2017 MAZDA MODEL 2 width

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Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
Seat Belt Precautions
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 the seats have lap/shoulder belts. These belts also have retractors with inertia locks that
keep them out of the way when not in use. The locks allow the belts to remain comfortable
on users, but they will lock in position during a collision.
WARNING
Always wear your seat belt and make sure all occupants are properly restrained:
Not wearing a seat belt is extremely dangerous. During a collision, occupants not
wearing seat belts could hit someone or things inside the vehicle or even be thrown out
of the vehicle. They could be seriously injured or even killed. In the same collision,
occupants wearing seat belts would be much safer.

Do not wear twisted seat belts:
Twisted seat belts are dangerous. In a collision, the full width of the belt is not available
to absorb the impact. This puts more force on the bones beneath the belt, which could
cause serious injury or death. So, if your seat belt is twisted, you must straighten the
seat belt to remove any twists and to allow the full width of the belt to be used.

Never use one seat belt on more than one person at a time:
Using one seat belt for more than one person at a time is dangerous. A seat belt used
in this way cannot spread the impact forces properly and the two passengers could
be crushed together and seriously injured or even killed. Never use one belt for more
than one person at a time and always operate the vehicle with each occupant properly
restrained.

Do not operate a vehicle with a damaged seat belt:
Using a damaged seat belt is dangerous. An accident could damage the belt webbing
of the seat belt in use. A damaged seat belt cannot provide adequate protection in a
collision. Have an expert repairer, we recommend an Authorised Mazda Repairer
inspect all seat belt systems in use during an accident before they are used again.

Have your seat belts changed immediately if the pretensioner or load limiter has been
expended:
Always have an expert repairer, we recommend an Authorised Mazda Repairer
immediately inspect the seat belt pretensioners and air bags after any collision. Like the
air bags, the seat belt pretensioners and load limiters will only function once and must
be replaced after any collision that caused them to deploy. If the seat belt pretensioners
and load limiters are not replaced, the risk of injury in a collision will increase.

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When Driving
i-ACTIVSENSE
NOTE
  Under the following conditions, the LDWS may not be able to detect white or yellow
lines correctly and the LDWS may not operate correctly.
 


 If an object placed on the instrument panel is reÀ ected in the windscreen and picked
up by the camera.
 


 Heavy luggage is loaded in the luggage compartment or on the rear seat and the
vehicle is inclined.
 


 The tyre pressures are not adjusted to the speci¿ ed pressure.



 When the vehicle is driven on the entry and exit to or from the rest area or tollgate of
a highway.
 


 The white or yellow lines are less visible because of dirt or paint À aking.



 The vehicle ahead is running near a white or yellow line and the line is less visible.



 A white or yellow line is less visible because of bad weather (rain, fog, or snow).



 The vehicle is driven on a temporary lane or section with a closed lane due to
construction.
 


 A misleading line is picked up on the road such as a temporary line for construction,
or because of shade, lingering snow, or grooves ¿ lled with water.




 The surrounding brightness suddenly changes such as when entering or exiting a
tunnel.
 


 The illumination of the headlights is weakened because of dirt or the optical axis is
deviated.
 


 The windscreen is dirty or foggy.



 Back-light is reÀ ecting from the road surface.



 The road surface is wet and shiny after rain, or there are puddles on the road.



 The shade of a guardrail parallel to a white or yellow line is on the road.



 The width of a lane is excessively narrow or wide.



 The road is excessively uneven.



 The vehicle is shaken after hitting a road bump.



 There are two or more adjacent white or yellow lines.



 There are various road markings or lane markings of various shapes near an
intersection.

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When Driving
i-ACTIVSENSE
NOTE
  Under the following conditions, the radar sensors (rear) cannot detect target objects or
it may be dif¿ cult to detect them.




 A vehicle is in the detection area at the rear in an adjacent driving lane but it does
not approach. The Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) determines the condition based on
radar detection data.
 


 A vehicle is travelling alongside your vehicle at nearly the same speed for an
extended period of time.
 


 Vehicles approaching in the opposite direction.



 A vehicle in an adjacent driving lane is attempting to pass your vehicle.



 A vehicle is in an adjacent lane on a road with extremely wide driving lanes. The
detection area of the radar sensors (rear) is set at the road width of expressways.


 In the following case, the À ashing of the Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) warning
indicator light, and the activation of the warning sound and the warning screen
indicator display may not occur or they may be delayed.
 


 A vehicle makes a lane change from a driving lane two lanes over to an adjacent
lane.
 


 Driving on steep slopes.



 Crossing the summit of a hill or mountain pass.



 The turning radius is small (making a sharp turn, turning at intersections).



 When there is a difference in the height between your driving lane and the adjacent
lane.
 


