A Word to Mazda Owners

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3 A Word to Mazda Owners Thank you for choosing a Mazda. We at Mazda design and buid vehices with compete customer satisfaction in mind. To hep ensure enjoyabe and troube-free operation of your Mazda, read this manua carefuy and foow its recommendations. An Authorized Mazda Deaer knows your vehice best. So when maintenance or service is necessary, that's the pace to go. Our nationwide network of Mazda professionas is dedicated to providing you with the best possibe service. We assure you that a of us at Mazda have an ongoing interest in your motoring peasure and in your fu satisfaction with your Mazda product. Mazda North American Operations Important Notes About This Manua Keep this manua in the gove box as a handy reference for the safe and enjoyabe use of your Mazda. Shoud you rese the vehice, eave this manua with it for the next owner. A specifications and descriptions are accurate at the time of printing. Because improvement is a constant goa at Mazda, we reserve the right to make changes in specifications at any time without notice and without obigation. Event Data Recorder This vehice is equipped with an event data recorder. In the event of a crash, this device records data reated to vehice dynamics and safety systems for a short period of time. These data can hep provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur and ead to the designing of safer vehices. Air Conditioning and the Environment Your Mazda's genuine air conditioner is fied with HFC134a (R134a), a refrigerant that has been found not to damage the earth's ozone ayer. If the air conditioner does not operate propery, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Pease be aware that this manua appies to a modes, equipment and options. As a resut, you may find some expanations for equipment not instaed on your vehice Mazda North American Operations Printed in U.S.A. (Print1)

4 How to Use This Manua We want to hep you get the most driving peasure from your vehice. Your owner's manua, when read from cover to cover, can do that in many ways. Iustrations compement the words of the manua to best expain how to enjoy your Mazda. By reading your manua, you can find out about the features, important safety information, and driving under various road conditions. A provides information and sometimes suggests how to make better use of your vehice. The above symbo, ocated on some parts of the vehice, indicates that this manua contains information reated to the part. Pease refer to the manua for a detaied expanation. The above symbo in this manua means Do not do this or Do not et this happen. Index: A good pace to start is the Index, an aphabetica isting of a information in your manua. You' find severa WARNINGs, CAUTIONs, and s in the manua. WARNING A WARNING indicates a situation in which serious injury or death coud resut if the warning is ignored. CAUTION A CAUTION indicates a situation in which bodiy injury or damage to your vehice, or both, coud resut if the caution is ignored.

5 Tabe of Contents Your Vehice at a Gance Interior, exterior views and part identification of your Mazda. Essentia Safety Equipment Use of safety equipment, incuding seats, seat bet system, SRS air bags and chid-restraint systems. Knowing Your Mazda Expanation of basic operations and contros; opening/cosing and adjustment of various parts. Before Driving Your Mazda Important information about driving your Mazda. Driving Your Mazda Expanation of instruments and contros. Interior Comfort Use of various features for drive comfort, incuding air-conditioning and audio system. In Case of an Emergency Hepfu information on what to do in an emergency. Maintenance and Care How to keep your Mazda in top condition. Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Important consumer information incuding warranties and add-on equipment. Specifications Technica information about your Mazda Index 11

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7 1 Your Vehice at a Gance Interior, exterior views and part identification of your Mazda. Dashboard and Interior Overview Exterior Overview

8 Your Vehice at a Gance Dashboard and Interior Overview The equipment and instaation position varies according to mode and grade. 1-2

9 Your Vehice at a Gance Dashboard and Interior Overview Rear seat... page 2-9 Front seats... page 2-2 Seat bet... page 2-16 Air bags... page 2-44 Power door ock switch... page 3-8 Power window ock switch... page 3-24 Power window switches... page 3-23 Hood reease hande... page 3-26 Trunk reease button... page 3-19 Steering coumn reease ever... page 3-34 Outside mirror switch... page 3-34 Rearview mirror... page 3-35 Ignition switch... page 5-2 Parking brake... page 5-5 MT shift ever... page 5-8 AT shift ever (Sport AT)... page 5-10 Instrument custer... page 5-23 Lighting contro/turn signas... page 5-38 Wiper and washer ever... page 5-40 Hazard warning fasher switch... page 5-44 Cimate contro system... page 6-2 Audio system... page 6-16 Interior ight... page 6-43 Map ight... page 6-44 Gove box... page 6-52 Center consoe... page 6-52 Storage pocket... page 6-52 Sunvisor... page 6-43 Vanity mirror... page 6-43 Lighter... page 6-48 Ashtray... page 6-49 Cup hoder... page 6-50 Information dispay... page

10 Your Vehice at a Gance Exterior Overview Sedan/5-Door The equipment and instaation position varies according to mode and grade. 1-4

11 Your Vehice at a Gance Exterior Overview Doors and keys... page 3-2 Chid safety ocks... page 3-9 Power windows... page 3-22 Hood... page 3-26 Trunk id... page 3-18 Fue-fier id... page 3-24 Moonroof... page 3-27 Outside mirror... page 3-34 Rear window defroster... page 5-42 Antenna... page 6-16 Windshied wiper bades... page 8-23 Tires... page 8-29 Light bubs... page

12 Your Vehice at a Gance Exterior Overview Sport Wagon The equipment and instaation position varies according to mode and grade. 1-6

13 Your Vehice at a Gance Exterior Overview Doors and keys... page 3-2 Chid safety ocks... page 3-9 Power windows... page 3-22 Hood... page 3-26 Fue-fier id... page 3-24 Liftgate... page 3-12 Outside mirror... page 3-34 Rear window defroster... page 5-42 Antenna... page 6-16 Windshied wiper bades... page 8-23 Tires... page 8-29 Light bubs... page

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15 2 Essentia Safety Equipment Use of safety equipment, incuding seats, seat bet system, SRS air bags and chid-restraint systems. Seats Front Seats (Manuay Operated Seats) Front Seats (Eectricay Operated Seats) Rear Seat Seat Bet Systems Seat Bet Precautions Point Type Seat Bet Front Seat Bet Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems Rear Center Position Seat Bet Seat Bet Extender Seat Bet Warning Light/Beep Chid Restraint Chid Restraint Precautions Instaing Chid-Restraint Systems LATCH Chid-Restraint Systems SRS Air Bags Suppementa Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions Suppementa Restraint System Components How the Air Bags Work

16 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats Front Seats (Manuay Operated Seats) WARNING Modification of the Front Seats: Modifying or repacing the front seats such as repacing the uphostery or oosening any bots is dangerous. The front seats contain air bag components essentia to the suppementa restraint system. Such modifications coud damage the suppementa restraint system and resut in serious injury. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer if there is any need to remove or reinsta the front seats. Damaged Front Seats: Driving with damaged front seats is dangerous. A coision, even one not strong enough to infate the air bags, coud damage the front seats which contain essentia air bag components. If there was a subsequent coision, the air bag may not depoy which coud ead to injuries. Aways have an Authorized Mazda Deaer inspect the front seats, front seat bet pretensioners and air bags after a coision. WARNING Securing the Seats: Adjustabe seats and seatbacks that are not securey ocked are dangerous. In a sudden stop or coision, the seat or seatback coud move, causing injury. Make sure the adjustabe components of the seat are ocked in pace by attempting to side the seat forward and backward and rocking the seatback. qseat Side WARNING Driver's Seat Adjustment: Adjusting the driver's seat whie the vehice is moving is dangerous. The driver coud ose contro of the vehice and have an accident. Adjust the driver's seat ony when the vehice is stopped. To move a seat forward or backward, raise the ever and side the seat to the desired position and reease the ever. 2-2

17 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats Make sure the ever returns to its origina position and the seat is ocked in pace by attempting to push it forward and backward. To change the seatback ange, ean forward sighty whie raising the ever. Then ean back to the desired position and reease the ever. qseat Recine WARNING Recining: Sitting in a recined position whie the vehice is moving is dangerous because you don't get the fu protection from seat bets. During sudden braking or a coision, you can side under the ap bet and suffer serious interna injuries. For maximum protection, sit we back and upright. Unocked Seatback: The seatback pays an important roe in your protection in a vehice. Leaving the seatback unocked is dangerous as it can aow passengers to be ejected or thrown around and baggage to strike occupants in a sudden stop or coision, resuting in severe injury. After adjusting the seatback at any time, even when there are no other passengers, rock the seatback to make sure it is ocked in pace. Make sure the ever returns to its origina position and the seatback is ocked in pace by attempting to push it forward and backward. CAUTION When returning a rear-recined seatback to its upright position, make sure you support the seatback whie operating the seatback ever. If the seatback is not supported, it wi fip forward suddeny and coud cause injury. 2-3

18 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats qheight Adjustment (Driver's Seat) By moving the seat ever up or down, the seat bottom height can be adjusted. Up Height adjustment To raise a head restraint, pu it up to the desired position. To ower the head restraint, press the stopcatch reease, then push the head restraint down. Down qhead Restraint WARNING Head Restraints Adjustment: Driving with the head restraints adjusted too ow or removed is dangerous. With no support behind your head, your neck coud be seriousy injured in a coision. Aways drive with the head restraints inserted when seats are being used and make sure they are propery adjusted. Adjust the head restraint so that the top is parae with the top of the passenger's ears, never the passenger's neck. qseat Warmer í The front seats are eectricay heated. The ignition switch must be in the ON position. Press the switch to turn the seat warmer on or off. When the switch is in the ON position, the indicator ight wi come on. ON OFF 2-4 í Some modes.

19 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats The thermostat reguates seat temperature by turning the current on and off. Front Seats (Eectricay Operated Seats) WARNING Modification of the Front Seats: Modifying or repacing the front seats such as repacing the uphostery or oosening any bots is dangerous. The front seats contain air bag components essentia to the suppementa restraint system. Such modifications coud damage the suppementa restraint system and resut in serious injury. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer if there is any need to remove or reinsta the front seats. Damaged Front Seats: Driving with damaged front seats is dangerous. A coision, even one not strong enough to infate the air bags, coud damage the front seats which contain essentia air bag components. If there was a subsequent coision, the air bag may not depoy which coud ead to injuries. Aways have an Authorized Mazda Deaer inspect the front seats, front seat bet pretensioners and air bags after a coision. 2-5

20 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats CAUTION The seat-bottom power adjustment is operated by motors. Avoid extended operation because excessive use can damage the motors. To prevent the battery from running down, avoid using the power adjustment when the engine is stopped. The adjuster uses a arge amount of eectric power. Don't use the switch to make more than one adjustment at a time. qseat Side (Driver's Seat) To side the seat, move the side ifter switch on the outside of the seat to the front or back and hod it. Reease the switch at the desired position. qseat Recine (Driver's Seat) WARNING Recining: Sitting in a recined position whie the vehice is moving is dangerous because you don't get the fu protection from seat bets. During sudden braking or a coision, you can side under the ap bet and suffer serious interna injuries. For maximum protection, sit we back and upright. Change the seatback ange by pressing the front or rear side of the recining switch. Reease the switch at the desired position. 2-6

21 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats qheight Adjustment (Driver's Seat) Front height adjustment To adjust the front height of the seatbottom, raise or ower the front of the side ifter switch on the eft side of the seat. Lower the seat-bottom by pressing down on the center of the switch. Reease the switch at the desired position. Rear height adjustment Raise or ower the back of the switch to adjust the rear height of the seat-bottom. qlumbar Support Adjustment (Driver's Seat) To adjust the umbar support, pu the ever forward. Height adjustment Raise the seat-bottom by puing up on the center of the switch. Reease the switch at the desired position. 2-7

22 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats qhead Restraint WARNING Head Restraints Adjustment: Driving with the head restraints adjusted too ow or removed is dangerous. With no support behind your head, your neck coud be seriousy injured in a coision. Aways drive with the head restraints inserted when seats are being used and make sure they are propery adjusted. To raise a head restraint, pu it up to the desired position. To ower the head restraint, press the stopcatch reease, then push the head restraint down. qseat Warmer í The front seats are eectricay heated. The ignition switch must be in the ON position. Press the switch to turn the seat warmer on or off. When the switch is in the ON position, the indicator ight wi come on. ON OFF The thermostat reguates seat temperature by turning the current on and off. Adjust the head restraint so that the top is parae with the top of the passenger's ears, never the passenger's neck. 2-8 í Some modes.

23 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats Rear Seat WARNING Stacking Cargo: Stacking uggage or other cargo higher than the seatbacks, and pacing artices on the rear package tray or on the uggage compartment cover is dangerous. During sudden braking or a coision, objects can fy around and become projecties that may hit and injure passengers. Don't stack cargo higher than the seatbacks or pace artices on the rear package tray or on the uggage compartment cover. Not Securing Luggage and Cargo: Not securing cargo whie driving is dangerous as it coud move or be crushed during sudden braking or a coision and cause injury. Make sure uggage and cargo is secured before driving. Securing Seats: Adjustabe seats that are not securey ocked are dangerous. In a sudden stop or coision, the seat or seatback coud move, causing injury. Make sure the adjustabe components of the seat are ocked in pace. WARNING Unocked Seatback: The seatback pays an important roe in your protection in a vehice. Leaving the seatback unocked is dangerous as it can aow passengers to be ejected or thrown around and baggage to strike occupants in a sudden stop or coision, resuting in severe injury. After adjusting the seatback at any time, even when there are no other passengers, rock the seatback to make sure it is ocked in pace. Passenger on the Foded Seatback: Driving with a passenger on the foded seatback is dangerous. Aowing a chid to sit up on the foded seatback whie the vehice is moving is particuary dangerous. In a sudden stop or even a minor coision, a chid not in a proper seat or chid-restraint system and seat bet coud be thrown forward, back or even out of the vehice resuting in serious injuries or death. The chid or other objects in the baggage area coud be thrown into other occupants and cause serious injury. Never aow a passenger to sit or stand on the foded seatback whie the vehice is moving. 2-9

24 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats WARNING Chidren and the Foding Rear Seats: Paying with the foding rear seats is dangerous. Once the seats are back up, a chid in the trunk woud not be abe to get out the way they had entered. If you have sma chidren, keep the seatbacks ocked (sedan). Do not give the car keys to chidren and do not aow them to pay in the vehice. When returning a rear seat to its origina position, aso repace the seat bet to its norma position. Verify that the seat bet pus and retracts. qspit-foding Rear Seatback (Sedan) The seatbacks can be foded down to provide more space in the trunk. To fod the seatbacks WARNING Operating the Remote Hande Levers Whie a Rear-Facing Chid-Restraint System is in the Rear Seat: Operating the remote hande evers whie a rear-facing chid-restraint system is in the rear seat is dangerous. It coud cause injury to a chid seated in the chid-restraint system when the seatback suddeny fips forward. Aways remove the chid-restraint system from the rear seat before operating the remote hande evers for the rear seat. Foding Seatbacks with Remote Hande Levers: Not checking the rear seat area for persons before foding the seatbacks with the remote hande evers is dangerous. The rear seat area is difficut to see from the rear of the vehice. Operating the remote hande evers without checking coud cause injury to a person when a seatback suddeny fips forward. Make sure there is nobody in the rear seat area before operating the remote hande evers. 2-10

25 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats CAUTION Be carefu of the foowing when using the remote hande evers: On a downward sope, the seatback coud fip forward faster than on a fat area. On an upward sope, the seatback may not fod down. When the seatbacks cannot be foded down with evers, pu the rear seatback forward from inside the vehice. 1. Unfasten the ap portion of the rear center seat bet (page 2-23). CAUTION Aways unfasten the ap portion of the bet before foding the rear-eft seatback. Leaving the ap portion of the bet fastened coud cause damage to the seat bet, bucke and seatback. To return the seatbacks to the upright position 1. Lift the seatbacks upright. 2. Pu on the top of the seatbacks from inside the vehice to make sure they are ocked. 3. Fasten the rear-center ap/shouder bet and check that a seat bets are routed propery for passenger use (page 2-23). WARNING Seat Bets Caught Under Seatbacks: A seat bet caught under a seatback after the seatback is returned to its upright position is dangerous. In a coision or sudden stop, the seat bet cannot provide adequate protection. Aways make sure the seat bets are fuy pued out from under the seatbacks. 2. After checking that the rear seats are cear, open the trunk and pu the remote hande evers on the eft and right side of the trunk. 2-11

26 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats qeasy Fod Down Rear Seatbacks and Seat Bottom for Added Luggage Space (5-Door/Sport Wagon) The seatback and seat bottom can be foded down to provide a fat surface extending from the back of the front seats to the rear of the vehice for extra uggage space. WARNING Foding Seatbacks with Remote Hande Levers: Not checking the rear seat area for persons before foding the seatbacks with the remote hande evers is dangerous. The rear seat area is difficut to see from the rear of the vehice. Operating the remote hande evers without checking coud cause injury to a person when a seatback suddeny fips forward. Make sure there is nobody in the rear seat area before operating the remote hande evers. When using the remote hande evers: To fod down the rear seatbacks and seat bottoms WARNING Operating the Remote Hande Levers Whie a Rear-Facing Chid-Restraint System is in the Rear Seat: Operating the remote hande evers whie a rear-facing chid-restraint system is in the rear seat is dangerous. It coud cause injury to a chid seated in the chid-restraint system when the seatback suddeny fips forward. Aways remove the chid-restraint system from the rear seat before operating the remote hande evers for the rear seat. CAUTION Be carefu of the foowing when using the remote hande evers: On a downward sope, the seatback coud fip forward faster than on a fat area. On an upward sope, the seatback may not fod down. When the seatbacks cannot be foded down with evers, pu the rear seatback forward from inside the vehice. 1. Unfasten the ap portion of the rear center seat bet (page 2-23). 2-12

27 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats CAUTION Aways unfasten the ap portion of the bet before foding the rear-eft seatback. Leaving the ap portion of the bet fastened coud cause damage to the seat bet, bucke and seatback. 2. After checking that the rear seats are cear, open the iftgate and pu the remote hande evers on the eft and right side of the iftgate. CAUTION Aways unfasten the ap portion of the bet before foding the rear-eft seatback. Leaving the ap portion of the bet fastened coud cause damage to the seat bet, bucke and seatback. 2. Support the seatback with your hand. 3. Push the rear seatback knob down. When using the rear seatback knobs: CAUTION When operating the rear seatback knob, make sure you support the seatback with your hand. If the seatback is not supported with your hand, it wi fip forward suddeny and coud cause injury to the finger that pushes the rear seatback knob down. To return the seatbacks to the upright position 1. Lift the seatbacks upright. 2. Pu on the top of the seatbacks from inside the vehice to make sure they are ocked. 3. Fasten the rear-center ap/shouder bet and check that a seat bets are routed propery for passenger use (page 2-23). 1. Unfasten the ap portion of the rear center seat bet (page 2-23). 2-13

28 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats WARNING Seat Bets Caught Under Seatbacks: A seat bet caught under a seatback after the seatback is returned to its upright position is dangerous. In a coision or sudden stop, the seat bet cannot provide adequate protection. Aways make sure the seat bets are fuy pued out from under the seatbacks. Returning Rear Seatbacks to the Upright Position: A rear seatback not fuy returned and ocked in the upright position is dangerous. Sudden stops or maneuvering coud cause a seatback to fip forward suddeny resuting in injury. If the red indicator is visibe on the back of the rear seatback knob, the seatback is not ocked in the upright position. When returning the seatback to the upright position, make sure there is no red indication. qhead Restraint (5-Door/Sport Wagon) WARNING Head Restraints Adjustment: Driving with the head restraints adjusted too ow or removed is dangerous. With no support behind your head, your neck coud be seriousy injured in a coision. Aways drive with the head restraints inserted when seats are being used and make sure they are propery adjusted. Height adjustment To raise a head restraint, pu it up to the desired position. To ower the head restraint, press the stopcatch reease, then push the head restraint down. Locked position Unocked position Adjust the head restraint so that the top is parae with the top of the passenger's ears, never the passenger's neck. 2-14

29 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats qarmrest The armrest can be used or paced upright. WARNING Positioning the Shouder Bet Over the Armrest: Positioning the shouder portion of a rear seat bet over the armrest is dangerous as it cannot provide adequate protection in a coision and coud resut in serious injuries. Never position the shouder portion of a rear seat bet over the armrest. 2-15

30 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems Seat Bet Precautions Seat bets hep to decrease the possibiity of severe injury during accidents and sudden stops. Mazda recommends that the driver and a passengers aways wear seat bets. A of the seat bet retractors are designed to keep the ap/shouder bets out of the way when not in use. The driver's seat bet has no provisions for chid-restraint systems and has ony an emergency ocking mode. The driver may wear it comfortaby, and it wi ock during a coision. However, the front passenger's seat and a rear ap/shouder bet retractors operate in two modes: emergency ocking mode, and for chid-restraint systems, automatic ocking mode. Whie we recommend you put a chidren in the rear seats, if you must use the front passenger seat for a chid, side the front passenger seat as far back as possibe and make sure the chid-restraint system is secured propery. 2-16

31 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems WARNING Not Wearing Seat Bets: Not wearing a seat bet is extremey dangerous. During a coision, occupants not wearing seat bets coud hit someone or things inside the vehice or even be thrown out of the vehice. They coud be seriousy injured or even kied. In the same coision, occupants wearing seat bets woud be much safer. Aways wear your seat bet and make sure a occupants are propery restrained. Seat Bet Damaged During an Accident: Using a damaged seat bet is dangerous. An accident coud damage the bet webbing of the seat bet in use. A damaged seat bet cannot provide adequate protection in a coision. Whether a front seat was occupied or not, if the front air bags depoyed the seat bet pretensioners aso depoyed and both front seat bets must be repaced. Have an Authorized Mazda Deaer inspect a seat bet systems in use during an accident before they are used again. Twisted Seat Bets: Twisted seat bets are dangerous. In a coision, the fu width of the bet isn't avaiabe to absorb the impact. This puts more force on the bones beneath the bet, which coud cause serious injury or death. Don't wear twisted seat bets. One Bet, One Passenger: Using one seat bet for more than one person at a time is dangerous. A seat bet used in this way can't spread the impact forces propery and the two passengers coud be crushed together and seriousy injured or even kied. Never use one bet for more than one person at a time. CAUTION Bet retraction may become difficut if the bets and rings are soied, so try to keep them cean. 2-17

32 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems qpregnant Women and Persons with Serious Medica Conditions Pregnant women shoud wear seat bets. Ask your doctor for specific recommendations. The ap bet shoud be worn SNUGLY AND AS LOW AS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIPS. The shouder bet shoud be worn across your shouder propery, but never across the stomach area. Persons with serious medica conditions aso shoud wear seat bets. Check with your doctor for any specia instructions regarding specific medica conditions. qemergency Locking Mode If the bet has fuy retracted, it wi aways be in the emergency ocking mode unti you move it into automatic ocking mode by puing the bet a the way out to its fu ength. In the emergency ocking mode, the bet remains comfortabe on the occupant and the retractor wi ock in position during a coision. If the bet fees tight and hinders comfortabe movement whie the vehice is stopped or in motion, you may be in the automatic ocking mode because you have pued the bet too far out. To return to the more comfortabe emergency ocking mode, wait unti you can stop the vehice in a safe eve area, retract the bet fuy to convert it back to emergency ocking mode and then again extend it around you. qautomatic Locking Mode Aways use the automatic ocking mode to keep the chid-restraint system from shifting to an unsafe position in the event of an accident. To get the seat bet into the automatic ocking mode, pu it a the way out and connect it as instructed on the chid-restraint system. It wi retract down to the chid-restraint system and stay ocked on it. See the section on chid restraint (page 2-28). 2-18

33 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems 3-Point Type Seat Bet When using the rear center seat bet, refer to Rear Center Position Seat Bet (page 2-23). qfastening the Seat Bets 1. Grasp the bucke and tongue. 2. Sowy pu out the ap/shouder bet. WARNING Positioning the Shouder Portion of the Seat Bet: Improper positioning of the shouder portion of the seat bet is dangerous. Aways make sure the shouder portion of the seat bet is positioned across your shouder and near your neck, but never under your arm, on your neck, or on your upper arm. 4. Make sure the shouder bet is snugy fitted against your body. Bet Tongue Keep ow on hip bone Take up sack 3. Insert the tongue into the bucke unti you hear a cick. Too high Bucke Tongue WARNING Positioning the Lap Portion of the Seat Bet: The ap portion of the seat bet worn too high is dangerous. In a coision, this woud concentrate the impact force directy on the abdomina area, causing serious injury. Wear the ap portion of the bet snugy and as ow as possibe. 2-19

34 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems qunfastening the Seat Bets Depress the button on the bucke. WARNING Positioning the Shouder Portion of the Seat Bet: Improper positioning of the shouder portion of the seat bet is dangerous. Aways make sure the shouder portion of the seat bet is positioned across your shouder and near your neck, but never under your arm, on your neck, or on your upper arm. If a bet does not fuy retract, inspect it for kinks and twists. If it is sti not retracting propery, have it inspected at an Authorized Mazda Deaer. qshouder Bet Adjuster Adjust the height of the shouder bet if the seat bet touches your neck, or if it crosses your arm instead of your shouder. To raise the shouder bet adjuster, push the adjuster up. To ower the shouder bet adjuster, pu the button and side it down. Make sure the adjuster is ocked. 2-20

35 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems Front Seat Bet Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems For optimum protection, the driver and front passenger seat bets are equipped with pretensioner and oad imiting systems. In moderate or greater fronta or nearfronta accidents, the front air bag and pretensioner systems depoy simutaneousy. The pretensioners take up sack in the front seat bets as the air bags are expanding. The seat bet pretensioner system wi not activate if the seat bet is not fastened, ony you can be sure it is worn propery. The oad imiting system reeases bet webbing in a controed manner to reduce bet force on the occupant's chest. WARNING Incorrect Positioning of the Driver and Front Passenger Seat Bets: Incorrect positioning of the driver and passenger seat bets is dangerous. Without proper positioning, the pretensioner and oad imiting systems cannot provide adequate protection in an accident and this coud resut in serious injury. Wear seat bets ony as recommended in this owner's manua. WARNING Expended Seat Bet Pretensioners: Use of front seat bets with the pretensioner system expended is dangerous. The seat bet pretensioners wi ony function once. After they are expended, they wi not work again and must be repaced immediatey. If the seat bet pretensioners are not repaced, the risk of injury in a coision wi increase. Aways have an Authorized Mazda Deaer inspect the seat bet pretensioners and air bags after any coision. The seat bet pretensioners and air bags must be repaced after any coision, which causes them to depoy. Modification or Testing of the Pretensioner System: Modifying the components or wiring of the pretensioner system, incuding the use of eectronic testing devices is dangerous. You coud accidentay activate it or make it inoperabe which woud prevent it from activating in an accident. The occupants or repairers coud be seriousy injured. Never modify the components or wiring, or use eectronic testing devices on the pretensioner system. 2-21

