2003 MAZDA MODEL 6 ECO mode

A Word to Mazda Owners
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
Thank you for choosing a Mazda. We at Mazda design and build vehicles with complete
customer satisfaction in mind.
To help ensure enjoyable and trouble-free operation of your Mazda, read this manual
carefully and follow its recommendations.
An Authorized Mazda Dealer knows your vehicle best. So when maintenance or service is
necessary, that’s the place to go.
Our nationwide network of Mazda professionals is dedicated to providing you with the best
possible service.
We assure you that all of us at Mazda have an ongoing interest in your motoring pleasure
and in your full satisfaction with your Mazda product.
Mazda North American Operations
©2002 Mazda North American Operations
Printed in U.S.A.(Print2)
Important Notes About This Manual
Keep this manual in the glove box as a handy reference for the safe and enjoyable use of your Mazda. Should
you resell the vehicle, leave this manual with it for the next owner.
All specifications and descriptions are accurate at the time of printing. Because improvement is a constant goal
at Mazda, we reserve the right to make changes in specifications at any time without notice and without
obligation.
Air Conditioning and the Environment
Your Mazda’s genuine air conditioner is filled with HFC134a (R134a), a refrigerant that has been found not to
damage the earth’s ozone layer. If the air conditioner does not operate properly, consult an Authorized Mazda
Dealer.
Please be aware that this manual applies to all models, equipment and options. As a result, you may find
some explanations for equipment not installed on your vehicle.
shuseizumi_J56J_8R29_EA_02I.book Page 3 Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:51 AM

2-10
Essential Safety Equipment
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
Seat Belt Systems
Seat belts help to decrease the possibility of severe injury during accidents and sudden
stops. Mazda recommends that the driver and all passengers always wear seat belts.
All of the seat belt retractors are designed to keep the lap/shoulder belts out of the way
when not in use.
The driver’s seat belt has no provisions for child-restraint systems and has only an
emergency locking mode. The driver may wear it comfortably, and it will lock during a
collision.
However, the front passenger’s seat and all rear lap/shoulder belt retractors operate in two
modes: emergency locking mode, and for child-restraint systems, automatic locking mode.
Seat Belt Precautions
shuseizumi_J56J_8R29_EA_02I.book Page 10 Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:51 AM

2-12
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I

Pregnant Women and Persons with Serious Medical Conditions
Pregnant women should wear seat belts. Ask your doctor for specific recommendations.
The lap belt should be worn SNUGLY AND AS LOW AS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIPS.
The shoulder belt should be worn across your shoulder properly, but never across the
stomach area.
Persons with serious medical conditions also should wear seat belts. Check with your
doctor for any special instructions regarding specific medical conditions.

Emergency Locking Mode
If the belt has fully retracted, it will always be in the emergency locking mode until you
move it into automatic locking mode by pulling the belt all the way out to its full length. In
the emergency locking mode, the belt remains comfortable on the occupant and the
retractor will lock in position during a collision.
If the belt feels tight and hinders comfortable movement while the vehicle is stopped or in
motion, you may be in the automatic locking mode because you have pulled the belt too far
out. To return to the more comfortable emergency locking mode, wait until you can stop
the vehicle in a safe area, retract the belt fully to convert it back to emergency locking
mode and then again extend it around you.

Automatic Locking Mode
Always use the automatic locking mode to keep the child-restraint system from shifting to
an unsafe position in the event of an accident. To get the seat belt into the automatic
locking mode, pull it all the way out and connect it as instructed on the child-restraint
system. It will retract down to the child-restraint system and stay locked on it. See the
section on child restraint (page 2-21).
shuseizumi_J56J_8R29_EA_02I.book Page 12 Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:51 AM

2-15
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
For optimum protection, the driver and
front passenger seat belts are equipped
with pretensioner and load limiting
systems.
In moderate or greater frontal or near-
frontal accidents, the front air bag and
pretensioner systems deploy
simultaneously. The pretensioners take up
slack in the front seat belts as the air bags
are expanding. The load limiting system
releases belt webbing in a controlled
manner to reduce belt force on the
occupant’s chest.
Front Seat Belt
Pretensioner and Load
Limiting Systems
Incorrect Positioning of the Driver and Front Passenger Seat Belts:Incorrect positioning of the driver
and passenger seat belts is dangerous.
Without proper positioning, the
pretensioner and load limiting
systems cannot provide adequate
protection in an accident and this
could result in serious injury. Wear
seat belts only as recommended in
this owner’s manual.
Expended Seat Belt Pretensioners:
Use of front seat belts with the
pretensioner system expended is
dangerous.
The seat belt pretensioners will only
function once. After they are
expended, they will not work again
and must be replaced immediately,
even if there was no front seat
occupant seated at the time.
If the seat belt pretensioners are not
replaced, the risk of injury in a
collision will increase.
Always have an Authorized Mazda
Dealer inspect and replace the seat
belt pretensioners after a collision.
WARNING
shuseizumi_J56J_8R29_EA_02I.book Page 15 Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:51 AM

5-13
Driving Your Mazda
Starting and Driving
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I

