Essential Safety Equipment; SRS Air Bags; the front passenger - Page 69

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

  If the front passenger weight sensors are normal, the indicator light illuminates when the 
ignition is switched ON. The light turns off after a few seconds.

    The front/passenger air bag deactivation indicator light illuminates or is off under the 
following conditions: 

 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 

 Child or child-restraint 
system

*1

 On 

 Deactivated 

 Deactivated 

 Adult 

*2

 Off 

 Ready 

 Ready 

     *1   If a larger child sits on the front passenger seat, the sensors might detect the child as being an adult depending 

on the child's physique.

   *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 the chart above.

  If the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light does not illuminate when the 
ignition is switched ON and does not illuminate as indicated in the above chart, do not allow 
a child 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.

WARNING

  Do not decrease the total seated weight on the front passenger seat:

  When an adult or large child sits on the front passenger seat, decreasing the total seated 
weight on the front passenger seat required for air bag deployment is dangerous. The 
front passenger seat weight sensors will detect the reduced total seated weight condition 
and the front passenger front and side air bags and seat belt pretensioner system will 
not deploy during an accident. The front passenger will not have the supplementary 
protection of the air bag, which could result in serious injury. Decreasing the total seated 
weight on the front passenger seat could result in an air bag not deploying under the 
following conditions, for example:

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