 
Center Seat)
The LATCH lower anchors at the center 
of the rear seat a

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Essential Safety Equipment
Child Restraint
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
Child-Restraint Tether Usage:Using the tether to secure anything 
but a child-restraint system is 
dangerous. This could weaken or

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Essential Safety Equipment
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
SRS Air Bags
Read this owner’s manual carefully to verify what air bags (driver-side air bag, passenger-
side air bag, side and curtain air bags)

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Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
Small children should be protected by a child-restraint system. In certain regions, larger 
children must use a child-restraint system

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Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
Seating Position with Side and Curtain Air Bags:Sitting too close to the side and curtain air bag storage compartments or placing 
han

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Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
Hot Air Bag Inflators:Hot air bag inflators are dangerous. Immediately after inflation, the inflators in the 
steering wheel, dashboar

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Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
NOTE
•
When an air bag deploys, a loud inflation noise can be heard and some smoke will be 
released. Neither is likely to cause inj

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Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
The supplemental restraint systems (SRS) have two basic subsystems:
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The air bag system with inflators and air bags.
•
The electr