Shifting
Shifting up
(M1→M2→M3→M4→M5*)
To shift up to a higher gear, tap the shift
lever back ( ) once.
*3.0-liter engine model
Shifting down
(M5*→M4→M3→M2→M1)
To shift down to a lower gear, tap the shift
lever forward ( ) once.
*3.0-liter engine model
NOTE
If the gears cannot be shifted down
when driving at higher speeds, the gear
position indicator will flash twice to
signal that the gears cannot be shifted
down (page 5-14).
NOTE
•
When driving slowly, the gears may
not shift up depending on vehicle
speed (page 5-14).
•
In manual shift mode, gears do not
shift up automatically. Don’t run the
engine with the tachometer needle
in the RED ZONE. If the
tachometer needle enters the RED
ZONE, you may feel engine-
braking because the fuel delivery
will be stopped to protect the
engine. However, this does not
indicate an abnormality.
•
Gears may not be shifted from M1
to M2 right after shifting the lever
from D to M. Wait a few seconds
and then shift up to M2.
•
When depressing the accelerator
fully, the transaxle will shift to a
lower gear, depending on vehicle
speed.
shuseizumi_J56J_8R29_EA_02I.book Page 13 Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:51 AM

5-15
Driving Your Mazda
Starting and Driving
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
3.0-liter engine model
Shifting up
If the vehicle speed is lower than the
speed specified for each gear, the gear
cannot be shifted up to a higher gear.
At kickdown, shifting up to each gear is
only possible at the following speeds or
higher:
Shifting down
If the vehicle speed is higher than the
speed specified for each gear, the gear
cannot be shifted down to a lower gear.During deceleration, the gears shift down
automatically when speed is reduced to
the following:
If the vehicle is kicked down at the
following speeds or lower, the gears shift
down automatically:

Recommendations for Shifting
Upshifting
2.3-liter engine
For normal acceleration and cruising, we
recommend these shift points.
3.0-liter engine
For normal acceleration and cruising, we
recommend these shift points.
Gear Vehicle speed
M1
→M2You can shift up to M2
whether the vehicle is
stopped or moving.
M2
→M3 10 km/h (6 mph)
M3
→M4Between 25 and 63
km/h (15 and 39 mph),
depending on how
much the accelerator
pedal is depressed.
M4
→M5Between 44 and 86
km/h (27 and 53 mph),
depending on how
much the accelerator
pedal is depressed.
Gear Vehicle speed
M2
→M3 45 km/h (27 mph)
M3
→M4 69 km/h (42 mph)
M4
→M5 177 km/h (109 mph)
Gear Vehicle speed
M5
→M4 194 km/h (120 mph)
M4
→M3 133 km/h (82 mph)
M3
→M2 87 km/h (53 mph)
M2
→M1 46 km/h (28 mph)
Gear Vehicle speed
M5
→M4Between 44 and 86
km/h (27 and 53 mph),
depending on how
much the accelerator
pedal is released.
M4
→M3Between 25 and 63
km/h (15 and 39 mph),
depending on how
much the accelerator
pedal is released.
M3 or M2
→M1 10 km/h (6 mph)
Gear Vehicle speed
M5
→M4 177 km/h (109 mph)
M5
→M3 69 km/h (42 mph)
M4
→M3 69 km/h (42 mph)
M4
→M2 45 km/h (27 mph)
M3
→M2 45 km/h (27 mph)
M1 to M2 24 km/h (15 mph)
M2 to M3 40 km/h (25 mph)
M3 to M4 65 km/h (40 mph)
M1 to M2 24 km/h (15 mph)
M2 to M3 40 km/h (25 mph)
M3 to M4 65 km/h (40 mph)
M4 to M5 73 km/h (45 mph)
shuseizumi_J56J_8R29_EA_02I.book Page 15 Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:51 AM

5-24
Driving Your Mazda
Instrument Cluster and Indicators
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I

Speedometer
The speedometer indicates the speed of
the vehicle.

Odometer and Trip Meter
The display mode can be changed
between trip meter A and trip meter B by
pressing the selector while they are
displayed. The selected mode will be
displayed.
Odometer
The odometer records the total distance
the vehicle has been driven.
Tr i p m e t e r
The trip meter can record the total
distance of two trips. One is recorded in
trip meter A, and the other is recorded in
trip meter B.
For instance, trip meter A can record the
distance from the point of origin, and trip
meter B can record the distance from
where the fuel tank is filled.
When trip meter A is selected, pressing
the selector again within one second will
change to trip meter B mode.
When trip meter A is selected, TRIP A
will be displayed. When trip meter B is
selected, TRIP B will be displayed.
Selector
Odometer
Trip meter
Odometer
Odometer Trip meter A
Press the selector
Press the selector Trip meter B
NOTE
(Standard meter)

The odometer and trip meter can be
displayed as follows even when the
ignition switch is in the ACC or LOCK
position.
The headlight switch must be in the
or position to see the display.
•
Displays for 10 minutes after the
ignition switch is turned to the ACC
or LOCK position from the ON
position.
•
Displays for 10 minutes after any
door is opened.
shuseizumi_J56J_8R29_EA_02I.book Page 24 Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:51 AM

6-7
Interior Comfort
Climate Control System
Form No. 8R29-EA-02I
Mode selector dial
Turn the mode selector dial to select
airflow mode (page 6-4).
A/C switch
Push the switch to turn the air conditioner
on. An indicator light on the switch will
illuminate when the fan control dial is on.
Push the switch once again to turn the air
conditioner off.Air intake selector
This switch controls the source of air
entering the vehicle.
Press the switch to alternate between the
and positions. The indicator
light for the selected mode will
illuminate.
It is recommended that under normal
conditions the switch be kept in the
outside air position.
Outside air position ( )
Outside air is taken into the vehicle. Use
this position for normal ventilation and
heating.
Recirculated air position ( )
Outside air is shut off. Air within the
vehicle is recirculated.
This position can be used when driving on
a dusty road or in similar conditions. It
also helps to provide quicker cooling of
the interior.
NOTE
The air conditioner may not function
when the outside temperature
approaches 0 °
C (32 °
F).
shuseizumi_J56J_8R29_EA_02I.book Page 7 Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:51 AM