2017 MAZDA MODEL CX-3 ECO mode

A Word to Mazda Owners


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.

Regular servicing of your vehicle by an expert repairer helps maintain both its
roadworthiness and its resale value. A world-wide network of Authorised Mazda Repairers
can help you with their professional servicing expertise.
Their specially trained personnel are best quali¿ ed to service your Mazda vehicle properly
and exactly. Also, they are supported by a wide range of highly specialized tools and
equipment specially developed for servicing Mazda vehicles. When maintenance or service
is necessary we recommend an Authorised Mazda Repairer.

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 Motor Corporation
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN


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 speci¿ cations 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 speci¿ cations at any time without notice and without obligation.


Please be aware that this manual applies to all models, equipment and options. As a result, you may ¿ nd
some explanations for equipment not installed on your vehicle.


©2016 Mazda Motor Corporation
Dec. 2016 (Print2)

2–7
Essential Safety Equipment
Seats
*Some models.
Driving Position Memory *
The desired driving position can be called
up after programming the position.
The following driving positions can be
programmed.
 


 Driver’s seat position (seat slide, height
adjustment, front edge of seat bottom,
seat recline)
  Refer to Seat Operation on page 2-5 .



 Active driving display (display position,
brightness level, display information)
  Refer to Active Driving Display on page
4-33 .

CAUTION
Do not place ¿ ngers or hands around
the bottom of the seat while the seat
memory function is operating. The
seat moves automatically while the
seat memory function is operating and
¿ ngers or hands could get pinched and
injured.

SET button

The driving position can be programmed
or operated using the buttons on the side
of the seat or the key.
NOTE
  Lumbar support adjustment cannot
be programmed.
  Individual seat positions can be
programmed to the two available
programming buttons on the side
of the driver's seat, plus one seat
position for each registered key.
  If the vehicle has been serviced and
the battery leads disconnected, the
programmed seat positions will have
been erased. Re-programme the seat
positions.
Programming
1. Make sure the parking brake is on.
2. (Automatic transaxle)
Make sure the selector lever is in the P
position.
3. Start the engine.
4. Adjust the seat and the active driving
display to the desired driving position.
5. Press the SET button on the seat until a
beep sound is heard one time.
6. Perform one of the following settings
within 5 seconds of completing step 5
above:
 

 
 Programming using a button on
the side of the seat

 Press the button you want to
programme, either button 1 or 2, until
a beep sound is heard one time.
 

 
 Programming using the key 
 Press the key button until a beep
sound is heard one time.

NOTE
If a beep sound is heard three times, the
operation is cancelled.

2–9
Essential Safety Equipment
Seats
*Some models.
Erasing programmed driving positions
(Erasing the driving positions
programmed to the key)
1. Switch the ignition OFF.
2. Press the SET button on the side of the
seat until a beep sound is heard one
time.
3. After the beep sounds, press the key

button within 5 seconds until a beep
sound is heard one time.

NOTE
If a beep sound is heard three times, the
operation is cancelled.
Seat Warmer *
The front seats are electrically heated. The
ignition must be switched ON.
Press the seat warmer switch while the
ignition is switched ON to operate the seat
warmer. The indicator lights turn on to
indicate that the seat warmer is operating.
The mode changes as follows each time
the seat warmer switch is pressed.

OFF
High
Mid
Low

WARNING
Be careful when using the seat
warmer:
The heat from the seat warmer may be
too hot for some people, as indicated
as follows, and could cause a low-
temperature burn.
 
 Infants, small children, elderly
people, and physically challenged
people
  People with delicate skin 
 People who are excessively fatigued 
 People who are intoxicated 
 People who have taken sleep-
inducing medicine such as sleeping
pills or cold medicine

Do not use the seat warmer with
anything having high moisture-
retention ability such as a blanket or
cushion on the seat:
The seat may be heated excessively and
cause a low-temperature burn.

Do not use the seat warmer even when
taking a short nap in the vehicle:
The seat may be heated excessively and
cause a low-temperature burn.

Do not place heavy objects with sharp
projections on the seat, or insert
needles or pins into it:
This could cause the seat to become
excessively heated and result in injury
from a minor burn.

2–17
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
CAUTION
Belt retraction may become dif¿ cult if the belts and rings are soiled, so try to keep them
clean. For more details about cleaning the seat belts, refer to "Seat Belt Maintenance"
(page 6-64 ).

Ring

Pregnant Women and Persons with Serious Medical Conditions
Pregnant women should always wear seat belts. Ask your doctor for speci¿ c
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 speci¿ c medical conditions.


Emergency Locking Mode
When the seat belt is fastened, it will always be in the emergency locking mode.
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 is locked and cannot be pulled out, retract the belt once, and then try pulling it out
slowly. If this fails, pull the belt strongly one time and loosen, then pull it out again slowly.

2–19
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
*Some models.
Seat Belt Warning
Systems
If it detects that the occupant seat belt
is unfastened, the warning light or beep
alerts the occupant.
Refer to Taking Action on page 7-58 .
Refer to Seat Belt Warning Beep on page
7-64 .

Seat belt indicator light (rear seat)
(green)
*


The light turns on when the ignition
is switched ON and a rear seat belt is
fastened, and then it turns off after about
30 seconds.
Seat Belt Pretensioner
and Load Limiting
Systems
For optimum protection, the front seat
belts and rear outboard seat belts * are
equipped with pretensioner and load
limiting systems. For both these systems to
work properly you must wear the seat belt
properly.

