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 Motor Corporation HIROSHIMA, JAPAN 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 Motor Corporation Printed in Japan Oct. 2006(Print3)

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. The symbo beow in this manua means Do not do this or Do not et this happen. A provides information and sometimes suggests how to make better use of your vehice. The symbo beow, 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. 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, chid-restraint systems and SRS air bags. 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 Navigation System

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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 by vehice. *Refer to Navigation System at the end of the manua (if equipped). 1-2 Power window ock switch... page 3-20 Power window switches... page 3-19 Power door ock switch... page 3-10

9 Your Vehice at a Gance Dashboard and Interior Overview Headight eveing switch... page 5-53 Dashboard iumination knob... page 5-36 Lighting contro/turn signa... page 5-51 Instrument custer... page 5-32 SRS air bags... page 2-41 Cruise contro switches... page 5-19 Wiper and washer ever... page 5-55 Hazard warning fasher switch... page 5-61 Information dispay... page 6-55 Audio system... page 6-17 Gove box... page 6-63 Center consoe... page 6-63 Parking brake... page 5-5 Cup hoder... page 6-61 MT shift ever... page 5-9 AT shift ever (Sport AT)... page 5-11 Lighter... page 6-60 Rear window defroster switch... page 5-60 Ashtray... page 6-61 Cimate contro system... page 6-2 Ignition switch... page 5-2 Steering coumn reease ever... page 3-31 Audio contro switches... page 6-45 Remote fue-fier id reease... page 3-21 Hood reease hande... page 3-22 Outside mirror switch... page 3-31 Interior ights... page 6-52 Sunvisor... page 6-52 Rearview mirror... page 3-32 Vanity mirror... page 6-52 Front seat... page 2-2 Seat bet... page 2-10 Rear seat... page

10 Your Vehice at a Gance Exterior Overview 4 Door The equipment and instaation position varies by vehice. 1-4

11 Your Vehice at a Gance Exterior Overview Trunk id... page 3-15 Antenna... page 6-16 Rear window defroster... page 5-60 Power window... page 3-19 Tires... page 8-36 Fue-fier id... page 3-21 Light bubs... page 8-41 Hood... page 3-22 Windshied wiper bades... page 8-29 Moonroof... page 3-24 Chid safety ock... page 3-11 Door ock... page 3-9 Outside mirror... page

12 Your Vehice at a Gance Exterior Overview 5 Door The equipment and instaation position varies by vehice. 1-6

13 Your Vehice at a Gance Exterior Overview Liftgate... page 3-12 Rear window defroster... page 5-60 Rear wiper bade... page 8-31 Antenna... page 6-16 Fue-fier id... page 3-21 Power window... page 3-19 Tires... page 8-36 Light bubs... page 8-41 Hood... page 3-22 Windshied wiper bades... page 8-29 Moonroof... page 3-24 Chid safety ock... page 3-11 Door ock... page 3-9 Outside mirror... page

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15 2 Essentia Safety Equipment Use of safety equipment, incuding seats, seat bet system, chid-restraint systems and SRS air bags. Seats Front Seats Rear Seat Seat Bet Systems Seat Bet Precautions Seat Bet (Except Center-Rear Position) Front Seat Bet Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems Center-Rear Position Seat Bet (3-Point Type) 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 WARNING Do not modify or repace 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. Do not drive with 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, an 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 Make sure the adjustabe components of a seat are ocked in pace: 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 Adjust the driver seat ony when the vehice is stopped: Adjusting the driver's seat whie the vehice is moving is dangerous. The driver coud ose contro of the vehice and have an accident. 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. qseat Recine WARNING Do not drive with the seats recined: 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. Aways sit in a passenger seat propery with the seatback upright and feet on the foor: If your vehice is equipped with front passenger seat weight sensors, sitting in the front passenger seat impropery out of position or with the seatback recined too far whie the vehice is moving is dangerous as it can take off weight from the seat bottom and affect the weight determination of the front passenger sensing system. As a resut the front passenger wi not have the suppementary protection of the air bag and seat bet pretensioner, which coud cause resut in serious injury. Aways sit upright against your seatback, with your feet on the foor. WARNING Do not drive with the seatback unocked: 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. To change the seatback ange, ean forward sighty whie raising the ever. Then ean back to the desired position and reease the ever. Make sure the ever returns to its origina position and the seatback is ocked in pace by attempting to push it forward and backward. 2-3

18 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats CAUTION When returning a rear-recined seatback to its upright position, make sure you hod onto the seatback with your other hand whie operating the ever. If the seatback is not supported, it wi fip forward suddeny and coud cause injury. qheight Adjustment (Driver's Seat) í By moving the seat ever up or down, the seat bottom height can be adjusted. Up Down qhead Restraint WARNING Aways drive with the head restraints instaed when seats are being used and make sure they are propery adjusted: 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. 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. qlumbar Support Adjustment (Driver's Seat) í To adjust the umbar support, pu the ever forward. Adjust the head restraint so that the top is even with the top of the passenger's ears, never the passenger's neck. 2-4 í Some modes.

19 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats 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. The seat temperature is reguated automaticay by a thermostat. Other than turning it on or off, it cannot be adjusted. Rear Seat WARNING Do not stack cargo higher than the seatbacks or pace artices on the rear package tray or on the uggage compartment cover: 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. Make sure uggage and cargo is secured before driving: 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 the adjustabe components of a seat are ocked in pace: Adjustabe seats that are not securey ocked are dangerous. In a sudden stop or coision, the seat or seatback coud move, causing injury. í Some modes. 2-5

20 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats WARNING Do not drive with the seatback unocked: 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 returning the seatback at any time, even when there are no other passengers, rock the seatback to make sure it is ocked in pace. Never aow a passenger to sit or stand on the foded seatback whie the vehice is moving: 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 in the baggage area coud be thrown into other occupants and cause serious injury. WARNING Never give the car keys to chidren and do not aow them to pay in the vehice: Paying with the foding rear seats is dangerous. The foding rear seatbacks cannot be foded down from inside the trunk. Once the seatbacks 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). Aways eave your car ocked and keep the car keys safey away from chidren: Leaving your car unocked or the keys in reach of chidren is dangerous. Chidren who find their way into the trunk through an unocked rear seatback or an open trunk can become accidentay ocked in the trunk. This coud resut in death or brain damage from heat prostration, particuary in the summer. Aways ock the doors and the trunk, and as an added measure, keep the rear seatbacks ocked, whether you have chidren in your home or not. When returning a rear seat to its origina position, aso repace the seat bet to its norma position. Verify that the seat bet pus out and retracts. 2-6

21 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats qspit-foding Rear Seatback To fod the seatbacks 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. 1. Unfasten the ap portion of the centerrear seat bet (page 2-18). 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. Position the outboard seat bets to the side when foding the seatbacks down. 3. Support the seatback with your hand. 4. Push the rear seatback knob down. To return the seatbacks to the upright position 1. Position the outboard seat bets to the side. 2. Lift the seatbacks upright. 3. Make sure the seat bets are fuy pued out from under the seatbacks. 4. Pu on the top of the seatbacks from inside the vehice to make sure they are ocked. 5. Fasten the center-rear ap/shouder bet and check that a seat bets are routed propery for passenger use (page 2-18). WARNING Aways make sure the seat bets are fuy pued out from under the 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. 2-7

22 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats WARNING When returning the seatback to the upright position, make sure there is no red indication: 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. Locked position The seatback ocks are part of the trunk security system (page 3-16). qhead Restraint WARNING Aways drive with the head restraints instaed when seats are being used and make sure they are propery adjusted: 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. Unocked position Red indicator 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. qrear Seatback Lock (4 Door) To ock or unock a seatback, move the ever. Adjust the head restraint so that the top is even with the top of the passenger's ears, never the passenger's neck. 2-8

23 Essentia Safety Equipment Seats Remova To remove the head restraint, press the stop-catch reease, then pu up on the head restraint. qarmrest í The rear armrest in the center of the rear seatback can be used (no occupant in the center seat) or paced upright. Armrest í Some modes. 2-9

24 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 any chid-restraint system is secured propery. WARNING Aways wear your seat bet and make sure a occupants are propery restrained: 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. Do not wear twisted seat bets: Twisted seat bets are dangerous. In a coision, the fu width of the bet is not avaiabe to absorb the impact. This puts more force on the bones beneath the bet, which coud cause serious injury or death. Never use one seat bet on more than one person at a time: Using one seat bet for more than one person at a time is dangerous. A seat bet used in this way cannot 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 and aways operate the vehice with each occupant propery restrained. Do not operate a vehice with a damaged seat bet: 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. Have an Authorized Mazda Deaer inspect a seat bet systems in use during an accident before they are used again. 2-10

25 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems WARNING Have your seat bets changed immediatey if the pretensioner or oad imiter has been expended: One or both front air bags may depoy, and the corresponding pretensioner(s) may aso depoy at the same time. Whie it is safer to use a crash-used seat bet that was used in an accident than no seat bet at a, using a seat bet with an expended pretensioner or oad imiter oaded reduces the safety avaiabe to you. Like the air bags, the seat bet pretensioners wi ony function once. After they are expended, they wi not function 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. Expended seat bet pretensioners and air bags must be repaced after any coision which caused them to depoy. Additionay, the oad imiter wi ony imit oads on the chest once in a coision and this is another reason to have the front seat bets inspected. CAUTION Bet retraction may become difficut if the bets and rings are soied, so try to keep them cean. For more detais about ceaning the seat bets, refer to Ceaning the Lap/Shouder Bet Webbing (page 8-66). 2-11

26 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems qpregnant Women and Persons with Serious Medica Conditions Pregnant women shoud aways 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 In the emergency ocking mode, the bet remains comfortabe on the occupant and the retractor wi ock in position during a coision. When the seat bet is fastened, it wi aways be in the emergency ocking mode unti it is switched to automatic ocking mode by puing it a the way out to its fu ength. If the bet fees tight and hinders comfortabe movement whie the vehice is stopped or in motion, it may be in the automatic ocking mode because the bet has been pued too far out. To return to the bet to the more comfortabe emergency ocking mode, wait unti the vehice has stopped in a safe, eve area, retract the bet fuy to convert it back to emergency ocking mode and then extend it around you again. 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 enabe seat bet 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 2-24). 2-12

27 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems Seat Bet (Except Center- Rear Position) When using the center-rear seat bet, refer to Center-Rear Position Seat Bet (page 2-18). qfastening the Seat Bet 1. Grasp the 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. Position the ap bet as ow as possibe, not on the abdomina area, then adjust the shouder bet so that it fits snugy 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. 2-13

28 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems qunfastening the Seat Bet Depress the button on the bucke. If the bet does not fuy retract, pu it out and check for kinks or twists. Then make sure it remains untwisted as it retracts. qshouder Bet Adjuster í 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 adjuster and side it down. Make sure the adjuster is ocked. To raise To ower Button 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. 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 í Some modes.

29 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. For both these systems to work propery you must wear the seat bet propery. Pretensioners: In moderate or severe fronta or nearfronta accidents, the front air bag and pretensioner systems depoy simutaneousy when the seat bet is worn. If the front seat occupant is not wearing a seat bet, that person's pretensioner wi not fire even if the air bag does. The front seat bet retractors remove sack quicky as the air bags are expanding. In addition, the pretensioner system for the front passenger, ike the front passenger air bag, is designed to ony depoy in accordance with the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat. Any time the air bags and seat bet pretensioners have fired they must be repaced. For detais, refer to the front passenger seat weight sensors (page 2-49). WARNING Wear seat bets ony as recommended in this owner's manua: Incorrect positioning of the driver and front 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. For more detais about wearing seat bets, refer to Fastening the seat bets (page 2-13). Load imiter: The oad imiting system reeases bet webbing in a controed manner to reduce bet force on the occupant's chest. Whie the most severe oad on a seat bet occurs in fronta coisions, the oad imiter has an automatic mechanica function and can activate in any accident mode with sufficient occupant movement. Even if the pretensioners have not fired, the oad imiting function must be checked by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 2-15

30 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems WARNING Have your seat bets changed immediatey if the pretensioner or oad imiter has been expended: One or both front air bags may depoy, and the corresponding pretensioner(s) may aso depoy at the same time. Whie it is safer to use a crash-used seat bet that was used in an accident than no seat bet at a, using a seat bet with an expended pretensioner or oad imiter oaded reduces the safety avaiabe to you. Like the air bags, the seat bet pretensioners wi ony function once. After they are expended, they wi not function 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. Expended seat bet pretensioners and air bags must be repaced after any coision which caused them to depoy. Additionay, the oad imiter wi ony imit oads on the chest once in a coision and this is another reason to have the front seat bets inspected. Do not modify the components or wiring, or use eectronic testing devices on 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. WARNING Propery dispose of the pretensioner system: 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 activate in a moderate or greater fronta or near-fronta coision. The pretensioner system for the front passenger is designed to ony depoy in accordance with the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat. 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. 2-16

31 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems qair Bag/Front Seat Bet Pretensioner System Warning Light If the air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system is working propery, the warning ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position or after the engine is cranked. The warning ight turns off after a specified period of time. A system mafunction is indicated if the warning ight constanty iuminates or does not iuminate at a when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If either of these occur, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. The system may not work in an accident. WARNING Never tamper with the air bag/ pretensioner systems and aways have an Authorized Mazda Deaer perform a servicing and repairs: Sef-servicing or tampering with the systems is dangerous. An air bag/ pretensioner coud accidentay activate or become disabed causing serious injury or death. qair Bag/Front Seat Bet Pretensioner System Warning Beep If a mafunction is detected in the air bag/ front seat bet pretensioner systems and the warning ight, a warning beep sound wi be heard for about 5 seconds every minute. The air bag and seat bet pretensioner system warning beep sound wi continue to be heard for approximatey 35 minutes. Have your vehice inspected at an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. WARNING Do not drive the vehice with the air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system warning beep sounding: Driving the vehice with the air bag/ front seat bet pretensioner system warning beep sounding is dangerous. In a coision, the air bags and the front seat bet pretensioner system wi not depoy and this coud resut in death or serious injury. Contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the vehice inspected as soon as possibe. 2-17

32 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems Center-Rear Position Seat Bet (3-Point Type) Before using the center-rear ap/shouder bet make sure tongue (A) and anchor bucke (B) are fastened. (A) (B) qfastening the Seat Bet 1. Grasp the 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 Center-Rear Seat Bet with Ony One Bucke: Fastening the center-rear 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. Position the ap bet as ow as possibe, not on the abdomina area, then adjust the shouder bet so that it fits snugy against your body. (C) (A) (D) (B) 2-18

33 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems 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. qunfastening the Seat Bet Depress the button on the bucke. If the bet does not fuy retract, pu it out and check for kinks or twists. Then make sure it remains untwisted as it retracts. qunfastening the Lap Portion of the Seat Bet Insert a sma object such as a key in the anchor bucke (B) sot. (A) (B) CAUTION Aways unfasten the ap portion of the bet before foding the eft-rear seatback. Leaving the ap portion of the bet fastened coud cause damage to the seat bet, bucke and seatback. Button 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. To encourage rear seat passengers to wear their seat bets, we suggest eaving the center-rear ap position of the bet fastened at a times except when foding the rear seat forward. 2-19

34 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems 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. Sedan (Behind head restraint on eft side) After returning the eft-rear seatback to its upright position, fasten the ap portion of the bet. (A) (C) qstowing and puing out the Center-Rear Position Seat Bet The center-rear position seat bet can be stowed using the foowing procedure. CAUTION When stowing the seat bet, make sure the bet is ocked securey into the recess. If the seat bet is not propery stowed, it might get caught in the seats and be damaged. Hatchback (Left side of uggage compartment) (A) (C) To stow the seat bet, retract the bet, put tongues (A) and (C) together and insert them into the recess. To pu out the seat bet, side tongues with your finger, and sowy pu out the seat bet from the recess. Puing out the seat bet a the way out wi switch it to automatic ocking mode. If automatic ocking mode is not needed, retract the seat bet fuy to convert it back to emergency ocking mode. 2-20

35 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems 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 Do not use a seat bet extender uness it is necessary: 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. WARNING Do not use an extender that is too ong: 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. Do not 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 extender might get damaged as it wi not retract with the rest of the seat bet and can easiy fa out of the door when not in use and be damaged. In addition, the seat bet warning ight wi not iuminate and function propery. Do not use 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. 2-21

36 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems 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 fashes 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. Driver seated/front passenger not seated The bet minder is a suppementa warning to the seat bet warning function. If the driver's seat bet is not fastened when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position, the warning ight/beep operates to give you further reminders according to the chart beow. Condition Seat bet Indicator Beep : Fastened : Unfastened : Iuminated : Fashing : Beep Between 0 20 km/h (0 12 mph) Vehice speed 20 km/h (12 mph) or more Once the beep sound is heard, it continues sounding even if the vehice speed owers to 20 km/h (12 mph) or ess unti the seatbet is fastened or the beep sound period has passed. qbet Minder The bet minder can be deactivated. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer to deactivate and restore the seat bet minder. 2-22

37 Essentia Safety Equipment Seat Bet Systems Driver seated/front passenger seated The seat bet warning function reminds the front passenger to fasten the seat bet according to the chart beow. Condition Seat bet (Driver) Seat bet (Passenger) Between 0 20 km/h (0 12 mph) Vehice speed 20 km/h (12 mph) or more Indicator Beep : Fastened : Unfastened : Iuminated : Fashing : Beep Once the beep sound is heard, it continues sounding even if the vehice speed owers to 20 km/h (12 mph) or ess unti the seatbet is fastened or the beep sound period has passed. To aow the front passenger seat weight sensor to function propery, do not pace and sit on an additiona seat cushion on the front passenger seat. The sensor may not function propery because the additiona seat cushion coud cause sensor interference. Pacing packages, uggage, pets or other items on the front passenger seat may cause the front passenger seat bet warning function to operate depending on the weight of the item. 2-23

38 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 2-49). 2-24

39 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint WARNING Use the correct size 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 any 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 and the corresponding tether anchor. Aways secure a chid in a proper chid-restraint system: 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 an adut, causing injury to both chid and adut. Never use a rear-facing chid-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that coud depoy: Rear-facing chid-restraint systems on the front seat are particuary dangerous even though you may fee assured that a front passenger air bag wi not depoy based on the fact that the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates. 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. 2-25

40 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint WARNING Seating a chid in a chid-restraint system on the front passenger seat is dangerous: Vehices equipped with front passenger seat weight sensors are aso equipped with a front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight (page 2-33). 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 with a chid in the chidrestraint system. 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 puts their feet on the front seat rais. 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. Do not aow a chid to ean over or against the side window of a vehice with side and curtain air bags: It is dangerous to aow anyone to ean over or against the side window, the area of the front passenger seat, the front and rear window piars and the roof edge aong both sides from which the side and curtain air bags depoy, even if a chid-restraint system is used. 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 side window, even if the chid is seated in a chid-restraint system. 2-26

41 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint WARNING Never use one seat bet on more than one person at a time: Using one seat bet for more than one person at a time is dangerous. A seat bet used in this way cannot 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 and aways operate the vehice with each occupant propery restrained. 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 2-36). 2-27

42 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. Even if your vehice is equipped with front passenger seat weight sensors (page 2-49), which automaticay deactivates the front passenger air bag, a rear seat is the safest pace for a chid of any age or size. Some chid-restraint systems aso empoy speciay designed LATCH attachments; refer to LATCH Chid-Restraint Systems (page 2-36). 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 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 2-36). 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. 2-28

43 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint 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. 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, refer to the manufacturer's instructions to hook and tighten the tether strap after raising the head restraint (except center position). 2-29

44 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint Anchor bracket ocation (4 Door) Tether strap position (5 Door outboard position) Tether strap Forward Anchor bracket Tether strap position (4 Door) Tether strap Anchor bracket ocation (5 Door center position) Anchor bracket Anchor bracket ocation (5 Door outboard position) Tether strap position (5 Door center position) Tether strap 2-30

45 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint WARNING Use the tether and tether anchor ony for a chid-restraint system: 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. Aways route the tether strap between the head restraint and the seatback (Except center position): Routing 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 which may resut in death or injury to the chid. Aways attach the tether strap to the correct tether anchor position: Attaching the tether strap to the incorrect tether anchor position is dangerous. In a coision, the tether strap coud come off and oosen the chid-restraint system. If the chidrestraint system moves it coud resut in death or injury to the chid. 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. NEVER put a rear-facing chid-restraint system on the front passenger seat, even with a seat weight sensor equipped vehice. 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 side window 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 front-facing chid-restraint system in the front passenger's seat. 2-31

46 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint To check if your front seats have side air bags: Mazda vehices equipped with 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: Mazda vehices equipped with curtain air bag wi have an SRS AIRBAG marking on the front and rear window piars aong the roof edge. WARNING WARNING Never use a rear-facing chid-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that coud depoy: Rear-facing chid-restraint systems on the front seat are particuary dangerous. Even in a moderate coision, 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. Aways move the front passenger seat as far back as possibe if instaing a front-facing chid-restraint system on it is unavoidabe: 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 passenger seat ony when it is unavoidabe. Even if the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates, 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. 2-32

