2022 MAZDA MODEL MX-30 EV warning

raise the seatback while preventing
the seat belt from being caught in
the seatback.

1. Red indication
2. Seat belt guide

2. Press the seatback rearward and lock it in place. After returning the
seatback to its upright position,
make sure it is securely locked.
▼Armrest*
The rear armrest in the center of the
rear seatback can be used (no
occupant in the center seat) or placed
upright.

WARNING
Never put your hands and
fingers
around the moving parts of the seat
and armrest:
Putting your hands and fingers around
the moving parts of the seat and
armrest is dangerous as they could get
injured.
Essential Safety Equipment
Seats
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Head Restraints
▼Head Restraints
Your vehicle is equipped with head
restraints on all outboard seats and the
rear center seat. The head restraints are
intended to help protect you and the
passengers from neck injury.
WARNING
Always drive with the head restraints
installed when seats are being used
and make sure they are properly
adjusted:
Driving with the head restraints
adjusted too low or removed is
dangerous. With no support behind
your head, your neck could be
seriously injured in a collision.
▼
Height Adjustment
Adjust the head restraint so that the
center is even with the top of the
passenger's ears.

To raise a head restraint, pull it up to
the desired position.
To lower the head restraint, press the
stop-catch release, then push the head
restraint down.
Front seats

Rear seats
(Rear center seat)

(Rear outboard seats)
The height of the foldable head
restraints equipped on the rear
outboard seats cannot be adjusted.
▼ Removal/Installation
To remove the head restraint, pull it up
while pressing the stop-catch.
To install the head restraint, insert the
legs into the holes while pressing the
stop-catch.
Essential Safety Equipment
Seats
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WARNING
Always drive with the head restraints
installed when seats are being used
and make sure they are properly
installed:
Driving with the head restraints not
installed is dangerous. With no support
behind your head, your neck could be
seriously injured in a collision.
After installing a head restraint, try
lifting it to make sure that it does not
pull out:
Driving with an unsecured head
restraint is dangerous as the
eff ectiveness of the head restraint will
be compromised which could cause it
to unexpectedly detach from the seat.
CAUTION
 When installing a head restraint,
make sure that it is installed correctly
with the front of the head restraint
facing forward. If the head restraint is
installed incorrectly, it could detach
from the seat during a collision and
result in injury.
 The head restraints on each of the
front and rear seats are specialized to
each seat. Do not switch around the
head restraint positions. If a head
restraint is not installed to its correct
seat position, the e ffectiveness of the
head restraint during a collision will
be compromised which could cause
injury.
▼ Folding/Unfolding (Rear outboard
seats)
The rear outboard seats are equipped
with foldable head restraints.
WARNING
Always drive with the head restraints
in their upright positions when the
rear seats are occupied, and make
sure they are securely locked in place:
Driving with the head restraints folded
down is dangerous. With no support
behind your head, your neck could be
seriously injured in a collision.
Always operate the strap to unlock
and fold down the head restraint:
If the head restraint is folded down
without unlocking it, the lock
mechanism of the head restraint may
become damaged and the head
restraint may not be able to stay in a
secured position. Driving the vehicle
with the head restraint in such a
condition 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 injury or death.
CAUTION

Do not place your finger in the
moving parts of the head restraint
when operating the head restraint. If
the head restraint is operated with
your finger placed in a moving part
of the head restraint, your finger
could get caught resulting in injury.
 Do not leave the head restraint
raised up when folding a seatback. If
a seatback is folded while the head
restraint is left raised up, the head
restraint could contact the front seat
depending on the front seat position,
and therefore, the front seat,
seatback, and the head restraint
surfaces could become damaged.
Essential Safety Equipment
Seats
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Seat Warmer*
▼Seat Warmer
The front seats can be warmed up
while the EV system is operating.
WARNING
Be careful when using the seat
warmer:
The heat from the seat warmer may be
too hot for the following people 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.
CAUTION
Do not use organic solvents such as
benzene or gasoline to clean the seat.
It may damage the seat surface and the
heater.
NOTE
The seat warmer cannot be used while
charging the vehicle.
The seat warmer can be operated on
the operation screen of the climate
control system.
1. AUTO switch
2. Seat warmer icon
3. Seat warmer setting icon
The seat warmer has manual mode
and auto mode.
Manual mode
When the , is operated, the seat
warmer operates in manual mode.
When the
, is touched or swiped,
the temperature level changes.
1. OFF
2. High
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Warmer/Heated Steering Wheel
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If the or is operated during
auto mode, the seat warmer on the
side where the icon was operated
switches to manual mode. To return
to auto mode, press the AUTO
switch.
If the power switch is switched OFF
while the seat warmer is operating in
auto mode, the seat warmer
operates in auto mode again the
next time the EV system is started.
Heated Steering Wheel*
▼ Heated Steering Wheel
The grips on the left and right of the
steering wheel can be warmed up
when the power switch is switched
ON.
1. Heated position
WARNING
The following types of persons should
be careful not to touch the steering
wheel. Otherwise, it 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
 Pe o pl e w h o have ta ke n
sleep-inducing medicine such as
sleeping pills or cold medicine
NOTE
The steering warmer cannot be used
while charging the vehicle.
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Warmer/Heated Steering Wheel
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Seat Belt Precautions
▼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 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.

However, the front passenger's seat
and all rear lap/shoulder belt
retractors operate in two modes:
emergency locking mode, and for
child-restraint systems, automatic
locking mode. While we recommend
you put all children in the rear seats, if
you must use the front passenger seat
for a child, slide the front passenger
seat as far back as possible and make
sure any child-restraint system is
secured properly.
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 Authorized Mazda
Dealer inspect all seat belt systems in
use during an accident before they are
used again.
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
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To ra i s e
To heighten the seat belt, slide the
front shoulder belt adjuster upward.
To l o w e r
To lower the seat belt, slide the front
shoulder belt adjuster downward with
the adjuster lever pulled.

After adjusting , press the front
shoulder belt adjuster downward and
make sure that it is securely locked.
Seat Belt WarningSystems
▼Seat Belt Warning Systems
If it detects that the occupant seat belt
is unfastened, the warning light or
beep alerts the occupant.
Refer to Seat Belt Warning Indication/
Warning Light (Front seat) on page
7-29.
Refer to Seat Belt Warning Light (Rear
seat) (Red) on page 7-30.
Refer to Seat Belt Warning Beep on
page 7-37.

Seat belt indicator light (rear seat)
(green)
The light turns on when the rear seat
belt is fastened while the power switch
is switched ON, and it turns o
ff after a
certain period.
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
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Front Seat Belt
Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems
▼Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and
Load Limiting Systems
For optimum protection, the driver and
front passenger 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.
The pretensioners deploy
simultaneously with the air bags when
a roll-over is also detected.
For deployment details, refer to the
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria (page
2-61).

The seat belt retractors remove slack
quickly as the air bags are expanding.
Any time the air bags and seat belt
pretensioners have
fired they must be
replaced.
A system malfunction or operation
conditions are indicated by a warning.
Refer to Air Bag/Front Seat Belt
Pretensioner System Warning
Indication/Warning Light on page
7-27.
In addition, the pretensioner system
for the front passenger, like the front
and side passenger air bag, is designed
to only deploy in accordance with the
total seated weight on the front
passenger seat.
For details, refer to the front passenger
seat weight sensors (page 2-64).

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 su fficient
occupant movement.
Even if the pretensioners have not
fired, the load limiting function must
be checked by an Authorized Mazda
Dealer.
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 2-29).
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
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