36 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems WARNING Pretensioner System Disposa: Improper disposa of the pretensioner system or a vehice with nondeactivated pretensioners is dangerous. Uness a safety procedures are foowed, injury coud resut. Ask an Authorized Mazda Deaer how to safey dispose of the pretensioner system or how to scrap a pretensioner-equipped vehice. The pretensioner system wi ony activate in a moderate or greater fronta or near-fronta coision. It wi not activate in most roovers, side or rear impacts. Some smoke (non-toxic gas) wi be reeased when the air bags and pretensioners depoy. This does not indicate a fire. This gas normay has no effect on occupants, however, those with sensitive skin may experience ight skin irritation. If residue from the depoyment of the air bags or the front pretensioner system gets on the skin or in the eyes, wash it off as soon as possibe. qair Bag/Front Seat Bet Pretensioner Systems Warning Light If the air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system is norma, the warning ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position or after the engine is cranked. After about 6 seconds it goes out. A system mafunction is indicated when the warning ight constanty fashes, iuminates or doesn't iuminate at a when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If any of these occur, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. The system may not work in an accident. WARNING Sef-Servicing the Air Bag/ Pretensioner Systems: Sef-servicing or tampering with the systems is dangerous. An air bag/ pretensioner coud accidentay activate or become disabed. This coud cause serious injuries. Never tamper with the systems and aways have an Authorized Mazda Deaer perform a servicing and repairs. 2-22

37 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems Rear Center Position Seat Bet Before using the rear-center ap/shouder bet make sure tongue (A) and anchor bucke (B) are fastened. (A) (B) qfastening the Seat Bet 1. Grasp the bucke (D) and tongue (C). 2. Sowy pu out the ap/shouder bet. 3. Insert the tongue (C) into the bucke (D) unti you hear a cick. WARNING Fastening the Rear-Center Seat Bet with Ony One Bucke: Fastening the rear-center seat bet with ony one bucke is dangerous. If ony one pair of seat bet tongue and bucke, either tongue (A) and anchor bucke (B) or tongue (C) and anchor bucke (D), is fastened, the seat bet cannot provide fu protection. In a sudden stop or coision, the user coud side under the bet and suffer serious injuries. Aways make sure that both pairs of seat bet tongues and buckes are fastened propery. Positioning the Shouder Portion of the Seat Bet: Improper positioning of the shouder portion of the seat bet is dangerous. Aways make sure the shouder portion of the seat bet is positioned across your shouder and near your neck, but never under your arm, on your neck, or on your upper arm. 4. Make sure the shouder bet is snugy fitted against your body. (C) (D) (A) (B) WARNING Positioning the Lap Portion of the Seat Bet: The ap portion of the seat bet worn too high is dangerous. In a coision, this woud concentrate the impact force directy on the abdomina area, causing serious injury. Wear the ap portion of the bet snugy and as ow as possibe. 2-23

38 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems qunfastening the Seat Bet Depress the button on the bucke. To encourage rear seat passengers to wear their seat bets, we suggest eaving the rear center ap position of the bet fastened at a times except when foding the rear seat forward. qfastening the Lap Portion of the Seat Bet Grasp tongue (A) and insert it into the anchor bucke (B) unti you hear a cick. It is now secure for passenger use. qunfastening the Lap Portion of the Seat Bet Insert a sma object such as a key in the anchor bucke (B) sot. (A) (B) After returning the rear-eft seatback to its upright position, fasten the ap portion of the bet. qstowing the Rear Center Position Seat Bet (Sport Wagon) When foding the rear eft seatback, stow the rear center position seat bet using the foowing procedure. To stow the seat bet, retract the bet, put tongues (A) and (C) together and insert them into the ceiing recess. CAUTION Aways unfasten the ap portion of the bet before foding the rear-eft seatback. Leaving the ap portion of the bet fastened coud cause damage to the seat bet, bucke and seatback. (A) Ceiing recess (C) 2-24

39 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems To pu out the seat bet, side tongue (A) with your finger whie moving it downward, and sowy pu out the seat bet from the ceiing recess. CAUTION When stowing the seat bet, make sure the bet is ocked securey into the ceiing recess. If the seat bet is not ocked securey, it coud fa down suddeny and cause injury. Seat Bet Extender If your seat bet is not ong enough, even when fuy extended, a seat bet extender may be avaiabe to you at no charge from your Authorized Mazda Deaer. This extender wi be ony for you and for the particuar vehice and seat. Even if it pugs into other seat bets, it may not hod in the critica moment of a crash. When ordering an extender, ony order one that provides the necessary additiona ength to fasten the seat bet propery. Pease contact your Authorized Mazda Deaer for more information. WARNING Unnecessary Use of an Extender: Using a seat bet extender when not necessary is dangerous. The seat bet wi be too ong and not fit propery. In an accident, the seat bet wi not provide adequate protection and you coud be seriousy injured. Ony use the extender when it is required to fasten the seat bet propery. Using an Improper Extender: Using a seat bet extender that is for another person or a different vehice or seat is dangerous. The seat bet wi not provide adequate protection and the user coud be seriousy injured in an accident. Ony use the extender provided for you and for the particuar vehice and seat. NEVER use the extender in a different vehice or seat. 2-25

40 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems WARNING Using an Extender That is Too Long: Using an extender that is too ong is dangerous. The seat bet wi not fit propery. In an accident, the seat bet wi not provide adequate protection and you coud be seriousy injured. Don't use the extender or choose one shorter in ength if the distance between the extender's bucke and the center of the user's body is ess than 15cm (6 in). When not in use, remove the seat bet extender and store it in the vehice. If the seat bet extender is eft connected, the seat bet warning ight wi not iuminate and function propery. Seat Bet Warning Light/ Beep The seat bet warning ight iuminates and a beep sound wi be heard if the driver's seat bet is not fastened when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. Conditions of operation Condition The driver's seat bet is not fastened when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. The driver's seat bet is fastened whie the warning ight and the beep sound are activated. The driver's seat bet is fastened before the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. Resut The warning ight iuminates for about 1 minute and a beep sound wi be heard for about 6 seconds. The warning ight turns off and the beep sound stops. The warning ight wi not iuminate and the beep sound wi not be heard. 2-26

41 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems qbet Minder The bet minder is a suppementa warning to the seat bet warning function. This feature provides additiona reminders to the driver that the driver's seat bet is not fastened by intermittenty sounding a beep sound and fashing the seat bet warning ight in the instrument custer. Condition The driver's seat bet is not fastened when the vehice speed reaches 8 km/h (5 mph) and about 1 minute has eapsed since the ignition switch was turned to the ON position. The driver's seat bet is fastened whie the warning ight and the beep sound are activated. The driver's seat bet is fastened before the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. Resut The warning ight fashes and the beep sound wi be heard for about 6 seconds every 30 seconds, for a period of about 5 minutes. The warning ight turns off and the beep sound stops. The warning ight wi not iuminate and the beep sound wi not be heard. The bet minder can be deactivated by the foowing methods. (Temporary deactivation) To temporariy deactivate the bet minder, turn the ignition switch to the ON position, fasten the driver's seat bet for about 2 seconds or onger, and then unfasten it within 20 seconds. The bet minder wi be deactivated unti the ignition switch is turned to the ON position again. (Long-term deactivation) To deactivate the bet minder over the ong term, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. If the bet minder is ong-term deactivated, the bet minder wi not activate unti it is restored at the Authorized Mazda Deaer. 2-27

42 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint Chid Restraint Precautions Mazda strongy urges the use of chid-restraint systems for chidren sma enough to use them. You are required by aw to use a chid-restraint system for chidren in the U.S. and Canada. Check your oca and state or provincia aws for specific requirements regarding the safety of chidren riding in your vehice. Whatever chid-restraint system you consider, pease pick the appropriate one for the age and size of the chid, obey the aw and foow the instructions that come with the individua chid-restraint system. A chid who has outgrown chid-restraint systems shoud sit in the rear and use seat bets, both ap and shouder. If the shouder bet crosses the neck or face, move the chid coser to the center of the vehice in the outboard seats, and towards the bucke on the right if the chid is seated on the center seat. Statistics confirm that the rear seat is the best pace for a chidren up to 12 years of age, and more so with a suppementa restraint system (air bags). A rear-facing chid-restraint system shoud NEVER be used on the front seat with the air bag system activated. The front passenger's seat is aso the east preferred seat for other chid-restraint systems. To reduce the chance of injuries caused by depoyment of the front passenger air bag, the front passenger seat weight sensors work as a part of the suppementa restraint system. This system deactivates the front passenger front and side air bags and aso the front passenger seat bet pretensioner system when the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat is ess than approximatey 30 kg (66 b). When an infant or sma chid sits on the front passenger seat, the system shuts off the front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner system, so make sure the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates. Even if the front passenger air bag is shut off, Mazda strongy recommends that chidren be propery restrained and chid-restraint systems of a kinds are propery secured on the rear seats which are the best pace for chidren. For more detais, refer to Front passenger seat weight sensors (page 2-52). 2-28

43 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint WARNING Proper Size of Chid-Restraint System: For effective protection in vehice accidents and sudden stops, a chid must be propery restrained using a seat bet or chid-restraint system depending on age and size. If not, the chid coud be seriousy injured or even kied in an accident. Foow the Manufacturer's Instructions and Aways Keep the Chid-Restraint System Bucked Down: An unsecured chid-restraint system is dangerous. In a sudden stop or a coision it coud move causing serious injury or death to the chid or other occupants. Make sure the chid-restraint system is propery secured in pace according to the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions. When not in use, remove it from the vehice or fasten it with a seat bet, or atch it down to BOTH LATCH ower anchors for LATCH chid-restraint systems. Hoding a Chid Whie the Vehice is Moving: Hoding a chid in your arms whie the vehice is moving is extremey dangerous. No matter how strong the person may be, he or she cannot hod onto a chid in a sudden stop or coision and it coud resut in serious injury or death to the chid or other occupants. Even in a moderate accident, the chid may be exposed to air bag forces that coud resut in serious injury or death to the chid, or the chid may be sammed into the adut, injuring the adut. Aways secure a chid in a proper chid-restraint system. Rear-Facing Chid-Restraint System: Rear-facing chid-restraint systems on the front seat are particuary dangerous. The chid-restraint system can be hit by a depoying air bag and moved vioenty backward resuting in serious injury or death to the chid. Even though you may fee assured that the front passenger air bag wi not depoy based on the fact that the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates, NEVER use a rear-facing chid-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that coud depoy even in a moderate coision. 2-29

44 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint WARNING Seating Chidren in a Chid-Restraint System on the Front Passenger Seat: If your vehice is equipped with front passenger seat weight sensors, a front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight is aso equipped (page 2-37). Even with the front passenger seat weight sensors, if you must use the front passenger seat for chidren, seating a chid in a chid-restraint system on the front passenger seat under the foowing conditions increases the danger of the front passenger air bag depoying and coud resut in serious injury or death to the chid. The tota seated weight of the chid with the chid-restraint system on the front passenger seat is approximatey 30 kg (66 b) or more. Luggage or other items are paced on the seat with the chid in the chid-restraint system. A rear passenger or uggage push or pu down on the front passenger seatback. A rear passenger steps on the front passenger seat rais with the feet. Luggage or other items are paced on the seatback or hung on the head restraint. The seat is washed. Liquids are spied on the seat. The front passenger seat is moved backward, pushing into uggage or other items paced behind it. The front passenger seatback contacts the rear seat. Luggage or other items are paced between the front passenger seat and driver seat. Any accessories which might increase the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat are attached to the front passenger seat. The designated positions with seat bets on the rear seats are the safest paces for chidren. Aways use seat bets and chid restraints. Chidren and Seating Position with Side and Curtain Air Bags: Aowing anyone to ean over or against the front door, the area of the front seat, front and rear window piars and the roof edge aong both sides from which the side and curtain air bags depoy, even though using a chid-restraint system, is dangerous. If the vehice is equipped with side and curtain air bags, the impact of infation coud cause serious injury or death to the chid. Furthermore, eaning over or against the front door coud bock the side and curtain air bags and eiminate the advantages of suppementa protection. With the front air bag and the additiona side air bag that comes out of the front seat, the rear seat is aways a better ocation for chidren. Do not aow a chid to ean over or against the doors, even if the chid is seated in a chid-restraint system. 2-30

45 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint WARNING One Bet, One Passenger: Using one seat bet for more than one person at a time is dangerous. A seat bet used in this way can't spread the impact forces propery and the two passengers coud be crushed together and seriousy injured or even kied. Never use one bet for more than one person at a time. Operating the Remote Hande Levers Whie a Rear-Facing Chid-Restraint System is in the Rear Seat: Operating the remote hande evers whie a rear-facing chid-restraint system is in the rear seat is dangerous. It coud cause injury to a chid seated in the chid-restraint system when the seatback suddeny fips forward. Aways remove the chid-restraint system from the rear seat before operating the remote hande evers for the rear seat. CAUTION A seat bet or chid-restraint system can become very hot in a cosed vehice during warm weather. To avoid burning yoursef or a chid, check them before you or your chid touches them. Your Mazda is equipped with LATCH ower anchors for attachment of speciay designed LATCH chid-restraint systems in the rear seat. When using these anchors to secure a chid-restraint system, refer to LATCH Chid-Restraint Systems (page 2-39). 2-31

46 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint Instaing Chid-Restraint Systems Accident statistics revea that a chid is safer in the rear seat. The front passenger's seat is ceary the worst choice for any chid under 12, and with rear-facing chidrestraint systems it is ceary unsafe due to air bags. Some chid-restraint systems now come with tethers and therefore must be instaed on the seats that take tethers to be effective. In your Mazda, tethered chid-restraint systems can ony be accommodated in the three positions on the rear seat. Some chid-restraint systems aso empoy speciay designed LATCH attachments; refer to LATCH Chid-Restraint Systems (page 2-39). WARNING Tethered Chid-Restraint Systems Work Ony on Tether-Equipped Rear Seats: Instaation of a tether equipped chidrestraint system in the front passenger's seat defeats the safety design of the system and wi resut in an increased chance of serious injury if the chid-restraint system goes forward without benefit of being tethered. Pace tether equipped chid-restraint systems where there are tether anchors. qrear Outboard Seat Chid- Restraint System Instaation Foow these instructions when using a chid-restraint system, uness you are attaching a LATCH-equipped chidrestraint system to the rear LATCH ower anchors. Refer to LATCH Chid- Restraint Systems (page 2-39). Foow the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions carefuy. If you are not sure whether you have a LATCH system or tether, check in the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions and foow them accordingy. Depending on the type of chid-restraint system, it may not empoy seat bets which are in automatic ocking mode. 1. Make sure the seatback is securey atched by pushing it back unti it is fuy ocked. 2. Secure the chid-restraint system with the ap portion of the ap/shouder bet. See the manufacturer's instructions on the chid-restraint system for bet routing instructions. 2-32

47 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint 3. To get the retractor into the automatic ocking mode, pu the shouder bet portion of the seat bet unti the entire ength of the bet is out of the retractor. 4. Push the chid-restraint system firmy into the vehice seat. Be sure the bet retracts as snugy as possibe. Cicking from the retractor wi be heard during retraction if the system is in the automatic ocking mode. If the bet does not ock the seat down tight, repeat this step. Inspect this function before each use of the chid-restraint system. You shoud not be abe to pu the shouder bet out of the retractor whie the system is in the automatic ocking mode. When you remove the chid-restraint system, be sure the bet fuy retracts to return the system to emergency ocking mode before occupants use the seat bets. 5. If your chid-restraint system requires the use of a tether strap, hook and tighten the tether strap by foowing the manufacturer's instructions. Anchor bracket ocation (Sedan) Tether strap position (Sedan) Tether strap Anchor bracket 2-33

48 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint Anchor bracket ocation (5-Door/Sport Wagon) Tether strap position (5-Door/Sport Wagon) Route between head restraint upright. Tether strap WARNING Chid-Restraint Tether Usage: Using the tether or tether anchor to secure anything but a chid-restraint system is dangerous. This coud weaken or damage the tether or tether anchor and resut in injury. Use the tether and tether anchor ony for a chid-restraint system. Incorrect Attachment of the Tether Strap: Attaching the tether strap on top of the head restraint is dangerous. In a coision, the tether strap coud side off the head restraint, and oosen the chid-restraint system. The chidrestraint system coud move and injure the chid or someone ese. Aways attach the tether strap between the head restraint and the seatback. qrear Center Seat Chid-Restraint System Instaation 1. Secure the chid-restraint system with the seat bet, according to the manufacturer's instructions. 2. Secure the tether strap according to the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instruction. 2-34

49 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint Tether strap position (Sedan) Anchor bracket Tether strap position (5-Door) Anchor bracket Tether strap Tether strap Tether strap position (Sport Wagon) Tether strap Anchor bracket WARNING Chid-Restraint Tether Usage: Chid-restraint system anchorages are designed to withstand ony those oads imposed by correcty instaed chidrestraint systems.under no circumstances are they to be used for adut seat bets, harnesses, or for attaching other items or equipment to the vehice. Incorrect Attachment of the Tether Strap: Attaching the tether strap on top of the head restraint is dangerous. In a coision, the tether strap coud side off the head restraint, and oosen the chid-restraint system. The chidrestraint system coud move and injure the chid or someone ese. Aways attach the tether strap between the head restraint and the seatback. Incorrect Attachment of the TetherStrap for the Rear Center Seat Position (5-Door): Attaching the tether strap for the rear center seat position to one of the other tether anchor positions on the outboard seatbacks is dangerous. In a coision, the tether strap coud side and oosen the chid-restraint system. If the chid-restraint system moves it coud injure the chid or someone ese. Aways attach the tether strap for the rear center seat position to the correct tether anchor position as shown in the iustrations above. 2-35

50 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint qif You Must Use the Front Seat for Chidren If you cannot put a chidren in the rear seat, at east put the smaest chidren in the rear and be sure the argest chid up front uses the shouder bet over the shouder. Do not put rear-facing chid-restraint systems on the front passenger's seat. This seat is aso not set up for tethered chid-restraint systems, put them in one of the rear seat positions set up with tether anchors. Likewise the LATCH chid-restraint system cannot be secured in the front passenger's seat and shoud be used in the rear seat. Don't aow anyone to seep against the right front or rear doors if you have an optiona side and curtain air bag, it coud cause serious injuries to an out of position occupant. As chidren more often seep in cars, it is better to put them in the rear seat. If instaing the chid-restraint system on the front seat is unavoidabe, foow these instructions when using a frontfacing chid-restraint system in the front passenger's seat. WARNING Front Passenger's Seat Position: As your vehice has front air bags and douby so if your vehice has side air bags, a front-facing chid-restraint system shoud be put on the front seat ony when it is unavoidabe. Aways move the seat as far back as possibe, because the force of a depoying air bag coud cause serious injury or death to the chid. Rear-Facing Chid-Restraint System: Rear-facing chid-restraint systems on the front seat are particuary dangerous. The chid-restraint system can be hit by a depoying air bag and moved vioenty backward resuting in serious injury or death to the chid. NEVER use a rear-facing chid-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that coud depoy even in a moderate coision. To check if your front seats have side air bags: Every Mazda side air bag wi have a SRS AIRBAG tag on the outboard shouder of the front seats. To check if your vehice has curtain air bags: Every Mazda curtain air bag wi have an SRS AIRBAG marking on the front and rear window piars aong the roof edge. 2-36

51 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint WARNING Chidren and Seating Position with Side and Curtain Air Bags: Aowing anyone to ean over or against the front door, the area of the front seat, front and rear window piars and the roof edge aong both sides from which the side and curtain air bags depoy, even though using a chid-restraint system, is dangerous. If the vehice is equipped with side and curtain air bags, the impact of infation coud cause serious injury or death to the chid. Furthermore, eaning over or against the front door coud bock the side and curtain air bags and eiminate the advantages of suppementa protection. With the front air bag and the additiona side air bag that comes out of the front seat, the rear seat is aways a better ocation for chidren. Do not aow a chid to ean over or against the doors, even if the chid is seated in a chidrestraint system. qfront Passenger's Seat Chid- Restraint System Instaation 1. Side the seat as far back as possibe. 2. Secure the chid-restraint system with the ap portion of the ap/shouder bet. See the manufacturer's instructions on the chid-restraint system for bet routing instructions. 3. To get the retractor into the automatic ocking mode, pu the shouder bet portion of the seat bet unti the entire ength of the bet is out of the retractor. 4. Push the chid-restraint system firmy into the vehice seat. Be sure the bet retracts as snugy as possibe. Cicking from the retractor wi be heard during retraction if the system is in automatic ocking mode. If the bet does not ock the seat down tight, repeat the previous step and aso this one. Inspect this function before each use of the chid-restraint system. You shoud not be abe to pu the shouder bet out of the retractor whie the system is in the automatic ocking mode. When you remove the chid-restraint system, be sure the bet fuy retracts to return the system to emergency ocking mode before occupants use the seat bets. Foow the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions carefuy. Depending on the type of chidrestraint system, it may not empoy seat bets which are in automatic ocking mode. 2-37

52 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint 5. Make sure the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates after instaing a chid-restraint system on the front passenger seat. WARNING Seating a Chid in a Chid-Restraint System on the Front Passenger Seat With the Front Passenger Air Bag Deactivation Indicator Light Not Iuminated: Seating a chid in a chid-restraint system instaed on the front passenger seat with the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight not iuminated is dangerous. If this indicator ight does not iuminate even when the tota seated weight is ess than approximatey 30 kg (66 b), this means that the front passenger front and side air bags, and seat bet pretensioner are ready for depoyment. If an accident were to depoy an air bag, a chid sitting in the front passenger seat coud be seriousy injured or kied. If the indicator ight does not iuminate after instaing a chid-restraint system on the front passenger seat, insta the chidrestraint system on the rear seat and consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. Whie it is aways better to insta any chid-restraint system on the rear seat, it is essentia to do so if the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight does not iuminate (page 2-52). 2-38

53 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint LATCH Chid-Restraint Systems Your Mazda is equipped with LATCH ower anchors for attachment of speciay designed LATCH chid-restraint systems in the rear seat. Both anchors must be used, otherwise the seat wi bounce around and put the chid in danger. Some LATCH chid-restraint systems must aso be used in conjunction with a tether to be effective. If they have a tether you must use it to better assure your chid's safety. WARNING Manufacturer's Instructions for Chid-Restraint System: An unsecured chid-restraint system is dangerous. In a sudden stop or a coision it coud move causing serious injury or death to the chid or other occupants. Make sure the chid-restraint system is propery secured in pace according to the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions. Attaching Two Chid-Restraint Systems to the Same LATCH Lower Anchor: Attaching two chid-restraint systems to the same LATCH ower anchor is dangerous. In a coision, one anchor may not be strong enough to hod two chid-restraint system attachments and may break, causing serious injury or death. If you use the seat position for another chid-restraint system when an outboard LATCH position is occupied, use the center seat bets instead, and the tether if tether-equipped. Unsecured Chid-Restraint System: An unsecured chid-restraint system is dangerous. In a sudden stop or a coision it coud move causing serious injury or death to the chid or other occupants. Foow the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions on bet routing to secure the seat just as you woud with a chid in it so that nobody is tempted to put a chid in an impropery secured seat ater on. When not in use, remove it from the vehice or fasten it with a seat bet, or atch it down to BOTH LATCH ower anchors for LATCH chidrestraint systems. LATCH Chid-Restraint Systems: Not foowing the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions when instaing the chid-restraint system is dangerous. If seat bets or a foreign object prevent the chid-restraint system from being securey attached to the LATCH ower anchors and the chid-restraint system is instaed impropery, the chid-restraint system coud move in a sudden stop or coision causing serious injury or death to the chid or other occupants. When instaing the chid-restraint system, make sure there are no seat bets or foreign objects near or around the LATCH ower anchors. Aways foow the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions. 2-39

54 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint qlatch Chid-Restraint System Instaation Procedure (Rear Outboard Seats) 1. Make sure the seatback is securey atched by pushing it back unti it is fuy ocked. 2. Expand the area between the seat bottom and the seatback sighty to verify the ocations of the LATCH ower anchors. Anchor bracket ocation (Sedan) Tether strap position (Sedan) Tether strap The markings above the LATCH ower anchors indicate the ocations of LATCH ower anchors for the attachment of a chid-restraint system. Anchor bracket Anchor bracket ocation (5-Door/Sport Wagon) 3. Secure the chid-restraint system using BOTH LATCH ower anchors, foowing the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instruction. 4. If your chid-restraint system came equipped with a tether, that probaby means it is very important to propery secure the tether for chid safety, pease carefuy foow the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions when instaing tethers. 2-40

55 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint Tether strap position (5-Door/Sport Wagon) Route between head restraint upright. Tether strap WARNING Chid-Restraint Tether Usage: Using the tether or tether anchor to secure anything but a chid-restraint system is dangerous. This coud weaken or damage the tether or tether anchor and resut in injury. Use the tether and tether anchor ony for a chid-restraint system. qlatch Chid-Restraint System Instaation Procedure (Rear Center Seat) The LATCH ower anchors at the center of the rear seat are much further apart than the sets of LATCH ower anchors for chid-restraint system instaation at other seating positions. Chid-restraint systems with rigid LATCH attachments cannot be instaed on the center seating position. Some LATCH equipped chid-restraint systems can be paced in the center position and wi reach the nearest LATCH ower anchors which are 466 mm (18.35 in) apart. LATCH compatibe chid-restraint systems (with attachments on bet webbing) can be used at this seating position ony if the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions state that the chid-restraint system can be instaed to LATCH ower anchors that are 466 mm (18.35 in) apart. Do not attach two chid-restraint systems to the same LATCH ower anchor. If your chidrestraint system has a tether, it must aso be used for your chid's optimum safety. 1. Make sure the seatback is securey atched by pushing it back unti it is fuy ocked. 2-41

56 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint 2. Expand the area between the seat bottom and the seatback sighty to verify the ocations of the LATCH ower anchors. Anchor bracket ocation (Sedan) Tether strap position (Sedan) Tether strap The markings above the LATCH ower anchors indicate the ocations of LATCH ower anchors for the attachment of a chid-restraint system. 3. Secure the chid-restraint system using BOTH LATCH ower anchors, foowing the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions. 4. If your chid-restraint system came equipped with a tether, that probaby means it is very important to propery secure the tether for chid safety, pease carefuy foow the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions when instaing tethers. Anchor bracket Anchor bracket ocation and tether strap position (5-Door) Anchor bracket Tether strap 2-42

57 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint Anchor bracket ocation and tether strap position (Sport Wagon) Tether strap Anchor bracket WARNING Chid-Restraint Tether Usage: Using the tether or tether anchor to secure anything but a chid-restraint system is dangerous. This coud weaken or damage the tether or tether anchor and resut in injury. Use the tether and tether anchor ony for a chid-restraint system. 2-43

58 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags Suppementa Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions The front and side suppementa restraint systems (SRS) incude up to 6 air bags (verify SRS AIRBAG ocation indicator marks). They are ocated in: The steering whee hub (driver air bag) The front passenger dashboard (front passenger air bag) The outboard sides of the front seatbacks (side air bags) í The front and rear window piars, and the roof edge aong both sides (curtain air bags) í These systems operate independenty depending on the type of accident encountered; if you have side and curtain air bags, the side and curtain air bags are not ikey to depoy on both sides in the same accident because a vehice is not often hit from both sides. The side and curtain air bags and the fronta air bag system wi not normay depoy during the same type of accident uness a combination of fronta and side impacts occur. The air bag suppementa restraint systems are designed to provide suppementa protection ony in the front seats in certain situations and the rear outside passenger positions ony in same-side coisions, so seat bets are aways important in the foowing ways: Without seat bet usage, the air bags cannot provide adequate protection during an accident. Seat bet usage is necessary to: Keep the occupant from being thrown into an infating air bag. Reduce the possibiity of injuries during an accident that is not designed for air bag infation, such as ro-over or rear impact. Reduce the possibiity of injuries in fronta or side coisions that are not severe enough to activate the air bags. Reduce the possibiity of being thrown from your vehice. Reduce the possibiity of injuries to ower body and egs during an accident because the air bags provide no protection to these parts of the body. Hod the driver in a position which aows better contro of the vehice. Chidren shoud be protected by a chid-restraint system. Laws vary on the size a chid must be to use a chid-restraint system (page 2-28). Carefuy consider which chid-restraint system is necessary for your chid and foow the instaation directions in this Owner's Manua as we as the chid-restraint system manufacturer's instructions í Some modes.