47 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint WARNING Do not aow a chid to ean over or against the side window of a vehice with side and curtain air bags: It is dangerous to aow anyone to ean over or against the side window, the area of the front passenger seat, the front and rear window piars and the roof edge aong both sides from which the side and curtain air bags depoy, even if a chid-restraint system is used. 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 side window, even if the chid is seated in a chid-restraint 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. 2-33

48 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint Without seat warmer 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. 5. Make sure the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates after instaing a chid-restraint system on the front passenger seat. Refer to Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight on page With seat warmer 2-34

49 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint WARNING Do not seat a chid in a chid-restraint system on the front passenger seat if the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight does not iuminated: Whie it is aways better to insta any chid-restraint system on the rear seat, it is imperative that a chid-restraint system ONLY be used on the front passenger seat if the deactivation indicator ight iuminates when the chid is seated in the chid-restraint system (page 2-49). 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 in a chid-restraint system sitting in the front passenger seat coud be seriousy injured or kied. If the indicator ight does not iuminate after seating a chid in a chidrestraint system on the front passenger seat, seat a chid in a chid-restraint system on the rear seat and consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. 2-35

50 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. Most 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 Foow the manufacturer's instructions for the use of the 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. Never attach two chid-restraint systems to the same LATCH ower 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 it 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. Make sure the chid-restraint system is propery secured: 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. Make sure there are no seat bets or foreign objects near or around the LATCH chidrestraint system: 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. 2-36

51 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint qchid-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 (4 Door) Anchor bracket Tether strap position (4 Door) 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) 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. 2-37

52 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint Tether strap position (5 Door) Tether strap Forward WARNING Use the tether and tether anchor ony for a chid-restraint system: 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. Aways route the tether strap between the head restraint and the seatback: Routing 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 which may resut in death or injury to the chid. WARNING Aways attach the tether strap to the correct tether anchor position: Attaching the tether strap to the incorrect tether anchor position is dangerous. In a coision, the tether strap coud come off and oosen the chid-restraint system. If the chidrestraint system moves it coud resut in death or injury to the chid. qchid-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 400 mm (15.75 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 400 mm (15.75 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. 2-38

53 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 (4 Door) Anchor bracket Tether strap position (4 Door) 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 (5 Door) Tether strap 2-39

54 Essentia Safety Equipment Chid Restraint Tether strap position (5 Door) Tether strap WARNING Use the tether and tether anchor ony for a chid-restraint system: 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. Aways attach the tether strap to the correct tether anchor position: Attaching the tether strap to the incorrect tether anchor position is dangerous. In a coision, the tether strap coud come off and oosen the chid-restraint system. If the chidrestraint system moves it coud resut in death or injury to the chid. 2-40

55 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. Sma chidren must be protected by a chid-restraint system as stipuated by aw in every state and province. In certain states and provinces, arger chidren must use a chid-restraint system (page 2-24). 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. 2-41

56 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags WARNING Seat bets must be worn in air bag equipped vehices: 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 the first coision with fronta, near fronta or side forces that are at east moderate. Vehice occupants shoud aways wear seat bets. Chidren shoud not ride in the front passenger 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. Even if the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates, aways move the front passenger seat as far back as possibe. A seeping chid is more ikey to ean against the door and be hit by the side air bag in a moderate, right-side 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. Never use a rear-facing chid-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that coud depoy: Rear-facing chid-restraint systems on the front seat are particuary dangerous even though you may fee assured that a front passenger air bag wi not depoy based on the fact that the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight iuminates. 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. Do not sit too cose to the driver and front passenger air bags: Sitting too cose to the driver and front passenger air bag modues or pacing hands or feet on them is extremey dangerous. The driver and front passenger 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. 2-42

57 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags WARNING Sit in the center of the seat and wear seat bets propery: 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. Do not attach objects on or around the area where driver and front passenger air bags depoy: Attaching an object to the driver and front passenger air bag modues or pacing something in front of them is dangerous. In an accident, an object coud interfere with air bag infation and injure the occupants. Do not attach objects on or around the area where a side air bag depoys: 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 reeasing the gas. 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. Do not attach objects on or around the area where a curtain air bag depoys: 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 reeasing the gas. 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. 2-43

58 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags WARNING Do not pace uggage or other objects under the front seats: Pacing uggage or other objects under the front seats is dangerous. The components essentia to the suppementa restraint system coud be damaged, and in the event of a side coision, the appropriate air bags may not depoy, which coud resut in death or serious injury. To prevent damage to the components essentia to the suppementa restraint system, do not pace uggage or other objects under the front seats. Do not touch the components of the suppementa restraint system after the air bags have infated: Touching the components of the suppementa restraint system after the air bags have infated is dangerous. Immediatey after infation, they are very hot. You coud get burned. Never insta any front-end equipment to your vehice: Instaation of front-end equipment, such as fronta protection bar (kangaroo bar, bu bar, push bar, or other simiar devices), 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. Do not modify the suspension: Modifying the vehice suspension is dangerous. If the vehice's height or the suspension is modified, the vehice wi be unabe to accuratey detect a coision resuting in incorrect or unexpected air bag depoyment and the possibiity of serious injuries. Do not modify 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. Do not 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 air bag wiring and connections to assure that the bags do not accidentay depoy, the driver seat side position sensor and front passenger seat weight sensors are not damaged and that the seats retain an undamaged air bag connection. 2-44

59 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. 2-45

60 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.

61 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags qfront Air Bag System Components (1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (10) (9) (8) (5) (7) (6) (1) Driver seat side position sensor (page 2-49) (2) Front seats (3) Front dua stage infators and air bags (4) Front air bag sensor (5) Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight (page 2-49) (6) Front seat bet pretensioner and oad imiting systems (page 2-15) (7) Front passenger seat weight sensors (page 2-49) (8) Front passenger seat weight sensor contro modue (9) Crash sensors and diagnostic modue (SAS unit) (10) Driver and front passenger seat bet bucke switches (page 2-49) 2-47

62 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags qside and Curtain Air Bag System Components í 4 Door (1) (2) (1) 5 Door (1) (4) (3) (2) (1) (4) (3) (1) Side and curtain infators and air bags (2) Front seats (3) Crash sensors and diagnostic modue (SAS unit) (4) Side crash sensor 2-48 í Some modes.

63 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, a of which provide data from each sensor to the air bag 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 position 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 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 2-57). 2-49

64 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags Front passenger seat weight sensors Vehices equipped with front passenger seat weight sensors are aso equipped with a front passenger air bag deactivation indicator ight is aso equipped (page 2-33). 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 depoying 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 foowing tabe. 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. Without seat warmer With seat warmer If the front passenger weight sensors are working propery, the indicator ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. After about 6 seconds it goes out. 2-50

65 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 Front passenger 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 Do not decrease the tota seated weight on the 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 rim of the moonroof and sitting with the seatback recined too far. Any accessories which might decrease the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat are attached to the front passenger seat. The front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner systems wi deactivate if the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat is cose to 30 kg (66 b) and they wi reactivate before the weight exceeds 42 kg (93 b). 2-51

66 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags WARNING Do not increase the tota seated weight on the 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 may cause serious injury. Increasing the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat beyond 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 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 front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner systems wi deactivate if the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat is ess than approximatey 30 kg (66 b) and they wi reactivate when the weight exceeds approximatey 42 kg (93 b). 2-52

67 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags 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 2-33). 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. 2-53

68 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags 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. However, the side bag system for the front passenger is designed to ony depoy in accordance with the tota seated weight on the front passenger seat. 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 side and curtain air bags wi depoy ony on the side the vehice receives the force of the impact. qair Bag Activation/Deactivation If the front passenger seat weight sensors detect a tota seated weight on the front passenger seat is ess than approximatey 42 kg (93 b), the front passenger front and side air bags and seat bet pretensioner may not depoy (page 2-49), but the curtain air bags may depoy í Some modes.

69 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags Front air bag activation The front air bags wi infate if the severity of impact is above the designed threshod eve. Hitting a soid wa straight on at greater than about 22 km/h (14 mph). Driving into a big hoe or hitting the far side of a hoe. Hitting a curb, pavement edge or hard object. 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 stopping force to activate the air bag. Landing hard or the vehice faing. Fronta offset impact to the vehice may not provide the stopping force necessary for air bag depoyment. Fronta impact within about a 30 degree range from head-on to the vehice. 2-55

70 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags Rear-ending or running under a truck's tai gate may not provide the stopping force necessary for air bag depoyment. Side and curtain air bag activation í The severity of impact above the designed threshod eve to one side of the vehice (driver or passenger side areas) wi cause the side and curtain air bags on that side to infate, but it wi not normay depoy the front air bags. 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. 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. Vehice ro-over, may depoy the side and curtain air bags but not the front air bags. 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 í Some modes.

71 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags Vehice ro-over may not provide enough side force to depoy the side and curtain air bags. qconstant Monitoring The foowing components of the air bag systems are monitored by a diagnostic system: 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. SAS unit Front air bag sensor Air bag modues Side crash sensors 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 Coision from the front, but it may depoy the front air bags. If the air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system is working propery, the warning ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position or after the engine is cranked. The warning ight turns off after a specified period of time. í Some modes. 2-57

72 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags A system mafunction is indicated if the warning ight constanty iuminates or does not iuminate at a when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If either of these occur, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. The system may not work in an accident. WARNING Never tamper with the air bag/ pretensioner systems and aways have an Authorized Mazda Deaer perform a servicing and repairs: Sef-servicing or tampering with the systems is dangerous. An air bag/ pretensioner coud accidentay activate or become disabed causing serious injury or death. qair Bag/Front Seat Bet Pretensioner System Warning Beep If a mafunction is detected in the air bag/ front seat bet pretensioner systems and the warning ight, a warning beep sound wi be heard for about 5 seconds every minute. The air bag and seat bet pretensioner system warning beep sound wi continue to be heard for approximatey 35 minutes. Have your vehice inspected at an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. WARNING Do not drive the vehice with the air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system warning beep sounding: Driving the vehice with the air bag/ front seat bet pretensioner system warning beep sounding is dangerous. In a coision, the air bags and the front seat bet pretensioner system wi not depoy and this coud resut in death or serious injury. Contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the vehice inspected as soon as possibe. 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 bag system warning beep sound wi be heard. The air bags have depoyed. 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 2-49). 2-58

73 Essentia Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags WARNING Do not operate a vehice with damaged air bag/seat bet pretensioner system components: Expended or damaged air bag/seat bet pretensioner system components must be repaced after any coision which caused them to depoy or damage them. Ony a trained Authorized Mazda Deaer can fuy evauate these systems to see that they wi work in any subsequent accident. Driving with an expended or damaged air bag or pretensioner unit wi not afford you the necessary protection in the event of any subsequent accident which coud resut in serious injury or death. 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). Do not remove interior air bag parts: Removing any components such as the front seats, 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. Dispose of the air bag propery: 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. 2-59

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75 3 Knowing Your Mazda Expanation of basic operations and contros; opening/cosing and adjustment of various parts. Doors and Locks Keys Keyess Entry System í Door Locks Liftgate (5 Door) Trunk Lid (4 Door) Inside Trunk Reease Lever (4 Door) Power Windows í 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

76 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Keys Type B WARNING Do not eave the keys in your vehice with chidren and keep them in a pace where your chidren wi not find or pay with them: 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. Refer to Immobiizer System (page 3-26) for information regarding keys and engine starting. (With theft-deterrent system) Refer to Theft-Deterrent System (page 3-29) for information regarding keys and the prevention of vehice and vehice contents theft. Key code number pate 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. Write down the code number and keep it in a separate safe and convenient pace, but not in the vehice. If your key is ost, consut your Authorized Mazda Deaer and have your code number ready. The keys operate a ocks. Type A Retractabe type key Key code number pate 3-2

77 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Key extend/retract method (Retractabe type key) To extend the key, press the reease button. Keyess Entry System í This system remotey ocks and unocks the doors and the iftgate. It can aso hep you signa for attention. Press the buttons sowy and carefuy. CAUTION To retract the key, rotate it into the hoder whie pressing the reease button. To avoid damage to the transmitter, do not: Drop it. Get it wet. Disassembe it. Expose it to high temperatures on paces such as the dashboard or hood, under direct sunight. í Some modes. 3-3

78 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks 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 key is in the ignition switch. Doors and the iftgate cannot be ocked by pressing the ock button whie any other door or the iftgate is open. Aso, the hazard warning ights wi not fash. 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 3-6). 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 additiona transmitters are required. qtransmitter Integrated key type Operation indicator ight Non-key type Lock button Unock button Panic button Unock button Lock button Panic button 3-4

79 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. The operation indicator ight fashes when the buttons are pressed. Lock button To ock the doors and the iftgate, press the ock button and the hazard warning ights wi fash once. To confirm that a doors and the iftgate have been ocked, press the ock button again within 5 seconds. If they are cosed and ocked, the horn wi sound. (Without theft-deterrent system) The hazard warning ights wi fash once to indicate that a doors and the iftgate are ocked. (With theft-deterrent system) The hazard warning ights wi not fash. The hazard warning ights ony fash when the theft deterrent system is armed or turned off, refer to the theft-deterrent system (page 3-29). A doors and the iftgate cannot be ocked when any door or the iftgate is open and the key is in the ignition switch. Confirm that a doors and the 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 doors and the iftgate, press the unock button again within 5 seconds. 3-5

80 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks (Without theft-deterrent system) The hazard warning ights wi fash twice to indicate that a doors and the iftgate are unocked. (With theft-deterrent system) The hazard warning ights wi not fash. The hazard warning ights ony fash when the theft deterrent system is armed or turned off, refer to the theft-deterrent system (page 3-29). After unocking with the transmitter, a doors and the iftgate wi automaticay ock if one of the doors or the iftgate is not opened within about 30 seconds. Panic button If you witness from a distance someone attempting to break into or damage your vehice, pressing the panic button wi activate the vehice's aarm. The panic button wi work whether any door or the iftgate is open or cosed. Turning on the aarm Pressing the panic button for 1 second or more 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. Integrated key type: CR1620 or equivaent Non-key type: 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. 3-6

81 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Repacing the transmitter battery Integrated key type 1. Unfod the key (page 3-2). 2. Insert a sma screwdriver into the sot and push the tab to remove the key from the transmitter. 4. Press the portion of the battery indicated by A and remove the battery. Tab A 3. Insert a sma screwdriver into the sot and genty pry open the transmitter. If it is difficut to remove the battery by pressing with a finger, use a sma screwdriver to press out the battery. 5. Put in the new battery (CR1620 or equivaent) with the positive poe ( ) facing down. 6. Aign the front and back covers and snap the transmitter shut. 7. Insta the key to the transmitter. 3-7

82 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Non-key type 1. Insert a sma screwdriver into the sot and genty pry open the transmitter. Sot 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. Back cover Back cover B Front cover 2. Press the portion of the battery indicated by A and remove the battery. A 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. 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 Radio equipment ike this is governed by aws in the United States. Changes or modifications not expressy approved by the party responsibe for compiance coud void the user's authority to operate the equipment. 3-8

83 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Door Locks WARNING Aways take a chidren and pets with you or eave a responsibe person with them: Leaving a chid or a pet 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. Do not eave the keys in your vehice with chidren and keep them in a pace where your chidren wi not find or pay with them: 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. Keep a doors ocked when driving: 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. WARNING Aways cose a the windows, ock the doors and take the key with you when eaving your vehice unattended: (Except 4 Door) Leaving your vehice unocked is dangerous as chidren coud ock themseves in a hot vehice, which coud resut in death. Aso, a vehice eft unocked becomes an easy target for thieves and intruders. (4 Door) Leaving your vehice unocked is dangerous as chidren coud ock themseves in a hot vehice, or become trapped by cimbing into the trunk, which coud resut in death. Aso, a vehice eft unocked becomes an easy target for thieves and intruders. 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 3-9

84 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks If your vehice is equipped with a front passenger door key sot, the door can be ocked/unocked with the key. qlocking, Unocking with Transmitter í The doors can be ocked/unocked by operating the keyess entry system transmitter, refer to Keyess Entry System (page 3-3). 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. Unock Lock 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 (Lock position) When ocking the doors this way, be carefu not to eave the key inside the vehice. qpower Door Locks í Vehice ock-out prevention The vehice ock-out prevention feature prevents you from ocking yoursef out of the vehice. With the key in the ignition switch, a doors and the iftgate wi automaticay unock if they are ocked using the power door ocks with either front door open í Some modes.

85 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Locking, unocking with key A doors and the iftgate ock automaticay when the driver's door is ocked with the key. A doors and the iftgate unock when the driver's door is unocked and the key is hed in the unock position for one second or onger. Locking, unocking with door-ock switch A doors and the iftgate ock automaticay when LOCK is pushed. They a unock when the unmarked part of the door-ock switch is pushed. Unock Lock Unock Lock Hoding the key in the unocked position in the driver's door ock for about a second unocks a doors and the 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. 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 insert the key and turn 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. Unock Lock 3-11

86 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Liftgate (5 Door) WARNING Never aow a person to ride in the uggage compartment: Aowing a person to ride in the uggage compartment is dangerous. The person in the uggage compartment coud be seriousy injured or kied during sudden braking or a coision. qlocking, Unocking with Door- Lock Switch The iftgate can be ocked/unocked by operating the door-ock switch, refer to Power Door Locks (page 3-10). qopening and Cosing the Liftgate Opening the iftgate Pu the hande and ift up the iftgate. Do not drive with the iftgate open: 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. 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 3-10). 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). 3-12

87 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks If the vehice battery is dead or there is a mafunction in the eectrica system and the iftgate cannot be unocked, perform the foowing 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 qluggage Compartment WARNING Do not pace anything on top of 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. The vehice has a ight weight uggage compartment cover to keep the contents of your uggage area out of sight; it wi not retain heavy objects that are not tied down in an accident such as a roover. Tie down a heavy objects, whether uggage or cargo, using the tie down hooks. Make sure uggage and cargo is secured before driving: Not securing cargo whie driving is dangerous as it coud move or be crushed during sudden braking or a coision and cause injury. CAUTION After performing this emergency measure, have the vehice inspected at an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. Make sure the uggage compartment cover is firmy secured. If it is not firmy secured, it coud unexpectedy disengage resuting in injury. 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 securey atched. 3-13

88 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Luggage compartment cover strap The uggage compartment can be accessed by opening the iftgate when the straps are attached to the sides of the iftgate. Strap Luggage compartment cover The uggage compartment can be accessed by opening the uggage compartment cover from the inside of the vehice. CAUTION To prevent cargo from shifting whie driving or during sudden deceeration, be carefu of the foowing: Do not open the uggage compartment cover whie the vehice is moving. Do not overoad the uggage compartment so that the cover cannot be cosed. Do not aow cargo to interfere with the uggage compartment cover atch. This cover can be removed for more room. To do this, just unfasten the straps; then ift and pu it out. Latch Latch 3-14

89 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Trunk Lid (4 Door) WARNING Never aow a person to ride in the trunk: Aowing a person to ride in the trunk is dangerous. In addition, the person in the trunk coud be seriousy injured or kied during sudden braking or a coision. Keep the trunk cosed when driving: Exhaust gas entering the cabin of a vehice through an open trunk 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. qopening and Cosing the Trunk Lid WARNING Cose the trunk id, ock the rear seatbacks and do not aow chidren to pay inside the vehice: 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. 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 can not pay with them: Leaving chidren or animas unattended in a parked vehice is dangerous. Babies eft seeping and chidren who ock themseves in cars or trunks can die very quicky from heat prostration. Do not eave your chidren or pets aone in a car at any time. Do not eave the car, the rear foding seats or the trunk unocked. 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. 3-15

90 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Opening the trunk id with the key Insert the key into the sot and turn it cockwise. qtrunk Security In some situations you may want to prevent the trunk from being opened with the remote trunk id reease ever. Give your key ony to someone you trust. Open To secure the trunk id, ock the rear seatbacks (page 2-8), push the trunk ock ever up, and cose the trunk. To cance the security feature, insert the key into the ock, turn the key cockwise, and pu the trunk ock ever down. Opening the trunk id with the remote reease ever Pu up the reease ever next to the driver's seat. Unock Lock Trunk ock ever Reease ever qtrunk Light The trunk ight is on when the id is open and off when it's cosed. 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. 3-16

91 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks To prevent the battery from being discharged, do not eave the trunk open for a ong period when the engine is not running. Inside Trunk Reease Lever (4 Door) Your vehice is equipped with an inside trunk reease hande 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 reease hande so that a chidren can be tod about it in an appropriate way, keeping in mind that most vehices don't have such handes. 3-17

92 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks WARNING Cose the trunk id, ock the rear seatbacks and do not aow chidren to pay inside the vehice: 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. qopening the Trunk Lid from the Inside Side the inside trunk reease 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 ever is ocated on the inside of the trunk id. 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 can not pay with them: Leaving chidren or animas unattended in a parked vehice is dangerous. Babies eft seeping and chidren who ock themseves in cars or trunks can die very quicky from heat prostration. Do not eave your chidren or pets aone in a car at any time. Do not eave the car, the rear foding seats or the trunk unocked. 3-18

93 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Power Windows í The ignition switch must be in the ON position for the power windows to operate. WARNING 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. Make sure the opening is cear before cosing a window: 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. Driver's window Cose Open 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: 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. 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. CAUTION To prevent burning out the fuse and damaging the power window system, do not open or cose more than three windows at once. í Some modes. 3-19

94 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks 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. 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 Left rear window Unocked position Power window ock switch Front passenger's window 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 WARNING Uness a passenger needs to operate a power window, keep the power window ock switch in the ocked position: Unintentiona power window operation is dangerous. A person's hands, head, or neck coud be caught by the window and resut in serious injury. 3-20

95 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Fue-Fier Lid and Cap WARNING When removing the fue cap, oosen the cap sighty and wait for any hissing to stop. Then remove it: 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. Before refueing, stop the engine, and aways keep sparks and fames away from the fier neck: Fue vapor is dangerous. It coud be ignited by sparks or fames causing serious burns and injuries. 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. qfue-fier Lid To open, pu up the remote fue-fier id reease. 4 Door Remote fue-fier id reease 5 Door Remote fue-fier id reease CAUTION 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. 3-21

96 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks qfue-fier Cap To remove the fier cap, turn it countercockwise. To cose the fier cap, turn it cockwise unti it cicks. Open Cose Hood WARNING Aways check that the hood is cosed and securey ocked: 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. qopening the Hood 1. With the vehice parked, pu the reease hande to unock the hood. CAUTION Make sure the fue-fier cap is tightened securey. The check engine ight may iuminate 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. 2. Side the hood atch and ift the hood. Type A 3-22

97 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks Type B 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. Grasp the support rod in the padded area indicated by the arrow. Cip Pad Support rod 4. Secure the support rod in the stay hoe indicated by the arrow to hod the hood open. With turbocharger Without turbocharger 3-23

98 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 Tit switch WARNING Do not et passengers stand up or extend part of the body through the open moonroof whie the vehice is moving: 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 serious injury or death. Make sure the opening is cear before 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. After washing your Mazda or after it rains, 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 fuy tit automaticay, momentariy push the rear of the tit switch. To stop titing partway, push any part of the tit or side switch. To cose to the desired position, push the front of the tit or side switch. Cose qside Operation Cose Tit up To fuy open automaticay, momentariy push the rear of the side switch. To stop siding partway, push any part of the tit or side switch í Some modes.

