A front passenger is seated as shown in the following
figure:
A rear passenger pushes up on the front passenger seat with their feet.
Luggage or other items placed under the front passenger seat or between the front
passenger seat and driver seat that push up the front passenger seat bottom.
An object, such as a seat cushion, is put on the front passenger's seat or between the
passenger's back and the seatback.
A seat cover is put on the front passenger's seat.
Luggage or other items are placed on the seat with the child in the child-restraint system.
A rear passenger or luggage push or pull down on the front passenger seatback.
Luggage or other items are placed on the seatback or hung on the head restraint.
The seat is washed.
Liquids are spilled on the seat.
The front passenger seat is moved backward, pushing into luggage or other items placed
behind it.
The front passenger seatback contacts the rear seat.
Luggage or other items are placed between the front passenger seat and driver seat.
An electric device is put on the front passenger's seat.
An additional electrical device, such as a seat warmer is installed to the surface of the front
passenger seat.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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The front passenger front and side air bags and seat belt pretensioner systems will deactivate
if the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light turns on.
CAUTION
To assure proper deployment of the front air bag and to prevent damage to the sensor in
the front seat cushion:
Do not place sharp objects on the front seat cushion or leave heavy luggage on them.
Do not spill any liquids on the front seats or under the front seats.
To allow the sensors to function properly, always perform the following:
Adjust the front seats as far back as possibl e and always sit upright against the seatbacks
with seat belts worn properly.
If you place your child on the front passenger seat, secure the child-restraint system
properly and slide the front passenger seat as far back as possible (page 2-44).
NOTE
•The system requires about 10 seconds to alte rnate between turning the front passenger
front and side air bags and seat belt pretensioner system on or off.
•The front passenger air bag deactivation indicato r light may turn on repeatedly if luggage
or other items are put on the front passenger seat, or if the temperature of the vehicle's
interior changes suddenly.
•The front passenger air bag deactivation indicato r light may turn on for 10 seconds if the
electrostatic capacity on the front passenger seat changes.
•The air bag/front seat belt pretensioner system warning light might turn on if the front
passenger seat receives a severe impact.
•If the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light does not turn on after installing
a child-restraint system on the front passenger seat, first, re-install your child-restraint
system according to the procedure in this owner's manual. Then, if the front passenger air
bag deactivation indicator light still does not tu rn on, install the child-restraint system on
the rear seat and consult an Authorized Mazda Dealer as soon as possible.
•If the front passenger air bag deactivation i ndicator light turns on when an occupant is
seated directly in the front passenger seat, have the passenger re-adjust their posture by
sitting with their feet on the floor, and th en re-fastening the seat belt. If the front
passenger air bag deactivation i ndicator light remains turned on, move the passenger to
the rear seat. If sitting in the rear seat is no t possible, slide the front passenger seat as far
back as possible. Consult an Authorized Mazda Dealer as soon as possible.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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Index
Pad wear indicator....................... 4-69
Warning light............................... 4-69
Break-In Period.......... ....................... 3-48
C
Capacities............................................ 9-5
Carbon Monoxide............................. 3-31
Cell Phones....................................... 8-21
Center Console................................ 5-100
Child Restraint Categories of child-restraint
systems.........................................2-35
Child-restraint precautions.......... 2-30
Child-restraint system
installation................................... 2-35
Child-restraint system suitability for
various seat positions table..........2-38
Installing child-restraint
systems.........................................2-42
LATCH child-restraint systems... 2-52
Child Safety Locks fo r Rear Doors... 3-21
Climate Control System...................... 5-4 Front Air Conditioner....................5-7
Gas specifications.......................... 9-6
Operating tips................................ 5-4
Rear Air Conditioner... ................ 5-14
Vent Operation (Front).................. 5-5
Vent operation (Rear).................. 5-12
Collision warning.............................. 7-51
Coming Home Light......................... 4-52
Cruise Control................................. 4-155 Cruise control switc h.................4-155
Cruise main indication (white)/cruise
