Essential Safety Equipment; SRS Air Bags; front passenger occupant - Page 65

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

  If the front passenger occupant classifi cation sensor is normal, the indicator light turns 
on when the ignition is switched ON. The light turns off after a few seconds. Then, the 
indicator light turns on or is off under the following conditions:

    Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light on/off condition chart

 Condition detected by the 

front passenger occupant 

classifi cation system 

 Front passenger air 

bag deactivation 

indicator light 

 Front passenger front 

and side air bags 

 Front passenger seat 

belt pretensioner 

system

 Empty  (Not  occupied) 

 On 

 Deactivated 

 Deactivated 

 A child less than 1 year old is 
seated in a child-restraint system 

 On 

 Deactivated 

 Deactivated 

 Child 

*1

 On or off 

 Deactivated or ready 

 Deactivated or ready 

 Adult 

*2

 Off 

 Ready 

 Ready 

     *1   The  occupant  classifi cation sensor may not detect a child seated on the seat, in a child-restraint system, or a 

junior seat depending on the child's physical size and seated posture.

   *2   If a smaller adult sits on the front passenger seat, the sensors might detect the person as being a child depending 

on the person's physique.

  The curtain air bag is ready for infl ating regardless of what the front passenger air bag 
deactivation indicator light on/off condition chart indicates.
  If the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light does not turn on when the ignition 
is switched ON and does not turn on as indicated in the front passenger air bag deactivation 
indicator light on/off condition chart, do not allow an occupant to sit in the front passenger 
seat and consult an Authorized Mazda Dealer as soon as possible. The system may not work 
properly in an accident.