59 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags WARNING Air Bags without Seat Bets: Depending ony on the air bags for protection during an accident is dangerous. Aone, air bags may not prevent serious injuries. The appropriate air bags can be expected to infate ony in coisions with fronta, near fronta or side forces that are at east moderate. Vehice occupants shoud aways wear seat bets. Chid in the Front Seat: Pacing a chid, 12 years or under, in the front seat is dangerous. The chid coud be hit by a depoying air bag and be seriousy injured or even kied. A seeping chid is more ikey to ean against the door and be hit by the side air bag in a moderate, rightside coision. Whenever possibe, aways secure a chid 12 years and under on the rear seat with an appropriate chid-restraint system for the chid's age and size. Rear-Facing Chid-Restraint System: Rear-facing chid-restraint systems on the front seat are particuary dangerous. The chid-restraint system can be hit by a depoying air bag and moved vioenty backward resuting in serious injury or death to the chid. Even though you may fee assured that the front passenger air bag wi not depoy based on the fact that the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates, NEVER use a rear-facing chid-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that coud depoy even in a moderate coision. Seating Position with Front Air Bags: Sitting too cose to the air bag modues or pacing hands or feet on them is extremey dangerous. Front Air bags infate with great force and speed. Serious injuries coud occur if someone is too cose. The driver shoud aways hod onto ony the rim of the steering whee. The front seat passenger shoud keep both feet on the foor. Front seat occupants shoud adjust their seats as far back as possibe and aways sit upright against the seatbacks with seat bets worn propery. 2-45

60 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags WARNING Seating Position with Side and Curtain Air Bags: Sitting too cose to the side air bag modues or pacing hands on them is extremey dangerous. The side air bags infate with great force and speed directy out of the outboard side of the front seat and expand aong the front door on the side the car is hit. Serious injury coud occur if someone is sitting too cose to the door or eaning against a window, or if rear seat occupants grab the sides of the front seatbacks. Furthermore, seeping up against the door or hanging out the windows in the vehice coud bock the side and curtain air bags and eiminate the advantages of suppementa protection. Give the side and curtain air bags room to work by sitting in the center of the seat whie the vehice is moving with seat bets worn propery. Front Air Bag Modues ocated in the steering whee hub and the dashboard: Attaching an object to the front air bag modues or pacing something in front of them is dangerous. In an accident, the object coud interfere with front air bag infation and injure the occupants. Aways keep the front air bag modues free of objects. Side Air Bag Modues: Attaching things to the front seat in such a way as to cover the outboard side of the seat in any way is dangerous. In an accident the object coud interfere with the side air bag, which infates from the outboard side of the front seats, impeding the added protection of the side air bag system or redirecting the air bag in a way that is dangerous. Furthermore, the bag coud be cut open spewing exhaust. Do not hang net bags, map pouches or backpacks with side straps on the front seats. Never use seat covers on the front seats. Aways keep the side air bag modues in your front seats free to depoy in the event of a side coision. Curtain Air Bag Modues: Attaching objects to the areas where the curtain air bag activates such as on the windshied gass, side door gass, front and rear window piars and aong the roof edge and assist grips is dangerous. In an accident the object coud interfere with the curtain air bag, which infates from the front and rear window piars and aong the roof edge, impeding the added protection of the curtain air bag system or redirecting the air bag in a way that is dangerous. Furthermore, the bag coud be cut open spewing exhaust. Do not pace hangers or any other objects on the assist grips. When hanging cothes, hang them on the coat hook directy. Aways keep the curtain air bag modues free to depoy in the event of a side coision. 2-46

61 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags WARNING Hot Air Bag Infators: Hot air bag infators are dangerous. Immediatey after infation, the infators in the steering whee, dashboard, seatbacks, or the front and rear window piars and aong the roof edge are very hot. You coud get burned. Don't touch the interna components of the air bag modues after the bags have infated. Instaation of Front-End Equipment: Instaation of front-end equipment, such as fronta protection bar (kangaroo bar, bu bar, push bar, etc.), snowpow, or winches, is dangerous. The air bag crash sensor system coud be affected. This coud cause air bags to infate unexpectedy, or it coud prevent the air bags from infating during an accident. Front occupants coud be seriousy injured. Never insta any front-end equipment to your vehice. Suspension Adjustment: Adjusting the vehice suspension is dangerous. If the vehice's height or the suspension is changed, the vehice wi be unabe to accuratey detect a coision resuting in incorrect or unexpected air bag depoyment and the possibiity of serious injuries. Modification of the Suppementa Restraint System: Modifying the components or wiring of the suppementa restraint system is dangerous. You coud accidentay activate it or make it inoperabe. Don't make any modifications to the suppementa restraint system. This incudes instaing trim, badges, or anything ese over the air bag modues. It aso incudes instaing extra eectrica equipment on or near system components or wiring. An Authorized Mazda Deaer can provide the specia care needed in the remova and instaation of front seats. It is important to protect the side and curtain air bag wiring and connections to assure that the bags do not accidentay depoy and that the seats retain an undamaged air bag connection. CAUTION To prevent damage to the side and curtain air bag wiring, don't pace uggage or other objects under the front seats. 2-47

62 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags When an air bag depoys, a oud infation noise can be heard and some smoke wi be reeased. Neither is ikey to cause injury, however, the texture of the air bags may cause ight skin injuries on body parts not covered with cothing through friction. Shoud you se your Mazda, we urge you to te the new owner of its air bag systems and that famiiarization with a instructions about them, from the Owner's Manua, is important. 2-48

63 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags Suppementa Restraint System Components The suppementa restraint systems (SRS) have two basic subsystems: The air bag system with infators and air bags. The eectrica system with crash sensors and diagnostic modue. The air bags are mounted in the foowing ocations: The steering whee hub The front passenger dashboard The outboard sides of the front seatbacks í The front and rear window piars, and the roof edge aong both sides í The air bags are out of sight unti activated. í Some modes. 2-49

64 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags qfront Air Bag System Components (4) (6) (1) (3) (8) (7) (2) (9) (5) (8) (1) Front dua stage infators and air bags (2) Crash sensors and diagnostic modue (SAS unit) (3) Front air bag sensor (4) Driver seat side position sensor (page 2-52) (5) Front passenger seat weight sensors (page 2-52) (6) Front seats (7) Driver and front passenger seat bet bucke switches (page 2-52) (8) Front seat bet pretensioner and oad imiting systems (page 2-21) (9) Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight (page 2-52) 2-50

65 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags qside and Curtain Air Bag System Components í Put chidren in the rear seats, they do not have side air bag systems. Sedan/5-Door (1) (4) (1) Sport Wagon (1) (2) (3) (4) (1) (2) (3) (1) Infators and air bags (2) Side crash sensor (3) Crash sensors and diagnostic modue (SAS unit) (4) Front seats í Some modes. 2-51

66 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags qhow the Front Air Bags Work How the Air Bags Work When air bag crash sensors detect a fronta impact of greater than moderate force, an eectrica current is sent to the infators. Gases are produced to infate the front air bags and after the infation, the front air bags quicky defate. The front air bags wi function ony once. After that, the front air bags wi not work again and must be repaced. Ony an Authorized Mazda Deaer can repace the system components. The front, dua stage air bags contro air bag infation in two energy stages. During an impact of moderate severity the front air bags depoy with esser energy, whereas during more severe impacts, they depoy with more energy. Depoyment of the front air bags may differ between the driver and the front passenger depending on the driver seat position, front passenger weight and front seat bet usage, which aow for further controing of the system. The front air bags wi depoy ony in a fronta or fronta offset impact. Driver seat side position sensor Your vehice is equipped with a driver seat side sensor as a part of the suppementa restraint system. The sensor is ocated under the driver seat. The sensor determines whether the driver seat is fore or aft of a reference position and sends the seat position to the crash sensors and diagnostic modue (SAS unit). The sensor is aso designed to contro the depoyment of the driver air bag depending on how cose the driver seat is to the steering whee. The air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system warning ight fashes if the sensor has a possibe mafunction (page 2-60). 2-52

67 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags Front passenger seat weight sensors If your vehice is equipped with front passenger seat weight sensors, a front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight is aso equipped (page 2-37). These sensors are ocated under both of the front passenger seat rais. These sensors determine the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat. The sensors are aso designed to prevent the front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner system from infating if the tota seated weight is ess than approximatey 30 kg (66 b). To reduce the chance of injuries caused by depoyment of the front passenger air bag, the system deactivates the front passenger front and side air bags and aso the seat bet pretensioner system when: There is no passenger in the front passenger seat. (The front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight does not iuminate.) The tota seated weight on the front passenger seat is ess than approximatey 30 kg (66 b). (The front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates.) This system shuts off the front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner system, so make sure the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates according to the chart beow. The air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system warning ight fashes and the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates if the sensors have a possibe mafunction. If this happens, the front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner system wi not depoy. Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight This indicator ight iuminates to remind you that the front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner wi not depoy during a coision. If the front passenger weight sensors are norma, the indicator ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. After about 6 seconds it goes out. 2-53

68 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags The front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates or is off under the foowing conditions: Tota seated weight on the front passenger seat Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight Front passenger front and side air bags Seat bet pretensioner system Empty (Not occupied) * OFF OFF OFF Less than approx. 30 kg (66 b) ON OFF OFF Approx. 42 kg (93 b) or more OFF ON ON * If the front passenger seat bet is bucked, the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates, however this does not indicate a mafunction. If the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight does not iuminate when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position and does not iuminate as indicated in the above chart, do not aow a chid to sit in the front passenger seat and consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. The system may not work propery in an accident. WARNING Decreasing the Tota Seated Weight on the Front Passenger Seat: When an adut or arge chid sits on the front passenger seat, decreasing the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat from the tota seated weight of approximatey 42 kg (93 b) required for air bag depoyment is dangerous. The front passenger seat weight sensors wi detect the reduced tota seated weight condition and the front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner system wi not depoy during an accident. The front passenger wi not have the suppementary protection of the air bag, which coud resut in serious injury. Decreasing the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat from the tota seated weight of approximatey 42 kg (93 b) coud resut in an air bag not depoying under the foowing conditions, for exampe: A rear passenger pushes up on the front passenger seat with the feet. Luggage or other items paced under the front passenger seat or between the front passenger seat and driver seat that push up the front passenger seat bottom. The front passenger seat occupant sits in a manner that does not pace the entire weight of the occupant on the seat such as by sitting too cose to the door, grasping the assist grip or the rim of the moonroof. The front passenger seatback contacts the rear seat. Any accessories which might decrease the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat are attached to the front passenger seat. 2-54

69 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags WARNING Increasing the Tota Seated Weight on the Front Passenger Seat: When an infant or sma chid sits on the front passenger seat, increasing the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat from the tota seated weight of approximatey 30 kg (66 b) is dangerous. The front passenger seat weight sensors wi detect the increased tota seated weight, which coud resut in the unexpected depoyment of the front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner system in an accident and serious injury. Increasing the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat from the tota seated weight of approximatey 30 kg (66 b) coud resut in the front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner system depoyment in an accident under the foowing conditions, for exampe: Luggage or other items are paced on the seat with the chid in the chid-restraint system. A rear passenger or uggage push or pu down on the front passenger seatback. A rear passenger steps on the front passenger seat rais with the feet. Luggage or other items are paced on the seatback or hung on the assist grip, head restraint. The seat is washed. Liquids are spied on the seat. The front passenger seat is moved backward, pushing into uggage or other items paced behind it. The front passenger seatback contacts the rear seat. Luggage or other items are paced between the front passenger seat and driver seat. Any accessories which might increase the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat are attached to the front passenger seat. CAUTION To assure proper depoyment of the front air bag and to prevent damage to the sensors in the front seat bottoms: Do not pace sharp objects on the front seat bottoms or eave heavy uggage on them. Do not spi any iquids on the front seats or under the front seats. To aow the sensors to function propery, aways perform the foowing: Adjust the front seats as far back as possibe and aways sit upright against the seatbacks with seat bets worn propery. If you pace your chid on the front passenger seat, secure the chid-restraint system propery and side the front passenger seat as far back as possibe (page 2-37). 2-55

70 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags The system requires about 10 seconds to aternate between turning the front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner system on or off. The front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight may iuminate repeatedy if uggage or other items are put on the front passenger seat, or if the temperature of the vehice's interior changes suddeny. The front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight may iuminate for 10 seconds if the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat changes. If the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight does not iuminate after instaing a chid-restraint system on the front passenger seat, insta the chid-restraint system on the rear seat and consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. Driver and front passenger bucke switches The bucke switches on the front seat bets detect whether or not the front seat bets are securey fastened and further contro the depoyment of the air bags on the front seats. qhow the Side and Curtain Air Bags Work í When air bag crash sensors detect a side impact of greater than moderate force, an eectrica current is sent to the infators. Gases are produced to infate the side and curtain air bags and after the infation, the side and curtain air bags quicky defate. The side and curtain air bags wi function ony once. After that, the side and curtain air bags wi not work again and must be repaced. Ony an Authorized Mazda Deaer can repace the systems. The curtain air bag wi depoy ony on the side the vehice receives the force of the impact. The side air bag wi depoy ony on the side the vehice receives the force of the impact í Some modes.

71 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags CAUTION To prevent damage to the side and curtain air bag wiring, don't pace uggage or other objects under the front seats. qair Bag Activation/Deactivation CAUTION If the front passenger seat weight sensors detect a tota seated weight on the front passenger seat of ess than approximatey 42 kg (93 b), the front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner may not infate (page 2-52). Front air bag activation A greater than moderate impact wi cause the front air bags to infate in the foowing cases: Hitting a soid wa straight on at greater than about 22 km/h (14 mph). Landing hard or the vehice faing. Fronta impact within about a 30 degree range from head-on to the vehice. Hitting a curb, pavement edge or hard object. Driving into a big hoe or hitting the far side of a hoe. 2-57

72 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags Limitations to front air bag activation Depending on the severity of impact, the front air bags may not infate in the foowing cases: Impacts invoving trees or poes cause severe cosmetic damage but may not have enough impact to activate the air bag. Non-activation of front air bags Front air bags wi not normay infate in the foowing cases: Coision from the rear. Impact to the side, but it may depoy the side and curtain air bags. Fronta offset impact to the vehice may not provide the stopping force necessary for air bag depoyment. Vehice ro-over, may depoy the side and curtain air bags but not the front air bags. Rear-ending or running under a truck's tai gate may not provide the stopping force necessary for air bag depoyment. 2-58

73 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags Side and curtain air bag activation í Greater than moderate impact to one side of the vehice (driver or passenger side areas) wi cause the side and curtain air bags to infate, but it wi not normay depoy the front air bags. Vehice ro-over may not provide enough side force to depoy the side and curtain air bags. Limitations to side and curtain air bag activation í Depending on the severity of impact, the side and curtain air bags may not infate in the foowing cases: Fronta offset impact may not provide enough side impact to depoy the side and curtain air bags. Side impacts with two-wheeed vehices may not provide enough force to depoy the side and curtain air bags. Non-activation of side and curtain air bag í The side and curtain air bags wi not normay infate in the foowing cases: Coision from the rear. Side impacts invoving trees or poes can cause severe cosmetic damage but may not have enough impact force to activate the side and curtain air bags. Coision from the front, but it may depoy the front air bags. í Some modes. 2-59

74 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags qconstant Monitoring The foowing components of the air bag systems are monitored by a diagnostic system: SAS unit Front air bag sensor Air bag modues Side crash sensor í Front seat bet pretensioners Reated wiring Driver seat side position sensor Front passenger seat weight sensors Driver and front passenger seat bet bucke switches The diagnostic modue continuousy monitors the system's readiness. This begins when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position and continues whie the vehice is being driven. qair Bag/Front Seat Bet Pretensioner System Warning Light If the air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system is norma, the warning ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position or after the engine is cranked. After about 6 seconds it goes out. A system mafunction is indicated when the warning ight constanty fashes, iuminates or doesn't iuminate at a when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If any of these occur, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. The system may not work in an accident. WARNING Sef-Servicing the Air Bag/ Pretensioner Systems: Sef-servicing or tampering with the systems is dangerous. An air bag/ pretensioner coud accidentay activate or become disabed. This coud cause serious injuries. Never tamper with the systems and aways have an Authorized Mazda Deaer perform a servicing and repairs. qmaintenance The air bag systems do not require reguar maintenance. But if any of the foowing occurs, take your vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe: The air bag system warning ight fashes. The air bag system warning ight remains iuminated. The air bag system warning ight does not iuminate when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. The air bags infate í Some modes.

75 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight does not iuminate when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position or does not iuminate as indicated in the chart. For more detais about this indicator ight and this chart, refer to Front passenger seat weight sensors (page 2-52). WARNING Damaged Air Bag System Components: Driving with damaged air bag system components is dangerous. A coision, even one not strong enough to infate the air bags, coud damage the system components. If there was a subsequent coision, a damaged component woud not infate the air bags. Aways have an Authorized Mazda Deaer inspect the air bag systems after a coision. Removing Interior Parts: Removing any components such as the front seats (if side air bags are equipped), front dashboard, the steering whee or parts on the front and rear window piars and aong the roof edge, containing air bag parts or sensors is dangerous. These parts contain essentia air bag components. The air bag coud accidentay activate and cause serious injuries. Aways have an Authorized Mazda Deaer remove these parts. WARNING Air Bag Disposa: Improper disposa of an air bag or a vehice with ive air bags in it can be extremey dangerous. Uness a safety procedures are foowed, injury can resut. Ask an Authorized Mazda Deaer how to safey dispose of an air bag or how to scrap an air bag equipped vehice. If it becomes necessary to have the components or wiring system for the suppementary restraint system modified to accommodate a person with certain medica conditions in accordance with a certified physician, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer, refer to Customer Assistance (U.S.A.) (page 9-2). 2-61

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77 3 Knowing Your Mazda Expanation of basic operations and contros; opening/cosing and adjustment of various parts. Doors and Locks Keys Keyess Entry System Door Locks Hatch (5-Door) Liftgate (Sport Wagon) Trunk Lid (Sedan) Inside Trunk Reease Side Lever (Sedan) Power Windows Fue-Fier Lid and Cap Hood Moonroof í Security System Immobiizer System Theft-Deterrent System í Steering Whee and Mirrors Steering Whee Mirrors í Some modes. 3-1

78 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Keys WARNING Keys and Chidren: Leaving chidren in a vehice with the key is dangerous. This coud resut in someone being bady injured or even kied. They coud pay with power windows or other contros, or even make the vehice move. Don't eave the keys in your vehice with chidren and keep them in a pace where your chidren wi not find or pay with them. Refer to Immobiizer System (page 3-29) for information regarding keys and engine starting on vehices equipped with the immobiizer system. Your Mazda has two kinds of keys. Master key (Back) Here's what the keys are used for: Lock Operates Master key Vaet key Ignition switch and steering coumn ock Yes Yes Driver's door Yes Yes Gove box Yes No Trunk id Yes No If you must eave your vehice with another person, such as a parking attendant, protect items by ocking the gove box and trunk id with the master key. Keep that key and give the other person ony the vaet key. A code number is stamped on the pate attached to the key set; detach this pate and store it in a safe pace (not in the vehice) for use if you need to make a repacement key. Aso write down the code number and keep it in another safe and handy pace, but not in the vehice. If your key is ost, consut your Authorized Mazda Deaer with the code number ready. Vaet key (Gray) Key code number pate 3-2

79 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Keyess Entry System This system ocks and unocks the doors and the hatch/iftgate, and opens the trunk. It can aso hep you signa for attention in an emergency. Press the button sowy and accuratey. qtransmitter Sedan Panic button Lock button Unock button CAUTION To avoid damage to the transmitter, do not: Drop it. Get it wet. Disassembe it. Expose it to heat or sunight. Trunk button 5-Door/Sport Wagon Lock button The keyess entry system is designed to operate up to about 2.5 m (8 ft) from the center of the vehice, but this may vary due to oca conditions. The system doesn't operate when the ignition switch is in the ON position. If the transmitter does not operate when pressing a button or the operation range becomes too sma, the battery may be dead. To insta a new battery, refer to Maintenance (page 3-5). Additiona transmitters can be obtained at an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Up to 3 transmitters can be used with the keyess entry system per vehice. Bring a transmitters to an Authorized Mazda Deaer when the eectronic codes need to be reset. Unock button Panic button 3-3

80 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks (U.S.A.) This device compies with part 15 of the FCC Rues. Operation is subject to the foowing two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmfu interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, incuding interference that may cause undesired operation. (CANADA) This device compies with RSS-210 of Industry CANADA. Operation is subject to the foowing two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, incuding interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. A doors and the hatch/iftgate cannot be ocked when any door is open and the key is in the ignition switch. Confirm that a the doors and the hatch/iftgate are ocked visuay or audiby by use of the doube cick. Unock button To unock the driver's door, press the unock button and the hazard warning ights wi fash twice. To unock a the doors and the hatch/ iftgate, press the unock button again within 5 seconds and the hazard warning ights wi fash twice. If the ock and unock buttons are pressed sequentiay, the hazard warning ights may not fash correcty. Lock button To ock the doors and the hatch/iftgate, press the ock button and the hazard warning ights wi fash once. To confirm that a the doors and the hatch/iftgate have been ocked, press the ock button again within 5 seconds. If they are cosed and ocked, the horn wi sound and the hazard warning ights wi fash once. After unocking with the transmitter, a doors and the hatch/iftgate wi automaticay ock if one of the doors or the hatch/iftgate is not opened within about 30 seconds. Trunk button To open the trunk, press the trunk button. The trunk button is disabed when the gove box-mounted trunk id reease ock-out button is in the OFF position. Refer to Remote Trunk Lid Reease Lock-Out on page

81 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Panic button You can use the panic button to turn on the aarm, which aows you to signa for attention in an emergency. The aarm wi work whether any door is open or cosed. Turning on the aarm Pressing the panic button once wi trigger the aarm for about 2 minutes and 30 seconds, and the foowing wi occur: The horn sounds intermittenty. The hazard warning ights fash. Turning off the aarm Press any button on the transmitter. qtransmitter Maintenance CAUTION Make sure the battery is instaed with the correct poe facing upward. Battery eakage coud occur if it is not instaed correcty. When repacing the battery, be carefu not to bend the eectrica terminas or get oi on them. Aso be carefu not to get dirt in the transmitter as it coud be damaged. There is the danger of exposion if the battery is not correcty repaced. Repace ony with the same type battery (CR2025 or equivaent). Dispose of used batteries according to the foowing instructions. Insuate the pus and minus terminas of the battery using ceophane or equivaent tape. Never disassembe. Never throw the battery into fire and/or water. Never deform or crush. 3-5

82 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Repacing the transmitter battery 1. Insert a sma screwdriver into the sot and genty pry open the transmitter. 3. Insta a new battery (CR2025 or equivaent) into the front portion of the hoder with the positive poe ( ) facing up. Press on the B portion of the battery to set the battery. Sot Back cover Back cover B 2. Press the portion of the battery indicated by A and remove the battery. Front cover Front of hoder 4. Aign the front and back covers and snap the transmitter shut. qservice If you have a probem with the keyess entry system, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. A If your transmitter is ost or stoen, bring a remaining transmitters to an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe for a repacement and to make the ost or stoen transmitter inoperative. CAUTION Changes or modifications not expressy approved by the party responsibe for compiance coud void the user's authority to operate the equipment. 3-6

83 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Door Locks WARNING Unattended Chidren and Pets: Leaving a chid or an anima unattended in a parked vehice is dangerous. In hot weather, temperatures inside a vehice can become high enough to cause brain damage or even death. Aways take a chidren and animas with you or eave a responsibe person with them. Keys and Chidren: Leaving chidren in a vehice with the key is dangerous. This coud resut in someone being bady injured or even kied. They coud pay with power windows or other contros, or even make the vehice move. Don't eave the keys in your vehice with chidren and keep them in a pace where your chidren wi not find or pay with them. qlocking, Unocking with Key The driver's door can be ocked/unocked with the key. Turn the key toward the front to unock, toward the back to ock. Unock Lock qlocking, Unocking with Transmitter The doors can be ocked/unocked by operating the keyess entry system transmitter, refer to keyess entry system (page 3-3). Unocked Doors: Unocked doors in a moving vehice are dangerous. Passengers can fa out if a door is accidentay opened and can more easiy be thrown out in an accident. So keep a doors ocked when driving. Aways remove the key from the ignition switch, cose a windows, and ock a doors and the trunk id/iftgate/ hatch when eaving your vehice unattended. This discourages intruders and thieves. 3-7