99 Knowing Your Mazda Doors and Locks To cose to the desired position, push the front of the tit or side switch. Open Cose 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 CAUTION The sunshade does not tit. To avoid damaging the sunshade, do not push up on it. 3-25

100 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 Radio equipment ike this is governed by aws in the United States. 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. 3-26

101 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. 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. 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. 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. 3-27

102 Knowing Your Mazda Security System 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 the immobiizer system or the vehice. 3-28

103 Knowing Your Mazda Security System Theft-Deterrent System í The theft-deterrent system is designed to prevent your vehice or its contents from being stoen when a doors, hood, and trunk id/iftgate 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 windows are competey cosed and a doors and the trunk id/ iftgate 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. Unocking a door with the door ock switch. Opening a door by operating an inside door-ock knob. Opening the hood by operating the hood reease hande. Opening the trunk id by operating the trunk id reease ever. If the system is triggered again, the ights and horn wi activate unti a door or the trunk id is unocked with the key or with the transmitter. qhow to Arm the System 1. Remove the key from the ignition switch. 2. Make sure the hood is cosed. Cose and ock a doors and the iftgate/trunk id from the outside using the key. If you have the keyess entry system, press the ock button on the 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 iftgate/trunk id. 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 or the trunk id 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. í Some modes. 3-29

104 Knowing Your Mazda Security System qto Stop an Aarm A triggered aarm can be turned off by any one of the foowing methods: Unock a door or the trunk id with the key. Press the unock button on the keyess entry system transmitter. If you have any probem with the theftdeterrent system, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. qtheft-deterrent Labes A abe indicating that your vehice is equipped with a Theft-Deterrent System is in the gove box. Mazda recommends that you affix it to the ower rear corner of a front door window. 3-30

105 Knowing Your Mazda Steering Whee and Mirrors Steering Whee WARNING Never adjust the steering whee whie the vehice is moving: 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. 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 mirror anges before driving. Mirror type Fat type (driver's side) Fat surface mirror. Convex type (front passenger side) The mirror has singe curvature on its surface. WARNING Be sure to ook over your shouder before changing anes: 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. Power contro mirror The ignition switch must be in the ACC or ON position. 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. To adjust: 1. Move the seector switch to the eft or right to choose the eft or right side mirror. 3-31

106 Knowing Your Mazda Steering Whee and Mirrors 2. Depress the mirror switch in the appropriate direction. Outside mirror Seector switch Foding the mirror Fod the outside mirror rearward unti it is fush with the vehice. Mirror switch After adjusting the mirror, ock the contro by moving the seector switch to the midde position. Manua contro mirror To adjust, move the mirror's contro ever, just inside the door. Contro ever WARNING Aways return the outside mirrors to the driving position before you start driving: Driving with the outside mirrors foded in is dangerous. Your rear view wi be restricted, and you coud have an accident. 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 5-60). qrearview Mirror Rearview mirror adjustment Before driving, adjust the rearview mirror to center on the scene through the rear window í Some modes.

107 Knowing Your Mazda Steering Whee and Mirrors Type A Push the ever forward for day driving. Pu it back to reduce gare from headights. Day/Night ever Type B Day Night WARNING Do not stack cargo or objects higher than the seatbacks: 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. Reducing gare from headights Adjust the mirror with the day/night ever in the day position. 3-33

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109 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 Turbocharger Information í Towing Traier Towing í Some modes. 4-1

110 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. 2.3-iter turbocharger engine Your Mazda wi perform best with fue isted in the tabe. Fue Premium uneaded fue Octane Rating * (Anti-knock index) 91 [ (R+M)/2 method] or above (96 RON or above) * U.S. federa aw requires that octane ratings be posted on gasoine station pumps. This vehice is designed for and requires use of premium uneaded fue. If 91 octane fue [ (R+M)/2 method] (96RON) is not avaiabe, gasoine as ow as 87 octane [ (R+M)/2 method] (91RON) can be used temporariy for emergency purposes. Use of gasoine ower than 91 octane [ (R+M)/2 method] (96RON) can decrease performance during its use. Refueing the vehice with the correct octane fue a coupe of times wi restore vehice performance. Except 2.3-iter turbocharger engine 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. 4-2

111 Before Driving Your Mazda Fue and Engine Exhaust Precautions 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. 4-3

112 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 Never park over or near anything fammabe: Parking over or near anything fammabe, such as dry grass, is dangerous. Even with the engine turned off, the exhaust system remains very hot after norma use and coud ignite anything fammabe. A resuting fire coud cause serious injury or death. 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 2 minutes. Don't tamper with the emission contro system. A inspections and adjustments must be made by a quaified technician. Don't 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. Whie the engine is off, the sound of a vave opening and cosing can be heard at the rear of the right side of the vehice, however this does not indicate an abnormaity. Your vehice has a sef-checking device and it operates whie the engine is off. 4-4

113 Before Driving Your Mazda Fue and Engine Exhaust Precautions Engine Exhaust (Carbon Monoxide) WARNING Do not drive your vehice if you sme exhaust gas inside the vehice: 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. Do not run the engine when inside an 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. Open the windows or adjust the heating or cooing system to draw fresh air when iding the engine: 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. Cear snow from underneath and around your vehice, particuary the tai pipe, before starting the engine: 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, it coud cause oss of consciousness or even death to occupants in the cabin. 4-5

114 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 fuid eaks. 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

115 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 Never stop the engine when going down a hi: 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. 4-7

116 Before Driving Your Mazda Driving Tips Hazardous Driving WARNING Be extremey carefu if it is necessary to downshift 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 you get stuck, seect a ower gear and acceerate sowy. Do not spin the front whees. For more traction in starting on sippery surfaces such as ice or packed snow, use sand, rock sat, chains, carpeting, or other nonsip materia under the front whees. Use snow chains ony on the front whees. Do not rey on ABS as a substitute for safe driving: The ABS cannot compensate for unsafe and reckess driving, excessive speed, taigating (foowing another vehice too cosey), driving on ice and snow, and hydropaning (reduced tire friction and road contact because of water on the road surface). You can sti have an accident. When driving on ice or in water, snow, mud, sand, or simiar hazards: Be cautious and aow extra distance for braking. Avoid sudden braking and sudden maneuvering. If your vehice is not equipped with ABS, brake with the peda by using a ight up-down motion. Do not hod the peda down constanty. If your vehice is equipped with ABS, do not pump the brakes. Continue to press down on the brake peda. Refer to Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) on page

117 Before Driving Your Mazda Driving Tips Rocking the Vehice WARNING Do not spin the whees at more than 56 km/h (35 mph), and do not aow anyone to stand behind a whee when pushing the vehice: 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. 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. Winter Driving Carry emergency gear, incuding tire chains, 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. Refer to Engine Cooant on page 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 8-28). 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. 4-9

118 Before Driving Your Mazda Driving Tips qsnow 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. WARNING Use ony the same size and type tires (snow, radia, or non-radia) on a four whees: Using tires different in size or type is dangerous. Your vehice's handing coud be greaty affected and resut in an accident. CAUTION Check oca reguations before using studded tires. If your vehice is equipped with the tire pressure monitoring system, the system may not function correcty when using tires with stee wire reinforcement in the sidewas (page 5-29). qtire Chains Check oca reguations before using tire chains. CAUTION Chains may scratch or chip auminum whees. Insta tire chains on stee whees ony. Chains may affect handing. Don't go faster than 50 km/h (30 mph) or the chain manufacturer's recommended imit, whichever is ower. Drive carefuy and avoid bumps, hoes, and sharp turns. Avoid ocked-whee braking. Don't use chains on a temporary spare tire; it may resut in damage to the vehice and to the tire. Don't use chains on roads that are free of snow or ice. The tires and chains coud be damaged. If your vehice is equipped with the tire pressure monitoring system, the system may not function correcty when using tire chains. Insta the chains on the front tires. Don't use chains on the rear tires. Use ony genuine Mazda tire chains. Pease consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 4-10

119 Before Driving Your Mazda Driving Tips Instaing the chains 1. Secure the chains on the front tires as tighty as possibe. Aways foow the chain manufacturer's instructions. 2. Retighten the chains after driving 1/2 1 km (1/4 1/2 mie). Driving In Fooded Area WARNING Dry wet brakes by driving very sowy and appying the brakes ighty unti brake performance returns to norma: 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. CAUTION Make sure water does not enter the vehice interior or the engine area. Interior materias coud get mody, and many eectronic devices in the cabin and the engine coud be damaged. 4-11

120 Before Driving Your Mazda Driving Tips Overoading WARNING Be carefu not to overoad your vehice: 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. 4-12

121 Before Driving Your Mazda Driving Tips Turbocharger Information í The turbocharger greaty enhances engine power. Its advanced design provides improved operation and requires minimum additiona maintenance. To get maximum performance from your turbocharged engine, take note of the foowing tips: The turbocharged engine is designed for optima operation with premium uneaded gasoine (page 4-2). Do not use fue with a ower octane rating. Extra fue additives are NOT recommended. Change the engine oi and fiter using the turbo engine interva outined in the maintenance schedue (for your driving condition). Use ony the recommended engine oi (page 8-18). Extra oi additives are NOT recommended. After driving at freeway speeds or up a ong hi, ide the engine at east 30 seconds to coo the turbo before turning off the engine. Avoid simpy shutting the engine off abrupty after a hard or ong drive. Damage to the turbocharger may resut. Don't race or over-rev the engine when starting. This shoud not be done with ANY engine, especiay not with one that's turbocharged. Do not add any aftermarket devices to ater the engine's ignition timing, fue deivery, or turbo boost pressure. This may ead to serious engine damage and may void your warranty. í Some modes. 4-13

122 Before Driving Your Mazda Towing Traier Towing The Mazda3 is not designed for towing. Never tow a traier with your Mazda

123 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 í Traction Contro System (TCS) í Dynamic Stabiity Contro (DSC) í Tire Pressure Monitoring System 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 (5 Door) Rear Window Defroster Horn Hazard Warning Fasher í Some modes. 5-1

124 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. To turn the key from the ACC to the LOCK position, push the button when the key is at the ACC position, then turn the key to the LOCK position. Shift ever engaged in P (park) WARNING Remove the key ony when the vehice is parked: Removing the key from the ignition switch whie the vehice is moving is dangerous. Removing the key aows the steering whee to ock. You wi ose steering contro and a serious accident coud occur. Button Push the button 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: Leaving the driver's seat without setting the parking brake and the shift ever is dangerous. Unexpected vehice movement coud occur. This coud cause an accident. 5-2

125 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 5-37). 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 5-37). qignition Key Reminder If the ignition switch is in the LOCK or ACC position with the key inserted, a continuous 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 cutch 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 depressed 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

126 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. qfoot Brake Brake System 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 Do not coast with the engine staed or turned off, find a safe pace to stop: Coasting with the engine 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. Shift to a ower gear when going down steep his: 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. 5-4

127 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving WARNING Dry brakes that have become wet by driving very sowy and appying the brakes ighty unti brake performance is norma: 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. Setting the parking brake Depress the brake peda and then firmy pu the parking brake ever fuy upwards with a greater amount of force than is required so that the vehice hods in the stationary position. qparking Brake WARNING 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: Leaving the driver's seat without setting the parking brake and the shift ever is dangerous. Unexpected vehice movement coud occur. This coud cause an accident. Reeasing the parking brake Depress the brake peda and pu the parking brake ever upwards, then press the reease button. Whie hoding the button, ower the parking brake ever a the way down to the reeased position. CAUTION Driving with the parking brake on wi cause excessive wear of the brake inings or pads. For parking in snow, refer to Winter Driving (page 4-9) regarding parking brake use. 5-5

128 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 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. 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 8-23). 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. Having to add brake fuid is sometimes an indicator of eakage. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe even if the brake ight is no onger iuminated. WARNING Do not drive with the brake system warning ight iuminated. Contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the brakes inspected as soon as possibe: Driving with the brake system warning ight iuminated 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 iuminated, after checking that the parking brake is fuy reeased, have the brakes inspected immediatey. 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. Even if the ight goes out have your brake system inspected as soon as possibe by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 5-6 í Some modes.

129 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving WARNING Do not rey on ABS as a substitute for safe driving: The ABS cannot compensate for unsafe and reckess driving, excessive speed, taigating (foowing another vehice too cosey), driving on ice and snow, and hydropaning (reduced tire friction and road contact because of water on the road surface). You can sti have an accident. 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. 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. qeectronic Brake Force Distribution System Warning í 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 and the ABS warning ight on at the same time. The probem is ikey to be an eectronic brake force distribution system. í Some modes. 5-7

130 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving WARNING Do not drive with both the ABS warning ight and brake warning ight iuminated. Have the vehice towed to an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the brakes inspected as soon as possibe: Driving when the brake system warning ight and ABS warning ight are iuminated at the same time is dangerous. When both ights are iuminated, the rear whees coud ock more quicky in an emergency stop than under norma circumstances. qbrake Assist í During emergency braking situations when it is necessary to depress the brake peda with greater force, the brake assist system provides braking assistance, thus enhancing braking performance. When the brake peda is depressed hard or depressed more quicky, the peda wi fee softer but the brakes wi appy more firmy. This is a norma effect of the brake assist operation and does not indicate an abnormaity. When the brake peda is depressed hard or depressed more quicky, a cicking noise from the brake booster may be heard. This is a norma effect of the brake assist and does not indicate an abnormaity. The brake assist equipment does not supersede the functionaity of the vehice's main braking system. When the brake peda is depressed hard or depressed more quicky, the brakes appy more firmy. 5-8 í Some modes.

131 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving Manua Transaxe Operation qmanua Transaxe Shift Pattern 5-speed transaxe (6-speed transaxe) Vehices with 6-speed transaxe are equipped with a device to prevent shifting to R (reverse) by mistake. Push the shift ever downward and shift to R. Neutra position 6-speed transaxe Neutra position The vehice is equipped with either a 5- speed or 6-speed manua transaxe. The shift pattern for each is shown above. Depress the cutch peda a the way down whie shifting; then reease it sowy. (5-speed transaxe) 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 Do not use sudden engine braking on sippery road surfaces or at high speeds: 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. Be sure to eave the shift ever in 1 or R position and set the parking brake when eaving the vehice unattended: Otherwise the vehice coud move and cause an accident. 5-9

132 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. 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. If shifting to R is difficut, shift back into neutra, reease the cutch peda, and try again. qrecommendations for Shifting Upshifting For norma acceeration, we recommend these shift points. Gear 5-speed transaxe 6-speed transaxe 1 to 2 21 km/h (13 mph) 24 km/h (15 mph) 2 to 3 39 km/h (24 mph) 40 km/h (25 mph) 3 to 4 55 km/h (34 mph) 65 km/h (40 mph) 4 to 5 79 km/h (49 mph) 73 km/h (45 mph) 5to6 81 km/h (50 mph) For cruising Gear 5-speed transaxe 6-speed transaxe 1 to 2 18 km/h (11 mph) 24 km/h (15 mph) 2 to 3 29 km/h (18 mph) 40 km/h (25 mph) 3 to 4 47 km/h (29 mph) 65 km/h (40 mph) 4 to 5 68 km/h (42 mph) 73 km/h (45 mph) 5to6 81 km/h (50 mph) 5-10

133 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 ON position). Indicates the shift ever can be shifted freey into any position. This Sport AT has an option that is not incuded in traditiona automatic transaxe - giving the driver the option of seecting each gear instead of eaving it to the transaxe to shift gears. Even if you intend to use the automatic transaxe functions as a traditiona automatic, you shoud aso be aware that you can inadvertenty shift into manua shift mode and an inappropriate gear may be retained as you change speeds. If you notice the engine speed going higher or hear the engine racing, confirm you have not accidentay sipped into manua shift mode (page 5-13). 5-11

134 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving 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 Aways set the shift ever to P AND set the parking brake: 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. 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 4-9). 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 If the engine is running faster than ide, do not shift from N or P into a driving gear: 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. Do not shift into N when driving the vehice: Shifting into N whie driving is dangerous. Engine braking cannot be appied when deceerating which coud ead to an accident or serious injury. CAUTION Do not shift into N when driving the vehice. Doing so can cause transaxe damage. Appy the parking brake or depress the brake peda before moving the shift ever from N to prevent the vehice from moving unexpectedy. D (Drive) D is the norma driving position. From a stop, the transaxe wi automaticay shift through a 4-gear/5-gear * sequence. * 2.3-iter engine mode 5-12

135 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving 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 5-13). 2. Insert a screwdriver and push it down. 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 ACC or 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. qshift-lock Override If the shift ever won't move from P using the proper shift procedure, continue to hod down the peda. 1. Remove the shift-ock override cover with a screwdriver. 3. Move the shift ever. 4. Take the vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the system checked. 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. To return to automatic shift mode, shift the ever from M to D. 5-13

136 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving 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. (2.3-iter engine mode) If you change to manua shift mode without depressing the acceerator peda when driving in D range, 5th gear, the gear wi shift to M4. Indicators Shift position indicator In manua shift mode, the M of the shift position indicator in the instrument pane iuminates. Gear position indicator The numera for the seected gear iuminates. 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. If the automatic transaxe fuid (ATF) temperature becomes too high, there is the possibiity that the transaxe wi switch to automatic shift mode, canceing manua shift mode and turning off the gear position indicator iumination. This is a norma function to protect the AT. After the ATF temperature has decreased, the gear position indicator iumination turns back on and driving in manua shift mode is restored. Shifting Manuay Shifting up (M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 * ) To shift up to a higher gear, tap the shift ever back ( ) once. * 2.3-iter engine mode Gear position indicator Shift position indicator 5-14

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. When depressing the acceerator fuy, the transaxe wi shift to a ower gear, depending on vehice speed. Manuay Shifting down (M5 * M4 M3 M2 M1) To shift down to a ower gear, tap the shift ever forward ( ) once. * 2.3-iter engine mode WARNING Do not use sudden engine braking on sippery road surfaces or at high speeds: 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. Be sure to eave the shift ever in 1 or R position and set the parking brake when eaving the vehice unattended: Otherwise the vehice coud move and cause an accident. 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. Second gear fixed mode When the shift ever is tapped back ( ) whie the vehice is stopped or driven at the foowing speeds, the transaxe is set in the second gear fixed mode. 2.0-iter engine mode: 14 km/h (8 mph) or ess 5-15

138 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving 2.3-iter engine mode: 20 km/h (12 mph) or ess The gear is fixed in second whie in this mode for easier starting and driving on sippery roads. If the shift ever is tapped back ( ) or forward ( ) whie in the second gear fixed mode, the mode wi be canceed. Shifting specification (2.0-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 Vehice speed You can shift up to M2 whether the vehice is stopped or moving. 20 km/h (12 mph) 40 km/h (24 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 M4 M3 M3 M2 M2 M1 Vehice speed 180 km/h (112 mph) 119 km/h (74 mph) 47 km/h (30 mph) During deceeration, the gears shift down automaticay when speed is reduced to the foowing: Gear M4 M3 M3 or M2 M1 Vehice speed 36 km/h (22 mph) 12 km/h (7 mph) If the vehice is kicked down at the foowing speeds or ower, the gears shift down automaticay: Gear M4 M3 M3 M2 Vehice speed 170 km/h (105 mph) 72 km/h (44 mph) 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. M1 M2 Gear M2 M3 M3 M4 M4 M5 Vehice speed You can shift up to M2 whether the vehice is stopped or moving. 20 km/h (12 mph) 33 km/h (21 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 191 km/h (118 mph) 137 km/h (85 mph) 89 km/h (55 mph) 44 km/h (27 mph) During deceeration, the gears shift down automaticay when speed is reduced to the foowing: Gear M5 or M4 M3 M3 or M2 M1 Vehice speed 30 km/h (18 mph) 10 km/h (6 mph) The gear does not shift down to M1 automaticay whie in the second gear fixed mode. 5-16

139 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving The gear does not shift down to M1 automaticay whie in the second gear fixed mode. If the vehice is kicked down at the foowing speeds or ower, the gears shift down automaticay: Gear M5 M4 M4 M3 M3 M2 M2 M1 Vehice speed 182 km/h (113 mph) 133 km/h (82 mph) 48 km/h (30 mph) 12 km/h (7 mph) Recommendations for shifting Upshifting For norma acceeration and cruising, we recommend these shift points. (2.0-iter engine mode) Gear Vehice speed M1 to M2 24 km/h (15 mph) M2 to M3 40 km/h (25 mph) M3 to M4 65 km/h (40 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 the brake peda 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. (2.3-iter engine mode) Gear M1 to M2 M2 to M3 M3 to M4 M4 to M5 Vehice speed 24 km/h (15 mph) 40 km/h (25 mph) 65 km/h (40 mph) 73 km/h (45 mph) 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. 5-17

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 stiffer than usua 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. If the ight stays iuminated after the engine is started or iuminates whie driving, turn off the engine after parking in a safe pace, and then start the engine again. If the ight does not iuminate after restarting the engine, this indicates that the power steering is restored and norma steering is possibe. If the ight remains iuminated, the power steering is sti inoperabe. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. The power steering system is inoperabe when the power steering mafunction indicator ight iuminates. Steering is possibe, but requires more physica effort. qpower Steering Mafunction Indicator Light í This indicator ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position and goes off when the engine is started í Some modes.

