Essential Safety Equipment; SRS Air Bags; Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light on/off condition chart- Page 71

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

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

Condition detected by 

the front passenger 

occupant classification 

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 inflating 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 illuminate when the 

ignition is switched ON and does not illuminate as indicated in the front passenger air bag 

deactivation indicator light on/off condition 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.

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