 Directly after the Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) system becomes operable by
changing the setting.
 
 If the road width is extremely narrow, vehicles two lanes over may be detected.
The detection area of the radar sensors (rear) is set according to the road width of
expressways.

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When Driving
i-ACTIVSENSE
NOTE
  The Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) warning indicator light may turn on and the vehicle
detection screen may be displayed in the display in reaction to stationary objects
(guardrails, tunnels, sidewalls, and parked vehicles) on the road or the roadside.
Objects such as guardrails and concrete walls
running alongside the vehicle.Places where the width between guardrails or
walls on each side of the vehicle narrows.

The walls at the entrance and exits of tunnels,
turnouts.
  A Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) warning indicator light may À ash or the warning beep
may be activated several times when making a turn at a city intersection.
  Turn off the Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) while pulling a trailer or while an accessory
such as a bicycle carrier is installed to the rear of the vehicle. Otherwise, the radar’s
radio waves will be blocked causing the system to not operate normally.
  In the following cases, it may be dif¿ cult to view the illumination/À ashing of the Blind
Spot Monitoring (BSM) warning indicator lights equipped on the door mirrors.
 


 Snow or ice is adhering to the door mirrors.



 The front door glass is fogged or covered in snow, frost or dirt. 

 The system switches to the Rear Cross Traf¿ c Alert function when the shift lever
(manual transaxle) or the selector lever (automatic transaxle) is shifted to the reverse
(R) position.
 Refer to Rear Cross Traf¿ c Alert (RCTA) on page 4-130 .

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When Driving
Rear View Monitor
Viewing the Display
Guide lines which indicate the width of the vehicle (yellow) are displayed on the screen as a
reference to the approximate width of the vehicle in comparison to the width of the parking
space you are about to back into.
Use this display view for parking your vehicle in a parking space or garage.

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a) Vehicle width guide lines (yellow)
These guide lines serve as a reference to the approximate width of the vehicle.
b) Distance guide lines.
These guide lines indicate the approximate distance to a point measured from the
vehicle's rear (from the end of the bumper).
 

 
 The red and yellow lines indicate the points about 50 cm (19 in) for the red line and
100 cm (39.3 in) for the yellow lines from the rear bumper (at the centre point of each
of the lines).

CAUTION
The guide lines on the screen are ¿ xed lines. They are not synced to the driver's turning
of the steering wheel. Always be careful and check the area to the vehicle's rear and the
surrounding area directly with your eyes while backing up.

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When Driving
Rear View Monitor
Rear View Monitor Operation
The operation of the rear view monitor when reversing the vehicle varies depending on
the traf¿ c, road, and vehicle conditions. The amount of steering and the timing also varies
depending on conditions, so con¿ rm the surrounding conditions directly with your eyes and
steer the vehicle in accordance with the conditions.
Be well aware of the above cautions prior to using the rear view monitor.
NOTE
Images displayed on the monitor from the rear view parking camera are reversed images
(mirror images).
1. Shift the shift lever to R to switch the display to the rear view monitor display.
2. Con¿ rming the surrounding conditions, reverse the vehicle.


(Display condition) (Vehicle condition)

3. After your vehicle begins entering the parking space, continue backing up slowly so that
the distance between the vehicle width lines and the sides of the parking space on the left
and right are roughly equal.
4. Continue to adjust the steering wheel until the vehicle width guide lines are parallel to
the left and right sides of the parking space.

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Rear View Monitor
5. Once they are parallel, straighten the wheels and back your vehicle slowly into the
parking space. Continue checking the vehicle's surroundings and then stop the vehicle
in the best possible position. (If the parking space has division lines, check whether the
vehicle width guide lines are parallel to them.)


(Display condition) (Vehicle condition)

6. When the shift lever is shifted from R to another shift lever position, the screen returns to
the previous display.

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When Driving
Rear View Monitor
NOTE
Because there may be a difference between the displayed image, such as indicated below,
and the actual conditions when parking, always verify the safety at the rear of the vehicle
and the surrounding area directly with your eyes.
 
 In the image of the parking space (or garage) displayed on the screen, the back end and
distance guide lines may appear aligned in the monitor, but they may not actually be
aligned on the ground.
  When parking in a space with a division line on only one side of the parking space, the
division line and the vehicle width guide line appear aligned in the monitor, but they
may not actually be aligned on the ground.


Variance Between Actual Road Conditions and Displayed Image
Some variance occurs between the actual road and the displayed road. Such variance in
distance perspective could lead to an accident. Note the following conditions that may cause
a variance in distance perspective.
When the vehicle is tilted due to the weight of passengers and load
When the vehicle rear is lowered, the object displayed on the screen appears farther than the
actual distance.

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