141 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving Cruise Contro í With cruise contro, you can set and automaticay maintain any speed of more than about 30 km/h (19 mph). WARNING Do not use the cruise contro under the foowing conditions: Using the cruise contro under the foowing conditions is dangerous and coud resut in oss of vehice contro. Hiy terrain Steep incines Heavy or unsteady traffic Sippery or winding roads Simiar restrictions that require inconsistent speed qcruise Main Indicator Light (Amber)/Cruise Set Indicator Light (Green) The indicator ight has two coors. Cruise Main Indicator Light (Amber) The indicator ight iuminates amber when the ON/OFF switch is pressed and the cruise contro system is activated. Cruise Set Indicator Light (Green) The indicator ight iuminates green when a cruising speed has been 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 Keep the ON/OFF switch off when cruise contro is not in use: Leaving the ON/OFF switch on when not using the cruise contro is dangerous as you may hit one of the other buttons and put the vehice in cruise contro unexpectedy. This coud resut in oss of vehice contro. qto Set Speed 1. Activate the cruise contro system by pressing the ON/OFF switch. 2. Acceerate to the desired speed, which must be more than 30 km/h (19 mph). í Some modes. 5-19

142 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving 3. Press the SET/COAST button and reease it at the speed you want. Reease the acceerator at the same time. 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. 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. 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. 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. 5-20

143 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving 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. 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). 5-21

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 and braking. When the TCS detects driving whee sippage, it owers engine torque and operates the brakes 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 25 km/h (16 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 Do not rey on the traction contro system as a substitute for safe 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. Use snow tires or tire chains and drive at reduced speeds when roads are covered with ice and/or snow: 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 í Some modes.

145 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving To turn off the TCS, press the DSC OFF switch (page 5-24). qtcs/dsc Indicator Light This indicator ight stays on for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If the TCS or DSC is operating, the indicator ight fashes. If the ight stays on, the TCS or DSC may have a mafunction and they 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. Dynamic Stabiity Contro (DSC) í The Dynamic Stabiity Contro (DSC) automaticay contros braking and engine torque in conjunction with systems such as ABS and TCS to hep contro side sip when driving on sippery surfaces, or during sudden or evasive maneuvering, enhancing vehice safety. Refer to ABS (page 5-6) and TCS (page 5-22). DSC operation is possibe at speeds greater than 20 km/h (12 mph). WARNING Do not rey on the dynamic stabiity contro as a substitute for safe driving: The dynamic stabiity contro (DSC) 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. í Some modes. 5-23

146 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving CAUTION The DSC may not operate correcty uness the foowing are observed: Use tires of the correct size specified for your Mazda on a four whees. Use tires of the same manufacturer, brand and tread pattern on a four whees. Do not mix worn tires. The DSC may not operate correcty when tire chains are used or a temporary spare tire is instaed because the tire diameter changes. After turning the ignition switch to the ON position, a cicking sound may be heard behind the dashboard. This sound is the resut of the DSC system sefcheck operation and does not indicate an abnormaity. qtcs/dsc Indicator Light If the ight stays on, the TCS or DSC may have a mafunction and they may not operate correcty. Take your vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. qdsc OFF Indicator Light 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 DSC OFF switch is pressed and TCS/DSC is switched off (page 5-24). If the ight stays on when the TCS/DSC is not switched off, take your vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. The dynamic stabiity contro may have a mafunction. qdsc OFF Switch To turn off the TCS/DSC, press and hod the DSC OFF switch unti the DSC OFF indicator ight iuminates. This indicator ight stays on for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If the TCS or DSC is operating, the indicator ight fashes. 5-24

147 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving Press the switch again to turn the TCS/ DSC back on. The DSC OFF indicator ight wi go out. When DSC is on and you attempt to free the vehice when it is stuck, or drive it out of freshy faen snow, the TCS (part of the DSC system) wi activate. Depressing the acceerator wi not increase engine power and freeing the vehice may be difficut. When this happens, turn off the TCS/ DSC. If the TCS/DSC is off when the engine is turned off, it automaticay activates when the ignition switch is turned on. Leaving the TCS/DSC on wi provide the best stabiity. Tire Pressure Monitoring System í The tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) monitors the pressure for each tire. If tire pressure is too ow in one or more tires, the system wi inform the driver via the warning ight in the instrument pane and by the warning beep sound. The tire pressure sensors instaed on each whee send tire pressure data by radio signa to the receiver unit in the vehice. Tire pressure sensors When the ambient temperature is ow due to seasona changes, tire temperatures are aso ower. If the tire temperature owers, the air pressure owers as we, and the TPMS warning ight iuminates more frequenty. Inspect the tire pressure daiy before driving, and check the tire pressures monthy with a tire pressure gauge. When checking the tire pressures, use of a digita tire pressure gauge is recommended. í Some modes. 5-25

148 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving TPMS does not aeviate your need to check the pressure and condition of a four tires before you drive each day. CAUTION Each tire, incuding the spare (if provided), shoud be checked monthy when cod and infated to the infation pressure recommended by the vehice manufacturer on the vehice pacard or tire infation pressure abe. (If your vehice has tires of a different size than the size indicated on the vehice pacard or tire infation pressure abe, you shoud determine the proper tire infation pressure for those tires.) As an added safety feature, your vehice has been equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) that iuminates a ow tire pressure tetae when one or more of your tires is significanty under-infated. Accordingy, when the ow tire pressure tetae iuminates, you shoud stop and check your tires as soon as possibe, and infate them to the proper pressure. Driving on a significanty under-infated tire causes the tire to overheat and can ead to tire faiure. Under-infation aso reduces fue efficiency and tire tread ife, and may affect the vehice's handing and stopping abiity. Pease note that the TPMS is not a substitute for proper tire maintenance, and it is the driver's responsibiity to maintain correct tire pressure, even if under-infation has not reached the eve to trigger iumination of the TPMS ow tire pressure tetae. CAUTION Your vehice has aso been equipped with a TPMS mafunction indicator to indicate when the system is not operating propery. The TPMS mafunction indicator is combined with the ow tire pressure tetae. When the system detects a mafunction, the tetae wi fash for approximatey one minute and then remain continuousy iuminated. This sequence wi continue upon subsequent vehice start-ups as ong as the mafunction exists. When the mafunction indicator is iuminated, the system may not be abe to detect or signa ow tire pressure as intended. TPMS mafunctions may occur for a variety of reasons, incuding the instaation of repacement or aternate tires or whees on the vehice that prevent the TPMS from functioning propery. Aways check the TPMS mafunction tetae after repacing one or more tires or whees on your vehice to ensure that the repacement or aternate tires and whees aow the TPMS to continue to function propery. To avoid fase readings, the system sampes for a itte whie before indicating a probem. As a resut it wi not instantaneousy register a rapid tire defation or bow out. 5-26

149 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving 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. qtire Pressure Monitoring System Warning Light This warning ight iuminates for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. Thereafter, the warning ight iuminates when tire pressure is too ow in one or more tires, and fashes when there is a system mafunction. WARNING If the tire pressure monitoring system warning ight iuminates or fashes, or the tire pressure warning beep sound is heard, decrease vehice speed immediatey and avoid sudden maneuvering and braking: If the tire pressure monitoring system warning ight iuminates or fashes, or the tire pressure warning beep sound is heard, it is dangerous to drive the vehice at high speeds, or perform sudden maneuvering or braking. Vehice drivabiity coud worsen and resut in an accident. To determine if you have a sow eak or a fat, pu over to a safe position where you can check the visua condition of the tire and determine if you have enough air to proceed to a pace where air may be added and the system monitored again, an Authorized Mazda Deaer or a tire repair station. Do not ignore the TPMS Warning Light: Ignoring the TPMS warning ight is dangerous, even if you know why it is iuminated. Have the probem taken care of as soon as possibe before it deveops into a more serious situation that coud ead to tire faiure and a dangerous accident. Warning ight iuminates/warning beep sounds When the warning ight iuminates, and the warning beep sound is heard (about 3 seconds), tire pressure is too ow in one or more tires. 5-27

150 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving Adjust the tire pressure to the correct tire pressure. Refer to the specification charts (page 10-8). CAUTION When repacing/repairing the tires or whees or both, have the work done by an Authorized Mazda Deaer, or the tire pressure sensors may be damaged. Perform tire pressure adjustment when the tires are cod. Tire pressure wi vary according to the tire temperature, therefore et the vehice stand for 1 hour or ony drive it 1.6 km (1 mie) or ess before adjusting the tire pressures. When pressure is adjusted on hot tires to the cod infation pressure, the TPMS warning ight/beep may turn on after the tires coo and pressure drops beow specification. Aso, an iuminated TPMS warning ight, resuting from the tire air pressure dropping due to cod ambient temperature, may go out if the ambient temperature rises. In this case, it wi aso be necessary to adjust the tire air pressures. If the TPMS warning ight iuminates due to a drop in tire air pressure, make sure to check and adjust the tire air pressures. After adjusting the tire air pressures, it may require some time for the TPMS warning ight to go out. If the TPMS warning ight remains iuminated, drive the vehice at a speed of at east 25 km/h (16 mph) for 10 minutes, and then verify that it goes out. Tires can oose a itte air quite naturay over time and the TPMS cannot te if the tires are getting too soft over time or you have a fat. However, when you find one ow tire in a set of four - that is an indication of troube; you shoud have someone drive the vehice sowy forward so you can inspect any ow tire for cuts and any meta sticking through tread or sidewa. Put a few drops of water in the vave stem to see if it bubbes indicating a bad vave. Leaks need to be addressed by more than simpy refiing the troube tire as eaks are dangerous - take it to an Authorized Mazda Deaer which has a the equipment to fix tires, TPMS systems and order the best repacement tire for your vehice. If the warning ight iuminates again even after the tire pressures are adjusted, there may be a tire puncture. Repace the punctured tire with the temporary spare tire (page 7-7). A tire pressure sensor is not instaed to the temporary spare tire. The warning ight wi fash continuousy whie the temporary spare tire is being used. 5-28

151 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving Warning ight fashes When the warning ight fashes, there may be a system mafunction. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. qsystem Error Activation When the warning ight fashes, there may be a system mafunction. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. A system error activation may occur in the foowing cases: When there is equipment or a device near the vehice using the same radio frequency as that of the tire pressure sensors. When a arge metaic object (e.g. a arge eectric househod appiance or a desk-top computer) is paced on the right side of the rear seat, which may bock radio signas from the tire pressure sensor to the receiver unit. When using the foowing devices in the vehice that may cause radio interference with the receiver unit. A digita device such as a persona computer. A current converter device such as a DC-AC converter. When excess snow or ice adheres to the vehice, especiay around the whees. When the tire pressure sensor batteries are exhausted. When using a whee with no tire pressure sensor instaed. When using tires with stee wire reinforcement in the side was. When using tire chains. qtires and Whees CAUTION When inspecting or adjusting the tire air pressures, do not appy excessive force to the stem part of the whee unit. The stem part coud be damaged. Changing tires and whees The foowing procedure aows the TPMS to recognize a tire pressure sensor's unique ID signa code whenever tires or whees are changed, such as changing to and from winter tires. Each tire pressure sensor has a unique ID signa code. The signa code must be registered with the TPMS before it can work. The easiest way to do it is to have an Authorized Mazda Deaer change your tire and compete ID signa code registration. When having tires changed at an Authorized Mazda Deaer Tire pressure sensor ID signa code registration is competed when an Authorized Mazda Deaer changes your vehice's tires. 5-29

152 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving When changing tires yoursef If you or someone ese changes tires, you or someone ese can aso undertake the steps for the TPMS to compete the ID signa code registration. 1. After tires have been changed, turn the ignition switch to the ON position, then turn it back to the ACC or LOCK position. 2. Wait for about 15 minutes. 3. After about 15 minutes, drive the vehice at a speed of at east 25 km/h (16 mph) for 10 minutes and the tire pressure sensor ID signa code wi be registered automaticay. If the vehice is driven within about 15 minutes of changing tires, the tire pressure monitoring system warning ight wi fash because the sensor ID signa code woud not have been registered. If this happens, park the vehice for about 15 minutes, after which the sensor ID signa code wi register upon driving the vehice for 10 minutes. Repacing tires and whees CAUTION When repacing/repairing the tires or whees or both, have the work done by an Authorized Mazda Deaer, or the tire pressure sensors may be damaged. The whees equipped on your Mazda are speciay designed for instaation of the tire pressure sensors. Do not use non-genuine whees, otherwise it may not be possibe to insta the tire pressure sensors. Be sure to have the tire pressure sensors instaed whenever tires or whees are repaced. When having a tire or whee or both repaced, the foowing types of tire pressure sensor instaations are possibe. The tire pressure sensor is removed from the od whee and instaed to the new one. The same tire pressure sensor is used with the same whee. Ony the tire is repaced. A new tire pressure sensor is instaed to a new whee. 5-30

153 Driving Your Mazda Starting and Driving The tire pressure sensor ID signa code must be registered when a new tire pressure sensor is purchased. For purchase of a tire pressure sensor and registration of the tire pressure sensor ID signa code, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. When reinstaing a previousy removed tire pressure sensor to a whee, repace the grommet When reinstaing a previousy removed tire pressure sensor to a whee, repace the grommet (sea between vave body/sensor and whee) for the tire pressure sensor. for the tire pressure sensor. 5-31

154 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 5-33 Odometer, Trip Meter and Trip Meter Seector... page 5-33 Tachometer... page 5-35 Engine Cooant Temperature Gauge... page 5-35 Fue Gauge... page 5-35 Instrument Custer Dimmer Seect Button (Back-out meter)... page

155 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. Seector Trip meter A Odometer Press the seector Trip meter B Odometer Press the seector Trip meter Odometer 5-33

156 Driving Your Mazda Instrument Custer and Indicators (Standard meter) The odometer and trip meter can be dispayed as foows even when the ignition switch is in the ACC or LOCK position. 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 the driver's door is opened. (Back-out meter) When the ignition switch is in the ACC or LOCK position, the odometer or trip meters cannot be dispayed, however, pressing the seector button can inadvertenty switch the trip meters or reset them during an approximate ten-minute period in the foowing cases: After the ignition switch is turned to the ACC or LOCK position from the ON position. After the driver's door is opened. 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. 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. 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). 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. 5-34

157 Driving Your Mazda Instrument Custer and Indicators qtachometer The tachometer shows engine speed in thousands of revoutions per minute (rpm). CAUTION Driving with an overheated engine can cause serious engine damage (page 7-13). Red zone With turbocharger Without turbocharger 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. CAUTION Don't run the engine with the tachometer neede in the RED ZONE. This may cause severe engine damage. qengine Cooant Temperature Gauge The engine cooant temperature gauge shows the temperature of the engine cooant. Low fue warning ight The direction of the arrow ( ) shown next to the ow fue warning ight indicates that the fue-fier id is on the right side of the vehice. If the neede is near H, it indicates overheating. 5-35

158 Driving Your Mazda Instrument Custer and Indicators qdashboard Iumination When the exterior ights are on, rotate the thumb-whee to adjust the brightness of the dashboard ights. Bright Dim Back-out meter When the instrument custer dimmer is canceed, the instrument custer iumination intensity wi not change by rotating the thumb-whee. Refer to Instrument Custer Dimmer Seect Button on page Adjusting the instrument custer iumination intensity (With exterior ights off) When the exterior ights are off, the instrument custer iumination can be adjusted to one of five eves by successivey pressing the instrument custer dimmer seect button. Canceing the instrument custer iumination dimmer (With exterior ights on) When the exterior ights are on, the instrument custer iumination dims. When driving on snowy or foggy roads, or in other situations when the instrument custer's visibiity is reduced due to gare from surrounding brightness, the instrument custer dimmer seect button increases the iumination intensity. Press the button to increase the intensity of the instrument custer iumination. Press the button again to return to the previous iumination intensity. qinstrument Custer Dimmer Seect Button (Back-out meter) The instrument custer dimmer seect button is operabe when the ignition switch is in the ON position. Instrument custer dimmer seect button 5-36

159 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 5-39 Charging System Warning Light 5-40 Engine Oi Pressure Warning Light 5-41 Check Engine Light 5-41 ABS Warning Light 5-39 Air Bag/Front Seat Bet Pretensioner System Warning Light 5-42 Low Fue Warning Light

160 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds Signa Warning/Indicator Lights Page Seat Bet Warning Light/Beep 5-42 Door-Ajar Warning Light 5-44 Low Washer Fuid Leve Warning Light 5-44 Automatic Transaxe Warning Light 5-44 Tire Pressure Monitoring System Warning Light 5-44 Security Indicator Light 5-46 Headight High-Beam Indicator Light 5-46 Shift Position Indicator Light 5-47 TCS/DSC Indicator Light 5-47 DSC OFF Indicator Light 5-47 Cruise Main Indicator Light (Amber)/Cruise Set Indicator Light (Green) 5-48 Light-On Indicator Light 5-48 Power Steering Mafunction Indicator Light 5-48 Turn Signa/Hazard Warning Indicator Lights

161 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds qbrake System Warning Light Having to add brake fuid is sometimes an indicator of eakage. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe even if the brake ight is no onger iuminated. 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 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. 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. WARNING Do not drive with the brake system warning ight iuminated. Contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the brakes inspected as soon as possibe: Driving with the brake system warning ight iuminated 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 iuminated, after checking that the parking brake is fuy reeased, have the brakes inspected immediatey. qabs Warning Light í 1. With the engine stopped, check the brake fuid eve immediatey and add fuid as required (page 8-23). 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. The warning ight stays on for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. Even if the ight goes out have your brake system inspected as soon as possibe by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. í Some modes. 5-39

162 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds 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. 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. qeectronic Brake Force Distribution System Warning í WARNING Do not drive with both the ABS warning ight and brake warning ight iuminated. Have the vehice towed to an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the brakes inspected as soon as possibe: Driving when the brake system warning ight and ABS warning ight are iuminated at the same time is dangerous. When both ights are iuminated, the rear whees coud ock more quicky in an emergency stop than under norma circumstances. qcharging System Warning Light 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 and the ABS warning ight on at the same time. The probem is ikey to be an eectronic brake force distribution system. 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 í Some modes.