84 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks qlocking, Unocking with Door- Lock Knob To ock any door from the inside, push the door-ock knob. To unock, pu it out. This does not operate the other door ocks. Lock Lockout prevention keeps you from ocking the driver's door with the key in the ignition switch at ACC or LOCK. If you try to ock the driver's door when the key is in the ignition switch and any door is open, the door ock immediatey unocks. When ocking the doors this way, be carefu not to eave the key inside the vehice. Unock qpower Door Locks To ock any door with the door-ock knob from the outside, push the door-ock knob to the ock position and cose the door. This does not operate the other door ocks. Door-ock knob A doors and the hatch/iftgate cannot be ocked when any door is open and the key is in the ignition switch. Locking, unocking with key A doors and the hatch/iftgate ock automaticay when the driver's door is ocked with the key. A doors and the hatch/iftgate unock when the driver's door is unocked and the key is hed in the unock position a second onger. Unock Lock 3-8

85 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Hoding the key in the unocked position in the driver's door ock for about a second unocks a doors and the hatch/iftgate. To unock ony the driver's door, insert the key into the driver's door ock and turn the key briefy to the unock position and then immediatey return it to the center position. Locking, unocking with door-ock switch A doors and the hatch/iftgate ock automaticay when LOCK is pushed. They a unock when the unmarked part of the door-ock switch is pushed. qrear Door Chid Safety Locks These ocks are intended to hep prevent chidren from accidentay opening the rear doors. Use them both whenever a chid rides in the vehice. If you side the chid safety ock to the ock position before cosing that door, the door cannot be opened from the inside. The door can be opened ony by ifting the outside hande. Lock Unock Unock Lock 3-9

86 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Hatch (5-Door) WARNING Open Hatch and Exhaust Gas: Exhaust gas in the cabin of a vehice is dangerous. This gas contains CO (carbon monoxide), which is cooress, odoress, and highy poisonous. If inhaed, it can cause oss of consciousness and death. Because exhaust gas can get into the cabin through an open hatch, keep the hatch cosed when driving. qopening and Cosing the Hatch To open the hatch, pu up on the hande. qlocking, Unocking with Key The hatch can be ocked/unocked by inserting the key into the driver's door key sot, refer to Power Door Locks (page 3-8). qlocking, Unocking with Transmitter The hatch can be ocked/unocked by operating the keyess entry system transmitter, refer to Keyess Entry System (page 3-3). qlocking, Unocking with Door- Lock Switch The hatch can be ocked/unocked by operating the door-ock switch, refer to Power Door Locks (page 3-8). 3-10

87 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks If the vehice battery is dead or there is a mafunction in the eectrica system and the hatch cannot be unocked, perform the foowing manua procedure as an emergency measure to unock it: 1. Remove the cap on the interior surface of the hatch with a fathead screwdriver. qluggage Strap The uggage compartment can be accessed by opening the hatch when the straps are attached to the sides of the hatch. Cap Strap qluggage Compartment Cover WARNING 2. Turn the ever to the right to unock the hatch. Lever Pacing Cargo on the Cover: Pacing uggage or other cargo on top of the uggage compartment cover is dangerous. During sudden braking or a coision, the cargo coud become a projectie that coud hit and injure someone. Don't pace anything on top of the cover. After performing this emergency measure, have the vehice inspected at an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. To cose, use both hands to push the hatch down unti the ock snaps shut. Do not sam it. Pu up on the hatch to make sure it is secure. 3-11

88 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks This cover can be removed for more room. To do this, just unfasten the straps; then ift and pu it out. Liftgate (Sport Wagon) WARNING Open Liftgate and Exhaust Gas: Exhaust gas in the cabin of a vehice is dangerous. An open iftgate in a moving vehice wi cause exhaust gas to be drawn into the cabin. This gas contains CO (carbon monoxide), which is cooress, odoress, and highy poisonous, and it can cause oss of consciousness and death. Moreover, an open iftgate coud cause occupants to fa out in an accident. Do not drive with the iftgate open. qlocking, Unocking with Key The iftgate can be ocked/unocked by inserting the key into the driver's door key sot, refer to Power Door Locks (page 3-8). qlocking, Unocking with Transmitter The iftgate can be ocked/unocked by operating the keyess entry system transmitter, refer to Keyess Entry System (page 3-3). qlocking, Unocking with Door- Lock Switch The iftgate can be ocked/unocked by operating the door-ock switch, refer to Power Door Locks (page 3-8). 3-12

89 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks qopening and Cosing the Liftgate Opening the iftgate Pu up on the hande. If the vehice battery is dead or there is a mafunction in the eectrica system and the iftgate cannot be unocked, perform the foowing manua procedure as an emergency measure to unock it: 1. Remove the cap on the interior surface of the iftgate with a fathead screwdriver. Cap 2. Turn the ever to the right to unock the iftgate. Lever After performing this emergency measure, have the vehice inspected at an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. Cosing the iftgate Use both hands to push the iftgate down unti the ock snaps shut. Do not sam it. Pu up on the iftgate to make sure it is secure. 3-13

90 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks qluggage Compartment Cover Use the uggage compartment cover to concea cargo or uggage. 2. Set the right side of the retainer bar onto the retainer oop on the right side of the uggage compartment. WARNING Pacing Cargo on the Cover: Pacing uggage or other cargo on top of the uggage compartment cover is dangerous. During sudden braking or a coision, the cargo coud become a projectie that coud hit and injure someone. Don't pace anything on top of the cover. CAUTION Make sure the uggage compartment cover is firmy secured. If it is not firmy secured, it coud unexpectedy disengage resuting in injury. Instaing the cover 1. Set the eft end of the retainer bar into the notch on the eft side of the uggage compartment. Retainer oop 3. Sowy pu out the cover towards you and insert the cover ends into the hook retainers at the rear of the vehice. Hook retainer Notch Removing the cover 1. Remove the cover ends from the hook retainers and sowy ro up the cover. Retainer bar 3-14

91 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks To fuy retract and protect the cover, guide the cover a the way into the retainer. Tab qluggage Compartment Net The uggage compartment net can be used as a compartment separator or to keep animas in the back. CAUTION Make sure the net is firmy secured. If it is not firmy secured, it coud unexpectedy disengage resuting in injury. 2. Press and hod the button on the right side of the retainer bar and ift the bar. The width of the net anchors can be shortened by pushing both sides inward. Button Net anchor 3. Remove the eft end of the retainer bar from the notch. 3-15

92 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Dividing the uggage compartment from the rear seat WARNING Using the Luggage Compartment Net to Secure Cargo: Using the uggage compartment net to secure objects in the uggage compartment or the rear seat area is dangerous. The uggage compartment net is not designed to hod objects in pace that coud fy forward in a fronta coision. Unsecured objects that are thrown around the inside of the vehice coud cause injury to occupants. This is particuary true for objects stacked above the seatback eve. Never stack objects above the seatback eve. If the uggage compartment is divided from the rear seat, pu the uggage compartment cover over the cargo in the uggage compartment. To insta the net: 1. Insta the retainer bar in the uggage compartment. 2. Sowy pu out the net in the upward direction, insert the eft and right net anchors into the ceiing retainers, and side them to the position indicated in the figure. Net Net anchor To remove the net: 1. Lift the net sighty and disengage the anchors from the ceiing retainers. 2. Sowy ower and support the net as it ros up into the retainer bar. CAUTION When disengaging the net anchors, hod the top of the net firmy in your hand. If you ose contro of the net, it wi automaticay ro up in an uncontroed manner and coud cause injury. 3-16

93 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Dividing the uggage compartment from the front seats WARNING Using the Luggage Compartment Net to Secure Cargo: Using the uggage compartment net to secure objects in the uggage compartment or the rear seat area is dangerous. The uggage compartment net is not designed to hod objects in pace that coud fy forward in a fronta coision. Unsecured objects that are thrown around the inside of the vehice coud cause injury to occupants. This is particuary true for objects stacked above the seatback eve. Never stack objects above the seatback eve. If the uggage compartment is divided from the rear seat, pu the uggage compartment cover over the cargo in the uggage compartment. 3. Insert the retainer bar anchors into the eft side of each rear seatback retainer (back of the seatback). Rear seat Retainer bar Retainer 4. Side the retainer bar in the direction indicated in the figure, and engage the anchors into the seatback retainers. Retainer bar CAUTION Moving the rear seatbacks with the retainer bar mounted coud scratch the interior of the vehice. The retainer bar must be removed from the back of the seatbacks before raising the seatbacks. To insta the net: 1. Fod down the rear seatback. (page 2-12) 2. Remove the retainer bar from the rear seatback position. 3-17

94 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks 5. Sowy pu out the net in the upward direction, insert the eft and right net anchors into the ceiing retainers, and side them to the position indicated in the figure. Net Net anchor Trunk Lid (Sedan) WARNING Open Trunk and Exhaust Gas: Exhaust gas in the cabin of a vehice is dangerous. This gas contains CO (carbon monoxide), which is cooress, odoress, and highy poisonous. If inhaed, it can cause oss of consciousness and death. Because exhaust gas can get into the cabin through an open trunk, keep the trunk cosed when driving. To remove the net: 1. Lift the net sighty and disengage the net anchors from the ceiing retainers. 2. Sowy ower and support the net as it ros up into the retainer bar. 3. Remove the retainer bar in the reverse order of instaation. CAUTION When disengaging the net anchors, hod the top of the net firmy in your hand. If you ose contro of the net, it wi automaticay ro up in an uncontroed manner and coud cause injury. 3-18

95 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks qopening and Cosing the Trunk WARNING Open Trunk Lid and Chidren: Leaving the trunk id open or eaving chidren in the vehice with the keys is dangerous. Chidren coud open the trunk id and cimb inside resuting in possibe injury or death from heat exposure. Cose the trunk id, ock the rear seatbacks and do not aow chidren to pay inside the vehice. Unattended Chidren and Pets: Leaving chidren or animas unattended in a parked vehice is dangerous. Babies eft seeping and kids who ock themseves in cars or trunks can die very quicky from heat prostration. Don't eave your chidren or pets aone in a car at any time. Don't eave the car, the rear foding seats or the trunk unocked. Aways keep the car from being a tempting pace to pay by ocking rear seats, doors and the trunk, and keeping the keys where chidren won't pay with them. Opening the trunk id with the key Insert the master key into the sot and turn it cockwise. The vaet key wi not operate this ock (page 3-2). Open Opening the trunk id with the transmitter The trunk id can be opened by operating the keyess entry system transmitter, refer to Keyess Entry System (page 3-3). Opening the trunk id with the remote reease button Push the reease button. CAUTION For vehices equipped with a rear spoier, do not ift the trunk id by the spoier. Lifting up the trunk id by the rear spoier coud cause damage to the rear spoier and the trunk id. 3-19

96 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Cosing the trunk id Use both hands to push the trunk id down unti the ock snaps shut. Do not sam it. Pu up on the trunk id to make sure it is secure. qtrunk Light The trunk ight is on when the id is open and off when it's cosed. qremote Trunk Lid Reease Lock- Out As an added security feature, the remote reease may be canceed to prevent anyone from opening the trunk without the master key. With the switch in the OFF position, the remote trunk id reease cannot be operated. OFF position To prevent the battery from being discharged, do not eave the trunk open for a ong period when the engine is not running. ON position With the switch in the ON position, the remote trunk id reease can be operated. 3-20

97 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Inside Trunk Reease Side Lever (Sedan) Your vehice is equipped with an inside trunk reease side ever that provides a means of escape for chidren and aduts in the event they become ocked inside the trunk. No matter how carefu aduts might be with keys and ocking their cars, parents shoud be aware that chidren may be tempted to pay around vehices and use the trunk as a hiding pace. Aduts are advised to famiiarize themseves with the operation and ocation of the inside trunk reease side ever so that a chidren can be tod about it in an appropriate way, keeping in mind that most vehices don't have such evers. WARNING Open Trunk Lid and Chidren: Leaving the trunk id open or eaving chidren in the vehice with the keys is dangerous. Chidren coud open the trunk id and cimb inside resuting in possibe injury or death from heat exposure. Cose the trunk id, ock the rear seatbacks and do not aow chidren to pay inside the vehice. Unattended Chidren and Pets: Leaving chidren or animas unattended in a parked vehice is dangerous. Babies eft seeping and kids who ock themseves in cars or trunks can die very quicky from heat prostration. Don't eave your chidren or pets aone in a car at any time. Don't eave the car, the rear foding seats or the trunk unocked. Aways keep the car from being a tempting pace to pay by ocking rear seats, doors and the trunk, and keeping the keys where chidren won't pay with them. 3-21

98 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks qopening the Trunk Lid from the Inside Side the iuminated inside trunk reease side ever in the direction of the arrow. The ever is made of materia that wi gow for hours in the darkness of the trunk foowing a brief exposure to ambient ight. The inside trunk reease side ever is ocated on the inside of the trunk id. Power Windows The ignition switch must be in the ON position for the power windows to operate. WARNING Cosing Power Windows: Cosing power windows are dangerous. A person's hands, head, or even neck coud be caught by the window and resut in serious injury or even death. This warning appies especiay to chidren. Make sure the opening is cear before cosing a window. Chidren and Power Windows: Leaving the power window switches unocked whie chidren are in the vehice is dangerous. Power window switches that are not ocked with the power window ock switch woud aow chidren to operate power windows unintentionay which coud resut in serious injury if a chid's hands, head or neck becomes caught by the window. Aways ock a passenger power windows with the power window ock switch on the driver's side whie chidren are in the vehice, and never aow chidren to pay with power window switches. CAUTION To prevent burning out the fuse and damaging the power window system, don't open or cose more than three windows at once. 3-22

99 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks qoperating the Driver's Side Power Window Manua opening/cosing To open the window to the desired position, ighty hod down the switch. To cose the window to the desired position, ighty pu up the switch. Left front window Cose Open qoperating the Passenger Power Windows The power windows may be operated when the power window ock switch on the driver's door is in the unocked position. The passenger windows may be opened or cosed by the power window master contro switches on the driver's door. Left rear window Right front window Auto-opening To fuy open the window automaticay, press the switch competey down. To stop the window partway, ighty pu up the switch and then reease it. Engine-off power window operation The power window can be operated about 40 seconds after the ignition switch is turned from the ON position to the ACC, LOCK position or key out of ignition with a doors cosed. If any front door is opened, the power window wi be inoperabe. Right rear window To open the window to the desired position, hod down the switch. To cose the window to the desired position, pu up the switch. Cose Open 3-23

100 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Engine-off power window operation The power window can be operated about 40 seconds after the ignition switch is turned from the ON position to the ACC, LOCK position or key out of ignition with a doors cosed. If any front door is opened, the power window wi be inoperabe. qpower Window Lock Switch With the ock switch in the unocked position, a power windows on each door can be operated. With the ock switch in the ocked position, ony the driver's side power window can be operated. Locked position Unocked position Fue-Fier Lid and Cap WARNING Fue Spray: Fue spray is dangerous. Fue can burn skin and eyes and cause iness if ingested. Fue spray is reeased when there is pressure in the fue tank and the fue cap is removed too quicky. When removing the fue cap, oosen the cap sighty and wait for any hissing to stop. Then remove it. Fue Vapor: Fue vapor is dangerous. It coud be ignited by sparks or fames causing serious burns and injuries. Before refueing, stop the engine, and aways keep sparks and fames away from the fier neck. Additionay, use of the incorrect fue fier cap or not using a fue fier cap may resut in fue eak, which coud resut in serious burns or death in an accident. CAUTION WARNING Unintentiona Window Operation: Unintentiona window operation is dangerous. A person's hands, head, or neck coud be caught by the window and resut in serious injury. Uness a passenger needs to operate a window, keep the power window ock switch in the ocked position. Aways use ony a genuine Mazda fue cap or an approved equivaent, avaiabe at an Authorized Mazda Deaer. The wrong cap can resut in a serious mafunction of the fue and emission contro systems. It may aso cause the check engine ight in the instrument custer to iuminate. 3-24

101 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks qfue-fier Lid To open, pu up the remote fue-fier id reease. Remote fue-fier id reease CAUTION Make sure the fue-fier cap is tightened securey. The check engine ight may iuminate on when the cap isn't tightened securey. If the ight remains on (even after you have tightened the cap securey, driven, and restarted the engine severa times), it may indicate a different probem. Contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. qfue-fier Cap To remove the fier cap, turn it countercockwise. To cose the fier cap, turn it cockwise unti it cicks. Open Cose 3-25

102 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Hood WARNING Cosed and Securey Locked Hood: A hood that is not cosed and securey ocked is dangerous as it coud fy open whie the vehice is moving and bock the driver's vision which coud resut in a serious accident. Aways check that the hood is cosed and securey ocked. qopening the Hood 1. With the vehice parked, pu the reease hande to unock the hood. 2. Side the hood atch to the right and ift the hood. 3. Use the support rod to hod the hood open. Support rod Cip qcosing the Hood 1. Check under the hood area to make certain a fier caps are in pace and a oose items (e.g. toos, oi containers, etc.) have been removed. 2. Insert the support rod in its cip whie hoding up the hood. Verify that the support rod is secured in the cip before cosing the hood. 3. Cose the hood so that it ocks securey. 3-26

103 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Moonroof í The moonroof can be opened or cosed eectricay ony when the ignition switch is in the ON position. Side switch After washing your Mazda or after a rain, wipe the water off the moonroof before operating it to avoid water penetration which coud cause rust and water damage to your headiner. qtit Operation The rear of the moonroof can be tited open to provide more ventiation. To tit, push the rear of the tit switch. Tit switch To cose, push the front of the tit switch. WARNING Extending the Head or Arms Through the Moonroof: Extending the head, arms, or other parts of the body through the moonroof is dangerous. The head or arms coud hit something whie the vehice is moving. This coud cause death or serious injury. Don't et passengers stand up or extend anything through the open moonroof whie the vehice is moving. Cose Tit up Cosing the Moonroof: A cosing moonroof is dangerous. The hands, head, or even neck of a person especiay a chid coud be caught in it as it coses, causing serious injury or even death. Make sure the opening is cear before cosing the moonroof. í Some modes. 3-27

104 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks qside Operation To open to any position, press the rear of the side switch. To cose, press the front of the side switch. CAUTION The sunshade doesn't tit. To avoid damaging the sunshade, don't push up on it. Open Cose qsunshade The sunshade can be opened and cosed by hand. The sunshade opens automaticay when the moonroof is opened, but must be cosed by hand. Sunshade 3-28

105 Knowing Your Mazda Security System Immobiizer System The immobiizer system aows the engine to start ony with a key the system recognizes. If someone attempts to start the engine with an unrecognized key, the engine wi not start, thereby heping to prevent the theft of your vehice. CAUTION Changes or modifications not expressy approved by the party responsibe for compiance coud void the user's authority to operate the equipment. To avoid damage to the key, do not: Drop the key. Get the key wet. Expose the key to any kind of magnetic fied. Expose the key to high temperatures on paces such as the dashboard or hood, under direct sunight. CAUTION When starting the engine do not aow the foowing, as the engine may not start due to the eectronic signa from the ignition key not being transmitted correcty. A key ring rests on the key grip. Meta parts of other keys or meta objects touch the key grip. Spare keys or keys for other vehices equipped with an immobiizer system touch or come near the key grip. Devices for eectronic purchases, or security passage touch or come near the key. 3-29

106 Knowing Your Mazda Security System (U.S.A.) This device compies with part 15 of the FCC Rues. Operation is subject to the foowing two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmfu interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, incuding interference that may cause undesired operation. (CANADA) This device compies with RSS-210 of Industry CANADA. Operation is subject to the foowing two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, incuding interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. Disarming The system is disarmed when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position with the correct ignition key. The security indicator ight iuminates for about 3 seconds and goes out. If the engine doesn't start with the correct ignition key, and the security indicator ight keeps iuminating or fashing, the system may have a mafunction. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. qoperation Arming The system is armed when the ignition switch is turned from the ON to the ACC position. The security indicator ight in the instrument pane fashes every 2 seconds unti the system is disarmed. 3-30

107 Knowing Your Mazda Security System If the security indicator ight comes on and stays on when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position, the engine wi not start. Signas from a TV or radio station, or from a transceiver or a mobie teephone, coud interfere with your immobiizer system. If you are using the proper key and your engine fais to start, check the security indicator ight. If it is fashing, remove the ignition key and wait 2 seconds or more, then reinsert it and try starting the engine again. If it doesn't start after 3 or more tries, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. If the security indicator ight fashes continuousy whie you are driving, don't shut off the engine. Go to an Authorized Mazda Deaer and have it checked. If you shut off the engine whie the ight is fashing you won't be abe to restart it. Since the eectronic codes are reset when repairing the immobiizer system, the keys are needed. Bring a the existing keys to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. qmaintenance If you have a probem with the immobiizer system or the key, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. The keys carry a unique eectronic code. For this reason, and to assure your safety, obtaining repacement key requires some waiting time. They are ony avaiabe through an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Aways keep a spare key, in case one is ost. If a key is ost, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. If you ose a key, an Authorized Mazda Deaer wi reset the eectronic codes of your remaining keys and immobiizer system. Bring a the remaining keys to an Authorized Mazda Deaer to reset. Starting the vehice with a key that has not been reset is not possibe. qmodification and Add-On Equipment Mazda cannot guarantee the immobiizer system's operation if the system has been modified or if any add-on equipment has been instaed to it. CAUTION To avoid damage to your vehice, do not modify the system or insta any add-on equipment to it. 3-31

108 Knowing Your Mazda Security System Theft-Deterrent System í The optiona theft-deterrent system is designed to prevent your vehice or its contents from being stoen when a the doors, hood, and trunk id/iftgate/hatch are ocked. If forcibe entry is attempted, the system sounds the horn and fashes the hazard warning ights. The theft-deterrent system operates with the key or the keyess entry system transmitter. The system wi not function uness it is propery armed. To propery secure the vehice, aways make sure a the windows are competey cosed and a doors and the trunk id/iftgate/hatch are ocked before eaving the vehice. Remember to take your key and transmitter. qoperation System triggering conditions The horn sounds intermittenty and the hazard warning ights fash for about 3 minutes when the system is triggered by any one of the foowing: Forcing open a door, the hood or the trunk id/iftgate/hatch. Opening a door, the hood or the trunk id by operating an inside door-ock knob, the hood reease hande or the trunk id reease button. If the system is triggered again, the ights and horn wi activate unti a door is unocked or the trunk id is opened with the key or with the transmitter. qhow to Arm the System 1. Remove the key from the ignition switch. 2. Cose the hood. Then cose and ock a doors and the trunk id/iftgate/hatch from the outside using the key or press the ock button on your keyess entry system transmitter. The hazard warning ights wi fash once to indicate that the system is armed. The foowing method wi aso arm the theft-deterrent system: Cose the hood and the trunk id/ iftgate/hatch. Press the area on the door-ock switch marked LOCK once. Cose a doors. Locking the doors with the inside doorock knob wi not arm the system. qto Turn off an Armed System An armed system can be turned off by any one of the foowing methods: Unock a door with the key. Press the unock button on the keyess entry system transmitter. Insert the key into the ignition switch and turn it to the ON position. The hazard warning ights wi fash twice to indicate that the system is turned off í Some modes.

