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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

Form No. 8S15-EA-03G

Your vehicle is equipped with a passenger 
air bag deactivation switch. The switch is 
located in the center console. The switch 
must be used to deactivate the passenger 
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 air 
bag.
The air bag deactivation switch turns off 
the passenger air bag. Make sure the 
passenger air bag deactivation switch is in 
the ON position except when a passenger 
fitting the previous categories occupies 
the front passenger seat.

Passenger Air Bag 
Deactivation Switch

Unnecessary Deactivation of 
Passenger Air Bag:
Unnecessary deactivation of the 
passenger 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 Air 

Bag 

Deactivation 

Switch

Passenger 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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