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Essential Safety Equipment

Seat Belt Systems

Not wearing a seat belt is extremely

dangerous. During a collision,

Seat Belt Precautions

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.

Seat Belt Precautions

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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.

(Mexico)

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.

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.

(Except Mexico)

All of the seat belt retractors are

designed to keep the lap/shoulder

belts out of the way when not in use.

The driver's seat belt has no provisions

for child-restraint systems and has only

an emergency locking mode. The

driver may wear it comfortably, and it

will lock during a collision.

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.

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.

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.

WARNING

Always wear your seat belt and make

sure all occupants are properly

restrained:

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Seat Belt Systems

Have your seat belts changed

CAUTION

immediately if the pretensioner or

load limiter has been expended:

Always have an Authorized Mazda

Dealer 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. A seat belt with an

expended pretensioner or load limiter

is still better than wearing no seat belt

at all; however, if the seat belt

Belt retraction may become diﬃcult 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

6-46).

pretensioners and load limiters are not

replaced, the risk of injury in a collision

will increase.

Positioning the Shoulder Portion of

the Seat Belt:

1. Ring

Improper positioning of the shoulder

portion of the seat belt is dangerous.

Always make sure the shoulder portion

of the seat belt is positioned across

your shoulder and near your neck, but

never under your arm, on your neck, or

on your upper arm.

Pregnant Women and Persons with

Serious Medical Conditions

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Pregnant women should always wear

seat belts. Ask your doctor for speciﬁc

recommendations.

The lap belt should be worn SNUGLY

AND AS LOW AS POSSIBLE OVER THE

HIPS.

Positioning the Lap Portion of the Seat

Belt:

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

The lap portion of the seat belt worn

too high is dangerous. In a collision,

this would concentrate the impact

force directly on the abdominal area,

causing serious injury. Wear the lap

portion of the belt snugly and as low as

possible.

In a rollover crash, an unbelted person

is signiﬁcantly more likely to die than a

person wearing a seat belt.

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Seat Belt Systems

instructions regarding speciﬁc medical

conditions.

Automatic Locking Mode (Except

Mexico)

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Always use the automatic locking

mode to keep the child-restraint

system from shifting to an unsafe

position in the event of an accident. To

enable seat belt automatic locking

mode, pull it all the way out and

connect it as instructed on the

child-restraint system. It will retract

down to the child-restraint system and

stay locked on it. See the section on

child restraint (page 2-39).

Emergency Locking Mode

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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 1 time and

loosen, then pull it out again slowly.

(Seat Belt with Automatic Locking

Mode)

When the seat belt is fastened, it will

always be in the emergency locking

mode until it is switched to automatic

locking mode by pulling it all the way

out to its full length. If the belt feels

tight and hinders comfortable

movement while the vehicle is stopped

or in motion, it may be in the

automatic locking mode because the

belt has been pulled too far out. To

return the belt to the more

comfortable emergency locking mode,

wait until the vehicle has stopped in a

safe, level area, retract the belt fully to

convert it back to emergency locking

mode and then extend it around you

again.

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Seat Belt Systems

through the seat belt guide correctly

and it is not twisted.

Seat Belt

Fastening the Seat Belt

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Insert the seat belt tongue into the

buckle.

Unfastening the Seat Belt

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Depress the button on the seat belt

buckle. If the belt does not fully retract,

pull it out and check for kinks or twists.

Then make sure it remains untwisted as

it retracts.

1. Seat belt tongue

2. Seat belt buckle

Position the lap belt as low as possible,

not on the abdominal area, then adjust

the shoulder belt so that it ﬁts snugly

against your body.

1. Button

NOTE

If a belt does not fully retract, inspect it

for kinks and twists. If it is still not

retracting properly, have it inspected at

an Authorized Mazda Dealer.

1. Keep low on hip bone

2. Take up slack

3. Too high

Front Shoulder Belt Adjuster

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The front seat belts have a front

shoulder belt adjuster. If the seat belt

contacts your neck or it slips oﬀ the

shoulder, adjust the seat belt height.

Before fastening the rear seat belt,

make sure that the seat belt passes

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To raise

Seat Belt Warning

Systems

To heighten the seat belt, move the

front shoulder belt adjuster upward.

Seat Belt Warning Systems

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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

7-30.

Refer to Seat Belt Warning Light (Rear

seat) (Red) on page 7-30.

Refer to Seat Belt Warning Beep on

page 7-36.

To lower

To lower the seat belt, hold the front

shoulder belt adjuster and lower the

seat belt with the knob of the front

shoulder belt adjuster pressed.