109 Knowing Your Mazda Security System The trunk id can be opened with the key or the transmitter even when the system is armed. The aarm wi not come on and the system wi remain armed. Mazda recommends that you affix them to the ower rear corner of the front door windows. qto Stop an Aarm A triggered aarm can be turned off by any one of the foowing methods: Unock a door with the key. Open the trunk id with the key. Press the unock button or the trunk button on the keyess entry system transmitter. If you have any probem with the theftdeterrent system, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. qtheft-deterrent Labes Labes indicating that your vehice is equipped with a Theft-Deterrent System are in the gove box. 3-33

110 Knowing Your Mazda Steering Whee and Mirrors Steering Whee WARNING Adjusting the Steering Whee: Adjusting the steering whee whie the vehice is moving is dangerous. Moving it can very easiy cause the driver to abrupty turn to the eft or right. This can ead to oss of contro or an accident. Never adjust the steering whee whie the vehice is moving. qsteering Whee Adjustment To change the ange or ength of the steering whee: 1. Stop the vehice, pu down the ock reease ever under the steering coumn. Lock reease ever Mirrors qoutside Mirrors Check the mirrors' anges before driving. WARNING Convex Mirror (Passenger Side): Changing anes without taking into account the actua distance of the vehice in the convex mirror is dangerous. You coud have a serious accident. What you see in the convex mirror is coser than it appears. Be sure to ook over your shouder before changing anes. Power contro mirror The ignition switch must be in the ACC or ON position. To adjust: 1. Press the eft or right side of the seector switch to choose the eft or right side mirror. 2. Depress the mirror switch in the appropriate direction. Seector switch 2. Tit the steering whee and/or adjust the steering coumn ength to the desired positions, push the ever up to ock the coumn. 3. Push the whee up and down to be certain it's ocked before driving. Outside mirror Mirror switch 3-34

111 Knowing Your Mazda Steering Whee and Mirrors After adjusting the mirror, ock the contro by pacing the seector switch in the midde position. Mirror defroster í To turn on the mirror defrosters, turn the ignition switch to the ON position and push the rear window defroster switch (page 5-42). Reducing gare from headights Manua day/night mirror Push the day/night ever forward for day driving. Pu it back to reduce gare of headights from cars at the rear. Day/Night ever qrearview Mirror WARNING Bocked View: Cargo stacked higher than the seatbacks is dangerous. It can bock your view in the rearview mirror, which might cause you to hit another car when changing anes. Don't stack things higher than the seatbacks. Rearview mirror adjustment Before driving, adjust the rearview mirror to center on the scene through the rear window. For the manua day/night mirror, perform the adjustment with the day/ night ever in the day position. Day Night Auto-dimming mirror The auto-dimming mirror automaticay reduces gare of headights from cars at the rear when the ignition switch is in the ON position. Press the OFF button ( ) to cance the automatic dimming function. The indicator ight wi go off. To reactivate the automatic dimming function, press the ON button ( ). The indicator ight wi iuminate. Indicator ight ON button OFF button í Some modes. 3-35

112 Knowing Your Mazda Steering Whee and Mirrors Do not use gass ceaner or suspend objects on or around the ight sensor. Otherwise, ight sensor sensitivity wi be affected and may not operate normay. Light sensor Light sensor For information regarding the 3 buttons (,, ) on the autodimming mirror, refer to HomeLink Wireess Contro System (page 5-44). 3-36

113 4 Before Driving Your Mazda Important information about driving your Mazda. Fue and Engine Exhaust Precautions Fue Requirements Emission Contro System Engine Exhaust (Carbon Monoxide) Before Starting the Engine Before Getting In After Getting In Driving Tips Break-In Period Money-Saving Suggestions Hazardous Driving Rocking the Vehice Winter Driving Driving In Fooded Area Overoading Towing Traier Towing

114 Before Driving Your Mazda Fue and Engine Exhaust Precautions Fue Requirements Vehices with cataytic converters or oxygen sensors must use ONLY UNLEADED FUEL, which wi reduce exhaust emissions and keep spark pug fouing to a minimum. Your Mazda wi perform best with fue isted in the tabe. Fue Reguar uneaded fue Octane Rating * (Anti-knock index) 87 [ (R+M)/2 method] or above (91 RON or above) * U.S. federa aw requires that octane ratings be posted on gasoine station pumps. Fue with a rating ower than 87 octane (91 RON) coud cause the emission contro system to ose effectiveness. It coud aso cause engine knocking and serious engine damage. CAUTION USE ONLY UNLEADED FUEL. Leaded fue is harmfu to the cataytic converter or the oxygen sensor. The ead wi accumuate on the oxygen sensor and the catayst inside the converter. This wi resut in a mafunction of the emission contro system, causing poor performance. Your vehice can ony use oxygenated fues containing no more than 10% ethano by voume. Damage to your vehice may occur when ethano exceeds this recommendation, or if the gasoine contains any methano. Stop using gasoho of any kind if your vehice engine is performing poory. Never add fue system additives. Never add ceaning agents other than those specified by Mazda. Other ceaning agents and additives may damage the system. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Gasoine bended with oxygenates such as acoho or ether compounds are generay referred to as oxygenated fues. The common gasoine bend that can be used with your vehice is ethano bended at no more than 10%. Gasoine containing acoho, such as ethano or methano, may be marketed under the name Gasoho. Vehice damage and drivabiity probems resuting from the use of the foowing may not be covered by the Mazda warranty. Gasoho containing more than 10% ethano. Gasoine or gasoho containing methano. Leaded fue or eaded gasoho. 4-2

115 Before Driving Your Mazda Fue and Engine Exhaust Precautions Emission Contro System Your vehice is equipped with an emission contro system (the cataytic converter is part of this system) that enabes your vehice to compy with existing exhaust emissions requirements. WARNING Parking Over Fammabe Objects: Parking over or near anything fammabe, such as dry grass, is dangerous. Even with the engine turned off, the exhaust system coud ignite it because the exhaust system gets very hot during norma use. A resuting fire coud cause serious injury or death. Never park over or near anything fammabe. CAUTION Ignoring the foowing precautions coud cause ead to accumuate on the catayst inside the converter or cause the converter to get very hot. Either condition wi damage the converter and cause poor performance. USE ONLY UNLEADED FUEL. Don't drive your Mazda with any sign of engine mafunction. Don't coast with the ignition switch turned off. Don't descend steep grades in gear with the ignition switch turned off. Don't operate the engine at high ide for more than 5 minutes. Don't tamper with the emission contro system. A inspections and adjustments must be made by a quaified technician. Don't try to push-start or pu-start your vehice. Under U.S. federa aw, any modification to the origina-equipment emission contro system before the first sae and registration of a vehice is subject to penaties. In some states, such modification made on a used vehice is aso subject to penaties. 4-3

116 Before Driving Your Mazda Fue and Engine Exhaust Precautions After driving some distance and turning off the engine, the sound of a vave opening and cosing can be heard at the rear of the vehice, however this does not indicate an abnormaity. Your vehice has a sef-checking device and it operates after turning off the engine. 4-4

117 Before Driving Your Mazda Fue and Engine Exhaust Precautions Engine Exhaust (Carbon Monoxide) WARNING Carbon Monoxide: Engine exhaust gas is dangerous. This gas contains carbon monoxide (CO), which is cooress, odoress, and poisonous. When inhaed, it can cause oss of consciousness and death. If you sme exhaust gas inside your vehice, keep a windows fuy open and contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer immediatey. Exhaust Gas in Encosed Area: Running the engine inside an encosed area, such as a garage, is dangerous. Exhaust gas, which contains poisonous carbon monoxide, coud easiy enter the cabin. Loss of consciousness or even death coud occur. Don't run the engine when inside an encosed area. Iding with the Windows Cosed: Exhaust gas is dangerous. When your vehice is stopped with the windows cosed and the engine running for a ong time even in an open area, exhaust gas, which contains poisonous carbon monoxide, coud enter the cabin. Loss of consciousness or even death coud occur. Open the windows or adjust the heating or cooing system to draw fresh air. Snow Bocking the Exhaust Gas: Running the engine when a vehice is stopped in deep snow is dangerous. The exhaust pipe coud be bocked by the snow, aowing exhaust gas to enter the cabin. Because exhaust gas contains poisonous carbon monoxide, anyone in the cabin coud be injured or kied. Cear the snow from underneath and around your vehice, particuary the tai pipe, before starting the engine. 4-5

118 Before Driving Your Mazda Before Starting the Engine Before Getting In Be sure the windows, outside mirrors, and outside ights are cean. Inspect infation pressures and condition of tires. Look under the vehice for any sign of a eak. If you pan to back up, make sure nothing is in your way. Engine oi, engine cooant, brake/cutch fuid, washer fuid, and other fuid eves shoud be inspected. See Maintenance, Section 8. After Getting In Are a doors cosed and ocked? Is the seat adjusted propery? Are the inside and outside mirrors adjusted? Is everyone's seat bet fastened? Check a gauges. Check a warning ights when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. Reease the parking brake and make sure the brake warning ight goes off. Aways be thoroughy famiiar with your Mazda. 4-6

119 Before Driving Your Mazda Driving Tips Break-In Period No specia break-in is necessary, but a few precautions in the first 1,000 km (600 mies) may add to the performance, economy, and ife of your Mazda. Don't race the engine. Don't maintain one constant speed, either sow or fast, for a ong period of time. Don't drive constanty at fu-throtte or high engine rpm for extended periods of time. Avoid unnecessary hard stops. Avoid fu-throtte starts. Money-Saving Suggestions How you operate your Mazda determines how far it wi trave on a tank of fue. Use these suggestions to hep save money on fue and repairs. Avoid ong warm-ups. Once the engine runs smoothy, begin driving. Avoid fast starts. Keep the engine tuned. Foow the maintenance schedue (page 8-3) and have an Authorized Mazda Deaer perform inspections and servicing. Use the air conditioner ony when necessary. Sow down on rough roads. Keep the tires propery infated. Don't carry unnecessary weight. Don't rest your foot on the brake peda whie driving. Keep the whees in correct aignment. Keep windows cosed at high speeds. Sow down when driving in crosswinds and headwinds. WARNING Coasting: Stopping the engine when going down a hi is dangerous. This causes the oss of power steering and power brake contro, and may cause damage to the drivetrain. Any oss of steering or braking contro coud cause an accident. Never stop the engine when going down a hi. 4-7

120 Before Driving Your Mazda Driving Tips Hazardous Driving WARNING Downshifting on Sippery Surfaces: Downshifting into ower gear whie driving on sippery surfaces is dangerous. The sudden change in tire speed coud cause the tires to skid. This coud ead to oss of vehice contro and an accident. If it is necessary to downshift on sippery surfaces, be very carefu. When driving in water, mud, sand, or simiar hazard: Be cautious and aow extra distance for braking. Avoid sudden braking and quick steering. If your vehice is not equipped with ABS, brake with the peda by using a ight up-down motion. Don't hod the peda down constanty. If your vehice is equipped with ABS, don't pump the brakes. Continue to press down on the brake peda. If you get stuck, seect a ower gear and acceerate sowy. Don't spin the front whees. For more traction in starting on sippery surfaces, use sand, rock sat, chains, carpeting, or other nonsip materia under the front whees. Rocking the Vehice WARNING Spinning the Whees: When the vehice is stuck, spinning the whees at high speed is dangerous. The spinning tire coud overheat and expode. This coud cause serious injuries. Don't spin the whees at more than 56 km/h (35 mph), and don't aow anyone to stand behind a whee when pushing the vehice. CAUTION Too much rocking may cause engine overheating, transaxe faiure, and tire damage. If you must rock the vehice to free it from snow, sand or mud, depress the acceerator sighty and sowy move the shift ever from 1 (D) to R. 4-8

121 Before Driving Your Mazda Driving Tips Winter Driving Carry emergency gear, window scraper, fares, a sma shove, jumper cabes, and a sma bag of sand or sat. Ask an Authorized Mazda Deaer to perform the foowing precautions: Have the proper ratio of antifreeze in the radiator. Inspect the battery and its cabes. Cod reduces battery capacity. Inspect the ignition system for damage and oose connections. Use washer fuid made with antifreeze but don't use engine cooant antifreeze for washer fuid (page 8-20). Don't use the parking brake in freezing weather as the parking brake may freeze. Instead, shift to P with an automatic transaxe and to 1 or R with a manua transaxe. Bock the rear whees. qsnow Tires CAUTION Check oca reguations before using studded tires. Use snow tires on a four whees Don't go faster than 120 km/h (75 mph) whie driving with snow tires. Infate snow tires 30 kpa (0.3 kgf/cm 2, 4.3 psi) more than recommended on the tire pressure abe (driver's door frame), but never more than the maximum cod-tire pressure shown on the tires. Your vehice is originay equipped with a season radias designed to be used a year around. In some extreme cimates you may find it necessary to repace them with snow tires during the winter months to further improve traction on snow and ice covered roads. qtire Chains This vehice cannot be operated with tire chains because it coud cause interference with the vehice body and scratching. WARNING Mixing Tire Types: Using tires different in size or type is dangerous. Your vehice's handing coud be greaty affected and resut in an accident. Use ony the same size and type tires (snow, radia, or nonradia) on a four whees. 4-9

122 Before Driving Your Mazda Driving Tips Driving In Fooded Area WARNING Driving with Wet Brakes: Driving with wet brakes is dangerous. Increased stopping distance or the vehice puing to one side when braking coud resut in a serious accident. Light braking wi indicate whether the brakes have been affected. Dry the brakes by driving very sowy and appying the brakes ighty unti brake performance returns to norma. CAUTION Make sure water does not enter the vehice interior or the engine area. The vehice interior coud become wet or the engine coud be damaged. Overoading WARNING Vehice Load Weight: The gross axe weight rating (GAWR) and the gross vehice weight rating (GVWR) of your vehice are on the Motor Vehice Safety Standard Labe on the driver's door frame. Exceeding these ratings can cause an accident or vehice damage. You can estimate the weight of your oad by weighing the items (or peope) before putting them in the vehice. Be carefu not to overoad your vehice. 4-10

123 Before Driving Your Mazda Towing Traier Towing Never tow a traier with your Mazda. 4-11

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125 5 Driving Your Mazda Expanation of instruments and contros. Starting and Driving Ignition Switch Starting the Engine Brake System Manua Transaxe Operation Automatic Transaxe Contros Power Steering Cruise Contro Traction Contro System (TCS) í Instrument Custer and Indicators Meters and Gauges Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds Warning/Indicator Lights Beep Sounds Switches and Contros Lighting Contro Turn and Lane-Change Signas Fog Lights í Windshied Wipers and Washer Rear Window Wiper and Washer í Rear Window Defroster Horn Hazard Warning Fasher HomeLink Wireess Contro System í í Some modes. 5-1

126 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving Ignition Switch qignition Switch Positions Automatic transaxe To turn the key from the ACC to the LOCK position, the shift ever must be in the P position. LOCK The steering whee ocks to protect against theft. Ony in this position can the key be removed. Manua transaxe To turn the key from the ACC to the LOCK position, push the key in at the ACC position, then turn it to the LOCK position. Push the key Shift ever engaged in P (park) WARNING Removing the Key: It's dangerous to remove the key from the ignition switch whie the vehice is moving. Removing the key aows the steering whee to ock. You wi ose steering contro and a serious accident coud occur. Remove the key ony when the vehice is parked. Not Setting the Parking Brake: Leaving the driver's seat without setting the parking brake is dangerous. Unexpected vehice movement coud occur if the parking brake is not set. This coud cause an accident. Before eaving the driver's seat, aways set the parking brake and make sure the shift ever is in P with an automatic transaxe or in 1 or R with a manua transaxe. 5-2

127 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving If turning the key is difficut, jigge the steering whee from side to side. ACC (Accessory) The steering whee unocks and some eectrica accessories wi operate. ON This is the norma running position after the engine is started. The warning ights (except brakes) shoud be inspected before the engine is started (page 5-27). When the ignition switch is turned to the ON position, the sound of the fue pump motor operating near the fue tank can be heard. This does not indicate an abnormaity. START The engine is started in this position. It wi crank unti you reease the key; then it returns to the ON position. The brake warning ight can be checked after the engine is started (page 5-27). qignition Key Reminder If the ignition switch is in the LOCK or ACC position, a beep sound wi be heard when the driver's door is opened. Starting the Engine Engine-starting is controed by the spark ignition system. This system meets a Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Standard requirements reguating the impuse eectrica fied strength of radio noise. 1. Occupants shoud fasten their seat bets. 2. Make sure the parking brake is on. 3. Depress the brake peda. 4. (Manua transaxe) Depress the cutch peda a the way and shift into neutra. Keep the peda depressed whie cranking the engine. (Automatic transaxe) Put the vehice in park (P). If you must restart the engine whie the vehice is moving, shift into neutra (N). (Manua transaxe) The starter wi not operate if the cutch peda is not pushed down a the way. (Automatic transaxe) The starter wi not operate if the shift ever is not in P or N. 5. Turn the ignition switch to the START position and hod (up to 10 seconds at a time) unti the engine starts. 5-3

128 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving CAUTION Don't try the starter for more than 10 seconds at a time. If the engine stas or fais to start, wait 10 seconds before trying again. Otherwise, you may damage the starter and drain the battery. 6. After starting the engine, et it ide for about 10 seconds. In extremey cod weather, beow 18 C (0 F), or after the vehice has not been driven in severa days, et the engine warm up without operating the acceerator. Whether the engine is cod or warm, it shoud be started without use of the acceerator. Brake System qfoot Brake Your Mazda has power-assisted brakes that adjust automaticay through norma use. Shoud power-assist fai, you can stop by appying greater force than norma to the brake peda. But the distance required to stop wi be greater than usua. WARNING Coasting with the Engine Off: Continuing to coast when the engine is staed or turned off is dangerous. Braking wi require more effort, and the brake's power-assist coud be depeted if you pump the brake. This wi cause onger stopping distances or even an accident. Don't continue coasting when the engine is staed or turned off, find a safe pace to stop. Riding the Brakes: Driving with your foot continuousy on the brake peda or steadiy appying the brakes for ong distances is dangerous. This causes overheated brakes, resuting in onger stopping distances or even tota brake faiure. This coud cause oss of vehice contro and a serious accident. Avoid continuous appication of the brakes. Shift to a ower gear when going down steep his. 5-4

129 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving WARNING Driving with Wet Brakes: Driving with wet brakes is dangerous. Increased stopping distance or the vehice puing to one side when braking coud resut in a serious accident. Light braking wi indicate whether the brakes have been affected. Dry the brakes by driving very sowy and appying the brakes ighty unti brake performance is norma. qparking Brake CAUTION Driving with the parking brake on wi cause excessive wear of the brake inings or pads. Setting the parking brake Depress the brake peda, then pu the brake hande fuy upward. Reeasing the parking brake Depress the brake peda, then pu the hande up and press the button. Lower the hande a the way down whie hoding in the button. For parking in snow, refer to Winter Driving (page 4-9) regarding parking brake use. 5-5

130 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving qbrake System Warning Light This warning has the foowing functions: Parking brake warning The ight comes on when the parking brake is appied with the ignition switch in the START or ON position. It goes off when the parking brake is fuy reeased. Low brake fuid eve warning/ Eectronic brake force distribution system warning If the ight stays on after the parking brake is fuy reeased, you may have a brake probem. Drive to the side of the road and park off the right-of-way. Low brake fuid eve warning You may notice that the peda is harder to push or that it may go coser to the foor. In either case, it wi take onger to stop the vehice. 1. With the engine stopped, check the brake fuid eve immediatey and add fuid as required (page 8-16). 2. After adding fuid, check the ight again. If the warning ight remains on, or if the brakes do not operate propery, do not drive the vehice. Have it towed to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Even if the ight goes off, have your brake system inspected as soon as possibe. Eectronic brake force distribution system warning If the eectronic brake force distribution contro unit determines that some components are operating incorrecty, the contro unit may turn the brake system warning ight on. In this case, the ABS warning ight comes on at the same time (page 5-31). WARNING Brake Warning Light: Driving with the brake system warning ight on is dangerous. It indicates that your brakes may not work at a or that they coud competey fai at any time. If this ight remains on, after checking that the parking brake is fuy reeased, have the brakes inspected immediatey. Don't drive with this ight on, and contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the brakes inspected as soon as possibe. ABS Warning Light and Brake Warning Light on at the Same Time: Driving when the brake system warning ight and ABS warning ight are on at the same time is dangerous. When both ights are on, the rear whees coud ock more quicky in an emergency stop than under norma circumstances. Don't drive with both ights on, and contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the brakes inspected as soon as possibe. 5-6

131 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving qanti-lock Brake System (ABS) í The ABS contro unit continuousy monitors the speed of each whee. If one is about to ock up, the ABS responds by automaticay reeasing and reappying that whee's brake. The driver wi fee a sight vibration in the brake peda and may hear a chattering noise from the brake system. This is norma when the ABS operates. Don't pump the brakes, continue to press down on the brake peda. WARNING ABS: The ABS cannot compensate for unsafe and reckess driving, excessive speed, taigating (foowing another vehice too cosey), and hydropaning (reduced tire friction and road contact because of water on the road surface). You can sti have an accident. So don't rey on ABS as a substitute for safe driving. Braking distances may be onger on oose surfaces (snow or grave, for exampe) which usuay have a hard foundation. A vehice with a norma braking system may require ess distance to stop under these conditions because the tires wi buid up a wedge of surface ayer when the whees skid. qabs Warning Light í The warning ight stays on for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If the ABS warning ight stays on whie you're driving, the ABS contro unit has detected a system mafunction. If this occurs, your brakes wi function normay as if the vehice had no ABS. Shoud this happen, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. WARNING ABS Warning Light and Brake Warning Light on at the Same Time: Driving when the brake system warning ight and ABS warning ight are on at the same time is dangerous. When both ights are on, the rear whees coud ock more quicky in an emergency stop than under norma circumstances. Don't drive with both ights on, and contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the brakes inspected as soon as possibe. í Some modes. 5-7

132 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving When the engine is jump-started to charge the battery, uneven rpm occurs and the ABS warning ight comes on. This is due to a weak battery, not a mafunction. Recharge the battery. qbrake Pad Wear Indicator When the disc brake pads become worn, the buit-in wear indicators contact the disc pates. This causes a screeching noise to warn that the pads shoud be repaced. Manua Transaxe Operation qmanua Transaxe Shift Pattern Neutra position The shift pattern of the transaxe is conventiona, as shown. Press the cutch peda a the way down whie shifting; then reease it sowy. When you hear this noise, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. WARNING Driving with Worn Disc Pads: Driving with worn disc pads is dangerous. The brakes coud fai and cause a serious accident. As soon as you hear a screeching noise consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. A safety feature prevents accidenta shifting from 5 to R (reverse). The shift ever must be put in neutra before being shifted to R. WARNING Sudden Engine-Braking: Shifting down whie driving on wet, snowy, or frozen roads, or whie driving at high speeds causes sudden engine braking, which is dangerous. The sudden change in tire speed coud cause the tires to skid. This coud ead to oss of vehice contro and an accident. Do not use sudden engine braking on sippery road surfaces or at high speeds. 5-8

133 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving CAUTION Keep your foot off the cutch peda except when shifting gears. Aso, don't use the cutch to hod the vehice on an upgrade. Riding the cutch wi cause needess cutch wear and damage. Make sure the vehice comes to a compete stop before shifting to R. Shifting to R whie the vehice is sti moving may damage the transaxe. If shifting to R is difficut, shift back into neutra, reease the cutch peda, and try again. qrecommendations for Shifting Upshifting 2.3-iter engine For norma acceeration, we recommend these shift points. 3.0-iter engine For norma acceeration, we recommend these shift points. Gear Vehice speed 1 to 2 27 km/h (17 mph) 2 to 3 48 km/h (30 mph) 3 to 4 56 km/h (35 mph) 4 to 5 63 km/h (39 mph) For cruising Gear Vehice speed 1 to 2 13 km/h (8 mph) 2 to 3 34 km/h (21 mph) 3 to 4 52 km/h (32 mph) 4 to 5 66 km/h (41 mph) Downshifting When you must sow down in heavy traffic or on a steep upgrade, downshift before the engine starts to overwork. This reduces the chance of staing and gives better acceeration when you need more speed. On a steep downgrade, downshifting heps maintain safe speed and proongs brake ife. Gear Vehice speed 1 to 2 26 km/h (16 mph) 2 to 3 45 km/h (28 mph) 3 to 4 53 km/h (33 mph) 4 to 5 63 km/h (39 mph) For cruising Gear Vehice speed 1 to 2 13 km/h (8 mph) 2 to 3 32 km/h (20 mph) 3 to 4 50 km/h (31 mph) 4 to 5 68 km/h (42 mph) 5-9

134 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving Automatic Transaxe Contros Various Lockouts: Indicates that you must depress the brake peda to shift (The ignition switch must be in the ACC or ON position). Indicates the shift ever can be shifted freey into any position. qtransaxe Ranges The shift ever must be in P or N to operate the starter. P (Park) P ocks the transaxe and prevents the front whees from rotating. WARNING Hoding the Vehice with P: Ony setting the shift ever to the P position without using the parking brake to hod the vehice is dangerous. If P fais to hod, the vehice coud move and cause an accident. To hod the vehice, set the shift ever to P AND set the parking brake. CAUTION Shifting into P, N or R whie the vehice is moving can damage your transaxe. Shifting into a driving gear or reverse when the engine is running faster than ide can damage the transaxe. R (Reverse) In position R, the vehice moves ony backward. You must be at a compete stop before shifting to or from R, except under rare circumstances as expained in Rocking the Vehice (page 4-8). 5-10

135 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving N (Neutra) In N, the whees and transaxe are not ocked. The vehice wi ro freey even on the sightest incine uness the parking brake or brakes are on. WARNING Shifting from N or P: It's dangerous to shift from N or P into a driving gear when the engine is running faster than ide. If this is done, the vehice coud move suddeny, causing an accident or serious injury. If the engine is running faster than ide, don't shift from N or P into a driving gear. Shifting into N whie Driving: Shifting into N whie driving is dangerous. Engine braking cannot be appied when deceerating which coud ead to an accident or serious injury. Do not shift into N when driving the vehice. M (Manua) M is the manua shift mode position. Gears can be shifted up or down by operating the shift ever. Refer to Manua Shift Mode (page 5-12). qshift-lock System The shift-ock system prevents shifting out of P uness the brake peda is depressed. To shift from P: 1. Depress and hod the brake peda. 2. Start the engine. 3. Move the shift ever. When the ignition switch is in the LOCK position, the shift ever cannot be shifted from P. To be sure the vehice is in park, the ignition key cannot be removed uness the shift ever is in P. CAUTION Do not shift into N when driving the vehice. Doing so can cause transaxe damage. D (Drive) D is the norma driving position. From a stop, the transaxe wi automaticay shift through a 4-gear/6-gear * sequence. * 3.0-iter engine mode 5-11

136 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving qmanua Shift Mode This mode gives you the fee of driving a manua transaxe vehice by operating the shift ever and aows you to contro engine rpm and torque to the front whees much ike a manua transaxe when more contro is desired. To change to manua shift mode, shift the ever from D to M. Gear position indicator The numera for the seected gear iuminates. Shift position indicator Gear position indicator To return to automatic shift mode, shift the ever from M to D. If you change to manua shift mode when the vehice is stopped, the gear wi shift to M1. If you shift up once when the vehice is stopped and the gear is at M1, the gear wi shift to M2. M2 is hepfu for starting on sippery surfaces. If the gears cannot be shifted down when driving at higher speeds, the gear position indicator wi fash twice to signa that the gears cannot be shifted down. Shifting Manuay Shifting up (M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 * M6 * ) To shift up to a higher gear, tap the shift ever back ( ) once. * 3.0-iter engine mode Indicators Shift position indicator In manua shift mode, the M of the shift position indicator in the instrument pane iuminates. 5-12

137 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving When driving sowy, the gears may not shift up depending on vehice speed. In manua shift mode, gears do not shift up automaticay. Don't run the engine with the tachometer neede in the RED ZONE. If the tachometer neede enters the RED ZONE, you may fee engine-braking because the fue deivery wi be stopped to protect the engine. However, this does not indicate an abnormaity. Gears may not be shifted from M1 to M2 right after shifting the ever from D to M. Wait a few seconds and then shift up to M2. When depressing the acceerator fuy, the transaxe wi shift to a ower gear, depending on vehice speed. Manuay Shifting down (M6 * M5 * M4 M3 M2 M1) To shift down to a ower gear, tap the shift ever forward ( ) once. * 3.0-iter engine mode WARNING Sudden Engine-Braking: Shifting down whie driving on wet, snowy, or frozen roads, or whie driving at high speeds causes sudden engine braking, which is dangerous. The sudden change in tire speed coud cause the tires to skid. This coud ead to oss of vehice contro and an accident. Do not use sudden engine braking on sippery road surfaces or at high speeds. When driving at high speeds, the gear may not shift down depending on vehice speed. During deceeration, the gear may automaticay shift down depending on vehice speed. When depressing the acceerator fuy, the transaxe wi shift to a ower gear, depending on vehice speed. Shifting specification (2.3-iter engine mode) Shifting up If the vehice speed is ower than the speed specified for each gear, the gear cannot be shifted up to a higher gear. Gear M1 M2 M2 M3 M3 M4 Vehice speed You can shift up to M2 whether the vehice is stopped or moving. 20 km/h (12 mph) 35 km/h (22 mph) 5-13

