Essential Safety Equipment; SRS Air Bags; the front passenger - Page 70

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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. Then, the indicator light 
illuminates 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 

 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 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.