Seat belt indicator light (rear seat)

(green)

The light turns on when the rear seat

belt is fastened while the ignition is

switched ON, and it turns oﬀ after a

certain period.

After adjusting, press the front

shoulder belt adjuster downward and

make sure that it is securely locked.

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Seat Belt Systems

For details, refer to the front passenger

seat weight sensors (page 2-64).

Front Seat Belt

Pretensioner and Load

Limiting Systems

Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and

Load Limiting 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 suﬃcient

occupant movement.

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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.

Even if the pretensioners have not

ﬁred, the load limiting function must

be checked by an Authorized Mazda

Dealer.

Pretensioners:

When a collision is detected, the

pretensioners deploy simultaneously

with the air bags.

WARNING

For vehicles with the front passenger

occupant classiﬁcation system, 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

2-60).

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 2-23).

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.

(With Front Passenger Occupant

Classiﬁcation System)

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.

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Seat Belt Systems

Have your seat belts changed

NOTE

immediately if the pretensioner or

load limiter has been expended:

Always have an Authorized Mazda

Dealer 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. A seat belt with an

expended pretensioner or load limiter

is still better than wearing no seat belt

at all; however, if the seat belt



The pretensioner system may not

operate depending on the type of

the collision. For details, refer to the

SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria

(page 2-60).



Some smoke (non-toxic gas) will be

released when the air bags and

pretensioners deploy. This does not

indicate a ﬁre. This gas normally has

no eﬀect on occupants, however,

those with sensitive skin may

experience light skin irritation. If

residue from the deployment of the

air bags or the pretensioner system

gets on the skin or in the eyes, wash

it oﬀ as soon as possible.

pretensioners and load limiters are not

replaced, the risk of injury in a collision

will increase.

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 Authorized Mazda

Dealer safely dispose of the

pretensioner system or scrap a

pretensioner system equipped vehicle.

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Seat Belt Systems

Using a seat belt extender that is for

another person or a diﬀerent vehicle or

seat is dangerous. The seat belt will not

provide adequate protection and the

user could be seriously injured in an

accident. Only use the extender

provided for you and for the particular

vehicle and seat. NEVER use the

extender in a diﬀerent vehicle or seat.

If you sell your Mazda, do not leave

your seat belt extender in the vehicle.

It could be used accidentally by the

new owner of the vehicle. After

Seat Belt Extender

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If your seat belt is not long enough,

even when fully extended, a seat belt

extender may be available to you at no

charge from your Authorized Mazda

Dealer.

This extender will be only for you and

for the particular vehicle and seat. Even

if it plugs into other seat belts, it may

not hold in the critical moment of a

crash.

When ordering an extender, only order

one that provides the necessary

additional length to fasten the seat belt

properly. Please contact your

Authorized Mazda Dealer for more

information.

removing the seat belt extender,

discard it. Never use the seat belt

extender in any other vehicle you may

own in the future.

Do not use an extender that is too

long:

Using an extender that is too long is

dangerous. The seat belt will not ﬁt

properly. In an accident, the seat belt

will not provide adequate protection

and you could be seriously injured. Do

not use the extender or choose one

shorter in length if the distance

between the extender's buckle and the

center of the user's body is less than

15 cm (6 in).

WARNING

Do not use a seat belt extender unless

it is necessary:

Using a seat belt extender when not

necessary is dangerous. The seat belt

will be too long and not ﬁt properly. In

an accident, the seat belt will not

provide adequate protection and you

could be seriously injured. Only use

the extender when it is required to

fasten the seat belt properly.

Do not use an improper extender:

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Do not leave a seat belt extender

connected to the buckle:

Leaving a seat belt extender connected

to the buckle without using the seat

belt is dangerous. When the seat belt

extender is connected to the driver's

seat belt buckle (or front passenger's

seat belt buckle), the SRS driver's (or

front passenger's) air bag system will

determine that the driver (or front

passenger) is wearing the seat belt

even if the driver (or front passenger) is

not wearing it. This condition could

cause the driver's (or front

passenger's) air bag to not activate

correctly and result in death or serious

injury in the event of collision. Always

wear the seat belt with the seat belt

extender.

Do not use the seat belt extender

when installing a child-restraint

system on the front or rear passenger

seat:

Using a seat belt extender to fasten a

child-restraint system on any seat is

dangerous. Always follow the

child-restraint system manufacturer's

installation instructions and never use

a seat belt extender.

NOTE

When not in use, remove the seat belt

extender and store it in the vehicle. If

the seat belt extender is left

connected, the seat belt extender

might get damaged as it will not retract

with the rest of the seat belt and can

easily fall out of the door when not in

use and be damaged. In addition, the

seat belt warning light will not

illuminate and function properly.

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