2020 MAZDA MODEL 3 HATCHBACK belt

WA R N I N G
Do not seat a child in a child-restraint
system on the front passenger seat if the
front passenger air bag deactivation
indicator light does not illuminate:
While it is always better to install any
child-restraint system on the rear seat, it is
imperative that a child-restraint system
ONLY be used on the front passenger seat if
the deactivation indicator light illuminates
when the child is seated in the
child-restraint system (page 2-72). Seating
a child in a child-restraint system installed
on the front passenger seat with the front
passenger air bag deactivation indicator
light not illuminated is dangerous. If this
indicator light does not illuminate, this
means that the front passenger front and
side air bags, and knee air bags, and seat
belt pretensioners are ready for
deployment. If an accident were to deploy
an air bag, a child in a child-restraint
system sitting in the front passenger seat
could be seriously injured or killed. If the
indicator light does not illuminate after
seating a child in a child-restraint system
on the front passenger seat, seat a child in
a child-restraint system on the rear seat
and consult an Authorized Mazda Dealer
as soon as possible.
▼ Using ISOFIX Lower Anchor
(Mexico)/Using LATCH Lower
Anchor (Except Mexico)
Your Mazda is equipped with ISOFIX/
LATCH
*1 lower anchors for attachment of
specially designed ISOFIX/LATCH
*1
child-restraint systems in the rear seats.
Both anchors must be used, otherwise the
seat will bounce around and put the child
in danger. Most ISOFIX/LATCH
*1
child-restraint system s must also be used
in conjunction with a te ther to be effective.
If they have a tether you must use it to
better assure your child's safety.
WA R N I N G
Follow the manufacturer's instructions for
the use of the child-restraint system:
An unsecured child-restraint system is
dangerous. In a sudden stop or a collision it
could move causing serious injury or death
to the child or other occupants. Make sure
the child-restraint system is properly
secured in place according to the
child-restraint system manufacturer's
instructions.
Essential Safety Equipment
Child Restraint
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Never attach two child-restraint systems to
the same ISOFIX/LATCH
*1 lower anchor:
Attaching two child-restraint systems to
the same ISOFIX/LATCH
*1 lower anchor is
dangerous. In a collision, one anchor may
not be strong enough to hold two
child-restraint system attachments, and it
may break, causing serious injury or death.
If you use the seat position for another
child-restraint system when an outboard
ISOFIX/LATCH
*1 position is occupied, use
the center seat belts instead, and the tether
if tether-equipped.
Make sure the child-restraint system is
properly secured:
An unsecured child-restraint system is
dangerous. In a sudden stop or a collision it
could move causing serious injury or death
to the child or other occupants. Follow the
child-restraint system manufacturer's
instructions on belt routing to secure the
seat just as you would with a child in it so
that nobody is tempted to put a child in an
improperly secured seat later on. When not
in use, remove it from the vehicle or fasten
it with a seat belt, or attach it to BOTH
ISOFIX/LATCH
*1 lower anchors for ISOFIX/
LATCH
*1 child-restraint systems.
Make sure there are no seat belts or foreign
objects near or around the ISOFIX/LATCH
*1
child-restraint system:
Not following the child-restraint system
manufacturer's instructions when
installing the child-restraint system is
dangerous. If seat belts or a foreign object
prevent the child-restraint system from
being securely attached to the ISOFIX/
LATCH
*1 lower anchors and the
child-restraint system is installed
improperly, the child-re straint system could
move in a sudden stop or collision causing
serious injury or death to the child or other
occupants. When installing the
child-restraint system, make sure there are
no seat belts or foreign objects near or
around the ISOFIX/LATCH
*1 lower anchors.
Always follow the child-restraint system
manufacturer's instructions.
*1 ISOFIX (Mexico)/LATCH (Except Mexico)
Installation on rear outboard seats
1. First, adjust the front seat to allow clearance between the child-restraint
system and the front seat.
Refer to Adjusting the Driver's Seat on
page 2-5.
Refer to Adjusting the Front
Passenger's Seat on page 2-13.
2. Make sure the seatback is securely
latched by pushing it back until it is
fully locked.
Essential Safety Equipment
Child Restraint
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2. Anchor bracket

(5–Door)
1. Tether strap
2. Anchor bracket
3. Forward

Always attach the tether strap to the
correct tether anchor position:
Attaching the tether strap to the incorrect
tether anchor position is dangerous. In a
collision, the tether strap could come off
and loosen the child-restraint system. If the
child-restraint system moves it could result
in death or injury to the child.
Always install the head restraint and adjust
it to the appropriate position after
removing the child-restraint system:
Driving with the head restraint removed is
dangerous as impact to the occupant's
head cannot be prevented during
emergency braking or in a collision, which
could result in a serious accident, injury or
death.
Refer to Head Restraints on page 2-17.