Pretensioners:
When a collision is detected, the
pretensioners deploy simultaneously with
the air bags.
For deployment details, refer to the SRS
Air Bag Deployment Criteria (page
2-55 ).
The seat belt retractors remove slack
quickly as the air bags are expanding.
Any time the air bags and seat belt
pretensioners have ¿ red they must be
replaced.
A system malfunction or operation
conditions are indicated by a warning.
Refer to Warning/Indicator Lights on page
4-36 .
Refer to Air Bag/Seat Belt Pretensioner
System Warning Beep on page 7-64 .
(With front passenger air bag
deactivation switch)
In addition, the pretensioner system for
the front passenger, like the front and side
passenger air bag, is designed to only
deploy when the front passenger air bag
deactivation switch is turned to the ON
position.
For details, refer to Front Passenger Air
Bag Deactivation Switch (page 2-47 ).

2–20
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
Load limiter:
The load limiting system releases belt
webbing in a controlled manner to reduce
belt force on the occupant's chest. While
the most severe load on a seat belt occurs
in frontal collisions, the load limiter has
an automatic mechanical function and
can activate in any accident mode with
suf¿ cient occupant movement.
Even if the pretensioners have not ¿ red,
the load limiting function must be checked
by an expert repairer, we recommend an
Authorised Mazda Repairer.
WARNING
Wear seat belts only as recommended
in this owner's manual:
Incorrect positioning of the 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. For more
details about wearing seat belts, refer
to "Fastening the Seat Belt" (page
2-18 ).

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.

WARNING
Do not modify the components or
wiring, or use electronic testing devices
on the pretensioner system:
Modifying the components or wiring
of the pretensioner system, including
the use of electronic testing devices
is dangerous. You could accidentally
activate it or make it inoperable which
would prevent it from activating in an
accident. The occupants or repairers
could be seriously injured.

Properly dispose of the pretensioner
system:
Improper disposal of the pretensioner
system or a vehicle with non-
deactivated pretensioners is dangerous.
Unless all safety procedures are
followed, injury could result. Have
an expert repairer, we recommend an
Authorised Mazda Repairer safely
dispose of the pretensioner system or
scrap a pretensioner system equipped
vehicle.

2–22
Essential Safety Equipment
Child Restraint
Child-Restraint Precautions
Mazda strongly urges the use of child-restraint systems for children small enough to use
them.
Mazda recommends use of a Mazda genuine child-restraint system or one that complies with
the UNECE
*1 44 regulation. If you would like to purchase a Mazda genuine child-restraint
system, please contact an Authorised Mazda Dealer.
Check your local and state or provincial laws for speci¿ c requirements regarding the safety
of children riding in your vehicle.

*1 UNECE stands for United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

Whatever child-restraint system you consider, please pick the appropriate one for the age
and size of the child, obey the law and follow the instructions that come with the individual
child-restraint system.

A child who has outgrown child-restraint systems should sit in the rear and use seat belts.

The child-restraint system should be installed on the rear seat.
Statistics con¿ rm that the rear seat is the best place for all children up to 12 years of age-the
more so with a supplementary restraint system (air bags).

A rear-facing child-restraint system should NEVER be used in the front passenger seat with
the air bag system activated. The front passenger's seat is also the least preferred seat for
other child-restraint systems.

For some models, we have provided a deactivation switch that will disable front passenger
air bag inÀ ation. Do not switch off the front passenger air bag without reading the “Front
Passenger Air Bag Deactivation Switch” (page 2-47 ).

3–5
Before Driving
Keys
Transmitter

Operation buttons Operation indicator light

NOTE
  (European models)  The headlights turn on/off by
operating the transmitter. Refer
to Leaving Home Light on page
4-65 .
  (With theft-deterrent system)  The hazard warning lights À ash when
the theft-deterrent system is armed or
turned off.
 Refer to Theft-Deterrent System on
page 3-46 .
  (With the advanced keyless
function (European models))
 The setting can be changed so that a
beep sound is heard for con¿ rmation
when the doors and the liftgate are
locked/unlocked using the key.
 (With the advanced keyless
function (Except European
models))
 A beep sound can be heard for
con¿ rmation when the doors and the
liftgate are locked/unlocked using the
key. If you prefer, the beep sound can
be turned off.
 The volume of the beep sound can
also be changed.
 Refer to Personalisation Features on
page 9-13 .
NOTE

Use the following procedure to change
the setting.

1. Switch the ignition off and close
all of the doors and the liftgate.
2. Open the driver's door.
3. Within 30 seconds of opening the
driver's door, press and hold the
LOCK button on the key for 5
seconds or longer.
All of the doors and the liftgate
lock and the beep sound activates
at the currently set volume.
The setting changes each time
the LOCK button on the key
is pressed and the beep sound
activates at the set volume. (If the
beep sound has been set to not
activate, it will not activate.)
4. The setting change is completed
by doing any one of the following:
 


 Switching the ignition to ACC
or ON.
 


 Closing the driver's door.



 Opening the liftgate.



 Not operating the key for 10
seconds.
 


 Pressing any button except the
LOCK button on the key.
 


 Pressing a request switch.
The operation indicator light À ashes when
the buttons are pressed.