163 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds CAUTION Don't continue driving when the charging system warning ight is iuminated because the engine coud stop unexpectedy. qengine Oi Pressure Warning Light CAUTION Don't run the engine if oi pressure is ow. It coud resut in extensive engine damage. qcheck Engine 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 on eve ground. 2. Turn off the engine and wait 5 minutes for the oi to drain back into the oi pan. 3. Inspect the engine oi eve (page 8-20). If it's ow, add oi. 4. Start the engine and check the warning ight. If the ight remains iuminated even after you add oi, stop the engine immediatey and have your vehice towed to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. This indicator ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position and goes off when the engine is started. 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. 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. 5-41

164 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds qair Bag/Front Seat Bet Pretensioner System Warning Light qlow Fue Warning Light Low fue warning ight If the air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system is working propery, the warning ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position or after the engine is cranked. The warning ight turns off after a specified period of time. A system mafunction is indicated if the warning ight constanty iuminates or does not iuminate at a when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If either of these occur, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. The system may not work in an accident. WARNING Never tamper with the air bag/ pretensioner systems and aways have an Authorized Mazda Deaer perform a servicing and repairs: Sef-servicing or tampering with the systems is dangerous. An air bag/ pretensioner coud accidentay activate or become disabed causing serious injury or death. 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 fashes 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. 5-42

165 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds Bet minder The bet minder can be deactivated. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer to deactivate and restore the seat bet minder. Driver seated/front passenger not seated The bet minder is a suppementa warning to the seat bet warning function. If the driver's seat bet is not fastened when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position, the warning ight/beep operates to give you further reminders according to the chart beow. Condition Seat bet Indicator Beep : Fastened : Unfastened : Iuminated : Fashing : Beep Between 0 20 km/h (0 12 mph) Vehice speed 20 km/h (12 mph) or more Once the beep sound is heard, it continues sounding even if the vehice speed owers to 20 km/h (12 mph) or ess unti the seatbet is fastened or the beep sound period has passed. Driver seated/front passenger seated The seat bet warning function reminds the front passenger to fasten the seat bet according to the chart beow. Condition Seat bet (Driver) Seat bet (Passenger) Indicator Beep : Fastened : Unfastened : Iuminated : Fashing : Beep Between 0 20 km/h (0 12 mph) Vehice speed 20 km/h (12 mph) or more Once the beep sound is heard, it continues sounding even if the vehice speed owers to 20 km/h (12 mph) or ess unti the seatbet is fastened or the beep sound period has passed. To aow the front passenger seat weight sensor to function propery, do not pace and sit on an additiona seat cushion on the front passenger seat. The sensor may not function propery because the additiona seat cushion coud cause sensor interference. Pacing packages, uggage, pets or other items on the front passenger seat may cause the front passenger seat bet warning function to operate depending on the weight of the item. 5-43

166 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds qdoor-ajar Warning Light This warning ight comes on when any door or iftgate isn't securey cosed. qlow Washer Fuid Leve Warning Light í 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. qtire Pressure Monitoring System Warning Light í This warning ight indicates that itte washer fuid remains. Add fuid (page 8-28). qautomatic Transaxe Warning Light This warning ight iuminates for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. Thereafter, the warning ight iuminates when tire pressure is too ow in one or more tires, and fashes when there is a system mafunction. 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.

167 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds WARNING If the tire pressure monitoring system warning ight iuminates or fashes, or the tire pressure warning beep sound is heard, decrease vehice speed immediatey and avoid sudden maneuvering and braking: If the tire pressure monitoring system warning ight iuminates or fashes, or the tire pressure warning beep sound is heard, it is dangerous to drive the vehice at high speeds, or perform sudden maneuvering or braking. Vehice drivabiity coud worsen and resut in an accident. To determine if you have a sow eak or a fat, pu over to a safe position where you can check the visua condition of the tire and determine if you have enough air to proceed to a pace where air may be added and the system monitored again, an Authorized Mazda Deaer or a tire repair station. Do not ignore the TPMS Warning Light: Ignoring the TPMS warning ight is dangerous, even if you know why it is iuminated. Have the probem taken care of as soon as possibe before it deveops into a more serious situation that coud ead to tire faiure and a dangerous accident. Warning ight iuminates/warning beep sounds When the warning ight iuminates, and the warning beep sound is heard (about 3 seconds), tire pressure is too ow in one or more tires. Adjust the tire pressure to the correct tire pressure. Refer to the specification charts (page 10-8). CAUTION When repacing/repairing the tires or whees or both, have the work done by an Authorized Mazda Deaer, or the tire pressure sensors may be damaged. Perform tire pressure adjustment when the tires are cod. Tire pressure wi vary according to the tire temperature, therefore et the vehice stand for 1 hour or ony drive it 1.6 km (1 mie) or ess before adjusting the tire pressures. When pressure is adjusted on hot tires to the cod infation pressure, the TPMS warning ight/beep may turn on after the tires coo and pressure drops beow specification. Aso, an iuminated TPMS warning ight, resuting from the tire air pressure dropping due to cod ambient temperature, may go out if the ambient temperature rises. In this case, it wi aso be necessary to adjust the tire air pressures. If the TPMS warning ight iuminates due to a drop in tire air pressure, make sure to check and adjust the tire air pressures. 5-45

168 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds After adjusting the tire air pressures, it may require some time for the TPMS warning ight to go out. If the TPMS warning ight remains iuminated, drive the vehice at a speed of at east 25 km/h (16 mph) for 10 minutes, and then verify that it goes out. Tires can oose a itte air quite naturay over time and the TPMS cannot te if the tires are getting too soft over time or you have a fat. However, when you find one ow tire in a set of four - that is an indication of troube; you shoud have someone drive the vehice sowy forward so you can inspect any ow tire for cuts and any meta sticking through tread or sidewa. Put a few drops of water in the vave stem to see if it bubbes indicating a bad vave. Leaks need to be addressed by more than simpy refiing the troube tire as eaks are dangerous - take it to an Authorized Mazda Deaer which has a the equipment to fix tires, TPMS systems and order the best repacement tire for your vehice. If the warning ight iuminates again even after the tire pressures are adjusted, there may be a tire puncture. Repace the punctured tire with the temporary spare tire (page 7-7). Warning ight fashes When the warning ight fashes, there may be a system mafunction. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 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. 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. qheadight High-Beam Indicator Light A tire pressure sensor is not instaed to the temporary spare tire. The warning ight wi fash continuousy whie the temporary spare tire is being used. This ight indicates one of two things: The high-beam headights are on. 5-46

169 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds The turn signa ever is in the fash-topass position. qtcs/dsc Indicator Light í qshift Position Indicator Light (Automatic Transaxe) This indicates the seected shift position when the ignition switch is in the ON position. This indicator ight stays on for a few seconds when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position. If the TCS or DSC is operating, the indicator ight fashes. If the ight stays on, the TCS or DSC may have a mafunction and they may not operate correcty. Take your vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. qdsc OFF Indicator Light í Gear position indicator Gear position indicator When the shift ever is in the D or M position, the numera for the seected gear dispays. 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 DSC OFF switch is pressed and TCS/DSC is switched off (page 5-24). If the ight stays on when the TCS/DSC is not switched off, take your vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. The dynamic stabiity contro may have a mafunction. í Some modes. 5-47

170 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds qcruise Main Indicator Light (Amber)/Cruise Set Indicator Light (Green) í qpower Steering Mafunction Indicator Light í The indicator ight has two coors. Cruise Main Indicator Light (Amber) The indicator ight iuminates amber when the ON/OFF switch is pressed and the cruise contro system is activated. Cruise Set Indicator Light (Green) The indicator ight iuminates green when a cruising speed has been set. qlight-on Indicator Light (Backout meter) This indicator ight iuminates when the ignition switch is turned to the ON position and goes off when the engine is started. If the ight stays iuminated after the engine is started or iuminates whie driving, turn off the engine after parking in a safe pace, and then start the engine again. If the ight does not iuminate after restarting the engine, this indicates that the power steering is restored and norma steering is possibe. If the ight remains iuminated, the power steering is sti inoperabe. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. This indicator ight comes on when the exterior ights and dashboard iumination are on. The power steering system is inoperabe when the power steering mafunction indicator ight iuminates. Steering is possibe, but requires more physica effort í Some modes.

171 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and Beep Sounds 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 5-54). When operating the hazard warning ights, both turn signa indicator ights fash (page 5-61). If an indicator ight remains iuminated (does not fash) or if it fashes abnormay, one of the turn signa bubs may be burned out. Beep Sounds qair Bag/Front Seat Bet Pretensioner System Warning Beep If a mafunction is detected in both the air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system and the warning ight, a warning beep sound wi be heard for about 1 minute. After that, the one-minute beep wi be repeated every 30 minutes. Have your vehice inspected at an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. WARNING Do not drive the vehice with the air bag/front seat bet pretensioner system warning beep sounding: Driving the vehice with the air bag/ front seat bet pretensioner system warning beep sounding is dangerous. In a coision, the air bags and the front seat bet pretensioner system wi not depoy and this coud resut in death or serious injury. Contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer to have the vehice inspected as soon as possibe. 5-49

172 Driving Your Mazda Warning/Indicator Lights and 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. If the driver's seat bet is not fastened and the vehice is driven at a speed faster than about 20 km/h (12 mph), a beep sound wi be heard again for a specified period of time. Refer to Seat Bet Warning Light/Beep on page qignition Key Reminder If the ignition switch is in the LOCK or ACC position with the key inserted, a continuous 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 continuous beep sound wi be heard when the driver's door is opened. qtire Infation Pressure Warning Beep í The warning beep sound wi be heard for about 3 seconds when there is any abnormaity in tire infation pressures (page 5-25) í Some modes.

173 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros Lighting Contro Type B (With AUTO position) qheadights Type A (Without AUTO position) Turn the headight switch to turn the headights, other exterior ights and dashboard iumination on or off. Turn the headight switch to turn the headights, other exterior ights and dashboard iumination on or off. Switch Position Headights Off Off On Taiights Parking ights License ights Side-marker ights Dashboard iumination Off On On To prevent discharging the battery, don't eave the ights on whie the engine is off uness safety requires them. Switch Position Headights Off Off On Taiights Parking ights License ights Side-marker Off On On ights Dashboard iumination Auto To prevent discharging the battery, don't eave the ights on whie the engine is off uness safety requires them. AUTO(Auto-ight contro) When the headight switch is in the AUTO position and the ignition switch is in the ON position, the ight sensor senses the surrounding ightness or darkness and automaticay turns on or off the headights, other exterior ights and dashboard iumination (see chart above). 5-51

174 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros CAUTION Do not shade the ight sensor by adhering a sticker or a abe on the windshied. Otherwise the ight sensor wi not operate correcty. Light sensor When the headight switch is in the AUTO position and the ignition switch is turned to the ACC or LOCK position, the headights, other exterior ights and dashboard iumination wi turn off. The timing for turning on the headights, other exterior ights and dashboard iumination can be deayed by adjusting the sensitivity of the ight sensor. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer regarding sensor adjustment. The ight sensor aso works as a rain sensor for the auto-wiper contro. Keep hands and scrapers cear of the windshied when the ignition switch is in the ON position as fingers pinched or the wipers and wiper bades damaged when they activate automaticay. If you are going to cean the windshied, be sure the wipers are turned off competey - this is particuary important when cearing ice and snow - when it is particuary tempting to eave the engine running. Xenon fusion headight bubs í The ow-beam bubs of the headights have xenon fusion bubs that produce a bright white beam over a wide area. WARNING Do not repace the xenon fusion bubs yoursef: Repacing the xenon fusion bubs yoursef is dangerous. Because the xenon fusion bubs require high votage, you coud receive an eectric shock if the bubs are handed incorrecty. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer when the repacement is necessary. If the headights ficker, or the brightness weakens, the bub-ife may be depeted and a repacement is necessary. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer í Some modes.

175 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros qlights-on Reminder If ights are on and the key is removed from the ignition switch, a continuous beep sound wi be heard when the driver's door is opened. qheadight High-Low Beam Push the ever forward for high beam. Pu back to origina position for ow beam. qheadight Leveing í The number of passengers and weight of cargo in the uggage compartment change the ange of the headights. The headight eveing switch adjusts this ange. High beam Low beam qfashing the Headights To fash the headights, pu the ever fuy toward you. The headight switch does not need to be on, and the ever wi return to the norma position when reeased. Seect the proper setting from the foowing chart. Without turbocharger Front seat Rear seat Switch Position Driver Passenger Load : Yes :No With turbocharger Front seat Rear Switch Load Driver Passenger seat Position : Yes :No í Some modes. 5-53

176 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, one of the turn signa bubs may be burned out. 5-54

177 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros Fog Lights í The fog ights hep you to see as we as to be seen. The headights must be turned on to turn on the front fog ights. To turn the front fog ights on, rotate the fog ight switch to the position. Fog ight switch To turn the front fog ights off, rotate the fog ight switch to the OFF position or turn the headights off. The fog ights wi turn off when the headights are set at high beam. (With auto-ight contro) If the headight switch is in the AUTO position, the front fog ights can be turned on when the headights, the exterior ights and dashboard iumination are on. Windshied Wipers and Washer The ignition switch must be in the ON position. WARNING Use ony windshied washer fuid or pain water in the reservoir: Using radiator antifreeze as washer fuid is dangerous. If sprayed on the windshied, it wi dirty the windshied, affect your visibiity, and coud resut in an accident. Do not use the washer without first warming the windshied and never use pain tap water: 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. í Some modes. 5-55

178 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros 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. Drive to the side of the road and park off the right-of-way. Wait unti the weather cears before trying to drive with the wipers inoperative. For a singe wiping cyce, push the ever up to. Variabe-speed intermittent wipers í Set the ever to INT and choose the interva timing by rotating the ring. INT ring Type B (With AUTO position) qwindshied Wipers Type A (With INT position) Turn the wipers on by puing the ever down. Mist INT Intermittent 1 Low speed 2 High speed Turn the wipers on by puing the ever down. Mist AUTO Auto contro 1 Low speed 2 High speed For a singe wiping cyce, push the ever up to í Some modes.

179 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros AUTO (Auto-wiper contro) When the wiper ever is in the AUTO position, the rain sensor senses the amount of rainfa on the windshied and turns the wiper on or off automaticay (off intermittent ow speed high speed). The sensitivity of the rain sensor can be adjusted by turning the switch on the wiper ever. From the center position (norma), turn the switch towards (+) for higher sensitivity (faster response) or turn the switch towards ( _ ) for ess sensitivity (sower response). CAUTION Do not shade the rain sensor by adhering a sticker or a abe on the windshied. Otherwise the rain sensor wi not operate correcty. Rain sensor Switch Less sensitivity Center position Higher sensitivity 5-57

180 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros CAUTION When the wiper ever is in the AUTO position and the ignition switch is in the ON position, the wipers may move automaticay in the foowing cases: If the windshied above the rain sensor is touched. If the windshied above the rain sensor is wiped with a coth. If the windshied is struck with a hand or other object. If the rain sensor is struck with a hand or other object from inside the vehice. Keep hands and scrapers cear of the windshied when the ignition switch is in the ON position as fingers pinched or the wipers and wiper bades damaged when they activate automaticay. If you are going to cean the windshied, be sure the wipers are turned off competey - this is particuary important when cearing ice and snow - when it is particuary tempting to eave the engine running. The auto-wiper contro may not operate when the rain sensor temperature is about _ 10 C(14 F) or ower, or about 85 C(185 F) or higher. If the windshied is coated with water repeent, the rain sensor may not be abe to sense the amount of rainfa correcty and auto-wiper contro may not operate propery. If dirt or foreign matter (e.g. ice or matter containing sat water) adheres to the windshied above the rain sensor or if the windshied is iced, it coud cause the wipers to move automaticay. However, if the wipers cannot remove this ice, dirt or foreign matter, the auto-wiper contro wi stop operation. In this case, pu the wiper ever to the 1 or 2 position for manua operation, or remove the ice, dirt or foreign matter by hand to restore the auto-wiper operation. qwindshied Washer Pu the ever toward you and hod it to spray washer fuid. OFF Washer 5-58

181 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros With the wiper ever in the OFF or INT (Type A)/AUTO (Type B) position, the wipers wi operate continuousy unti the ever is reeased. If the washer doesn't work, inspect the fuid eve (page 8-28). If it's OK, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Rear Window Wiper and Washer (5 Door) The ignition switch must be in the ON position. qrear Window Wiper 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. The washer with wiper function is activated by rotating the rear wiper switch a the way up. The washer ony function is activated by rotating the switch a the way down. If the washer doesn't work, inspect the fuid eve (page 8-28). If it's OK and the washer sti doesn't work, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 5-59

182 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros Rear Window Defroster The rear window defroster cears frost, fog, and thin ice from the rear window. Fuy Automatic Type Air-Conditioning Indicator ight 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 minutes and turns off automaticay. The indicator ight iuminates during operation. To turn off the rear window defroster before the minutes has eapsed, press the switch again. Manua Type Air-Conditioning Indicator ight 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. 5-60

183 Driving Your Mazda Switches and Contros Horn To sound the horn, press the the steering whee. mark on Hazard Warning Fasher The hazard warning ights shoud aways be used when you stop on or near a roadway in an emergency. The hazard warning ights warn other drivers that your vehice is a traffic hazard and that they must take extreme caution when near it. Hazard warning fasher Depress the hazard warning fasher and a the 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. 5-61

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185 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 í Fuy Automatic Type í Audio System Antenna Operating Tips for Audio System Audio Set Audio Contro Switch Operation (Steering Whee) í Auxiiary Input Safety Certification Interior Equipment Sunvisors Interior Lights Information Dispay Lighter Ashtray Cup Hoder Botte Hoder Storage Compartments Accessory Sockets í í Some modes. 6-1

186 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 with the ignition switch in the ACC position 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. The air conditioner may be used aong with the heater 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

187 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Vent Operation Center vents Side vents qadjusting the Vents Directing airfow Side Vents To adjust the direction of airfow, open the vents and rotate them eft and right. Center Vents To adjust the direction of airfow, move the adjustment knob. Push Knob 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

188 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

189 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. Manua Type... page 6-6 Fuy Automatic Type... page

190 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Manua Type í Mode seector dia Fan contro dia Temperature contro dia Air intake seector A/C switch Some modes. qcontro Switches Temperature contro dia Fan 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 í Some modes.

