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Passenger air bag deactivation indicator light on/off condition chart

Condition detected by the pas-

senger occupant classification

system

Passenger air bag de-

activation indicator

light

Passenger front and

side air bags

Passenger seat belt

pretensioner system

Empty (Not occupied)

On

Deactivated

Deactivated

A child is seated in a child-re-
straint system

*1

On

Deactivated

Deactivated

Adult

*2

Off

Ready

Ready

*

1 The occupant classification 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 passenger seat, the sensors might detect the person as being a child depending on

the person's physique.

If the 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 passenger air bag deactivation
indicator light on/off condition chart, do not allow an occupant to sit in the passenger seat
and consult an Authorized Mazda Dealer as soon as possible. The system may not work
properly in an accident.

WARNING

Do not allow an occupant in the passenger's seat to sit with a posture which makes it difficult
for the passenger occupant classification sensor to detect the occupant correctly:

Sitting in the passenger's seat with a posture which makes it difficult for the passenger
occupant classification sensor to detect the occupant correctly is dangerous. If the passenger
occupant classification sensor cannot detect the occupant sitting on the passenger's seat
correctly, the passenger front and side air bags and pretensioner system may not operate
(non-deploy) or they may operate (deploy) accidentally. The passenger will not have the
supplementary protection of the air bags or the accidental operation (deployment) of the air
bags could result in serious injury or death.
Under the following conditions, the passenger occupant classification sensor cannot detect a
passenger sitting on the passenger's seat correctly and the deployment/non-deployment of
the air bags cannot be controlled as indicated in the passenger air bag deactivation indicator
light on/off condition chart. For example:

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