set indication (green)................. 4-156
Cruise Control Set Vehicle Speed
Display.............................................. 4-18
Cup Holder........................................ 5-97
Customer Assistance.... ....................... 8-2
D
Dashboard Illumination. ....................4-16
Daytime Running Lights................... 4-53
Defogger Mirror...........................................4-60
Rear window........... .................... 4-59
Dimensions.......................................... 9-5
Distance Recognition Support System
(DRSS)............................................ 4-104 Indication on display................. 4-104
Door Locks........................................3-12
Drive Selection..................................4-79
Driving In Flooded Ar ea...................3-53
Driving on Uneven Road.................. 3-54
Driving Tips
Automatic transaxle.....................4-48
Break-in period............................ 3-48
Driving in flooded a rea............... 3-53
Driving on uneven road...............3-54
Floor mat..................................... 3-50
Hazardous driving.. ..................... 3-49
Overloading............. .................... 3-53
Rocking the vehicle. .................... 3-50
Saving fuel and protection of the
environment................................. 3-48
Turbocharged vehicles.................3-55
Winter driving............................. 3-51
Dynamic Stability Control (DSC)..... 4-75 TCS/DSC indicator light............. 4-75
E
Electric parking brake (EPB)............ 4-67
Electric Parking Brake (EPB) Warning
Beep...................................................7-50
Emergency Starting
Push-starting................................ 7-24
Starting a flooded engine............ 7-24
Emergency Towing Towing description...................... 7-27
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Index
O
Odometer and Trip Meter................. 4-14
Outside Mirrors................................. 3-35
Outside Temperature Di splay............4-17
Overhead Console............................. 5-99
Overhead Lights................................ 5-92
Overheating....................................... 7-25
Overloading....................................... 3-53
Owner Maintenance
Closing the hood...... ................... 6-23
Engine compartment overview.... 6-24
Key battery replacemen t..............6-38
Opening the hood........................ 6-22
Owner maintenance
precautions................................... 6-20
P
Parking Sensor System................... 4-172
Personalization Features....................9-11
Power Liftgate................................... 3-24
Power Liftgate Warning Beep........... 7-50
Power Steering.................................. 4-83
Power Steering Warning Buzzer....... 7-50
Power Windows............. ................... 3-38
R
Radar Sensors (Rear)...................... 4-153
Radar Sensor (Front).......................4-150
Rearview Mirror........ ........................3-36
Rear Coat Hooks............................. 5-103
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA).... 4-107
Rear Door Child Safet y Locks.......... 3-21
Rear View Monitor......................... 4-164
Displayable range on the
screen......................................... 4-166
Picture quality adjus tment......... 4-171
Rear view monitor operation..... 4-167
Rear view parking camera
location...................................... 4-165
Switching to the rear view monitor
display........................................4-165
Variance between actual road
conditions and displayed
Image......................................... 4-169
Viewing the display................... 4-167
Rear Window Defogger. ................... 4-59
Rear Window Washer....................... 4-59
Rear Window Wiper.... ..................... 4-59
Recommended Oil.............................6-25
Recording of Vehicle Data................ 8-23
Recreational Towing......................... 3-64
Registering Your Vehicle in A Foreign
Country.............................................. 8-19
Replacement Fuse..............................................6-53
Key battery.................................. 6-38
Light bulbs...................................6-45
Tires............................................. 6-42
Wheel........................................... 6-44
Wiper........................................... 6-31
Request Switch Inoperable Warning
Beep (With the advanced keyless
function)............................................ 7-49
Rocking the Vehicle.......................... 3-50
S
Safety Defects, Reporting................. 8-15
Saving Fuel and Protection of the
Environment...................................... 3-48
Scheduled Maintenance...................... 6-4
Seat
Driving position memory.............. 2-8
Seats.................................................... 2-5 Front seat....................................... 2-5
Front seat warmer..........................2-7
Head restraint.............................. 2-18
Second-row seat........ ...................2-11
Second-row seat warmer............. 2-12
Third-row seat............................. 2-17
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