191 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Mode seector dia The air conditioner may not function when the outside temperature approaches 0 C (32 F). Air intake seector Turn the mode seector dia to seect airfow mode (page 6-4). If you want to sighty adjust the airfow amount, set the mode seector dia at. For exampe, when the mode seector dia is at the position between the and positions, airfow from the foor vent is ess than that of the position. A/C switch í Push the A/C 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. This switch contros the source of air entering the vehice. Press the switch to aternate between the outside air and recircuated air modes. It is recommended that under norma conditions the switch be kept in the outside air mode. Outside air mode (Indicator ight is off) Outside air is taken into the vehice. Use this mode for norma ventiation and heating. Recircuated air mode (Indicator ight is on) Outside air is shut off. Air within the vehice is recircuated. This mode can be used when driving on a dusty road or in simiar conditions. It aso heps to provide quicker cooing of the interior. í Some modes. 6-7

192 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System WARNING Do not use the recircuated air mode in cod or rainy weather: Using the recircuated air mode in cod or rainy weather is dangerous as it wi cause the windows to fog up. Your vision wi be hampered, which coud ead to a serious accident. qheating 1. Set the mode seector dia to the position. 2. Set the temperature contro dia to the hot position. 3. Set the fan contro dia to the desired speed. 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). In the,,or position, the air conditioner is automaticay turned on (however, the indicator ight does not iuminate) and the outside air mode is automaticay seected to defrost the windshied. In the or position, the outside air mode cannot be changed to the recircuated air mode. 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 by pressing the A/C switch. 5. Adjust the fan contro dia and temperature contro dia to maintain maximum comfort. 6-8

193 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System CAUTION When using the air conditioner whie driving up ong his or in heavy traffic, cosey monitor the temperature gauge (page 5-35). The air conditioner may cause engine overheating. If the gauge indicates overheating, turn the air conditioner off (page 7-13). When maximum cooing is desired, set the temperature contro dia to the extreme cod position and set the air intake seector to the recircuated air mode, 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). 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 Do not defog the windshied using the position with the temperature contro set to the cod position: Using the position with the temperature contro set to the cod position is dangerous as it 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. qventiation 1. Set the mode seector dia to the position. 2. Set the air intake seector to the outside air mode. 3. Set the temperature contro dia to the desired position. 4. Set the fan contro dia to the desired speed. 6-9

194 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System 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, the air conditioner is automaticay turned on (however, the indicator ight does not iuminate) and the outside air mode is automaticay seected to defrost the windshied. In the or position, the outside air mode cannot be changed to the recircuated air mode. One of the functions of the air conditioner is dehumidifying the air and, to use this function, the temperature does not have to be set to cod. Therefore, set the temperature contro dia to the desired position (hot or cod) and turn on the air conditioner when you want to dehumidify the cabin air. 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 outside air mode. 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 by pressing the A/C switch. 6-10

195 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Fuy Automatic Type í Cimate contro information is dispayed on the information dispay. Fan contro dia Mode seector switch Windshied defroster switch Temperature contro dia OFF switch Auto switch A/C switch AMB (Ambient Temperature) switch Air intake seector qcontro Switches AUTO switch Seection of airfow mode 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 AUTO switch indicator ight When on, it indicates AUTO operation, and the system wi function automaticay. When off, it 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. í Some modes. 6-11

196 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. A/C switch Sow Fast 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. The air conditioner may not function when the outside temperature approaches 0 C (32 F). (Indicator remains on even when system is off.) 6-12

197 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System Air intake seector AMB (Ambient Temperature) switch Outside or recircuated air positions can be seected. Press the switch to seect outside/recircuated air positions. Recircuated air position (with indicator ight on) Use this position when going through tunnes, driving in congested traffic (high engine exhaust areas) or when quick cooing is desired. Outside air position (with indicator ight off) Use this position for norma conditions and defogging. WARNING Do not use the position in cod or rainy weather: Using the position in cod or rainy weather is dangerous as it wi cause the windows to fog up. Your vision wi be hampered, which coud ead to a serious accident. Press the AMB switch to dispay the ambient temperature. The dispayed ambient temperature may vary from the actua ambient temperature depending on the surrounding area and vehice conditions. Press the AMB switch again to switch the dispay from ambient temperature to the temperature set for the air conditioner. Windshied defroster switch Press the switch to defrost the windshied and front door windows. 6-13

198 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System qoperation of Automatic Air Conditioning 1. Press the AUTO switch. Seection of the airfow mode, air intake seector and amount of airfow wi be automaticay controed. qwindshied Defrosting and Defogging 2. Use the temperature contro dia to seect a desired temperature. Press the windshied defroster switch. In this position, the position is automaticay seected, and the air conditioner automaticay turns on. The air conditioner wi directy dehumidify the air to the front windshied and side windows (page 6-4). Airfow amount wi be increased. Cod Hot WARNING To turn off the system, press the OFF switch. Setting the temperature to maximum high or ow wi not provide the desired temperature at a faster rate. When seecting heat, the system wi restrict airfow unti it has warmed to prevent cod air from bowing out of the vents. Set the temperature contro to the hot or warm position when defogging ( position): Using the position with the temperature contro set to the cod position is dangerous as it wi cause the outside of the windshied to fog up. Your vision wi be hampered, which coud ead to a serious accident. Use the temperature contro dia to increase the air fow temperature and defog the windshied more quicky. 6-14

199 Interior Comfort Cimate Contro System 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. CAUTION Do not obstruct either sensor, otherwise the automatic air conditioner wi not operate propery. Sunight sensor Interior temperature sensor 6-15

200 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. Type A Remove Insta CAUTION To prevent damage to the antenna, remove it before entering a car wash faciity or passing beneath a ow overhead cearance. Be carefu around the antenna when removing snow from the roof. Otherwise the antenna coud be damaged. When eaving your vehice unattended, we recommend that you remove the antenna and store it inside the vehice. Type B Remove Insta 6-16

201 Interior Comfort Audio System Operating Tips for Audio System WARNING Do not adjust the audio contro switches 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. Even if the audio contro switches are equipped on the steering whee, earn to use the switches without ooking down at them so that you can keep your maximum attention on the road whie driving the vehice. CAUTION For the purposes of safe driving, adjust the audio voume to a eve that aows you to hear sounds outside of the vehice. 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 Do not use the audio for ong periods of time whie the engine is off. Otherwise the battery coud go dead. If a 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 km (25 30 mies) 6-17

202 Interior Comfort Audio System 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. Ionosphere 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. FM wave AM wave FM 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. 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. Direct Refected wave 6-18

203 Interior Comfort Audio System 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. 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. 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. Station MHz Station MHz Do not insert any objects, other than cassette tape, into the sot. 6-19

204 Interior Comfort 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. 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/in-dash CD 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. Do not insert any objects, other than CDs, into the sot. 6-20

205 Interior Comfort 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 disc may not eject resuting in a mafunction. 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/in-dash CD changer wi not pay the CD. In addition, the disc may not eject resuting in a mafunction. 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. When driving over uneven surfaces, the sound may jump. If the memory portion of the CD is transparent or transucent, do not use the disc. Transparent The CD payer/in-dash CD changer has been designed to pay CDs bearing the identification ogo as shown. No other discs can be payed. Use discs that have been egitimatey produced. If iegay-copied discs such as pirated discs are used, the system may not operate propery. 6-21

206 Interior Comfort Audio System CD Payer In-dash CD Changer 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. Do not stick paper or tape on the CD. Avoid scratching the reverse side (the side without a abe). The disc may not eject resuting in a mafunction. 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. Insert discs one by one. If two discs are inserted at the same time, the system may not operate propery. CD TEXT textua information cannot be dispayed by audio units other than the In-dash CD changer (MP3 support type ony). (Ony payback is possibe.) The foowing payer can pay MP3 fies recorded in CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW. In-dash CD changer (MP3 fie support type ony) The CD payer/in-dash CD changer ejects the CD if the CD is inserted upside down. Aso dirty and/or defective CDs may be ejected. An 8 cm (3 in) CD can be payed in the CD payer. The In-dash CD changer is speciay made for 12 cm (5 in) CDs. An 8 cm (3 in) CD can be payed in the In-dash CD changer (MP3 fie support type ony) if an 8 cm (3 in) CD adapter is used. If an 8 cm (3 in) CD adapter is not used, the In-dash CD changer (MP3 fie support type ony) may be damaged. Aways use a CD adapter. An 8 cm (3 in) CD cannot be payed in the In-dash CD changer (MP3 fie nonsupport type ony) even if an 8 cm (3 in) CD adapter is used. Do not insert ceaning discs in the CD payer/in-dash CD changer. 6-22

207 Interior Comfort Audio System Do not insert any disc with a pee-off sea affixed to it. Handing the In-dash CD changer This unit may not be abe to pay certain CD-R/CD-RWs made using a computer or music CD recorder due to disc characteristics, scratches, smudges, dirt, etc., or due to dust or condensation on the ens inside the unit. Storing CDs in the vehice exposed to direct sunight or high temperature may damage the CD-R/CD-RWs, and make them unpayabe. CD-R/CD-RW exceeding 700 MB cannot be payed. This unit may not be abe to pay certain discs made using a computer due to the appication (writing software) setting used. (For detais, consut the store where the appication was purchased.) It is possibe that certain text data, such as tites, recorded on a CD-R/CD-RW may not be dispayed when musica data (CD-DA) is paying. The period from when a CD-RW is inserted to when it begins paying is onger than a norma CD or CD-R. Competey read the instruction manua and cautions for CD-R/CD-RWs. Do not use discs with ceophane tape adhering, partiay peeed off abes, or adhesive materia exuding from the edges of the CD abe. Aso, do not use discs with a commerciay-avaiabe CD-R abe affixed. The disc may not eject resuting in a mafunction. qoperating tips for MP3 Suppy of this product ony conveys a icense for private, non-commercia use and does not convey a icense nor impy any right to use this product in any commercia (i.e. revenue-generating) rea time broadcasting (terrestria, sateite, cabe and/or any other media), broadcasting/streaming via the Internet, intranets and/or other networks or in other eectronic content distribution systems, such as pay-audio or audio-ondemand appications. An independent icense for such use is required. For detais, pease visit This audio system handes MP3 fies that have been recorded on CD-R/CD- RW/CD-ROMs. Discs that have been recorded using the foowing formats can be payed: ISO 9660 eve 1 ISO 9660 eve 2 Joiet extended format Romeo extended format This unit handes MP3 fies conforming to the MP3 format containing both header frames and data frames. This unit can pay muti-session recorded discs that have up to 99 sessions. This unit can pay MP3s with samping frequencies of 16/22.05/24/32/44.1/48 khz. 6-23

208 Interior Comfort Audio System This unit can pay MP3 fies that have been recorded in bit rates of 8 kbps to 320 kbps. Nonetheess, to insure enjoyment of music with consistent sound quaity, it is recommended to use discs that have been recorded at a bit rate of 128 kbps or more. If a disc has both music data (CD-DA) and MP3 fies, payback of the two fie types differs depending on how the disc was recorded. Packet written discs cannot be payed on this unit. This unit does not pay CDs recorded using MP3i (MP3 interactive), MP3 PRO and RIFF MP3 formats. About foders and fies The order of hierarchy for MP3 fies and foders during payback or other functions is from shaow to deep. The arrangement and paying order of a recorded disc containing MP3 fies is as foows: Fie number A numerica fie number is assigned to each fie in a foder in the order of hierarchy from shaow to deep. Foder number A numerica foder number is assigned to each foder in the order of hierarchy from shaow to deep. Foder No Leve1 Leve2 Leve3 Leve4 The foder order is automaticay assigned and this order cannot be optionay set. Any foder without an MP3 fie wi be ignored. (It wi be skipped and the foder number wi not be dispayed.) 6-24

209 Interior Comfort Audio System MP3 fies not conforming to the MP3 format containing both header frames and data frames wi be skipped and not payed. This unit wi pay MP3 fies that have up to eight eves. However, the more eves a disc has, the onger it wi take to initiay start paying. It is recommended to record discs with two eves or ess. A singe disc with up to 999 fies can be payed and a singe foder with up to 255 fies can be payed. When naming an MP3 fie, be sure to add an MP3 fie extension (.mp3) after the fie name. The maximum number of characters that can be used for fie names is as foows. However, this unit wi ony dispay up to 30 characters, incuding the fie extension (.mp3). Maximum number of characters in a fie name (incuding a separator. and the three etters of the fie extension) ISO9660 eve 1 12 * ISO9660 eve 2 31 * Joiet extended 64 format Romeo extended 128 format * Engish one-byte characters (capitaized ony) and underbar _ are avaiabe. CAUTION This unit can ony pay MP3 fies that have an MP3 fie extension (.mp3) attached. Do not attach an MP3 fie extension to any other type fie as it coud cause noise to be emitted or a mafunction in the unit. About ID3 Tag dispay This unit can ony dispay ID3 Tag abum, track and artist names that have been input using Ver1.0/1.1/2.2/2.3 formats. Any other data that may have been input cannot be dispayed. This unit can ony dispay Engish (incuding numeras) one-byte characters. Use ony Engish (incuding numeras) one-byte characters when inputting ID3 tags. Two-byte characters and some specia symbos cannot be dispayed. Speciaized gossary MP3 Abbreviation for MPEG Audio Layer 3. A technica standard for audio compression as decided by an ISO (Internationa Organization for Standardization) MPEG working group. Use of MP3 aows for audio data to be compressed to approximatey a tenth of the source data size. ISO 9660 An internationa standard for ogica formatting of CD-ROM fies and foders. It is divided into three separate eves based on differences in fie naming procedures, data configuration and other characteristics. 6-25

210 Interior Comfort Audio System Muti-session A session is the compete amount of data recorded from the beginning to the end of a singe period of CD-ROM, CD-R/CD- RW data recording. Muti-session refers to the existence of data from two or more sessions on a singe disc. Samping Refers to the process of encoding anaog audio data at reguar intervas and converting it to digita data. The samping rate refers to the number of times a sampe is taken in one second and is expressed in Hz units. Increasing the samping rate improves the sound quaity but aso increases the data size. Bit rate Refers to the voume of data per second, expressed in bps (bits per second). Generay, the arger the number of the transfer bit rate when compressing an MP3 fie, the more information regarding musica reproduction it carries, and therefore the better the sound quaity. Packet writing A genera term for the method, simiar to that used for foppy discs or hard drives, of recording the required fie in a singe increment on a CD-R and simiar. ID3 Tag ID3 tag is a method for storing information reated to the music in an MP3 fie. Information such as track, artist and abum name can be stored. This content can be freey edited using ID3 editing function software. VBR Abbreviation for Variabe Bit Rate. Whie CBR (Constant Bit Rate) is generay used, VBR varies the bit rate for audio compression according to compression conditions and this aows for compression with preference given to sound quaity. 6-26

211 Interior Comfort Audio System Audio Set Audio information is dispayed on the information dispay. CD Payer In-Dash CD Changer (Music CD Payer) In-Dash CD Changer (Music CD/MP3 CD Payer) Cassette Tape Payer Iustration is of a representative audio unit. Power/Voume/Sound Contros... page 6-28 Operating the Radio... page 6-30 Operating the Cassette Tape Payer... page 6-34 Operating the Compact Disc (CD) Payer... page 6-36 Operating the In-Dash CD Changer... page 6-38 Error Indications... page

212 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. 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. Depending on the mode seected, the indication changes. 6-28

213 Interior Comfort Audio System 2. Turn the audio contro dia to adjust the seected functions as foows: The foowing four modes are avaiabe. Seect the desired mode. Indication Turn Left Turn Right Seect mode Mode Voume change No change 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 Minimum Medium Maximum Turn the audio contro dia to seect the ALC OFF, ALC LEVEL1 3 mode. The seected mode wi be indicated. OFF OFF ON ON About 5 seconds after seecting any mode, the voume function wi be automaticay seected. To reset bass, 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. BEEP setting The beep-sound when operating the audio system can be set on or off. ILLM EFT setting (Iumination setting during operation) The audio system iumination during operation can be set on or off. 6-29

214 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating the Radio Band seector buttons Scan button Sateite button Seek tuning buttons Channe preset buttons Manua tuning button/auto memory button/eectric seria number button Radio ON Press a band seector button ( turn the radio on. )to Band seection Successivey pressing the band seector button ( ) switches the bands as foows: FM1 FM2 AM. 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. 6-30

215 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 sound 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 sound 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. 6-31

216 Interior Comfort Audio System SATELLITE RADIO (SAT) Vehices equipped with the separatey purchased SIRIUS digita sateite radio unit have the abiity to receive up to 100 channes of digita quaity programming coast to coast via sateite. For information on use, read the Sateite Radio Kit manua accompanying the SIRIUS digita sateite radio unit. A subscription to SIRIUS digita sateite radio service is required (avaiabe in the U.S. - Except Aaska and Hawaii) to enabe this feature once the separatey purchased SIRIUS digita sateite radio unit has been instaed. For subscription information or digita sateite radio technica issues contact SIRIUS directy at: - Web: - Phone (24 hrs/day, 7 days/week): SIRI (7474) - E-mai: customercare@sirius-radio.com - Maiing Address: Sirius Sateite Radio 1221 Avenue Of The Americas New York, NY Attention: Customer Care Incude your Sirius Radio ESN (Eectronic Seria Number) when subscribing or requesting technica assistance. See the Sateite Radio Kit manua accompanying the SIRIUS unit for compete sateite radio activation procedures and information on how to dispay the ESN#. 6-32

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218 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating the Cassette Tape Payer í Repeat button Cassette tape pay button APC button: (next program) Fast-forward button (one being payed) Rewind button Program button Cassette tape sot Doby NR button Cassette tape eject 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 ( eject the cassette tape. )to 6-34 í Some modes.

219 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. 6-35

220 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating the Compact Disc (CD) Payer í Scan button CD sot Load button Repeat button CD pay button CD eject button Track up button Track down button Random button Fast-forward button Reverse 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. When the oad button ( ) is pressed, the CD wi oad and pay even if the CD eject button ( ) had been previousy pressed. Ejecting the CD Press the CD eject button ( CD. ) to eject the 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 ( )onceto skip back to the beginning of the current track í Some modes.

221 Interior Comfort Audio System 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 ( ) once again to cance random pay. 6-37

222 Interior Comfort Audio System qoperating the In-Dash CD Changer í Load button (Music CD payer) Channe preset buttons CD sot (Music CD/MP3 CD payer) CD pay button CD eject button Repeat button Track up button Disc up button Track down button Disc down button Scan button Random button Fast-forward button Dispay button Reverse button There are two types of In-dash CD changers. Check which In-dash CD changer type you own. Type Music CD payer Music CD/MP3 CD payer Payabe data Music data (CD-DA) Music data (CD-DA) MP3 fie If a disc has both music data (CD-DA) and MP3 fies, payback of the two fie types differs depending on how the disc was recorded. 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 í Some modes.

223 Interior Comfort Audio System The CD wi begin payback automaticay after insertion. 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 sound is heard. 2. Press the channe preset button for the desired tray number whie WAIT is dispayed. 3. When IN is dispayed, insert the CD. The CD cannot be inserted to the desired tray number if the number is aready occupied. Mutipe insertion 1. Press and hod the oad button ( ) for about 2 seconds unti a beep sound is heard. 2. When IN is dispayed, insert the CD. 3. 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. Dispaying the CD-inserted tray number When you want to know the number for a CD-inserted tray, press the dispay button ( ). The tray number wi be dispayed for 5 seconds. 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. (Music CD payer) If the CD is not removed from the sot within approximatey 10 seconds after ejection, it wi be re- inserted automaticay. Ejecting CDs from desired tray number 1. Press and hod the CD eject button ( ) for about 2 seconds unti a beep sound is heard. The DISC OUT dispay fashes. 6-39

224 Interior Comfort Audio System 2. Press the channe preset button for the desired CD number for ess than 5 seconds after the beep sound is heard. 3. Pu out the CD. (Music CD payer) If the CD is not removed from the sot within approximatey 10 seconds after ejection, it wi be re- inserted automaticay. Mutipe ejection 1. Press and hod the CD eject button ( ) for about 2 seconds unti a beep sound is heard. The DISC OUT dispay fashes. 2. Press the CD eject button ( ) again for ess than 5 seconds after the beep sound is heard. If the button is not pressed and about 5 seconds have eapsed whie DISC OUT is fashing, CDs are automaticay ejected. 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. (Music CD payer) If the CD is not removed from the sot within approximatey 10 seconds after ejection, it wi be re- inserted automaticay. 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. Press the track down button ( )onceto skip back to the beginning of the current track. Disc search During music CD payback To change the disc, press the DISC button ( or ) during payback. 6-40

225 Interior Comfort Audio System During MP3 CD payback To change the disc, press the DISC button ( or ) for 1.5 seconds or more during payback. Foder search (during MP3 CD payback) To change to the previous foder, press the foder down button ( ) for ess than 1.5 seconds, or press the foder up button ( ) for ess than 1.5 seconds to advance to the next foder. 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 During music CD payback 1. Press the repeat button ( ) during payback to pay the current track repeatedy. RPT is dispayed. 2. Press the button again to cance the repeat pay. During MP3 CD payback (Track repeat) 1. Press the repeat button ( ) during payback to pay the current track repeatedy. RPT is dispayed. 2. To cance the repeat pay, press the button again after 3 seconds. (Foder repeat) 1. Press the repeat button ( ) during payback, and then press the button again within 3 seconds to pay the tracks in the current foder repeatedy. RPT is dispayed. 2. Press the button again to cance the repeat pay. Random pay Tracks are randomy seected and payed. During music CD payback 1. Press the random button ( ) during payback to pay the tracks in the CD randomy. RDM is dispayed. 2. Press the button again to cance the random pay. During MP3 CD payback (Foder random) 1. Press the random button ( ) during payback to pay the tracks in the foder randomy. RDM is dispayed. 2. To cance the random pay, press the button again after 3 seconds. 6-41

226 Interior Comfort Audio System (CD random) 1. Press the random button ( ) during payback, and then press the button again within 3 seconds to pay the tracks in the CD randomy. RDM is dispayed. 2. Press the button again to cance the random pay. Switching the dispay (Music CD/MP3 CD payer) Each time the dispay button ( )is pressed during payback, the dispay wi switch in the foowing order. Music CD Track number/eapsed time dispay Disc tray number Fie name dispay MP3 CD Disc number/fie number/eapsed time dispay Disc tray number Foder number/track number Fie name Foder name Abum name (ID3 Tag) Song name (ID3 Tag) Artist name (ID3 Tag) Abum name dispay Artist name dispay (MP3 CD) NO TITLE wi be dispayed when the dispay is switched for a fie without a fie, track or other name input. This unit can ony read Engish (incuding numeras) one-byte characters. If any other character is incuded, NO TITLE wi be dispayed. Depending on the CD writing software used, proper dispay may not be possibe. 6-42

227 Interior Comfort Audio System Dispay scro (Music CD/MP3 CD payer) Ony 12 characters can be dispayed at one time. To dispay the rest of the characters of a ong tite, turn the dispay feed dia ( ) to the right. Hidden tites can be scroed into the dispay one character at a time. The dispayabe number of characters is imited. If the number of characters, incuding the fie extension (.mp3), exceeds 32 characters, it may not be fuy dispayed. Message dispay If CHECK CD is dispayed, it means that there is some CD mafunction. Check for damage, dirt, or smudges on the CD, and then propery reinsert. If the message appears again, take the unit to an Authorized Mazda Deaer for service. qoperating the Auxiiary jack You can connect portabe audio units or simiar products on the market to the auxiiary jack to isten to music or audio over the vehice's speakers, refer to Auxiiary Input (page 6-47). 6-43

