Knowing Your Mazda; Freestyle Doors; Doors and Locks- Page 59

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Knowing Your Mazda

Doors and Locks

Form No. 8R65-EA-03C

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Freestyle Doors

The pillarless freestyle doors are front and 
rear-hinged for ease of ingress and egress 
to the rear seat.

Opening the freestyle doors

1. Open the front door first.

2. Pull the rear door handle and open the 

rear door.

Front door

Rear door handle

Before closing a front door make sure 
other passengers are not operating a 
rear door and a rear passenger

’

s head 

or hands are away from the rear door. 
If the front door is closed while a 
passenger is operating the rear door 
handle, a hand or fingers could be 
injured if the handle is forced back. 
Also, a rear passenger could hit their 
head against the door during access to 
the rear seat.

NOTE

•

The rear door cannot be opened 
while the front door is closed.

•

Make sure the front seatbelt is 
unfastened before the rear door is 
opened. The rear door can

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t be 

opened with the front seatbelt 
fastened because the front seatbelt 
may lock.

•

If any door is left open for more 
than about an hour, the front 
seatbelt will lock, and the rear door 
cannot be opened. If this happens, 
close all doors and open the rear 
door again.

•

This vehicle is not equipped with 
child safety locks due to the design 
of the front and rear doors. The rear 
doors must be closed before the 
front doors, and the rear doors 
cannot be opened until the front 
doors are opened.

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