138 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving Shifting down If the vehice speed is higher than the speed specified for each gear, the gear cannot be shifted down to a ower gear. Gear M4 M3 M3 M2 M2 M1 Vehice speed 147 km/h (91 mph) 104 km/h (64 mph) 44 km/h (27 mph) During deceeration, the gears shift down automaticay when speed is reduced to the foowing: Gear M4 M3 M3 or M2 M1 Vehice speed 31 km/h (19 mph) 12 km/h (7 mph) If the vehice is driven at a ow speed from a standing start whie in M2, the gear may not shift down to M1 automaticay. If the vehice is kicked down at the foowing speeds or ower, the gears shift down automaticay: Gear M4 M3 M3 M2 Vehice speed 140 km/h (86 mph) 56 km/h (34 mph) Shifting specification (3.0-iter engine mode) Shifting up If the vehice speed is ower than the speed specified for each gear, the gear cannot be shifted up to a higher gear. Gear M1 M2 M2 M3 M3 M4 M4 M5 M5 M6 Vehice speed You can shift up to M2 whether the vehice is stopped or moving. 10 km/h (6 mph) 23 km/h (14 mph) 39 km/h (24 mph) 49 km/h (30 mph) Shifting down If the vehice speed is higher than the speed specified for each gear, the gear cannot be shifted down to a ower gear. Gear M5 M4 M4 M3 M3 M2 M2 M1 Vehice speed 175 km/h (109 mph) 130 km/h (81 mph) 83 km/h (52 mph) 43 km/h (27 mph) During deceeration, the gears shift down automaticay when speed is reduced to the foowing: Gear M6 M5 M5 M4 M4 M3 M3 M2 M2 M1 Vehice speed Between 50 and 212 km/h (31 and 131 mph), depending on how much the acceerator peda is reeased. Between 38 and 161 km/h (23 and 100 mph), depending on how much the acceerator peda is reeased. Between 23 and 70 km/h (14 and 44 mph), depending on how much the acceerator peda is reeased. Between 10 and 46 km/h (6 and 28 mph), depending on how much the acceerator peda is reeased. 10 km/h (6 mph) If the vehice is driven at a ow speed from a standing start whie in M2, the gear may not shift down to M1 automaticay. 5-14

139 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving If the vehice is kicked down at the foowing speeds or ower, the gears shift down automaticay: Gear M6 M5 M6 M4 M5 M4 M5 M3 M4 M3 M4 M2 M3 M2 Vehice speed 212 km/h (131 mph) 161 km/h (100 mph) 161 km/h (100 mph) 70 km/h (44 mph) 70 km/h (44 mph) 46 km/h (28 mph) 46 km/h (28 mph) Recommendations for shifting Upshifting For norma acceeration and cruising, we recommend these shift points. (2.3-iter engine) Gear M1 to M2 M2 to M3 M3 to M4 (3.0-iter engine) Gear M1 to M2 M2 to M3 M3 to M4 M4 to M5 M5 to M6 Vehice speed 24 km/h (15 mph) 40 km/h (25 mph) 65 km/h (40 mph) Vehice speed 24 km/h (15 mph) 40 km/h (25 mph) 65 km/h (40 mph) 73 km/h (45 mph) 80 km/h (50 mph) qdriving Tips Passing For extra power when passing another vehice or cimbing steep grades, depress the acceerator fuy. The transaxe wi shift to a ower gear, depending on vehice speed. Cimbing steep grades from a stop To cimb a steep grade from a stopped position: 1. Depress the brake peda. 2. Shift to D or M1, depending on the oad weight and grade steepness. 3. Reease a brakes whie graduay acceerating. Descending steep grades When descending a steep grade, shift to ower gears, depending on oad weight and grade steepness. Descend sowy, using the brakes ony occasionay to prevent them from overheating. Downshifting When you must sow down in heavy traffic or on a steep upgrade, downshift before the engine starts to overwork. This gives better acceeration when you need more speed. On a steep downgrade, downshifting heps maintain safe speed and proongs brake ife. 5-15

140 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving Power Steering Power steering is ony operabe when the engine is running. If the engine is off or if the power steering system is inoperabe, you can sti steer, but it requires more physica effort. If the steering fees rigid during norma driving, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. CAUTION Never hod the steering whee to the extreme eft or right for more than 5 seconds with the engine running. This coud damage the power steering system. Cruise Contro With cruise contro, you can set and automaticay maintain any speed of more than about 30 km/h (19 mph). WARNING Cruise Contro Use: Using cruise contro in the foowing conditions coud cause you to ose contro of the vehice: Hiy terrain Steep incines Heavy or unsteady traffic Sippery or winding roads Simiar restrictions that require inconsistent speed Don't use cruise contro in these situations. qcruise Main Indicator Light This ight comes on when the ON/OFF switch is pressed and the cruise contro system is activated. 5-16

141 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving qcruise Set Indicator Light This ight comes on when a cruising speed is set. qactivation/deactivation To activate the system, press the ON/OFF switch. The cruise main indicator ight iuminates. To deactivate the system, press the switch again. The cruise main indicator ight turns off. WARNING Cruise Main Switch: Leaving the ON/OFF switch on when not using the cruise contro is dangerous as it may be switched on accidentay. This coud resut in oss of vehice contro. Keep the ON/OFF switch off when cruise contro is not in use. qto Set Speed 1. Activate the cruise contro system. 2. Acceerate to the desired speed, which must be more than 30 km/h (19 mph). 3. Press the SET/COAST button and reease it at the speed you want. Reease the acceerator at the same time. Don't continue to hod in the button. Unti you reease it, speed wi continue to drop (uness you continue to acceerate) and you' miss the desired speed. 5-17

142 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving The SET function can't be activated unti about 2 seconds after the ON/ OFF switch has been engaged. On a steep grade, the vehice may momentariy sow down going up or speed up whie going down. qto Increase Cruising Speed Foow either of these procedures. Press the RES/ACCEL button and hod it. Your vehice wi acceerate. Reease the button at the speed you want. Your vehice has a tap-up feature that aows you to increase your current speed in increments of 1.6 km/h (1 mph) by a momentary tap of the RES/ACCEL button. Mutipe taps wi increase your vehice speed 1.6 km/h (1 mph) for each tap. Acceerate to the desired speed. Press the SET/COAST button and reease it immediatey. Acceerate if you want to speed up temporariy when the cruise contro is on. Greater speed wi not interfere with it or change the set speed. Take your foot off the acceerator to return to the set speed. 5-18

143 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving qto Decrease Cruising Speed Press the SET/COAST button and hod it. The vehice wi graduay sow. Reease the button at the speed you want. qto Resume Cruising Speed at More Than 30 km/h (19 mph) If some other method besides the ON/ OFF switch was used to cance cruising speed and the system is sti activated, the most recent set speed wi automaticay resume when the RES/ACCEL button is pressed. If vehice speed is beow 30 km/h (19 mph), increase the vehice speed up to 30 km/h (19 mph) and press the RES/ ACCEL button. Your vehice has a tap-down feature that aows you to decrease your current speed in decrements of 1.6 km/h (1 mph) by a momentary tap of the SET/COAST button. Mutipe taps wi decrease your vehice speed 1.6 km/h (1 mph) for each tap. qto Cance To turn off the system, use one of these methods: Press the ON/OFF switch. Sighty depress the brake peda. Depress the cutch peda. (Manua transaxe ony) 5-19

144 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving Press the CANCEL button. Traction Contro System (TCS) í The Traction Contro System (TCS) enhances traction and safety by controing engine torque. When the TCS detects driving whee sippage, it owers engine torque to prevent oss of traction. The system is off when the ignition is off. Cruise contro wi cance at about 15 km/h (9 mph) beow the preset speed or beow 30 km/h (19 mph). This means that on a sick surface, the engine adjusts automaticay to provide optimum power to the drive whees without causing them to spin and ose traction. WARNING TCS and Unsafe Driving: The traction contro system (TCS) cannot compensate for unsafe and reckess driving, excessive speed, taigating (foowing another vehice too cosey), and hydropaning (reduced tire friction and road contact because of water on the road surface). You can sti have an accident. So don't rey on the traction contro system as a substitute for safe driving. TCS and Snow and Ice: Driving without proper traction devices on snow and/or ice-covered roads is dangerous. The traction contro system (TCS) aone cannot provide adequate traction and you coud sti have an accident. Use snow tires and drive at reduced speeds when roads are covered with ice and/or snow í Some modes.

145 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving qtcs Indicator Light If the ight stays on when the TCS is not switched off, take your vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. The TCS may have a mafunction. This indicator ight stays on for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If the TCS is operating, the indicator ight fashes. If the ight stays on, the TCS may have a mafunction and it may not operate correcty. Take your vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. In addition to the indicator ight fashing, a sight ugging sound wi come from the engine. This indicates that the TCS is operating propery. On sippery surfaces, such as fresh snow, it wi be impossibe to achieve high rpm when the TCS is on. After starting the engine when the cooant temperature is extremey ow, the TCS is automaticay turned off. At this time, the TCS OFF indicator ight wi remain on, but this does not indicate an abnormaity. After the engine has warmed, TCS wi resume norma operation and the indicator ight wi go out. qtcs OFF Switch Press the TCS OFF switch to turn off the TCS. The TCS OFF indicator ight wi iuminate. qtcs OFF Indicator Light Press the switch again to turn the TCS back on. The TCS OFF indicator ight wi go out. This indicator ight stays on for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. It aso comes on when the TCS OFF switch is pressed and TCS is switched off. 5-21

146 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving When TCS is on and you attempt to free the vehice when it is stuck, or drive it out of freshy faen snow, the TCS wi activate. Depressing the acceerator wi not increase engine power and freeing the vehice may be difficut. When this happens, turn off the TCS. If the TCS is off when the engine is turned off, it automaticay activates when the ignition switch is turned on. Leaving the TCS on wi provide the best traction. 5-22

147 Driving Your Mazda Instrument Custer and Indicators Meters and Gauges (Back-out meter) When the ignition switch is in the ON position, the dashboard gauges iuminate. Speedometer... page 5-24 Odometer, Trip Meter and Trip Meter Seector... page 5-24 Tachometer... page 5-25 Engine Cooant Temperature Gauge... page 5-25 Fue Gauge... page

148 Driving Your Mazda Instrument Custer and Indicators qspeedometer The speedometer indicates the speed of the vehice. qodometer, Trip Meter and Trip Meter Seector The dispay mode can be changed between trip meter A and trip meter B by pressing the seector whie one of them is dispayed. The seected mode wi be dispayed. Odometer (Standard meter) The odometer and trip meter can be dispayed as foows even when the ignition switch is in the ACC or LOCK position. The headight switch must be in the or position to see the dispay. Dispays for 10 minutes after the ignition switch is turned to the ACC or LOCK position from the ON position. Dispays for 10 minutes after any door is opened. Trip meter Odometer Trip meter A Odometer Trip meter B Seector Press the seector Press the seector Odometer The odometer records the tota distance the vehice has been driven. Trip meter The trip meter can record the tota distance of two trips. One is recorded in trip meter A, and the other is recorded in trip meter B. For instance, trip meter A can record the distance from the point of origin, and trip meter B can record the distance from where the fue tank is fied. When trip meter A is seected, pressing the seector again within one second wi change to trip meter B mode. When trip meter A is seected, TRIP A wi be dispayed. When trip meter B is seected, TRIP B wi be dispayed. 5-24

149 Driving Your Mazda Instrument Custer and Indicators The trip meter records the tota distance the vehice is driven unti the meter is again reset. Return it to 0.0 by hoding the seector depressed for more than 1 second. Use this meter to measure trip distances and to compute fue consumption. qengine Cooant Temperature Gauge The engine cooant temperature gauge shows the temperature of the engine cooant. Ony the trip meters record tenths of kiometers (mies). The trip record wi be erased when: The power suppy is interrupted (bown fuse or the battery is disconnected). The vehice is driven over km (mie). qtachometer The tachometer shows engine speed in thousands of revoutions per minute (rpm). If the neede exceeds norma range toward H, it indicates overheating. CAUTION Driving with an overheated engine can cause serious engine damage (page 7-14). Red zone CAUTION Don't run the engine with the tachometer neede in the RED ZONE. This may cause severe engine damage. 5-25

150 Driving Your Mazda Instrument Custer and Indicators qfue Gauge The fue gauge shows approximatey how much fue is in the tank. We recommend keeping the tank over 1/4 fu. When the ow fue warning ight iuminates or when the neede is near E, refue as soon as possibe. Bright Dim Low fue warning ight qdashboard Iumination Rotate the thumb whee to adjust the brightness of the instrument custer and other iuminations in the dashboard. The brightness of dashboard iuminations (except instrument custer) can be adjusted when the headight switch is in the or position. (Back-out meter) The brightness of the instrument custer iumination can be adjusted when the headight switch is in any position. Canceing the iumination dimmer (Back-out meter and dashboard iuminations) When the headight switch is in the or position, the iumination of the instrument custer and the information dispay dims. When driving on snowy or foggy roads, or in other situations when the instrument custer or information dispay's visibiity is reduced due to gare from surrounding brightness, cance the iumination dimmer and increase the iumination intensity. To cance the iumination dimmer, rotate the thumb whee upward fuy. You may hear a cick sound and the iumination dimmer wi be canceed. If the dashboard iumination switch is kept at the iumination dimmer cance position, the instrument custer and the information dispay wi not dim when the headight switch is turned to the or position again. 5-26

151 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds Warning/Indicator Lights Warning/Indicator ights wi appear in any of the highighted areas Signa Warning/Indicator Lights Page Brake System Warning Light 5-29 Charging System Warning Light 5-30 Engine Oi Pressure Warning Light 5-30 Check Engine Light 5-30 ABS Warning Light 5-31 Air Bag/Front Seat Bet Pretensioner System Warning Light 5-31 Low Fue Warning Light

152 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds Signa Warning/Indicator Lights Page Seat Bet Warning Light/Beep 5-32 Door-Ajar Warning Light 5-33 Low Washer Fuid Leve Warning Light 5-33 Automatic Transaxe Warning Light 5-33 Security Indicator Light 5-34 Headight High-Beam Indicator Light 5-34 Shift Position Indicator Light 5-34 TCS Indicator Light 5-35 TCS OFF Indicator Light 5-35 Cruise Main Indicator Light 5-35 Cruise Set Indicator Light 5-36 Light-On Indicator Light 5-36 Turn-Signa/Hazard Warning Indicator Lights

153 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds qbrake System Warning Light This warning has the foowing functions: Parking brake warning The ight comes on when the parking brake is appied with the ignition switch in the START or ON position. It goes off when the parking brake is fuy reeased. Low brake fuid eve warning/ Eectronic brake force distribution system warning If the ight stays on after the parking brake is fuy reeased, you may have a brake probem. Drive to the side of the road and park off the right-of-way. Low brake fuid eve warning You may notice that the peda is harder to push or that it may go coser to the foor. In either case, it wi take onger to stop the vehice. 1. With the engine stopped, check the brake fuid eve immediatey and add fuid as required (page 8-16). 2. After adding fuid, check the ight again. If the warning ight remains on, or if the brakes do not operate propery, do not drive the vehice. Have it towed to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Even if the ight goes off, have your brake system inspected as soon as possibe. Eectronic brake force distribution system warning If the eectronic brake force distribution contro unit determines that some components are operating incorrecty, the contro unit may turn the brake system warning ight on. In this case, the ABS warning ight comes on at the same time (page 5-31). WARNING Brake Warning Light: Driving with the brake system warning ight on is dangerous. It indicates that your brakes may not work at a or that they coud competey fai at any time. If this ight remains on, after checking that the parking brake is fuy reeased, have the brakes inspected immediatey. Don't drive with this ight on, and contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the brakes inspected as soon as possibe. ABS Warning Light and Brake Warning Light on at the Same Time: Driving when the brake system warning ight and ABS warning ight are on at the same time is dangerous. When both ights are on, the rear whees coud ock more quicky in an emergency stop than under norma circumstances. Don't drive with both ights on, and contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the brakes inspected as soon as possibe. 5-29

154 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds qcharging System Warning Light This warning ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position and turns off when the engine is started. If the warning ight iuminates whie driving, it indicates a mafunction of the aternator or of the charging system. Drive to the side of the road and park off the right-of-way. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. CAUTION Don't continue driving when the charging system warning ight is iuminated. qengine Oi Pressure Warning Light This warning ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position and turns off when the engine is started. This warning ight indicates ow engine oi pressure. If the ight iuminates whie driving: 1. Drive to the side of the road and park off the right-of-way. 2. Turn off the engine and inspect the engine oi eve (page 8-11). If it's ow, add oi. 3. Check the ight. If the ight remains iuminated even after you add oi, have your vehice towed to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. CAUTION Don't run the engine if oi pressure is ow. It coud resut in extensive engine damage. qcheck Engine Light If this ight comes on whie driving, the vehice may have a probem. It is important to note the driving conditions when the ight came on and consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. The check engine ight may come on in the foowing cases: The fue tank eve being very ow or approaching empty. The engine's eectrica system has a probem. The emission contro system has a probem. 5-30

155 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds The fue-fier cap is missing or not tightened securey. If the check engine ight remains on or fashes continuousy, do not drive at high speeds and consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. qabs Warning Light The warning ight stays on for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If the ABS warning ight stays on whie you're driving, the ABS contro unit has detected a system mafunction. If this occurs, your brakes wi function normay as if the vehice had no ABS. Shoud this happen, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. WARNING ABS Warning Light and Brake Warning Light on at the Same Time: Driving when the brake system warning ight and ABS warning ight are on at the same time is dangerous. When both ights are on, the rear whees coud ock more quicky in an emergency stop than under norma circumstances. Don't drive with both ights on, and contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the brakes inspected as soon as possibe. When the engine is jump-started to charge the battery, uneven rpm occurs and the ABS warning ight comes on. This is due to a weak battery, not a mafunction. Recharge the battery. qair Bag/Front Seat Bet Pretensioner System Warning Light If the air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system is norma, the warning ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position or after the engine is cranked. After about 6 seconds it goes out. 5-31

156 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds A system mafunction is indicated when the warning ight constanty fashes, iuminates or doesn't iuminate at a when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If any of these occur, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. The system may not work in an accident. WARNING Sef-Servicing the Air Bag/ Pretensioner Systems: Sef-servicing or tampering with the systems is dangerous. An air bag/ pretensioner coud accidentay activate or become disabed. This coud cause serious injuries. Never tamper with the systems and aways have an Authorized Mazda Deaer perform a servicing and repairs. qlow Fue Warning Light Low fue warning ight This warning ight in the fue gauge signas that the fue tank wi soon be empty. Refue as soon as possibe. qseat Bet Warning Light/Beep The seat bet warning ight iuminates and a beep sound wi be heard if the driver's seat bet is not fastened when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. Conditions of operation Condition The driver's seat bet is not fastened when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. The driver's seat bet is fastened whie the warning ight and the beep sound are activated. The driver's seat bet is fastened before the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. Resut The warning ight iuminates for about 1 minute and a beep sound wi be heard for about 6 seconds. The warning ight turns off and the beep sound stops. The warning ight wi not iuminate and the beep sound wi not be heard. Bet minder The bet minder is a suppementa warning to the seat bet warning function. This feature provides additiona reminders to the driver that the driver's seat bet is not fastened by intermittenty sounding a beep sound and fashing the seat bet warning ight in the instrument custer. 5-32

157 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds Condition The driver's seat bet is not fastened when the vehice speed reaches 8 km/h (5 mph) and about 1 minute has eapsed since the ignition switch was turned to the ON position. The driver's seat bet is fastened whie the warning ight and the beep sound are activated. The driver's seat bet is fastened before the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. Resut The warning ight fashes and the beep sound wi be heard for about 6 seconds every 30 seconds, for a period of about 5 minutes. The warning ight turns off and the beep sound stops. The warning ight wi not iuminate and the beep sound wi not be heard. qdoor-ajar Warning Light This warning ight comes on when any door isn't securey cosed. qlow Washer Fuid Leve Warning Light í The bet minder can be deactivated by the foowing methods. (Temporary deactivation) To temporariy deactivate the bet minder, turn the ignition switch to the ON position, fasten the driver's seat bet for about 2 seconds or onger, and then unfasten it within 20 seconds. The bet minder wi be deactivated unti the ignition switch is turned to the ON position again. (Long-term deactivation) To deactivate the bet minder over the ong term, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. If the bet minder is ong-term deactivated, the bet minder wi not activate unti it is restored at the Authorized Mazda Deaer. This warning ight indicates that itte washer fuid remains. Add fuid (page 8-20). qautomatic Transaxe Warning Light This warning ight stays on for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. The ight iuminates when the transaxe has a probem. í Some modes. 5-33

158 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds CAUTION If the automatic transaxe warning ight iuminates, the transaxe has an eectrica probem. Continuing to drive your Mazda in this condition coud cause damage to your transaxe. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. qsecurity Indicator Light This indicator ight starts fashing every 2 seconds when the ignition switch is turned from the ON to the ACC position and the immobiizer system is armed. qheadight High-Beam Indicator Light This ight indicates one of two things: The high-beam headights are on. The turn signa ever is in the fash-topass position. qshift Position Indicator Light (Automatic Transaxe) This indicates the seected shift position when the ignition switch is in the ON position. The ight stops fashing when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position with the correct ignition key. At this time, the immobiizer system is disarmed and the ight iuminates for about 3 seconds and then goes out. If the engine doesn't start with the correct ignition key, and the security indicator ight keeps iuminating or fashing, the system may have a mafunction. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Gear position indicator 5-34

159 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds Gear position indicator When the shift ever is in the D or M position, the numera for the seected gear iuminates. qtcs OFF Indicator Light í qtcs Indicator Light í This indicator ight stays on for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If the TCS is operating, the indicator ight fashes. If the ight stays on, the TCS may have a mafunction and it may not operate correcty. Take your vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. In addition to the indicator ight fashing, a sight ugging sound wi come from the engine. This indicates that the TCS is operating propery. On sippery surfaces, such as fresh snow, it wi be impossibe to achieve high rpm when the TCS is on. This indicator ight stays on for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. It aso comes on when the TCS OFF switch is pressed and TCS is switched off. If the ight stays on when the TCS is not switched off, take your vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. The TCS may have a mafunction. After starting the engine when the cooant temperature is extremey ow, the TCS is automaticay turned off. At this time, the TCS OFF indicator ight wi remain on, but this does not indicate an abnormaity. After the engine has warmed, TCS wi resume norma operation and the indicator ight wi go out. qcruise Main Indicator Light This ight comes on when the ON/OFF switch is pressed and the cruise contro system is activated. í Some modes. 5-35

160 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds qcruise Set Indicator Light If an indicator ight remains iuminated (does not fash) or if it fashes abnormay, the turn signa bub may be burned out. This ight comes on when a cruising speed is set. qlight-on Indicator Light (Backout meter) This indicator ight comes on when the exterior ights are on. qturn-signa/hazard Warning Indicator Lights When operating the turn-signa ights, the eft or right turn-signa indicator ight fashes to indicate which turn-signa ight is operating (page 5-39). When operating the hazard warning ights, both turn-signa indicator ights fash (page 5-44). 5-36

161 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds Beep Sounds qseat Bet Warning Beep If the driver's seat bet is not fastened when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position, a beep sound wi be heard for about 6 seconds. qignition Key Reminder If the ignition switch is in the LOCK or ACC position, a beep sound wi be heard when the driver's door is opened. qlights-on Reminder If ights are on and the key is removed from the ignition switch, a beep sound wi be heard when the driver's door is opened. 5-37

162 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros Lighting Contro qlights-on Reminder If ights are on and the key is removed from the ignition switch, a beep sound wi be heard when the driver's door is opened. qheadight High-Low Beam Push the ever forward for high beam. Pu it back for ow. High beam qheadights To turn on the ights, turn the headight switch on the end of the contro ever. Low beam Switch Position Headights Off Off On Taiights Parking ights License ights Off On On If the ight switch is eft on, the ights wi automaticay switch off 30 seconds after turning the ignition switch to the LOCK position or removing the key. qfashing the Headights To fash the headights, pu the ever fuy toward you. The headight switch need not be on, and the ever wi return to the norma position when reeased. The ights wi automaticay switch back on when the ignition switch is turned to the ACC or ON position. To prevent discharging the battery, don't eave the ights on whie the engine is off. 5-38

163 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros qdaytime Running Lights (Canada) In Canada, vehices must be driven with the headights on during daytime operation. For that reason, the daytime running ights automaticay turn on when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. The Daytime Running Lights turn off when the parking brake is appied. Turn and Lane-Change Signas qturn Signa Move the signa ever down (for a eft turn) or up (for a right turn) to the stop position. The signa wi sef-cance after the turn is competed. If the indicator ight continues to fash after a turn, manuay return the ever to its origina position. Right turn Right ane change OFF Left ane change Left turn Green indicators on the dashboard show which signa is working. Lane-change signas Move the ever sighty toward the direction of the change unti the indicator fashes and hod it there. It wi return to the off position when reeased. If an indicator ight stays on without fashing or if it fashes abnormay, the turn signa bub may be burned out. 5-39

164 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros Fog Lights í Use this switch to turn on the fog ights. They hep you to see as we as to be seen. To turn the front fog ights on, rotate the fog ight switch to the position. The headight switch must be in the position to turn on the front fog ights. Fog ight switch Windshied Wipers and Washer The ignition switch must be in the ON position. WARNING Frozen Washer Fuid: Using windshied washer fuid without anti-freeze protection in freezing temperatures is dangerous. The washer fuid coud freeze on the windshied and bock your vision. You coud have an accident. Don't use the washer without first warming the windshied and never use pain tap water. To turn them off, rotate the fog ight switch to the OFF position or turn the headight switch to the or OFF position. The fog ights wi turn off when the headights are set at high beam. Because heavy ice and snow can jam the wiper bades, the wiper motor is protected from motor breakdown, overheating and possibe fire by a circuit breaker. This mechanism wi automaticay stop operation of the bades, but ony for about 5 minutes. If this happens, turn off the wiper switch and park off the right-of-way, and remove the snow and ice. After 5 minutes, turn on the switch and the bades shoud operate normay. If they don't resume functioning, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe í Some modes.

165 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros qwindshied Wipers One-touch wipers For a singe wiping cyce, push the ever up to MIST. Turn the wipers on by puing the ever down. INT Intermittent 1 Norma 2 Fast Variabe-speed intermittent wipers Set the ever to INT and choose the interva timing by rotating the ring. qwindshied Washer Pu the ever toward you and hod it to spray washer fuid. OFF Washer INT ring With the wiper ever in the OFF or INT position, the wipers wi operate continuousy unti the ever is reeased. If the washer doesn't work, inspect the fuid eve (page 8-20). If it's OK, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 5-41

166 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros Rear Window Wiper and Washer í The ignition switch must be in the ON position. qrear Window Wiper Rear Window Defroster The rear window defroster cears frost, fog, and thin ice from the rear window. The ignition switch must be in the ON position. Press the switch to turn on the rear window defroster. The rear window defroster operates for about 15 minutes and turns off automaticay. The indicator ight iuminates during operation. To turn off the rear window defroster before the 15 minutes has eapsed, press the switch again. Manua Type Air-Conditioning Turn the wiper on by turning the rear wiper/washer switch. ON Norma INT Intermittent qrear Window Washer To spray washer fuid, turn the rear wiper/ washer switch to the position. After the switch is reeased, the washer wi stop. There are two washer positions: up and down. In the down washer position, the wiper wi not be activated. If the washer doesn't work, inspect the fuid eve (page 8-20). If it's OK and the washer sti doesn't work, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer í Some modes.