228 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 CD CD is inserted upside down Insert the CD propery. If the error indication does not disappear, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer Insert another CD propery. If the error indication CD is defective does not disappear, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer 6-44

229 Interior Comfort Audio System Audio Contro Switch Operation (Steering Whee) í When the audio unit is turned on, operation of the audio unit from the steering whee is possibe. Because the audio unit wi be turned off under the foowing conditions, the switches wi be inoperabe. When the ignition switch is turned to the LOCK position. When the power button on the audio unit is pressed and the audio unit is turned off. When a cassette tape/cd being payed is ejected. (For the In-dash CD changer, when a CDs are ejected.) Mazda has instaed this system to prevent distraction whie driving the vehice and using audio contros on the dashboard. Aways make safe driving your first priority. qadjusting the Voume To increase the voume, press the voume button ( ). To decrease the voume, press the voume button ( ). í Some modes. 6-45

230 Interior Comfort Audio System 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> SIRIUS1> SIRIUS2> SIRIUS3> AUX> cycica). qseek Switch 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). Cassette tape, CD, CD changer and SIRIUS digita sateite radio modes cannot be seected in the foowing cases: A cassette deck, CD, CD changer, or SIRIUS digita sateite radio unit is not equipped on the audio system. A cassette tape, or CD has not been inserted. Connect a portabe audio unit or simiar product on the market to the AUX termina to isten to music or audio over the vehice's speakers. Change the audio source to AUX mode (page 6-47). Press the seek switch (, ) for about 2 seconds unti a beep sound is heard to seek a usabe stations at a higher or ower frequency whether programmed or not. 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 Press the seek switch ( next track. Press the seek switch ( current track. ) to skip to the ) to repeat the 6-46

231 Interior Comfort Audio System qmute Switch Press the mute switch ( ) once to mute audio, press it again to resume audio output. If the ignition switch is turned to the LOCK position with the audio muted, the mute wi be canceed. Therefore, when the engine is restarted, the audio is not muted. To mute the audio again, press the mute switch ( ). Auxiiary Input You can connect portabe audio units or simiar products on the market to the auxiiary jack to isten to music or audio over the vehice's speakers. Auxiiary jack WARNING Do not adjust the portabe audio unit or a simiar product whie driving the vehice: Adjusting the portabe audio unit or a simiar product 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 portabe audio unit or a simiar product whie the vehice is stopped. CAUTION Cose the cover when the auxiiary jack is not in use to prevent foreign objects and iquids from getting into the auxiiary jack. 6-47

232 Interior Comfort Audio System Before using the auxiiary jack, read the manufacturer's instructions for the product being connected. Use a commerciay-avaiabe, nonimpedance (3.5 ) stereo mini pug for connecting the portabe audio unit to the auxiiary jack. Before using the auxiiary jack, read the manufacture's instructions for connecting a portabe audio unit to the auxiiary jack. To prevent discharging of the battery, do not use the auxiiary input for ong periods with the engine off or iding. Noise may occur depending on the product connected to the auxiiary jack. If a power suppy from the portabe audio unit is needed, use the unit's batteries. Using the power socket equipped on the vehice may cause noise depending on the unit connected to the power suppy socket. Connecting the auxiiary jack When pacing portabe audio units or simiar products in the tray whie connected to the auxiiary jack, pass the connection pug cord through the sot in the cap. Cap sot, cosed Cap sot, opened 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. Do NOT discard the cap. 6-48

233 Interior Comfort Audio System 4. Open the tray by puing the ower reease catch. 5. Pass the connection pug cord through the hoe of the tray and insert the pug in the auxiiary jack. Pug Insert the pug to the auxiiary jack securey. Insert or remove the pug with the pug perpendicuar to the auxiiary jack hoe. Insert or remove the pug by hoding its base. 6. Make sure the connection pug cord is running through the cap sot; reinsta the cap and turn it cockwise (about 45 to the opened position). WARNING Do not aow the connection pug cord to get tanged with the parking brake or the shift ever: Aowing the pug cord to become tanged with the parking brake or the shift ever is dangerous as it coud interfere with driving, resuting in an accident. CAUTION Do not pace objects or appy force to the auxiiary jack with the pug connected. Connection pug cord 7. Pass the connection pug cord through the sit in the tray mat and then set the tray mat in pace. 6-49

234 Interior Comfort Audio System To operate the portabe audio unit 1. Turn the ignition switch to the ACC or ON position. 2. Press the power/voume dia to turn the audio system on. 3. Press the MEDIA button ( )of the audio unit or the mode switch ( ) of the audio contro switch to change to the AUX mode. Set the voume of the portabe audio unit to the maximum within the range that the sound does not become distorted, then adjust the voume using the power/voume dia of the audio unit or the voume button (, ) of the audio contro switch. If the connection pug is pued out from the auxiiary jack whie in AUX mode, noise may occur. 6-50

235 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. 6-51

236 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 í To use the vanity mirror, ower the sunvisor. Interior Lights qiuminated Entry System í When the iuminated entry system operates, the overhead ight (switch is in the DOOR position) turns on for: About 30 seconds after the driver's door is unocked and the ignition switch is in the LOCK position (with the ignition key removed). About 15 seconds after a doors are cosed. About 15 seconds after the ignition switch is in the LOCK position (with the ignition key removed) 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. Battery saver If any door is eft opened, the ight goes out after about 30 minutes to save the battery. 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 í Some modes.

237 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment qoverhead Lights í Front Switch Position Light off Rear Overhead Lights Light on when any door is open (With iuminated entry system) Light on or off when the iuminated entry system is on Light on qmap Lights í The map ights are switched on or off by pressing the switches. Switch Position Rear Light off Front Overhead Lights Light on when any door is open (With iuminated entry system) Light on or off when the iuminated entry system is on Switches qluggage Compartment Light (5 Door) í Some modes. 6-53

238 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Switch Position Luggage Compartment Light Light off Light on when the iftgate is open 6-54

239 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Information Dispay Trip computer/cock Audio dispay Cimate contro dispay/ambient temperature dispay With trip computer Without trip computer qinformation Dispay Functions The information dispay has the foowing functions: Cock Ambient Temperature Dispay (Outside Temperature Dispay) í Cimate Contro Dispay (Fuy Automatic Type) Audio Dispay Trip Computer í í Some modes. 6-55

240 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment qcock When the trip computer is being dispayed, press the CLOCK switch to change the dispay to the time. When the ignition switch is in the ACC or ON position, the time is dispayed. 3. Hr. ADJUST wi be dispayed next, and the hour portion of the dispay wi fash. Press the SET switch to set the hour, then press the CLOCK switch. 4. Min. ADJUST wi be dispayed next, and the minutes portion of the dispay wi fash. Press the SET switch to set the minutes, then press the CLOCK switch. Time resetting For trip computer-equipped vehices, press the INFO switch instead of the SET switch when resetting the time. Time setting For trip computer-equipped vehices, press the INFO switch instead of the SET switch when setting the time. 1. Press the CLOCK switch unti a beep sounds, and 12Hr and 24Hr wi be dispayed. 2. Press the SET switch to switch between 12Hr and 24Hr dispays. The seected dispay wi fash. To seect the desired cock setting, press the CLOCK switch again whie the preferred setting is fashing. Whie the cock is dispayed, press the SET switch 1.5 seconds or more. When the switch is reeased, a beep wi sound and the cock wi be reset as foows: (Exampe) 12:01 12:29 12:00 12:30 12:59 1:00 When the SET switch is reeased, the seconds are reset to 00. qambient Temperature Dispay í With fuy automatic type air conditioner When the ignition switch is in the ON position, press the AMB switch (page 6-11) on the air conditioner contro pane to dispay the ambient temperature. Press the AMB switch again to switch the dispay from ambient temperature to the temperature set for the air conditioner í Some modes.

241 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Without fuy automatic type air conditioner When the ignition switch is in the ON position, the ambient temperature is dispayed. qcimate Contro Dispay (Fuy Automatic Type) The cimate contro system status is dispayed. To operate the cimate contro system, refer to Cimate Contro System (page 6-2). qaudio Dispay The audio system status is dispayed. To operate the audio system, refer to Audio System (page 6-16). Under the foowing conditions, the ambient temperature dispay may differ from the actua ambient temperature depending on the surroundings and vehice conditions: Significanty cod or hot temperatures. Sudden changes in ambient temperature. The vehice is parked. The vehice is driven at ow speeds. Press the Power/voume switch and MEDIA button (page 6-28) simutaneousy for 5 seconds or more to switch the dispay from Fahrenheit to Centigrade or vice versa. qtrip Computer í The trip computer can dispay the foowing: The current fue economy. The average fue economy. The approximate distance you can trave on the avaiabe fue. The average vehice speed. The ignition switch must be in the ON position. Press the INFO switch to change the dispay mode. When the time is being dispayed, press the INFO switch to change the dispay to the trip computer. If you have any probems with your trip computer, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. í Some modes. 6-57

242 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Current fue economy mode This mode dispays the current fue economy by cacuating the amount of fue consumption and the distance traveed. Current fue economy wi be cacuated and dispayed every 2 seconds. When this mode is seected, CONSUM CUR wi be dispayed. U.S.A. Average fue economy mode This mode dispays the average fue economy by cacuating the fue consumption and the distance traveed since connecting the battery or resetting the data. Average fue economy wi be cacuated and dispayed every minute. When this mode is seected, CONSUM AV wi be dispayed. U.S.A. CANADA CANADA When you've sowed to about 5 km/h (3 mph), L/100 km ( mpg) wi be dispayed. To cear the data being dispayed, press the INFO switch for more than 1 second. After pressing the INFO switch, L/ 100 km ( mpg) wi be dispayed for about 1 minute before the fue economy is recacuated and dispayed. 6-58

243 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Distance-to-empty mode This mode dispays the approximate distance you can trave on the remaining fue based on the fue economy. The distance-to-empty wi be cacuated and dispayed every minutes. When this mode is seected, REMNG wi be dispayed. U.S.A. Even though the distance-to-empty dispay may indicate a sufficient amount of remaining mieage before refueing is required, refue as soon as possibe if the fue gauge neede nears E or the ow fue warning ight iuminates. The dispay won't change uness you add more than approximatey 20 L (5.3 ga) of fue. Average vehice speed mode This mode dispays the average vehice speed by cacuating the distance and the time traveed since connecting the battery or resetting the data. Average vehice speed wi be cacuated and dispayed every 10 seconds. CANADA When this mode is seected, AV wi be dispayed. U.S.A. 6-59

244 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment CANADA Lighter The ignition switch must be in the ACC or ON position. Press the ighter in and reease it. When ready for use, it automaticay pops out. To cear the data being dispayed, press the INFO switch for more than 1 second. After pressing the INFO switch, km/h ( mie/h) wi be dispayed for about 1 minute before the vehice speed is recacuated and dispayed. 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. 6-60

245 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Ashtray CAUTION Do not 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. Cup Hoder WARNING Never use a cup hoder to hod hot iquids whie the vehice is moving: Using a cup hoder to hod hot iquids whie the vehice is moving is dangerous. If the contents spi, you coud be scaded. Do not put anything other than cups or drink cans in cup hoders: 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. CAUTION To reduce the possibiity of injury in an accident or a sudden stop, keep cup hoders cosed when not in use. 6-61

246 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment qfront To use, open the cover. Botte Hoder Botte hoders are on the inside of the front doors. qrear The rear cup hoder is on the rear center armrest. Botte hoder CAUTION Do not use the botte hoders for containers without caps. The contents may spi when the door is opened or cosed. 6-62

247 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Storage Compartments WARNING Keep storage boxes cosed when driving: 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 Do not eave ighters or eyegasses 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. qcenter Consoe To open, pu the ower reease atch. Sma items can be paced in the tray of the center consoe id. To open it, pu the upper reease atch. qgove Box To open the gove box, pu the atch toward you. If the gove box has a ock, insert the key and turn it cockwise to ock, countercockwise to unock. Unock qcargo Securing Loops (5 Door) Lock WARNING Make sure uggage and cargo is secured before driving: Not securing cargo whie driving is dangerous as it coud move or be crushed during sudden braking or a coision and cause injury. 6-63

248 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment 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. Without fexibe foor board To use the cargo sub-compartment, remove or ift the trunk board. Trunk board Cargo subcompartment To secure cargo with a rope or net, the trunk board oops can be used in the same way as the cargo securing oops (page 6-64). qfexibe Foor Board (5 Door) í The uggage compartment can be separated verticay and/or horizontay, using the trunk board and the trunk board oops. qcargo Sub-Compartment (5 Door) í With fexibe foor board To use the cargo sub-compartment, partiay open or remove the trunk boards. Trunk board Cargo subcompartment CAUTION Make sure the trunk board is firmy secured when it is fitted into the trunk board oops. If it is not firmy secured, it coud unexpectedy disengage causing damage to the trunk board oops or the trunk board í Some modes.

249 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment The trunk board oops can be used in the same way as the cargo securing oops. The tensie strength of the oops is 147 N (15 kgf, 33 bf). Do not appy excessive force to the trunk board oops as it wi damage them (page 6-63). Compartment divider oops Front trunk board 2. Insert the trunk board oops into the trunk board sits. Trunk board Front Rear trunk board To separate verticay Use the rear trunk board to separate the uggage compartment verticay. 1. Pu the trunk board oops out. To faciitate insertion of the trunk board oops into the trunk board sits, first insert the bottom of the rear trunk board into the groove of the uggage subcompartment. Cargo subcompartment Groove Compartment divider oop 3. Rock the trunk board to make sure the board is instaed securey. To separate horizontay Use the front trunk board to separate the uggage compartment horizontay. 6-65

250 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment CAUTION Do not pace heavy objects on the trunk board or appy excessive force as they coud damage the trunk board. The permissibe weight is about 5 kg (11 b). Do not use the rear trunk board to separate the uggage compartment horizontay. The rear trunk board cannot be ocked to the trunk board oops and it coud move and cause injury whie the vehice is moving. 1. Pu the trunk board oops out. 3. Insert the other trunk board oop into sit B unti a cick sound is heard. Sit B 4. Rock the trunk board to make sure the board is instaed securey. CAUTION Do not pace or remove uggage via the rear passenger seat area whie the vehice is moving. The trunk board or uggage coud move and cause injury. Compartment divider oop 2. Insert the trunk board oop into sit A. Sit A 6-66

251 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment Accessory Sockets í The ignition switch must be in the ACC or ON position to prevent the battery from discharging. Ony use genuine Mazda accessories or the equivaent requiring no greater than 120 W (DC 12 V, 7 A). To prevent discharging the battery, don't use the socket for ong periods with the engine off or iding. When pacing an eectrica device (e.g. ceuar phone) in the tray which is connected to the accessory socket, pass the connection 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 (DC 12 V, 7 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 to prevent foreign objects and iquids from getting into the accessory socket. Correcty insert the pug into the accessory socket. 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. Do NOT discard the cap. í Some modes. 6-67

252 Interior Comfort Interior Equipment 6. Make sure the connection pug cord is running through the cap sot; reinsta the cap and turn it cockwise (about 45 to the opened position). Connection pug cord 4. Open the tray by puing the ower reease catch. 5. Pass the connection pug cord through the hoe of the tray and insert the pug in the socket. 7. Pass the connection pug cord through the sit in the tray mat and then set the tray mat in pace. Pug 6-68

253 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 Tiedown Hook Recreationa Towing

254 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 in an emergency. 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 the 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

255 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. 4 Door Spare tire Jack Lug wrench Jack hande Tiedown eyeet 7-3

256 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire 5 Door (Type A) Lug wrench Tiedown eyeet Jack (Type B) Jack hande Lug wrench Spare tire Tiedown eyeet Jack Jack hande Spare tire 7-4

257 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire qjack To remove the jack 1. Turn the knob and remove the cover. WARNING Do not insta the temporary spare tire on the front whees (driving whees) when driving 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. 2. Turn the wing bot countercockwise. To secure the jack Perform the remova procedure in reverse. qspare Tire Your Mazda has a temporary spare tire. The temporary spare tire 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 spare tires shoud NEVER be used for ong drives or extended periods. CAUTION When using the temporary spare tire, driving stabiity may decrease compared to when using ony the conventiona tire. Drive carefuy. To avoid damage to the temporary spare tire or to the vehice, observe the foowing precautions: Do not exceed 80 km/h (50 mph). Avoid driving over obstaces. Aso, do not drive through an automatic car wash. This tire's diameter is smaer than a conventiona tire's, so the ground cearance is reduced about 25 mm (1 in). Do not use a tire chain on this tire because it won't fit propery. Do not use your temporary spare tire 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. 7-5

258 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire CAUTION (With imited sip differentia) When using the temporary spare tire on the front axe, repace it with a standard tire as soon as possibe. The size difference between the spare and the standard tire wi cause the imited sip differentia to mafunction. 2. Turn the tire hod-down bot countercockwise with the ug wrench. (With Tire Pressure Monitoring System) A tire pressure sensor is not instaed to the temporary spare tire. The warning ight wi fash continuousy whie the temporary spare tire is being used (page 5-27). (5 Door) 1. Remove the trunk mat, trunk board and cargo sub-compartment. (Type A) (Type B) To remove the spare tire (4 Door) 1. Remove the trunk mat and trunk board. 2. Turn the tire hod-down bot countercockwise with the ug wrench. 7-6

259 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire Changing a Fat Tire If the foowing occurs whie driving, it coud indicate a fat tire. Steering becomes difficut. The vehice begins to vibrate excessivey. The vehice pus in one direction. If you have a fat tire, drive sowy to a eve spot that is we off the road and out of the way of traffic to change the tire. Stopping in traffic or on the shouder of a busy road is dangerous. WARNING Be sure to foow the directions for changing a tire, and never get under a vehice that is supported ony by a jack: Changing a tire is dangerous if not done propery. The vehice can sip off the jack and seriousy injure someone. Never aow anyone inside a vehice supported by a jack: Aowing someone to remain in a vehice supported by a jack is dangerous. The occupant coud cause the vehice to fa resuting in serious injury. CAUTION (With Tire Pressure Monitoring System) The whees equipped on your Mazda are speciay designed for instaation of the tire pressure sensors. Do not use non-genuine whees, otherwise it may not be possibe to insta the tire pressure sensors. Make sure the jack is we ubricated before using it. (With Tire Pressure Monitoring System) Be sure to register the tire pressure sensor ID signa code whenever tires or whees are changed (page 5-29). 1. Park on a eve surface off the right-ofway and firmy set the parking brake. 2. Put a vehice with an automatic transaxe in Park (P), a manua transaxe in Reverse (R) or 1, and turn off the engine. 3. Turn on the hazard warning fasher. 4. Have everyone get out of the vehice and away from the vehice and traffic. 5. Remove the jack, too, and spare tire (page 7-3). 7-7

260 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire 6. Bock the whee diagonay opposite the fat tire. When bocking a whee, pace a tire bock both in front and behind the tire. Force the end of the ug wrench firmy between whee and cover, or remova wi be difficut. CAUTION There is a vave-stem mark inside the whee cover. When instaing the whee cover, aign this mark with the tire's vave stem. Damage coud occur during instaation if the whee cover is not propery aigned. When bocking a tire, use rocks or wood bocks of sufficient size to hod the tire in pace. 2. Loosen the ug nuts by turning them countercockwise one turn each, but don't remove any ug nuts unti the tire has been raised off the ground. qremoving a Fat Tire 1. If your vehice is equipped with a whee cover, pry off the whee cover with the beveed end of the ug wrench. 7-8

261 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire 3. Pace the jack under the jacking position cosest to the tire being changed. 4. Insert the jack hande into the jack. 5. Turn the jack hande cockwise and raise the vehice high enough so that the spare tire can be instaed. Before removing the ug nuts, make sure your Mazda is firmy in position and that it cannot sip or move. Jacking position WARNING Use ony the front and rear jacking positions recommended in this manua: Attempting to jack the vehice in positions other than those recommended in this manua is dangerous. The vehice coud sip off the jack and seriousy injure or even ki someone. Use ony the front and rear jacking positions recommended in this manua. 6. Remove the ug nuts by turning them countercockwise; then remove the whee and center cap. Use ony the jack provided with your Mazda: Using a jack that is not designed for your Mazda is dangerous. The vehice coud sip off the jack and seriousy injure someone. Never pace objects under the jack: Jacking the vehice with an object under the jack is dangerous. The jack coud sip and someone coud be seriousy injured by the jack or the faing vehice. 7-9

262 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire qlocking Lug Nuts í If your vehice has optiona antitheft whee ug nuts, one on each whee wi ock the tires and you must use a specia key to unock them. This key is attached to the ug wrench and is stored with the spare tire. Register them with the ock manufacturer by fiing out the card provided in the gove box and maiing it in the accompanying enveope. If you ose this key, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer or use the ock manufacturer's order form, which is with the registration card. To insta the nut 1. Pace the key on top of the nut, and be sure to hod the key square to it. If you hod the key at an ange, you may damage both key and nut. Don't use a power impact wrench. 2. Pace the ug wrench on top of the key, appy pressure, and turn it cockwise. qmounting the Spare Tire 1. Remove dirt and grime from the mounting surfaces of the whee and hub, incuding the hub bots, with a coth. Antitheft ug nut Specia key To remove an antitheft ug nut 1. Obtain the key for the antitheft ug nut. 2. Pace the key on top of the nut, and be sure to hod the key square to it. If you hod the key at an ange, you may damage both key and nut. Don't use a power impact wrench. 3. Pace the ug wrench on top of the key and appy pressure. Turn the wrench countercockwise. WARNING Make sure the mounting surfaces of the whee, hub and ug nuts are cean before changing or repacing tires: When changing or repacing a tire, not removing dirt and grime from the mounting surfaces of the whee, hub and hub bots is dangerous. The ug nuts coud oosen whie driving and cause the tire to come off, resuting in an accident. 2. Mount the spare tire í Some modes.

