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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

Form No. 8R09-EA-02G

Your vehicle is equipped with a 
passenger-side air bag deactivation 
switch. The switch is located in the center 
console. The switch must be used to 
deactivate the passenger-side air bag when 
the occupant of the passenger seat fits into 
one of the following categories (as 
described in the request form for the air 
bag on-off switch, the appendix B to part 
595 of National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration [NHTSA]):

•

Infants (less than one year old; for all 
types of restraint, but particularly the 
rear-facing child restraint.) 

•

Children aged 1 to 12

•

People with certain medical conditions 
which, according to his/her physician, 
could be adversely affected by air-bag 
activation

For more government release information 
on air bag deactivation, contact your 
Authorized Mazda Dealer for the 
occupant categories as described in the 
request form for the air bag deactivation 
switch in the NHTSA rules. The factory 
installed air bag deactivation switch in 
your car only works for the passenger-side 
air bag.
The air bag deactivation switch turns off 
the passenger-side air bag. Make sure the 
passenger-side air bag deactivation switch 
is in the ON position except when a 
passenger fitting the previous categories 
occupies the front passenger seat.

Passenger-Side Air Bag 
Deactivation Switch

Unnecessary Deactivation of 
Passenger-side Air Bag:
Unnecessary deactivation of the 
passenger-side air bag is dangerous. 
If turned off unnecessarily, the 
passenger will not receive the added 
protection of the air bag. Serious 
injuries or even death could occur. 
With the exception of passengers 
fitting the categories described below, 
do not turn the air bag deactivation 
switch to the OFF position.

WARNING

Passenger-

Side Air Bag 

Deactivation 

Switch

Passenger-side 

Air Bag 

Operation

Air Bag 

Deactivation 

Indicator 

Light

OFF position

Deactivate

ON

ON position

Ready

OFF

ON

OFF

Air bag deactivation switch

Deactivation indicatoir

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