Installation on rear center seat
The ISOFIX/LATCH*1 lower anchors at
the center of the rear seat are much further
apart than the sets of ISOFIX/LATCH
*1
lower anchors for ch ild-restraint system
installation at other seating positions.
Child-restraint syste ms with rigid ISOFIX/
LATCH
*1 attachments cannot be installed
on the center seating position. Some
ISOFIX/LATCH
*1 equipped
child-restraint systems can be placed in the
center position and will reach the nearest
ISOFIX/LATCH
*1 lower anchors which
are 434 mm (17.1 in) apart. ISOFIX/
LATCH
*1 compatible child-restraint
systems (with attachments on belt
webbing) can be used at this seating
position only if the c hild-restraint system
manufacturer's instructions state that the
child-restraint system can be installed to
ISOFIX/LATCH
*1 lower anchors that are
434 mm (17.1 in) apart. Do not attach two
child-restraint sy stems to the same
ISOFIX/LATCH
*1 lower anchor. If your
child-restraint system has a tether, it must
also be used for your child's optimum
safety.

The procedure is the same as the
installation for the rear outboard seats.
*1 ISOFIX (Mexico)/LATCH (Except Mexico)
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Child Restraint
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Supplemental Restraint
System (SRS) Precautions
▼ Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) Precautions
The front and side supplemental restraint
systems (SRS) include
different types of
air bags. Please verify the different types
of air bags which are equipped on your
vehicle by locating the “SRS AIRBAG”
location in dicators. These indicators are
visible in the area where the air bags are
installed.
The air bags are insta lled in the following
locations:

The steering wheel hub (driver air bag)
The front passenger dashboard (front
passenger air bag)
Under the instrument panel (driver and
front passenger
* knee air bags)
The outboard sides of the front
seatbacks (side air bags)
The front and rear window pillars, and
the roof edge along both sides (curtain
air bags)

Vehicles with the Front Passenger
Occupant Classification System have a
sensor which detects an impending
roll-over accident.

The air bag supplemental restraint systems
are designed to provide supplemental
protection in certain situations so seat belts
are always important in the following
ways:

Without seat belt usage, the air bags
cannot provide adequate protection during
an accident. Seat belt usage is necessary
to:
Keep the occupant from being thrown
into an inflating air bag.
Reduce the possibility of injuries during
an accident that is not designed for air
bag inflation, such as rear impact.
Reduce the possibility of injuries in
frontal, near frontal or side collisions or
roll-over accidents that are not severe
enough to activate the air bags.
Reduce the possibility of being thrown
from your vehicle.
Reduce the possibility of injuries to
lower body and legs during an accident
because the air bags provide no
protection to these p arts of the body.
Hold the driver in a position which
allows better control of the vehicle.

Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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If your vehicle is also equipped with a
front passenger occupant classification
system, refer to the Front Passenger
Occupant Classification System (page
2-71) for details.
If your vehicle is equipped with a front
passenger occupant classification system,
the front passenger air bag deactivation
indicator light illuminates for a specified
time after the ignition is switched ON.


Small children must be protected by a
child-restraint system as stipulated by law
in every state and province. In certain
states and provinces, larger children must
use a child-restraint system (page 2-32).

Carefully consider wh ich child-restraint
system is necessary for your child and
follow the installation directions in this
Owner's Manual as well as the
child-restraint syst em manufacturer's
instructions.
WA R N I N G
Seat belts must be worn in air bag
equipped vehicles:
Depending only on the air bags for
protection during an accident is
dangerous. Alone, air bags may not
prevent serious injuries. The appropriate air
bags can be expected to inflate only in the
first accident, such as frontal, near frontal
or side collisions or roll-over accidents that
are at least moderate. Vehicle occupants
should always wear seat belts.

