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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

If the passenger occupant classification sensor is normal, the indicator light turns on when 

the ignition is switched ON. The light turns off after a few seconds. Then, the indicator light 

turns on or is off under the following conditions:

Passenger air bag deactivation indicator light on/off condition chart

Condition detected by 

the passenger occupant 

classification system

Passenger air bag 

deactivation 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-

restraint 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.

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