2006 MAZDA MODEL TRIBUTE Owners Manual (in English)

WARNING: To reduce the risk of possible serious injury: Do
not hang objects off seat back or stow objects in the seatback
map pocket (if equipped) when a child is in the front passenger
seat. Do not place objects underneath the front passenger seat
or between the seat and the center console (if equipped).
Check the “passenger airbag off” or “pass airbag off” indicator
lamp for proper airbag status. Refer toFront passenger
sensing systemsection for additional details. Failure to follow
these instructions may interfere with the front passenger seat
sensing system.
The control is located on the outboard side of the seat cushion.
Move the front of the control up or
down to raise or lower the front
portion of the seat cushion.
Move the rear of the control up or
down to raise or lower the rear
portion of the seat cushion.
Move the control in the directions
shown to move the seat forward,
backward, up or down.
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Heated seats (if equipped)
To operate the heated seats:
•Push the control located on the
seat to activate.
•Push again to deactivate.
The heated seats will activate when the ignition is in the RUN position.
REAR SEATS
Head restraints (if equipped)
The purpose of these head restraints is to help limit head motion in the
event of a rear collision. To properly adjust your head restraints, lift the
head restraint so that it is located directly behind your head or as close
to that position as possible.
The head restraints can be moved
up and down.
Push control to lower head restraint.
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Folding down rear seats (60/40 split bench)
1. Raise the rear seat head
restraint and remove.
2. Place the head restraint under
the front seat for storage.
3. Pull the seat release control.
NOTE:Make sure the floor is clear of all objects before folding the seat.
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4. Flip seat forward.
Attach the safety belt web snap
button to the quarter trim panel
snap button. This will assure that
seatbelt does not get caught by
staying out of the seat back folding
path.
5. To release seatback, pull the
seatback release lever (on top
of seat) toward the front seat.
NOTE:When the seatback release
lever is pulled, slowly lower
seatback to the flat position.
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6. Rotate seatback down into load
floor position.
Returning the rear seats to upright position
1. Pull seatback up and into
upright position making sure
seatback locks into place.
2. Rotate seat cushion down into
the seating position making sure
that the seat cushion is locked
into place and the RED seat
unlatched indicator on release
paddle is not visible.
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WARNING: Make sure safety belt buckle heads are through
elastic holders on seat backs. Safety belt buckle heads may
break if they are trapped underneath the seatback as the
seatback is rotated down.
WARNING: Before returning the seatback to its original
position, make sure that cargo or any objects are not trapped
underneath the seatback. After returning the seatback to its
original position, pull on the seatback to ensure that it has fully
latched. An unlatched seat may become dangerous in the event
of a sudden stop or collision.
3. Remove the head restraints
stored under the front
passenger seat and return them
to the original position on the
seat backs.
To remove the rear cushion
1. Lift the yellow tab to release the
hinges.
2. Pull the cushion to the outboard
side of the vehicle.
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To install the rear cushion
1. Insert rod ends into floor
mounting points and push the
cushion to the inboard side of
the vehicle.
2. Make sure that the hinges are
locked into place.
SAFETY RESTRAINTS
Personal Safety System
The Personal Safety System
provides an improved overall level of
frontal crash protection to front seat occupants and is designed to help
further reduce the risk of airbag-related injuries. The system is able to
analyze different occupant conditions and crash severity before activating
the appropriate safety devices to help better protect a range of
occupants in a variety of frontal crash situations.
Your vehicle’s Personal Safety System
consists of:
•Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints.
•Front safety belts with pretensioners (front row only), load limiter
(front row only), and safety belt usage sensors.
•Front passenger sensing system
•“Passenger airbag off” or “pass airbag off” indicator lamp
•Front crash severity sensor.
•Restraints Control Module (RCM) with impact and safing sensors.
•Restraint system warning light and back-up tone.
•The electrical wiring for the airbags, crash sensor(s), safety belt
pretensioners, front safety belt usage sensors, driver seat position
sensor, front passenger sensing system, and indicator lights.
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How does the Personal Safety Systemwork?
The Personal Safety System
can adapt the deployment strategy of your
vehicle’s safety devices according to crash severity and occupant
conditions. A collection of crash and occupant sensors provides
information to the Restraints control module (RCM). During a crash, the
RCM activates the safety belt pretensioners and/or either one or both
stages of the dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints based on crash
severity and occupant conditions.
The fact that the pretensioners or airbags did not activate for both front
seat occupants in a collision does not mean that something is wrong with
the system. Rather, it means the Personal Safety System
determined
the accident conditions (crash severity, belt usage, etc.) were not
appropriate to activate these safety devices. Front airbags and
pretensioners are designed to activate only in frontal and near-frontal
collisions, not rollovers, side-impacts, or rear-impacts unless the collision
causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration.
Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints
The dual-stage airbags inflation energy is tailored to crash severity, belt
use, driver seat position, and other factors. A lower, less forceful energy
level is provided for more common, moderate-severity impacts. A higher
energy level is used for the most severe impacts unless the driver’s seat
is forward for a small occupant. Refer toAirbag supplemental
restraintssection in this chapter.
Front crash severity sensor
The front crash severity sensor enhances the ability to detect the
severity of an impact. Positioned up front, it provides valuable
information early in the crash event on the severity of the impact. This
allows your Personal Safety System
to distinguish between different
levels of crash severity and modify the deployment strategy of the
dual-stage airbags and safety belt pretensioners.
Driver’s seat position sensor
The driver’s seat position sensor allows your Personal Safety System
to
tailor the deployment level of the driver dual-stage airbag based on seat
position. The system is designed to help protect smaller drivers sitting
close to the driver airbag by providing a lower airbag output level.
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