Children should not ride in the front
passenger seat:
Placing a child, 12 years or under, in the
front seat is dangerous. The child could be
hit by a deploying air bag and be seriously
injured or even killed. A sleeping child is
more likely to lean against the door and be
hit by the side air bag in moderate collision
to the front-passenger side of the vehicle.
Whenever possible, always secure a child
12 years and under on the rear seats with
an appropriate child-restraint system for
the child's age and size.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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Never use a rear-facing child-restraint
system in the front seat with an air bag
that could deploy:
Rear-facing child-restraint systems on the
front seat are particularly dangerous even
though you may feel assured that a front
passenger air bag will not deploy based on
the fact that the front passenger air bag
deactivation indicator light illuminates.
The child-restraint system can be hit by a
deploying air bag and moved violently
backward resulting in serious injury or
death to the child.
Do not sit too close to the driver and front
passenger air bags:
Sitting too close to the driver and front
passenger air bag modules or placing
hands or feet on them is extremely
dangerous. The driver and front passenger
air bags inflate with great force and speed.
Serious injuries could occur if someone is
too close. The driver should always hold
onto only the rim of the steering wheel. The
front seat passenger should keep both feet
on the floor. Front seat occupants should
adjust their seats as far back as possible
and always sit upright against the
seatbacks with seat belts worn properly.
Sit in the center of the seat and wear seat
belts properly:
Sitting too close to the side air bag modules
or placing hands on them, or sleeping up
against the door or hanging out the
windows is extremely dangerous. The side
and curtain air bags inflate with great force
and speed directly expanding along the
door on the side the car is hit. Serious injury
could occur if someone is sitting too close
to the door or leaning against a window, or
if rear seat occupants grab the sides of the
front seatbacks. Give the side and curtain
air bags room to work by sitting in the
center of the seat while the vehicle is
moving with seat belts worn properly.
Do not attach objects on or around the
area where driver and front passenger air
bags deploy:
Attaching an object to the driver and front
passenger air bag modules or placing
something in front of them is dangerous. In
an accident, an object could interfere with
air bag inflation and injure the occupants.
Do not attach objects on or around the
area where a side air bag deploys:
Attaching objects to the front seat in such a
way as to cover the outboard side of the
seat in any way is dangerous. In an
accident the object could interfere with the
side air bag, which inflates from the
outboard side of the front seats, impeding
the added protection of the side air bag
system or redirecting the air bag in a way
that is dangerous. Furthermore, the bag
could be cut open releasing the gas.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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Do not overload your vehicle:
Overloading your vehicle is dangerous as
it could prevent the air bag crash sensor
system from accurately detecting a
collision or roll-over accident resulting in
incorrect or unexpected air bag
deployment and the possibility of serious
injuries. The gross axle weight rating
(GAWR) and the gross vehicle weight
rating (GVWR) for your vehicle are on the
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Label on
the driver's door frame. Do not exceed
these ratings.
 Do not drive the vehicle off-road:
Driving your Mazda off-road is
dangerous because the vehicle has not
been designed to do so. Driving the
vehicle off-road could prevent the air bag
crash sensor system from accurately
detecting a collision or roll-over accident
resulting in incorrect or unexpected air
bag deployment and the possibility of
serious injuries.Do not modify a front door or leave any
damage unrepaired. Always have an
Authorized Mazda Dealer inspect a
damaged front door:
Modifying a front door or leaving any
damage unrepaired is dangerous. Each
front door has a side crash sensor as a
component of the supplemental restraint
system. If holes are drilled in a front door, a
door speaker is left removed, or a damaged
door is left unrepaired, the sensor could be
adversely affected causing it to not detect
the pressure of an impact correctly during a
side collision. If a sensor does not detect a
side impact correctly, the side and curtain
air bags and the front seat belt
pretensioner may not operate normally
which could result in serious injury to
occupants.
Do not modify the supplemental restraint
system:
Modifying the components or wiring of the
supplemental restraint system is
dangerous. You could accidentally activate
it or make it inoperable. Do not make any
modifications to the supplemental restraint
system. This includes installing trim,
badges, or anything else over the air bag
modules. It also includes installing extra
electrical equipment on or near system
components or wiring. An Authorized
Mazda Dealer can provide the special care
needed in the removal and installation of
front seats. It is important to protect the air
bag wiring and connections to assure that
the bags do not accidentally deploy, and
that the front passenger occupant
classification system and the seats retain
an undamaged air bag connection.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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Do not place luggage or other objects
under the front seats:
Placing luggage or other objects under the
front seats is dangerous. The components
essential to the supplemental restraint
system could be damaged, and in the event
of a side collision, the appropriate air bags
may not deploy, which could result in
death or serious injury. To prevent damage
to the components essential to the
supplemental restraint system, do not
place luggage or other objects under the
front seats.
Do not operate a vehicle with damaged air
bag/seat belt pretensioner system
components:
Expended or damaged air bag/seat belt
pretensioner system components must be
replaced after any collision which caused
them to deploy or damage them. Only a
trained Authorized Mazda Dealer can fully
evaluate these systems to see that they will
work in any subsequent accident. Driving
with an expended or damaged air bag or
pretensioner unit will not afford you the
necessary protection in the event of any
subsequent accident which could result in
serious injury or death.
Do not remove interior air bag parts:
Removing any components such as the
front seats, front dashboard, the steering
wheel or parts on the front and rear
window pillars and al ong the roof edge,
containing air bag parts or sensors is
dangerous. These parts contain essential
air bag components. The air bag could
accidentally activate and cause serious
injuries. Always have an Authorized Mazda
Dealer remove these parts.Properly dispose of the air bag system:
Improper disposal of an air bag or a vehicle
with live air bags in it can be extremely
dangerous. Unless all safety procedures are
followed, injury could result. Have an
Authorized Mazda Deal er safely dispose of
the air bag system or scrap an air bag
equipped vehicle.
NOTE
If it becomes necessary to have the
components or wiring system for the
supplementary restraint system modified
to accommodate a person with certain
medical conditions in accordance with a
certified physician, contact an
Authorized Mazda Dealer, refer to
“Customer Assistance (U.S.A.)” (page
8-2).
When an air bag deploys, a loud
inflation noise can be heard and some
smoke will be released. Neither is likely
to cause injury, however, the texture of
the air bags may cause light skin
injuries on body parts not covered with
clothing through friction.
Should you sell your Mazda, we urge
you to tell the new owner of its air bag
systems and that familiarization with all
instructions about them, from the
Owner's Manual, is important.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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