167 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros Fuy Automatic Type Air-Conditioning Horn To sound the horn, press around the mark on the steering whee. CAUTION Don't use sharp instruments or window ceaners with abrasives to cean the inside of the rear window surface. They may damage the defroster grid inside the window. This defroster is not designed for meting snow. If there is an accumuation of snow on the rear window, remove it before using the defroster. 5-43

168 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros Hazard Warning Fasher The hazard warning ights shoud aways be used when you stop on or near a roadway. The hazard warning ights warn other drivers that your vehice is a traffic hazard and that they must take extreme caution when near it. HomeLink Wireess Contro System í HomeLink and HomeLink house are registered trademarks of Johnson Contros. The HomeLink system repaces up to 3 hand-hed transmitters with a singe buitin component in the auto-dimming mirror. Pressing the HomeLink button on the auto-dimming mirror activates garage doors, gates and other devices surrounding your home. Indicator ight Depress the hazard warning fasher and a four turn signas wi fash. The turn signas don't work when the hazard warning ights are on. Check oca reguations about the use of hazard warning ights whie the vehice is being towed. They may forbid it. HomeLink button 5-44 í Some modes.

169 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros WARNING Safety Stop and Reverse Feature: Using the HomeLink system with any garage door opener that acks the safety stop and reverse feature as required by federa safety standards is dangerous. (This incudes garage doors manufactured before Apri 1, 1982.) Using these garage door openers can increase the risk of serious injury or death. For further information, contact HomeLink at or or your Authorized Mazda Deaer. Safety Whie Programming or Operating HomeLink System: Programming or operating the HomeLink system without verifying the safety of areas surrounding garage doors and gates is dangerous and coud resut in an unexpected accident and serious injury if someone were to be hit. Aways check the areas surrounding garage doors and gates for peope or obstructions before programming or during operation of the HomeLink system. CAUTION HomeLink has been tested and compies with FCC and Industry Canada rues. Changes or modifications not expressy approved by the party responsibe for compiance coud void the user's authority to operate the device. FCC ID: NZLSTDHL3 CANADA: A This device compies with FCC rues part 15. Operation is subject to the foowing conditions: 1- This device may not cause any harmfu interference and 2- This device must accept any interference that may be received incuding interference that may cause undesired operation. The programming wi not be erased even if the battery is disconnected. qpre-programming the HomeLink System It is recommended that a new battery be paced in the hand-hed transmitter of the device being programmed to HomeLink for quicker training and accurate transmission of the radiofrequency signa. Verify that there is a remote contro transmitter avaiabe for the device you woud ike to program. Disconnect the power to the device. 5-45

170 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros qprogramming the HomeLink System CAUTION When programming a garage door opener or a gate, disconnect the power to these devices before performing programming, as continuous operation of the devices coud damage the motor. The HomeLink system provides 3 buttons which can be individuay seected and programmed using the transmitters for current, on-market devices as foows: 1. Press and hod the two outer HomeLink buttons (buttons one and three) - reeasing ony when the indicator ight begins to fash (after 20 seconds). Do not hod the buttons for onger than 30 seconds and do not repeat step 1 to program a second and/ or third hand-hed transmitter to the remaining two HomeLink buttons. 2. Position the end of your hand-hed transmitter cm (1 3 inches) away from the HomeLink button you wish to program whie keeping the indicator ight in view. 3. Simutaneousy press and hod both the chosen HomeLink and hand-hed transmitter buttons. Do not reease the buttons unti step 4 has been competed. Some gate operators and garage door openers may require you to repace this Programming Step 3 with procedures noted in the Gate Operator/Canadian Programming section. 4. After the HomeLink indicator ight changes from a sow to a rapidy binking ight, reease both the HomeLink and hand-hed transmitter buttons. If the HomeLink indicator ight does not change to a rapidy binking ight, contact HomeLink at or ca for assistance. 5. Press and hod the just-trained HomeLink button and observe the indicator ight. If the indicator ight stays on constanty, programming is compete and your device shoud activate when the HomeLink button is pressed and reeased. To program the remaining two HomeLink buttons, begin with Programming - step 2. Do not repeat step 1. If the indicator ight binks rapidy for two seconds and then turns to a constant ight, continue with Programming steps 6 8 to compete the programming of a roing code equipped device (most commony a garage door opener). 6. At the garage door opener receiver (motor-head unit) in the garage, ocate the earn or smart button. This can usuay be found where the hanging antenna wire is attached to the motorhead unit. 5-46

171 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros 7. Firmy press and reease the earn or smart button. (The name and coor of the button may vary by manufacturer.) There are 30 seconds in which to initiate step Return to the vehice and firmy press, hod for two seconds and reease the programmed HomeLink button. Repeat the press/hod/reease sequence a second time, and, depending on the brand of the garage door opener (or other roing code equipped device), repeat this sequence a third time to compete the programming process. HomeLink shoud now activate your roing code equipped device. To program the remaining two HomeLink buttons, begin with Programming - step 2. Do not repeat step 1. For questions or comments, pease contact HomeLink at or qgate operator/canadian Programming Canadian radio-frequency aws require transmitter signas to time-out (or quit) after severa seconds of transmission - which may not be ong enough for HomeLink to pick up the signa during programming. Simiar to this Canadian aw, some U.S. gate operators are designed to time-out in the same manner. If you ive in Canada or you are having difficuties programming a gate operator by using the Programming procedures (regardess of where you ive), repace Programming HomeLink step 3 with the foowing: If programming a garage door opener or gate operator, it is advised to unpug the device during the cycing process to prevent possibe overheating. Continue to press and hod the HomeLink button whie you press and reease - every two seconds ( cyce ) your handhed transmitter unti the frequency signa has successfuy been accepted by HomeLink. (The indicator ight wi fash sowy and then rapidy.) Proceed with Programming step 4 to compete. qoperating the HomeLink System Press the programmed HomeLink button to operate a programmed device. The code wi continue being transmitted for a maximum of 20 seconds. 5-47

172 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros qreprogramming the HomeLink system To program a device to HomeLink using a HomeLink button previousy trained, foow these steps: 1. Press and hod the desired HomeLink button. DO NOT reease the button. 2. The indicator ight wi begin to fash after 20 seconds. Without reeasing the HomeLink button, proceed with Programming - step 2. qerasing Programmed HomeLink Buttons To erase the existing programming from a three operating channes, press and hod the two outside buttons (, ) on the auto-dimming mirror unti the HomeLink indicator ight begins to fash after approximatey 20 seconds. Verify that the programming has been erased when you rese the vehice. 5-48

173 6 Interior Comfort Use of various features for drive comfort, incuding air-conditioning and audio system. Cimate Contro System Operating Tips Vent Operation Types of the Cimate Contro System Manua Type Fuy Automatic Type Audio System Antenna Operating Tips for Audio System Audio Set Audio Contro Switch Operation (Steering Whee) í Safety Certification Interior Equipment Sunvisors Interior Lights Information Dispay Lighter Ashtray Cup Hoder Botte Hoder Storage Compartments Accessory Socket í Some modes. 6-1

174 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Operating Tips qoperating the Cimate Contro System Operate the cimate contro system with the engine running. To prevent the battery from being discharged, do not eave the fan contro dia on for a ong period of time when the engine is not running. qcearing the Air Inet Cear a obstructions ike eaves, snow and ice from the hood and the air inet in the cow grie to improve the system efficiency. qfoggy Windows The windows may fog up easiy in humid weather. Use the cimate contro system to defog the windows. To hep defog the windows, operate the air conditioner to dehumidify the air. qoutside/recircuated Air Position Use the outside air position in norma conditions. The recircuated air position shoud be used ony when driving on dusty roads or for quick cooing of the interior. qparking in Direct Sunight If the vehice has been parked in direct sunight during hot weather, open the windows to et warm air escape, then run the cimate contro system. qnot Using for a Long Period Run the air conditioner about 10 minutes at east once a month to keep interna parts ubricated. qcheck the Refrigerant before the Weather Gets Hot Have the air conditioner checked before the weather gets hot. Lack of refrigerant may make the air conditioner ess efficient. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer for refrigerant inspection. The air conditioner is fied with HFC134a (R134a), a refrigerant that wi not damage the ozone ayer. If the air conditioner is ow on refrigerant or has a mafunction, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. qrepacement of the Cabin Air Fiter If your vehice is equipped with an air fiter for the air conditioner, it is necessary to change the fiter periodicay as indicated in schedued maintenance (page 8-3). Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer for repacement of the cabin air fiter. 6-2

175 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Vent Operation qadjusting the Vents Directing airfow 1. Press the upper part of the air vent to open it. 2. Rotate the air vent eft and right to adjust the direction of airfow. When using the air conditioner, mist may come out from the vents. This is not a sign of troube but a resut of humid air being suddeny cooed. 6-3

176 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System qseecting the Airfow Mode Dashboard Vents Defroster and Foor Vents Dashboard and Foor Vents Defroster Vents Foor Vents 6-4

177 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Types of the Cimate Contro System Manua type and fuy automatic type cimate contro systems are expained separatey. Check your vehice's cimate contro type and read the appropriate pages. Cimate contro information is dispayed on the information dispay. Manua Type... page 6-6 Fuy Automatic Type... page

178 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Manua Type A/C Switch Air intake seector Rear window defroster switch Temperature contro dia Fan contro dia Mode seector dia qcontro Switches Fan contro dia Temperature contro dia Cod Hot This dia contros temperature. Turn it cockwise for hot and countercockwise for cod. This dia aows variabe fan speeds. 0 Fan off 1 Low speed 2 Medium ow speed 3 Medium high speed 4 High speed 6-6

179 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Mode seector dia Air intake seector Turn the mode seector dia to seect airfow mode (page 6-4). A/C switch Push the switch to turn the air conditioner on. The indicator ight on the switch wi iuminate when the fan contro dia is set at position 1, 2, 3, or 4. Push the switch once again to turn the air conditioner off. The air conditioner may not function when the outside temperature approaches 0 C (32 F). This switch contros the source of air entering the vehice. Press the switch to aternate between the and positions. The indicator ight for the seected mode wi iuminate. It is recommended that under norma conditions the switch be kept in the outside air position. Outside air position ( ) Outside air is taken into the vehice. Use this position for norma ventiation and heating. Recircuated air position ( ) Outside air is shut off. Air within the vehice is recircuated. This position can be used when driving on a dusty road or in simiar conditions. It aso heps to provide quicker cooing of the interior. 6-7

180 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System WARNING The Recircuated Air Position: Using the position in cod or rainy weather wi cause the windows to fog up. Your vision wi be hampered, which coud ead to a serious accident. Do not use the position in cod or rainy weather. Rear window defroster switch When using the rear window defroster switch, refer to Rear Window Defroster (page 5-42). qheating 1. Set the mode seector dia to the position. 2. Set the air intake seector to the position. 3. Set the temperature contro dia to the hot position. 4. Set the fan contro dia to the desired speed. 5. If dehumidified heating is desired, turn on the air conditioner. If the windshied fogs up easiy, set the mode seector dia to the position. If cooer air is desired at face eve, set the mode seector dia at the position and adjust the temperature contro dia to maintain maximum comfort. The air to the foor is warmer than air to the face (except when the temperature contro dia is set at the extreme hot or cod position). qcooing (With Air Conditioner) 1. Set the mode seector dia to the position. 2. Set the temperature contro dia to the cod position. 3. Set the fan contro dia to the desired speed. 4. Turn on the air conditioner. 5. Adjust the fan contro dia and temperature contro dia to maintain maximum comfort. CAUTION When using the air conditioner whie driving up ong his or in heavy traffic, cosey monitor the temperature gauge (page 5-25). The air conditioner may cause engine overheating. If the gauge indicates overheating, turn the air conditioner off. 6-8

181 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System When maximum cooing is desired, set the temperature contro dia to the extreme cod position and set the air intake seector to the position, then set the fan contro dia to position 4. If warmer air is desired at foor eve, set the mode seector dia at the position and adjust the temperature contro dia to maintain maximum comfort. The air to the foor is warmer than air to the face (except when the temperature contro dia is set at the extreme hot or cod position). qventiation 1. Set the mode seector dia to the position. 2. Set the air intake seector to the position. 3. Set the temperature contro dia to the desired position. 4. Set the fan contro dia to the desired speed. qwindshied Defrosting and Defogging 1. Set the mode seector dia to the position. 2. Set the temperature contro dia to the desired position. 3. Set the fan contro dia to the desired speed. WARNING Foggy Windshied: Using the position with the temperature contro set to the cod position wi cause the outside of the windshied to fog up. Your vision wi be hampered, which coud ead to a serious accident. Set the temperature contro to the hot or warm position when using the position. For maximum defrosting, set the temperature contro dia to the extreme hot position and the fan contro dia to position 4. If warm air is desired at the foor, set the mode seector dia to the position. In the or position, air conditioning is automaticay turned on to defrost the windshied quicky (however, the indicator ight does not iuminate) and the position is automaticay seected. The air intake seector switch cannot be changed to the position. qdehumidifying (With Air Conditioner) Operate the air conditioner in coo or cod weather to hep defog the windshied and side windows. 1. Set the mode seector dia to the desired position. 2. Set the air intake seector to the position. 6-9

182 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System 3. Set the temperature contro dia to the desired position. 4. Set the fan contro dia to the desired speed. 5. Turn on the air conditioner. 6-10

183 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Fuy Automatic Type Fan contro dia Rear window defroster switch Air intake seector A/C Switch Temperature contro dia OFF switch Mode seector switch Auto switch Windshied defroster switch qcontro Switches AUTO switch Outside/Recircuated air seection Air conditioner operation By pressing the AUTO switch the foowing functions wi be automaticay controed in accordance with the set temperature: Airfow temperature Amount of airfow Seection of airfow mode AUTO switch indicator ight When on, it indicates AUTO operation, and the system wi function automaticay. When off, indicates the operation of other switches such as the mode seector switch, fan contro dia, A/C switch and windshied defroster switch. Other functions wi continue to operate automaticay. 6-11

184 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System OFF switch Mode seector switch Pressing the OFF switch shuts off the cimate contro system. Temperature contro dia Cod Hot This dia contros temperature.turn it cockwise for hot and countercockwise for cod. Fan contro dia The desired airfow mode can be seected (page 6-4). With the airfow mode set to position and the temperature contro dia set at a medium temperature, heated air is directed to the feet and a comparaby ower air temperature wi fow through the centra, eft and right vents. To set the air vent to, press the windshied defroster switch. A/C switch Low High The fan has seven speeds. The seected speed wi be dispayed. With the AUTO or fan contro dia ON, press the A/C switch to seect the air conditioning (cooing/dehumidifying functions) on or off. 6-12

185 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Windshied defroster switch The air conditioner may not function when the outside temperature approaches 0 C (32 F). (Indicator remains on even when system is off.) Air intake seector Outside or recircuated air positions can be seected. Press the switch to seect outside/recircuated air positions. Recircuated air position ( ) Use this position when going through tunnes, driving in congested traffic (high engine exhaust areas) or when quick cooing is desired. Outside air position ( ) Use this position for norma conditions and defogging. WARNING The Recircuated Air Position: Using the position in cod or rainy weather wi cause the windows to fog up. Your vision wi be hampered, which coud ead to a serious accident. Do not use the position in cod or rainy weather. Press the switch to defrost the windshied and front door windows. Rear window defroster switch When using the rear window defroster switch, refer to Rear Window Defroster (page 5-42). qstandard Use 1. Press the AUTO switch. Seection of the airfow mode, air intake seector and amount of airfow wi be automaticay controed. 2. Use the temperature contro dia to seect a desired temperature. Cod Hot 6-13

186 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System To turn off the system, press the OFF switch. For an optima cabin temperature, set the temperature cose to 25.0 C (77.0 F). Adjust to the desired temperature if necessary. Setting the temperature to maximum high or ow wi not provide the desired temperature at a faster rate. To prevent coo air bowing from the vents when heating right after starting the engine, the amount of airfow is reduced unti the air warms up. qwindshied Defrosting and Defogging WARNING Foggy Windshied: Using the position with the temperature contro set to the cod position wi cause the outside of the windshied to fog up. Your vision wi be hampered, which coud ead to a serious accident. Set the temperature contro to hot or warm position when using the position. Use the temperature contro dia to increase the air fow temperature and defog the windshied more quicky. qsunight/temperature Sensor The fuy automatic air conditioner function measures inside and outside temperatures, and sunight. It then sets temperatures inside the passenger compartment accordingy. Don't obstruct the sensor. Sunight sensor Press the windshied defroster switch. In this position, the position is automaticay seected, and the air conditioner automaticay turned on (however, the indicator ight does not iuminate). The air conditioner wi direct dehumidified air to the front windshied and side windows (page 6-4). Airfow amount wi be increased. 6-14

187 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Interior temperature sensor 6-15

188 Interior Comfort Audio System Antenna qdetachabe Type To remove the antenna, turn it countercockwise. To insta the antenna, turn it cockwise. Make sure the antenna is securey instaed. Remove Insta CAUTION To prevent damage to the antenna, remove it before entering a car wash faciity or passing beneath a ow overhead cearance. When eaving your vehice unattended, we recommend that you remove the antenna and store it inside the vehice. Operating Tips for Audio System WARNING Do Not Adjust Audio Whie Driving the Vehice: Adjusting the audio whie driving the vehice is dangerous as it coud distract your attention from the vehice operation which coud ead to a serious accident. Aways adjust the audio whie the vehice is stopped. CAUTION For the purposes of safe driving, adjust the audio voume to a eve that aows you to hear sounds outside of the vehice. Do not use the audio for ong periods of time whie the engine is off. Otherwise the battery coud go dead. If a digita ceuar phone or CB radio is used in or near the vehice, it coud cause noise to occur from the audio system, however, this does not indicate that the system has been damaged. 6-16

189 Interior Comfort Audio System qradio Reception AM characteristics AM signas bend around such things as buidings or mountains and bounce off the ionosphere. Therefore, they can reach onger distances than FM signas. Because of this, two stations may sometimes be picked up on the same frequency at the same time. Station 1 Ionosphere Station 2 FM characteristics An FM broadcast range is usuay about km (25 30 mies) from the source. Because of extra coding needed to break the sound into two channes, stereo FM has even ess range than monaura (non-stereo) FM. FM Station km (25 30 mies) Signas from an FM transmitter are simiar to beams of ight because they do not bend around corners, but they do refect. Unike AM signas, FM signas cannot trave beyond the horizon. Therefore, FM stations cannot be received at the great distances possibe with AM reception. FM wave FM wave Ionosphere AM wave km ( mies) Atmospheric conditions can aso affect FM reception. High humidity wi cause poor reception. However, coudy days may provide better reception than cear days. Mutipath noise Since FM signas can be refected by obstructions, it is possibe to receive both the direct signa and the refected signa at the same time. This causes a sight deay in reception and may be heard as a broken sound or a distortion. This probem may aso be encountered when in cose proximity to the transmitter. Direct Refected wave 6-17

190 Interior Comfort Audio System Futter/Skip noise Signas from an FM transmitter move in straight ines and become weak in vaeys between ta buidings, mountains, and other obstaces. When a vehice passes through such an area, the reception conditions may change suddeny, resuting in annoying noise. Strong signa noise This occurs very cose to a transmitter tower. The broadcast signas are extremey strong, so the resut is noise and sound breakup at the radio receiver. Weak signa noise In suburban areas, broadcast signas become weak because of distance from the transmitter. Reception in such fringe areas is characterized by sound breakup. Station drift noise When a vehice reaches the area of two strong stations broadcasting at simiar frequencies, the origina station may be temporariy ost and the second station picked up. At this time there wi be some noise from this disturbance. Station MHz Station MHz 6-18

191 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating Tips for Cassette Tape Payer Ceaning the cassette tape payer The tape head, capstans, and pinch roers wi gather oxide residue from cassette tapes. This can cause weak or wavering sounds and damage to the cassette tapes and payer. Use a good quaity headceaning tape or a iquid ceaner cassette tape to remove it. Shoud the unit not operate normay, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Never attempt to repair it or insert a screwdriver or anything ese. Handing the cassette tape payer The foowing precautions shoud be observed. Do not spi any iquid on the audio system. If the cassette tape is oose, it may produce poor sound or performance during payback. Use a penci or something simiar to remove any sack. Ony cassette tapes that pay no onger than 90 minutes shoud be used. Cassette tape exceeding 90 minutes are thin and may easiy break. Do not eave a cassette tape in the tape payer sot when not in use. Remove it competey to permit the sot door to cose and to protect the mechanism from dust. Store cassette tapes away from extreme heat, magnetic fieds, and direct sunight. Protect the exposed cassette tape from dirt and damage. Store cassette tapes in their origina cases or other protective cases. Do not insert any objects, other than cassette tape, into the sot. 6-19

192 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating Tips for Mini Disc (MD) Payer The foowing precautions shoud be observed. Do not spi any iquid on the audio system. The MD payer can aso pay MDLPs that have been recorded in MDLP mode. (MDLPs bearing the identification ogo as shown beow). Do not insert any objects, other than MDs, into the sot. When inserting the MD, make sure the MD abe is facing up, and the MD is oriented to the insertion sot in the direction of the arrow. If not inserted correcty, the MD wi be ejected, or may remain stuck in the MD deck. The MD payer has been designed to pay MDs bearing the identification ogo as shown. No other MDs can be payed. Do not touch the interna part of the MD. If the MD shutter is sid open for no reason, it may be broken. Store MDs in their cases and away from direct sunight. 6-20

193 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating Tips for CD Payer/In- Dash CD Changer Condensation phenomenon Immediatey after turning on the heater when the vehice is cod, the CD or optica components (prism and ens) in the CD payer/changer may become couded with condensation. At this time, the CD wi eject immediatey when paced in the unit. A couded CD can be corrected simpy by wiping it with a soft coth. Couded optica components wi cear naturay in about an hour. Wait for norma operation to return before attempting to use the unit. Handing the CD payer/in-dash CD changer The foowing precautions shoud be observed. Do not spi any iquid on the audio system. The CD revoves at high speed within the unit. Defective (cracked or bady bent) CDs shoud never be used. Do not use non-conventiona discs such as heart-shaped, octagona discs, etc. The CD payer/changer coud be damaged. Do not insert any objects, other than CDs, into the sot. A new CD may have rough edges on its inner and outer perimeters. If a disc with rough edges is used, proper setting wi not be possibe and the CD payer/changer wi not pay the CD. Remove the rough edges in advance by using a ba-point pen or penci as shown beow. To remove the rough edges, rub the side of the pen or penci against the inner and outer perimeter of the CD. 6-21

194 Interior Comfort Audio System When driving over uneven surfaces, the sound may jump. The CD payer/changer has been designed to pay CDs bearing the identification ogo as shown. No other discs can be payed. Be sure never to touch the signa surface when handing the CDs. Pick up a CD by grasping the outer edge or the edge of the hoe and the outer edge. Dust, finger smudges, and dirt can decrease the amount of ight refected from the signa surface, thus affecting sound quaity. If the CD shoud become soied, genty wipe it with a soft coth from the center of the CD to the edge. Do not use record sprays, antistatic agents, or househod spray ceaners. Voatie chemicas such as benzine and thinner can aso damage the surface of the CD and must not be used. Anything that can damage, warp, or fog pastic shoud never be used to cean CDs. CDs, ike traditiona audio records, are made of pastic. To avoid warping, keep the CDs in their cases and do not store them where they wi be exposed to direct sunight. The CD payer/changer ejects the CD if the CD is inserted upside down. Aso dirty and/or defective CDs may be ejected. 8 cm (3 in) CDs and CD accessories (e.g. 8 cm disc adapter) cannot be used in the CD payer/changer. Do not insert ceaning discs in the CD payer/changer. Do not insert any disc with a pee-off or sea on it. Do not stick paper or tape on the CD. Avoid scratching the reverse side (the side without a abe). 6-22

195 Interior Comfort Audio System Audio Set CD Payer In-dash CD Changer Iustration is of a representative audio unit. Cassette Tape Payer Mini Disc (MD) Payer Power/Voume/Sound Contros... page 6-24 Operating the Radio... page 6-28 Operating the Cassette Tape Payer... page 6-30 Operating the Mini Disc (MD) Payer... page 6-32 Operating the Compact Disc (CD) Payer... page 6-34 Operating the In-Dash CD Changer... page 6-36 Error Indications... page

196 Interior Comfort Audio System qpower/voume/sound Contros Power/Voume dia Audio contro dia Power ON/OFF Turn the ignition switch to the ACC or ON position. Press the power/voume dia to turn the audio system on. Press the power/voume dia again to turn the audio system off. Turn the power/voume dia to the right to increase voume, to the eft to decrease it. Audio sound adjustment 1. Press the audio contro dia to seect the function. The seected function wi be indicated. Standard audioequipped mode To prevent the battery from being discharged, do not eave the audio system on for a ong period of time when the engine is not running. Voume adjustment To adjust the voume, turn the power/ voume dia. * 6-24

197 Interior Comfort Audio System BOSE Sound Systemequipped mode * BOSE Sound System-equipped mode Indication Turn Left Turn Right Decrease bass Decrease trebe Increase bass Increase trebe Shift the Shift the sound to the sound to the front rear Shift the Shift the sound to the sound to the eft right * Depending on the mode seected, the indication changes. 2. Turn the audio contro dia to adjust the seected functions as foows: Standard audio-equipped mode Indication Turn Left Turn Right Decrease bass Decrease mid-range Decrease trebe Increase bass Increase mid-range Increase trebe Shift the Shift the sound to the sound to the front rear Shift the Shift the sound to the sound to the eft right Seect mode Seect mode About 5 seconds after seecting any mode, the voume function wi be automaticay seected. To reset bass, mid-range, trebe, fade, and baance, press the audio contro dia for 2 seconds. The unit wi beep and CLEAR wi be dispayed. Automatic Leve Contro (ALC) The automatic eve contro is a feature that automaticay adjusts audio voume and sound quaity according to the vehice speed. The voume increases in accordance with the increase in vehice speed, and decreases as vehice speed decreases. 6-25

198 Interior Comfort Audio System The foowing four modes are avaiabe. Seect the desired mode. Mode Voume change No change Minimum Medium Maximum Turn the audio contro dia to seect the ALC OFF, ALC LEVEL1 3 mode. The seected mode wi be indicated. 6-26

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200 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating the Radio Seek tuning button Band seector buttons Sateite button* Scan button Auto memory button/eectric seria number button* Channe preset buttons Manua tuning dia *For reception of optiona SIRIUS digita sateite radio. Used on vehices equipped with the separatey sod SIRIUS digita sateite radio unit. For information on use, read the manua accompanying the SIRIUS unit. Subscription of SIRIUS digita sateite radio service is avaiabe in the U.S. (Except Aaska and Hawaii). Radio ON Press a band seector button (, ) to turn the radio on. Band seection Choose AM by pressing the AM button ( ) and FM by pressing the FM1/2 button ( ). The seected mode wi be indicated. If FM stereo is being received, ST wi be dispayed. If the FM broadcast signa becomes weak, reception automaticay changes from STEREO to MONO for reduced noise, and the ST indicator wi go out. Tuning The radio has the foowing tuning methods: Manua, Seek, Scan, Preset channe, and Auto memory tuning. The easiest way to tune stations is to set them on preset channes. If the power suppy is interrupted (fuse bows or the battery is disconnected), the preset channes wi be canceed. Manua tuning Turning the manua tuning dia wi change the frequency higher or ower. 6-28

201 Interior Comfort Audio System Seek tuning Pressing the seek tuning button (, ) wi cause the tuner to seek a higher or ower frequency automaticay. If you continue to press and hod the button, the frequency wi continue changing without stopping. Scan tuning Press the scan button ( )to automaticay sampe strong stations. Scanning stops at each station for about 5 seconds. To hod a station, press the scan button ( ) again during this interva. Preset channe tuning The 6 preset channes can be used to store 6 AM and 12 FM stations. 1. To set a channe first seect AM, FM1, or FM2. Tune to the desired station. 2. Depress a channe preset button for about 2 seconds unti a beep is heard. The preset channe number and station frequency wi be dispayed. The station is now hed in the memory. 3. Repeat this operation for the other stations and bands you want to store. To tune one in the memory, seect AM, FM1, or FM2 and then press its channe preset button. The station frequency and the channe number wi be dispayed. Auto memory tuning This is especiay usefu when driving in an area where the oca stations are not known. Additiona AM/FM stations can be stored without disturbing the previousy set channes. Press and hod the auto memory button ( ) for about 2 seconds unti a beep is heard; the system wi automaticay scan and temporariy store up to 6 stations with the strongest frequencies in each seected band in that area. After scanning is competed, the station with the strongest frequency wi be tuned and its frequency dispayed. Press and reease the auto memory button ( ) to reca stations from the autostored stations. One stored station wi be seected each time; its frequency and channe number wi be dispayed. If no stations can be tuned after scanning operations, A wi be dispayed. If the power suppy is interrupted (fuse bows or the battery is disconnected), the preset channes wi be canceed. 6-29

202 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating the Cassette Tape Payer í Cassette tape pay button Fast-forward button APC button: (next program) (one being payed) Rewind button Repeat button Cassette tape eject button Doby NR button Program button Cassette tape insert Insert the cassette tape into the sot, open edge to the right and cassette tape wi begin pay, and TAPE PLAY wi be dispayed. At the end of the cassette tape, the unit automaticay reverses cassette tape pay. When is it, the cassette tape's top side is paying. When is it, the bottom side is on. Paying Press the cassette tape pay button ( ) to start pay when a cassette tape is in the unit. If there isn't a cassette tape in the unit when the cassette tape pay button ( ) is pressed, NO TAPE wi fash on and off. Doby noise reduction When using a tape with Doby NR*, push the Doby NR button ( ). The symbo wi be dispayed. To pay a tape without Doby NR, push the button once again. * Noise reduction system manufactured under icense from Doby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Doby and the doube-d symbo are trademarks of Doby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Ejecting the cassette tape Press the cassette tape eject button ( )to eject the cassette tape í Some modes.

203 Interior Comfort Audio System The cassette tape can be ejected when the ignition switch is in the OFF position. Fast-forward/Rewind Press the fast-forward button ( )to fast-forward. Press the rewind button ( ) to rewind. To stop this operation and pay the cassette tape, press the button again. When the cassette tape ends during fastforward or rewind, it automaticay stops and starts paying. Reversing Press the program button ( )to change cassette tape-pay direction. When the cassette tape ends, the unit automaticay reverses pay. Automatic program contro (APC) APC is used to find the beginning of either the next program or the one being payed. APC may not operate propery if: A tape was recorded at a ow eve. A tape has ong, sient intervas. A tape is a ive recording. A tape has very short intervas of ess than 3 seconds. Repeat pay This operation makes it possibe to isten to a seection repeatedy. Press the repeat button ( ) during pay. The current seection paying wi be repeated ( RPT wi be dispayed). Press the repeat button ( ) once again to cance repeat pay. RPT may not operate propery if: A tape was recorded at a ow eve. A tape has ong, sient intervas. A tape is a ive recording. A tape has very short intervas of ess than 3 seconds. Press the APC button ( ) to the beginning of the next seection. Press the APC button ( ) to the beginning of the one being payed. To stop this operation and pay the cassette tape, press the button again. 6-31

204 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating the Mini Disc (MD) Payer í Track up button MD pay button Fast-forward button Scan button Track down button MD sot Dispay button Reverse button Repeat button MD eject button Random button Dispay feed dia Inserting the MD Insert the MD, abe-side up with the arrow pointed to the sot. The autooading mechanism wi set the MD and begin pay. There wi be a short apse before pay begins whie the payer reads the digita signas on the MD. Paying Press the MD pay button ( )to start pay when a MD is in the unit. If there isn't a MD in the unit when the MD pay button ( ) is pressed, NO DISC wi fash on and off. Ejecting the MD Press the MD eject button ( ) to eject the MD. Fast-forward/Reverse Press and hod the fast-forward button ( ) to advance through a track at high speed. Press and hod the reverse button ( ) to reverse through a track at high speed. Track search Press the track up button ( ) once to skip forward to the beginning of the next track. Press the track down button ( ) once to skip back to the beginning of the current track. Music scan This feature heps to find a program by paying about the first 10 seconds of each track í Some modes.

205 Interior Comfort Audio System Press the scan button ( ) during pay to start scan pay operation (the track number wi fash). Press the scan button ( ) once again to cance scan pay. If the unit is eft in scan, norma pay wi resume where scan was seected. Repeat pay This feature makes it possibe to isten to a seection repeatedy. If there is no song or disc tite recorded on the MD, NO TITLE wi be dispayed. Long disc or song tites When ong disc or song tites cannot be competey dispayed, rotate the dispay feed dia ( ) to the right. The remainder of the tite wi proceed and appear on the dispay to the end of the tite. Press the repeat button ( ) during pay. The current seection wi be repeated ( RPT wi be dispayed). Press the repeat button ( ) once again to cance repeat pay. Random pay This feature aows the MD payer to randomy seect the order of the songs. Press the random button ( ) during pay. The next seection wi be randomy seected ( RDM wi be dispayed). Press the random button ( ) once again to cance random pay. Changing the dispay To change the dispay during MD pay, press the dispay button ( ) to advance through each of the foowing dispays: Track number/ Eapsed pay back time Song tite Disc tite 6-33

206 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating the Compact Disc (CD) Payer í CD sot Fast-forward button CD pay button CD eject button Track up button Scan button Track down button Reverse button Repeat button Random button Inserting the CD Insert the CD into the sot, abe-side up. The auto-oading mechanism wi set the CD and begin pay. There wi be a short apse before pay begins whie the payer reads the digita signas on the CD. Paying Press the CD pay button ( ) to start pay when a CD is in the unit. If there isn't a CD in the unit when the CD pay button ( ) is pressed, NO DISC wi fash on and off. Ejecting the CD Press the CD eject button ( ) to eject the CD. Fast-forward/Reverse Press and hod the fast-forward button ( ) to advance through a track at high speed. Press and hod the reverse button ( ) to reverse through a track at high speed. Track search Press the track up button ( ) once to skip forward to the beginning of the next track. Press the track down button ( ) once to skip back to the beginning of the current track. Music scan This feature heps to find a program by paying about the first 10 seconds of each track í Some modes.

207 Interior Comfort Audio System Press the scan button ( ) during pay to start scan pay operation (the track number wi fash). Press the scan button ( ) once again to cance scan pay. If the unit is eft in scan, norma pay wi resume where scan was seected. Repeat pay This feature makes it possibe to isten to a seection repeatedy. Press the repeat button ( ) during pay. The current seection wi be repeated ( RPT wi be dispayed). Press the repeat button ( ) once again to cance repeat pay. Random pay This feature aows the CD payer to randomy seect the order of the songs. Press the random button ( ) during pay. The next seection wi be randomy seected ( RDM wi be dispayed). Press the random button ( ) once again to cance random pay. 6-35

208 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating the In-Dash CD Changer í Load button Channe preset buttons CD sot CD pay button CD eject button Track up button Scan button Track down button Disc down button Repeat button Reverse button Disc up button Random button Fast-forward button Inserting the CD The CD must be abe-side up when inserting. The auto-oading mechanism wi set the CD and begin pay. There wi be a short apse before pay begins whie the payer reads the digita signas on the CD. The disc number and the track number wi be dispayed. A CD cannot be inserted whie the dispay reads WAIT. A beeping sound can be heard during this waiting time. Simutaneousy pressing the power/voume dia and the oad button ( ) for about 2 seconds wi turn this beeping sound ON or OFF. Norma insertion 1. Press the oad button ( ). 2. When IN is dispayed, insert the CD. Inserting CDs into desired tray number 1. Press and hod the oad button ( ) for about 2 seconds unti a beep is heard. 2. Press the channe preset button for the desired tray number within 3 seconds after the beep is heard. 3. When IN is dispayed, insert the CD. The CD cannot be inserted to the desired tray number if the number is aready occupied í Some modes.

209 Interior Comfort Audio System Mutipe insertion 1. Press and hod the oad button ( ) for about 2 seconds unti a beep is heard. 2. Wait 3 seconds or press the oad button ( ) again within 3 seconds after the beep is heard. 3. When IN is dispayed, insert the CD. 4. When IN is dispayed again, insert the next CD. The first-inserted CD wi be payed automaticay when: No other CD is inserted within 15 seconds after IN is dispayed. The CD trays are fu. Ejecting the CD Norma ejection 1. Press the CD eject button ( ). The disc number and DISC OUT wi be dispayed. 2. Pu out the CD. When the CD is ejected during pay, the next CD wi be payed automaticay. Ejecting CDs from desired tray number 1. Press and hod the CD eject button ( ) for about 2 seconds unti a beep is heard. 2. Press the channe preset button for the desired CD number within 3 seconds after the beep is heard. 3. Pu out the CD. Mutipe ejection 1. Press and hod the CD eject button ( ) for about 2 seconds unti a beep is heard. 2. Wait 3 seconds or press the CD eject button ( ) again within 3 seconds after the beep is heard. 3. Pu out the CD, then the next CD wi be ejected. CDs wi be ejected starting with the one with the owest number. A CDs in the tray wi be ejected continuousy. CDs can be ejected when the ignition switch is off. Press and hod the CD eject button ( ) for about 2 seconds and a CDs wi eject. Paying Press the CD pay button ( ) to start pay when a CD is in the unit. If there isn't a CD in the unit when the CD pay button ( ) is pressed, NO DISC wi fash on and off. Fast-forward/Reverse Press and hod the fast-forward button ( ) to advance through a track at high speed. Press and hod the reverse button ( ) to reverse through a track at high speed. Track search Press the track up button ( ) once to skip forward to the beginning of the next track. 6-37

210 Interior Comfort Audio System Press the track down button ( ) once to skip back to the beginning of the current track. Disc search Press the disc up button ( ) to skip forward to the beginning of the next CD. Press the disc down button ( )to skip back to the beginning of the previous CD. Music scan This feature heps to find a program by paying about the first 10 seconds of each track. Press the scan button ( ) during pay to start scan pay operation (the track number wi fash). Press the scan button ( ) once again to cance scan pay. If the unit is eft in scan, norma pay wi resume where scan was seected. Repeat pay This feature makes it possibe to isten to a seection repeatedy. Press the repeat button ( ) during pay. The current seection wi be repeated ( RPT wi be dispayed). Press the repeat button ( ) once again to cance repeat pay. Random pay This feature aows the CD payer to randomy seect the order of the songs. Press the random button ( ) during pay. The next seection wi be randomy seected ( RDM wi be dispayed) Press the random button ( again to cance random pay. ) once

211 Interior Comfort Audio System qerror Indications If you see an error indication on the dispay, find the cause in the chart. If you cannot cear the error indication, take the vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Indication Cause Soution CHECK MD MD is inserted upside down Insert the MD propery. If the error indication does not disappear, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. MD is defective Insert another MD propery. If the error indication does not disappear, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. CHECK CD CD is inserted upside down Insert the CD propery. If the error indication does not disappear, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. CD is defective Insert another CD propery. If the error indication does not disappear, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 6-39

212 Interior Comfort Audio System Audio Contro Switch Operation (Steering Whee) í qchanging the Source Press the mode switch ( ) to change the audio source (FM1 radio> FM2 radio> AM radio> CD payer or CD changer> Cassette tape payer or MD payer> SIRIUS1> SIRIUS2> SIRIUS3> cycica). Mazda instaed this system to hep you avoid being too distracted using audio contros on the dashboard. Aways make safe driving your first priority. qadjusting the Voume To increase the voume, press voume button ( ). To decrease the voume, press voume button ( ). Cassette tape, MD, CD, CD changer and SIRIUS digita sateite radio modes cannot be seected in the foowing cases: A cassette deck, MD, CD, CD changer, or SIRIUS digita sateite radio unit is not equipped on the audio system. A cassette tape, MD or CD has not been inserted í Some modes.

213 Interior Comfort Audio System qseek Switch qmute Switch Press the mute switch ( ) once to mute audio, press it again to resume audio output. When istening to the radio Press the seek switch (, ), the radio switches to the next/previous stored station in the order that it was stored (1 6). Press the seek switch (, ) for about 2 seconds unti a beep is heard to seek a higher or ower frequency automaticay. When paying a cassette tape Press the seek switch ( ), reease, and it wi advance to the next seection. Press the seek switch ( ), reease, and it wi repeat the seection being payed. When paying a CD or MD Press the seek switch ( ) to skip to the next track. Press the seek switch ( ) to repeat the current track. 6-41

214 Interior Comfort Audio System Safety Certification This CD payer is made and tested to meet exacting safety standards. It meets FCC requirements and compies with safety performance standards of the U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services. CAUTION This CD payer shoud not be adjusted or repaired by anyone except quaified service personne. If servicing is required, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Use of contros or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may resut in hazardous aser exposure. Never operate the CD payer with the top case of the unit removed. Changes or modifications not expressy approved by the party responsibe for compiance coud void the user's authority to operate this equipment. For CD payer section: This device compies with part 15 of the FCC Rues. Operation is subject to the foowing two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmfu interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, incuding interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to compy with the imits for a Cass B digita device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rues. These imits are designed to provide reasonabe protection against harmfu interference in a residentia instaation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not instaed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmfu interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference wi not occur in a particuar instaation. 6-42

215 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Sunvisors When you need a sunvisor, ower it for use in front or swing it to the side. Sunvisor qvanity Mirrors To use the vanity mirror, ower the sunvisor. The vanity mirror ight wi iuminate when you open the cover. Interior Lights qiuminated Entry System When the iuminated entry system operates, the overhead ight (switch is in the DOOR position) and the courtesy ights turn on for: About 30 seconds after the driver's door is unocked and the ignition key is removed. About 15 seconds after a doors are cosed. About 15 seconds after the key is removed from the ignition with a doors cosed. The ight aso turns off when: The ignition switch is turned to the ON position and a doors are cosed. The driver's door is ocked. If any door is eft opened, the ight goes out after about 5 minutes. The ight turns on again when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position, or when any door is opened after a doors have been cosed. 6-43

216 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment qoverhead Lights Rear Front With moonroof Without moonroof Switch Position Rear Overhead Lights Light off Light on when any door is open Light on or off when the iuminated entry system is on qmap Lights The map ights are switched on or off by pressing the switches. Front With moonroof Switch Position Front Overhead Lights Light off Light on when any door is open Light on or off when the iuminated entry system is on 6-44

217 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Without moonroof Switch Position Sport Wagon Luggage Compartment Light Light off Light on when the hatch is open Rear Switch Position Luggage Compartment Light Light off Light on when the iftgate is open qluggage Compartment Light 5-Door qcourtesy Lights Turns on when any door is open or the iuminated entry system is on. Courtesy ight 6-45

218 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Information Dispay CLOCK button AMB button SET button qinformation Dispay Functions The information dispay has the foowing functions: Cock Ambient Temperature Dispay (Outside Temperature Dispay) Cimate Contro Dispay Audio Dispay 6-46

219 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment qcock When the ignition switch is in the ACC or ON position, the time is dispayed. 12:01 12:29 12:00 12:30 12:59 1:00 When the SET button is reeased, the seconds are reset to 00. qambient Temperature Dispay When the ignition switch is in the ON position, press the AMB button to dispay the ambient temperature. Time setting 1. Press the CLOCK button unti a beep sounds, and 12Hr and 24Hr wi be dispayed. 2. Press the SET button to switch between 12Hr and 24Hr dispays. The seected dispay wi fash. To seect the desired cock setting, press the CLOCK button again whie the preferred setting is fashing. 3. Hr. ADJUST wi be dispayed next, and the hour portion of the dispay wi fash. Press the SET button to set the hour, then press the CLOCK button. 4. Min. ADJUST wi be dispayed next, and the minutes portion of the dispay wi fash. Press the SET button to set the minutes, then press the CLOCK button. Time resetting Whie the cock is dispayed, press the SET button 1.5 seconds or more. When the button is reeased, a beep wi sound and the cock wi be reset as foows: (Exampe) The dispayed ambient temperature may vary from the actua ambient temperature depending on the surrounding area and vehice conditions. Press the AMB button 2 seconds or more to switch the dispay from Fahrenheit to Centigrade or vice versa. (With fuy automatic cimate contro system) Press the AMB button again to switch the dispay from ambient temperature to the temperature set for the air conditioner. 6-47

220 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment qcimate Contro Dispay The cimate contro system status is dispayed. To operate the cimate contro system, refer to Cimate Contro System (page 6-2). Lighter The ignition switch must be in the ACC or ON position. 1. Open the cover. qaudio Dispay The audio system status is dispayed. To operate the audio system, refer to Audio System (page 6-16). 2. Press the ighter in and reease it. When ready for use, it automaticay pops out. 6-48

221 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment CAUTION Don't touch the meta part of the ighter, you may burn yoursef. Don't hod the ighter in because it wi overheat. Don't use the ighter socket for pugin accessories such as shavers and coffee pots. They may damage it or cause eectrica faiure. Use ony a genuine Mazda ighter or the equivaent. If the ighter doesn't pop out within 30 seconds, remove it to prevent overheating. Ashtray CAUTION Don't use the ashtray for trash. You might start a fire. To use, open the cover. To remove, open the cover and pu up the ashtray. 6-49

222 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Cup Hoder WARNING Using Cup Hoder: Using a cup hoder to hod hot iquids whie the vehice is moving is dangerous. If the contents spi, you coud be scaded. Never use a cup hoder to hod hot iquids whie the vehice is moving. Don't Put Anything Other Than Cups or Drink cans in Cup Hoder: Putting objects other than cups or drink cans in a cup hoder is dangerous. During sudden braking or maneuvering, occupants coud be hit and injured, or objects coud be thrown around the vehice, causing interference with the driver and the possibiity of an accident. Ony use a cup hoder for cups or drink cans. qfront To use the cup hoder, open the center consoe by pressing the ower center part of its cover. qrear The rear cup hoder is on the rear center armrest. CAUTION To reduce the possibiity of injury in an accident or a sudden stop, keep cup hoders cosed when not in use. 6-50

223 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Botte Hoder Botte hoders are on the inside of the front doors. Storage Compartments WARNING Open Storage Boxes: Driving with the storage boxes open is dangerous. To reduce the possibiity of injury in an accident or a sudden stop, keep the storage boxes cosed when driving. CAUTION Botte hoder Don't use the botte hoders for containers without caps. The contents may spi when the door is opened or cosed. CAUTION Don't eave eyegasses or ighters in the storage boxes whie parked under the sun. A ighter coud expode or the pastic materia in eyegasses coud deform and crack from high temperature. qoverhead Consoe This consoe box is designed to store eyegasses or other accessories. Push and reease to open. 6-51

224 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment qstorage Pocket To open, push the reease catch down and pu the id downward. qgove Box To open the gove box, pu the atch toward you. Insert the master key and turn it cockwise to ock, countercockwise to unock. Unock Lock qcenter Box with Lid To use, pu the knob, and the id opens automaticay. Knob qcenter Consoe To open, pu the ower reease catch. 6-52

225 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Sma items can be paced in the tray of the center consoe id. To open it, pu the upper reease catch. Luggage compartment, eft side Knob qstorage Box (5-Door/Sport Wagon) To open, turn the knobs and remove the cover. Luggage compartment, right side Knob qcargo Securing Loops (5-Door/ Sport Wagon) WARNING Not Securing Luggage and Cargo: Not securing cargo whie driving is dangerous as it coud move or be crushed during sudden braking or a coision and cause injury. Make sure uggage and cargo is secured before driving. Use the oops in the uggage compartment to secure cargo with a rope or net. The tensie strength of the oops is 196 N (20 kgf, 44 bf). Do not appy excessive force to the oops as it wi damage them. 6-53

226 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment 5-Door qcargo Sub-Compartment (Sport Wagon) To use the cargo sub-compartment, remove trunk board A and open trunk board B. Trunk board B Sport Wagon Trunk board A Cargo subcompartment 6-54

227 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Accessory Socket The ignition switch must be in the ACC or ON position. Ony use genuine Mazda accessories or the equivaent requiring no greater than 120 W (DC12 V, 10 A). (Vehices with tray cap) When pacing an eectrica device (e.g. ceuar phone) in the tray which is connected with the accessory socket, pass the pug cord through the sot in the cap. Cap sot, cosed Cap sot, opened CAUTION To prevent accessory socket damage or eectrica faiure, pay attention to the foowing: Don't use accessories that require more than 120 W (DC12 V, 10 A). Don't use accessories that are not genuine Mazda accessories or the equivaent. Cose the cover when the accessory socket is not in use. Correcty insert the pug into the accessory socket. To prevent discharging the battery, don't use the socket for ong periods with the engine off or iding. 1. Open the id by puing the upper reease catch. 2. Remove the tray mat. 3. Using a coin, turn the cap countercockwise (about 45 from the cosed position) and remove it. 4. Open the tray by puing the ower reease catch. 6-55

228 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment 5. Pass the pug cord through the hoe of the tray and insert the pug in the socket. 7. Set the pug cord into the sit of the tray mat and repace the tray mat. Pug 6. Make sure the pug cord is running through the cap sot; reinsta the cap and turn it cockwise (about 45 to the opened position). Pug cord 6-56

229 7 In Case of an Emergency Hepfu information on what to do in an emergency. Parking in an Emergency Parking in an Emergency Fat Tire Spare Tire and Too Storage Changing a Fat Tire Overheating Overheating Emergency Starting Starting a Fooded Engine Jump-Starting Push-Starting Emergency Towing Towing Description Recreationa Towing

230 In Case of an Emergency Parking in an Emergency Parking in an Emergency The hazard warning ights shoud aways be used when you stop on or near a roadway. The hazard warning ights warn other drivers that your vehice is a traffic hazard and that they must take extreme caution when near it. Depress the hazard warning fasher and a four turn signas wi fash. The turn signas don't work when the hazard warning ights are on. Check oca reguations about the use of hazard warning ights whie the vehice is being towed. They may forbid it. 7-2

231 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire Spare Tire and Too Storage Spare tire and toos are stored in the ocations iustrated in the diagram. Sedan/5-Door Spare tire With sub-woofer Jack Tire hod-down bot (God) Lug wrench Sport Wagon Spare tire With sub-woofer Lug wrench Jack Tire hod-down bot (God) 7-3

232 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire qjack To remove the jack (Sedan) 1. Remove the jack container id. (5-Door/Sport Wagon) 1. Turn the knob and remove the cover. 2. Remove the jack container id. 2. Turn the wing bot countercockwise. 3. Turn the wing bot countercockwise. To secure the jack Perform the remova procedure in reverse. 7-4

233 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire qspare Tire Your Mazda has a temporary spare tire. The temporary spare is ighter and smaer than a conventiona tire, and is designed ony for emergency use and shoud be used ony for VERY short periods. Temporary spares shoud NEVER be used for ong drives or extended periods. WARNING Driving with a Temporary Spare Tire on Ice or Snow: Driving with a spare tire on the front (driving) whees on ice or snow is dangerous. Handing wi be affected. You coud ose contro of the vehice and have an accident. Put the spare tire on the rear axe and move a reguar tire to the front. CAUTION To avoid damage to the temporary spare or to the vehice, observe the foowing precautions: Don't exceed 80 km/h (50 mph). Avoid driving over obstaces. Aso, don't drive through an automatic car wash. This tire's diameter is smaer than a conventiona tire, so the ground cearance is reduced about 43 mm (1.7 in). Do not use tire chains on any type of tire, incuding the spare tire. Don't use your temporary spare on any other vehice, it has been designed ony for your Mazda. Use ony one temporary spare tire on your vehice at the same time. To remove the spare tire (Sedan) 1. Remove the trunk board. 7-5

234 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire 2. Turn the tire wing bot countercockwise. 2. Remove the trunk board. (5-Door) 1. For vehices equipped with a subwoofer, uncoupe the connector. 3. For vehices equipped with a subwoofer, oosen the wing bot and remove the woofer and spare tire. Lock washer Wing bot (Back) Sub-woofer Connector Extra strength may be required to uncoupe the connector. Be sure to squeeze the tab firmy. If uncouping is very difficut, remove the wiring from the groove in the trunk board. Then, pu the driver's side of the trunk board up to remove the spare tire. For vehices not equipped with a subwoofer, oosen the hod-down bot and remove the spare tire. 7-6

235 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire (Sport Wagon) 1. Remove trunk board A and open trunk board B. 3. For vehices equipped with a subwoofer, oosen the wing bot and remove the woofer and spare tire. Trunk board B Lock washer Wing bot (Back) Sub-woofer Trunk board A 2. For vehices equipped with a cargo sub-compartment, remove the cargo sub-compartment. For vehices not equipped with a subwoofer, oosen the hod-down bot and remove the spare tire. For vehices equipped with a subwoofer, put the sub-woofer on the eft side of the uggage compartment when removing the spare tire. To secure the spare tire Perform the remova procedure in reverse. 7-7