263 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire 3. Insta the ug nuts with the beveed edge inward; tighten them by hand. 4. Turn the jack hande countercockwise and ower the vehice. Use the ug wrench to tighten the nuts in the order shown. WARNING Do not appy oi or grease to ug nuts and bots and do not tighten the ug nuts beyond the recommended tightening torque: Appying oi or grease to ug nuts and bots is dangerous. The ug nuts coud oosen whie driving and cause the tire to come off, resuting in an accident. In addition, ug nuts and bots coud be damaged if tightened more than necessary. If you're unsure of how tight the nuts shoud be, have them inspected at an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Nut tightening torque N m (kgf m, ft bf) (9 12, 66 86) WARNING Aways securey and correcty tighten the ug nuts: Impropery or oosey tightened ug nuts are dangerous. The whee coud wobbe or come off. This coud resut in oss of vehice contro and cause a serious accident. Be sure to reinsta the same nuts you removed or repace them with metric nuts of the same configuration: Because the whee studs and ug nuts on your Mazda have metric threads, using a non-metric nut is dangerous. On a metric stud, it woud not secure the whee and woud damage the stud, which coud cause the whee to sip off and cause an accident. 7-11

264 In Case of an Emergency Fat Tire 5. Store the damaged tire, using the tire hod-down bot to hod it in pace. To prevent the jack and too from ratting, store them propery. Tire camp Tire hod-down bot 6. Check the infation pressure. Refer to the specification charts on page Have the fat tire repaired or repaced as soon as possibe. WARNING Do not drive with any tires that have incorrect air pressure: Driving on tires with incorrect air pressure is dangerous. Tires with incorrect pressure coud affect handing and resut in an accident. When you check the reguar tires' air pressure, check the spare tire, too. (With Tire Pressure Monitoring System) A tire pressure sensor is not instaed to the temporary spare tire. The warning ight wi fash continuousy whie the temporary spare tire is being used (page 5-27). 7-12

265 In Case of an Emergency Overheating Overheating If the temperature gauge indicates overheating, the vehice oses power, or you hear a oud knocking or pinging noise, the engine is probaby too hot. WARNING Turn off the ignition switch and make sure the fan is not running before attempting to work near the cooing fan: Working near the cooing fan when it is running is dangerous. The fan coud continue running indefinitey even if the engine has stopped and the engine compartment temperature is high. You coud be hit by the fan and seriousy injured. Do not remove the cooing system cap when the engine and radiator are hot: When the engine and radiator are hot, scading cooant and steam may shoot out under pressure and cause serious injury. Open the hood ONLY after steam is no onger escaping from the engine: Steam from an overheated engine is dangerous. The escaping steam coud seriousy burn you. If the temperature gauge indicates overheating: 1. Drive safey to the side of the road and park off the right-of-way. 2. Put a vehice with an automatic transaxe in park (P), a manua transaxe in neutra. 3. Appy the parking brake. 4. Turn off the air conditioner. 5. Check whether cooant or steam is escaping from under the hood or from the engine compartment. If steam is coming from the engine compartment: Don't go near the front of the vehice. Stop the engine. Wait unti the steam dissipates, then open the hood and start the engine. If neither cooant nor steam is escaping: Open the hood and ide the engine unti it coos. CAUTION If the cooing fan does not operate whie the engine is running, the engine temperature wi increase. Stop the engine and ca an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 6. Make sure the cooing fan is operating, then turn off the engine after the temperature has decreased. 7. When coo, check the cooant eve. If it's ow, ook for cooant eaks from the radiator and hoses. 7-13

266 In Case of an Emergency Overheating If you find a eak or other damage, or if cooant is sti eaking: Stop the engine and ca an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Except L3 turbocharger engine L3 turbocharger engine If you find no probems, the engine is coo, and no eaks are obvious: Carefuy add cooant as required (page 8-21). CAUTION If the engine continues to overheat or frequenty overheats, have the cooing system inspected. The engine coud be seriousy damaged uness repairs are made. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 7-14

267 In Case of an Emergency Emergency Starting Starting a Fooded Engine If the engine fais to start, it may be fooded (excessive fue in the engine). Foow this procedure: 1. Depress the acceerator a the way and hod it there. 2. Turn the ignition switch to the START position and hod it there for up to 10 seconds. If the engine starts, reease the key and acceerator immediatey because the engine wi suddeny rev up. 3. If the engine fais to start, crank it without depressing the acceerator for up to 10 seconds. 7-15

268 In Case of an Emergency Emergency Starting Jump-Starting Jump-starting is dangerous if done incorrecty. So foow the procedure carefuy. If you fee unsure about jump-starting, we strongy recommend that you have a competent service technician do the work. WARNING Foow These Precautions Carefuy: To ensure safe and correct handing of the battery, read the foowing precautions carefuy before using the battery or inspecting it. Aways wear eye protection when working near the battery: Working without eye protection is dangerous. Battery fuid contains SULFURIC ACID which coud cause bindness if spashed into your eyes. Aso, hydrogen gas produced during norma battery operation, coud ignite and cause the battery to expode. Wear eye protection and protective goves to prevent contact with battery fuid: Spied battery fuid is dangerous. Battery fuid contains SULFURIC ACID which coud cause serious injuries if it gets in eyes, skin or cothing. If this happens, immediatey fush your eyes with water for 15 minutes or wash your skin thoroughy and get medica attention. Aways keep batteries out of the reach of chidren: Aowing chidren to pay near batteries is dangerous. Battery fuid coud cause serious injuries if it gets in the eyes or on the skin. Do not aow the positive ( ) termina to contact any other meta object that coud cause sparks: Fames and sparks near open battery ces are dangerous. Hydrogen gas, produced during norma battery operation, coud ignite and cause the battery to expode. An expoding battery can cause serious burns and injuries. When working near a battery, do not aow meta toos to contact the positive ( ) or negative ( ) termina of the battery. 7-16

269 In Case of an Emergency Emergency Starting WARNING Keep a fames, incuding cigarettes, and sparks away from open battery ces: Fames and sparks near open battery ces are dangerous. Hydrogen gas, produced during norma battery operation, coud ignite and cause the battery to expode. An expoding battery can cause serious burns and injuries. Do not jump-start a frozen battery or one with a ow fuid eve: Jump-starting a frozen battery or one with a ow fuid eve is dangerous. It may rupture or expode, causing serious injury. Connect the negative cabe to a good ground point away from the battery: Connecting the end of the second jumper cabe to the negative ( ) termina of the discharged battery is dangerous. A spark coud cause the gas around the battery to expode and injure someone. Route the jumper cabes away from parts that wi be moving: Connecting a jumper cabe near or to moving parts (cooing fans, bets) is dangerous. The cabe coud get caught when the engine starts and cause serious injury. CAUTION Use ony a 12 V booster system. You can damage a 12 V starter, ignition system, and other eectrica parts beyond repair with a 24 V power suppy (two 12 V batteries in series or a 24 V motor generator set). 7-17

270 In Case of an Emergency Emergency Starting Connect cabes in numerica order and disconnect in reverse order. Discharged battery Jumper cabes Booster battery 1. Remove the battery cover from its front side. Battery cover 2. Make sure the booster battery is 12 V and that its negative termina is grounded. 3. If the booster battery is in another vehice, don't aow both vehices to touch. Turn off the engine of the vehice with the booster battery and a unnecessary eectrica oads in both vehices. 4. Connect the jumper cabes in the exact sequence as in the iustration. Connect one end of a cabe to the positive termina on the discharged battery (1). Attach the other end to the positive termina on the booster battery (2). Connect one end of the other cabe to the negative termina of the booster battery (3). Connect the other end to a soid, stationary, exposed metaic point (for exampe, the right hand side engine mounting bot) away from the discharged battery (4). 5. Start the engine of the booster vehice and run it a few minutes. Then start the engine of the other vehice. 6. When finished, carefuy disconnect the cabes in the reverse order described in the iustration. 7-18

271 In Case of an Emergency Emergency Starting Verify that the covers are securey instaed. Push-Starting Do not push-start your Mazda. WARNING Never tow a vehice to start it: Towing a vehice to start it is dangerous. The vehice being towed coud surge forward when its engine starts, causing the two vehices to coide. The occupants coud be injured. CAUTION Do not push-start a vehice that has a manua transaxe. It can damage the emission contro system. You can't start a vehice with an automatic transaxe by pushing it. 7-19

272 In Case of an Emergency Emergency Towing Towing Description We recommend that towing be done ony by an Authorized Mazda Deaer or a commercia tow-truck service. Proper ifting and towing are necessary to prevent damage to the vehice. Government and oca aws must be foowed. CAUTION Don't tow the vehice pointed backward with driving whees on the ground. This may cause interna damage to the transaxe. A towed vehice usuay shoud have its drive whees (front whees) off the ground. If excessive damage or other conditions prevent this, use whee doies. Whee doies CAUTION Don't tow with sing-type equipment. This coud damage your vehice. Use whee-ift or fatbed equipment. When towing with the rear whees on the ground, reease the parking brake. 7-20

273 In Case of an Emergency Emergency Towing CAUTION Do not use the hooks under the rear bumper for towing and tying down, as they cannot hod the oad and it wi damage the bumper. Tiedown Hook CAUTION Don't use the tiedown hook under the rear for towing. It is designed ONLY for tying down the vehice when it's being transported. Using it for towing wi damage the bumper. Hooks qtiedown Hook-Front 1. Remove the tiedown eyeet and the ug wrench from the trunk (page 7-3). 2. Wrap the ug wrench with a soft coth to prevent damage to the bumper and open the cap ocated on the front bumper. CAUTION The cap cannot be competey removed. Do not use excessive force as it may damage the cap or scratch the painted bumper surface. 7-21

274 In Case of an Emergency Emergency Towing 3. Securey insta the tiedown eyeet using the ug wrench. Recreationa Towing An exampe of recreationa towing is towing your vehice behind a motorhome. The transaxe is not designed for towing this vehice on a 4 whees. When doing recreationa towing refer to Towing Description (page 7-20) and Tiedown Hook (page 7-21) and carefuy foow the instructions. Lug wrench 4. Hook the tying rope to the tiedown eyeet. CAUTION If the tiedown eyeet is not securey tightened, it may oosen or disengage from the bumper when tying down the vehice. Make sure that the tiedown eyeet is securey tightened to the bumper. 7-22

275 8 Maintenance and Care How to keep your Mazda in top condition. Introduction Introduction Schedued Maintenance Schedued Maintenance (USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico) Schedued Maintenance (Mexico) Owner Maintenance Owner Maintenance Schedue Owner Maintenance Precautions Engine Compartment Overview Engine Oi Engine Cooant Brake/Cutch Fuid Power Steering Fuid Automatic Transaxe Fuid (ATF) í Washer Fuid Body Lubrication Wiper Bades Battery Tires Light Bubs Fuses Appearance Care How to Minimize Environmenta Paint Damage Exterior Care Interior Care í Some modes. 8-1

276 Maintenance and Care Introduction Introduction Be extremey carefu and prevent injury to yoursef and others or damage to your vehice when using this manua for inspection and maintenance. If you're unsure about any procedure it describes, we strongy urge you to have a reiabe and quaified service shop perform the work, preferaby an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Factory-trained Mazda technicians and genuine Mazda parts are best for your vehice. Without this expertise and the parts that have been designed and made especiay for your Mazda, inadequate, incompete, and insufficient servicing may resut in probems. This coud ead to vehice damage or an accident and injuries. For expert advice and quaity service, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. The owner shoud retain evidence that proper maintenance has been performed as prescribed. Caims against the warranty resuting from ack of maintenance, as opposed to defective materias or authorized Mazda workmanship, wi not be honored. Any auto repair shop using parts equivaent to your Mazda's origina equipment may perform maintenance. But we recommend that it aways be done by an Authorized Mazda Deaer using genuine Mazda parts. 8-2

277 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance Schedued Maintenance (USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico) Foow Schedue 1 if the vehice is operated mainy where none of the foowing conditions appy. If any do appy, foow Schedue 2 (Canada and Puerto Rico residents foow Schedue 2). Repeated short-distance driving Driving in dusty conditions Driving with extended use of brakes Driving in areas where sat or other corrosive materias are being used Driving on rough or muddy roads Extended periods of iding or ow-speed operation Driving for ong periods in cod temperatures or extremey humid cimates After the prescribed period, continue to foow the described maintenance at the recommended intervas. 8-3

278 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance qschedue 1 Number of months or kiometers (mies), whichever comes first Maintenance Interva Months km mies ENGINE Engine vave cearance Audibe inspect every 120,000 km (75,000 mies), if noisy, adjust Drive bets (tension) I Engine oi R R R R R R R R Engine oi fiter R R R R R R R R COOLING SYSTEM Cooing system I I Engine cooant FL22 type *1 Repace at first 192,000 km (120,000 mies) or 10 years; after that, every 96,000 km (60,000 mies) or 5 years Repace at first 96,000 km (60,000 mies) or 4 years; after that, Others every 2 years FUEL SYSTEM Air fiter R Fue ines and hoses *2 I I Hoses and tubes for emission *2 I IGNITION SYSTEM Spark pugs Repace every 120,000 km (75,000 mies) CHASSIS and BODY Brake ines, hoses and connections I I Disc brakes I I I I Tire (Rotation) Rotate every 12,000 km (7,500 mies) Steering operation and inkages I I Front and rear suspension, ba joints and whee bearing axia pay I I Driveshaft dust boots I I Exhaust system and heat shieds Inspect every 72,000 km (45,000 mies) or 5 years A ocks and hinges L L L L L L L L Bots and nuts on chassis and body T T 8-4

279 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance Number of months or kiometers (mies), whichever comes first Months Maintenance Interva 1000 km mies AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM (if instaed) Cabin air fiter Repace every 40,000 km (25,000 mies) or 2 years Chart symbos: I: Inspect and repair, cean, adjust, or repace if necessary. R: Repace L: Lubricate T: Tighten *1 Use FL22 type cooant in vehices with the inscription FL22 on the radiator cap itsef or the surrounding area. Use FL22 when repacing the cooant. *2 According to state/provincia and federa reguations, faiure to perform maintenance on these items wi not void your emissions warranties. However, Mazda recommends that a maintenance services be performed at the recommended time or mieage/kiometer period to ensure ong-term reiabiity. 8-5

280 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance qschedue 2 Number of months or kiometers (mies), whichever comes first Maintenance Interva Months km mies ENGINE Engine vave cearance Audibe inspect every 120,000 km (75,000 mies), if noisy, adjust Drive bets (tension) I Engine oi Puerto Rico Repace every 5,000 km (3,000 mies) or 3 months Others R R R R R R R R R R R R Engine oi fiter R R R R R R R R R R R R COOLING SYSTEM Cooing system I I Engine cooant FL22 type *1 Repace at first 192,000 km (120,000 mies) or 10 years; after that, every 96,000 km (60,000 mies) or 5 years Repace at first 96,000 km (60,000 mies) or 4 years; after that, Others every 2 years Engine cooant eve I I I I I I I I I I I I FUEL SYSTEM Air fier Puerto Rico R R Others R Fue ines and hoses *2 I I Hoses and tubes for emission *2 I IGNITION SYSTEM Spark pugs (without turbocharger) Repace every 120,000 km (75,000 mies) Spark pugs (with turbocharger) USA Repace every 96,000 km (60,000 mies) Others *3 Repace every 120,000 km (75,000 mies) ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Function of a ights I I I I I I I I I I I I 8-6

281 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance Number of months or kiometers (mies), whichever comes first Maintenance Interva Months km mies CHASSIS and BODY Brake ines, hoses and connections I I Brake and cutch fuid eve I I I I I I I I I I I I Disc brakes I I I I Tire (Rotation) Rotate every 8,000 km (5,000 mies) Tire infation pressure and tire wear I I I I I I I I I I I I Steering operation and inkages I I Power steering fuid eve I I I I I I I I I I I I Front and rear suspension, ba joints and whee bearing axia pay I I Driveshaft dust boots I I Exhaust system and heat shieds Inspect every 72,000 km (45,000 mies) or 5 years A ocks and hinges L L L L L L L L L L L L Washer fuid eve I I I I I I I I I I I I Bots and nuts on chassis and body T T AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM (if instaed) Cabin air fiter Repace every 40,000 km (25,000 mies) or 2 years Chart symbos: I: Inspect and repair, cean, adjust, or repace if necessary. R: Repace L: Lubricate T: Tighten Remarks: *1 Use FL22 type cooant in vehices with the inscription FL22 on the radiator cap itsef or the surrounding area. Use FL22 when repacing the cooant. *2 According to state/provincia and federa reguations, faiure to perform maintenance on these items wi not void your emissions warranties. However, Mazda recommends that a maintenance services be performed at the recommended time or mieage/kiometer period to ensure ong-term reiabiity. *3 If the vehice is operated under any of the foowing conditions, repace the spark pugs every 96,000 km (60,000 mies) or shorter. a) Repeated short-distance driving b) Extended periods of iding or ow-speed operation c) Driving for ong periods in cod temperatures or extremey humid cimates 8-7

282 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance Schedued Maintenance (Mexico) Foow Schedue 1 if the vehice is operated mainy where none of the foowing conditions appy. If any do appy, foow Schedue 2. Repeated short-distance driving Driving in dusty conditions Driving with extended use of brakes Driving in areas where sat or other corrosive materias are being used Driving on rough or muddy roads Extended periods of iding or ow-speed operation Driving for ong periods in cod temperatures or extremey humid cimates Driving in extremey hot conditions Driving in mountainous conditions continuay After the prescribed period, continue to foow the described maintenance at the recommended intervas. 8-8

283 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance qschedue 1 Number of months or kiometers, whichever comes first Maintenance Interva Months km ENGINE Engine vave cearance Audibe inspect every 120,000 km, if noisy, adjust Drive bets (tension) I I I Engine oi R R R R R R R R R R R R Engine oi fiter R R R R R R R R R R R R COOLING SYSTEM Cooing system I I I FL22 type *1 Repace at first 190,000 km or 10 years; Engine cooant after that, every 60,000 km or 3 years Others Repace every 40,000 km or 2 years FUEL SYSTEM Air fiter R R R R R R Fue ines and hoses I *2 I *2 I Hoses and tubes for emission I *2 I *2 I Fue fiter R R R IGNITION SYSTEM Spark pugs Repace every 60,000 km CHASSIS and BODY Brake ines, hoses and connections I I I I I I Brake and cutch fuid eve I I I I I I I I I Brake fuid R R R Disc brakes I I I I I I I I I I I I Tire (Rotation) Rotate every 10,000 km Tire infation pressure and tire wear I I I I I I I I I I I I Steering operation and inkages I I I I I I I I I I I I Power steering fuid eve I I I I I I I I I I I I Front and rear suspension, ba joints and whee bearing axia pay I I I I I I Driveshaft dust boots I I I I I I Exhaust system and heat shieds I I I I I I A ocks and hinges L L L L L L L L L L L L Washer fuid eve I I I I I I I I I I I I Bots and nuts on chassis and body T T T T T T 8-9

284 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance Number of months or kiometers, whichever comes first Maintenance Interva Months km AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM (if instaed) Cabin air fiter R R R Chart symbos: I: Inspect and repair, cean, adjust, or repace if necessary. R: Repace L: Lubricate T: Tighten *1 Use FL22 type cooant in vehices with the inscription FL22 on the radiator cap itsef or the surrounding area. Use FL22 when repacing the cooant. *2 According to state/provincia and federa reguations, faiure to perform maintenance on these items wi not void your emissions warranties. However, Mazda recommends that a maintenance services be performed at the recommended time or kiometer period to ensure ong-term reiabiity. 8-10

285 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance qschedue 2 Number of months or kiometers, whichever comes first Maintenance Interva Months km ENGINE Engine vave cearance Audibe inspect every 120,000 km, if noisy, adjust Drive bets (tension) I Engine oi R R R R R R R R R R R R Engine oi fiter R R R R R R R R R R R R COOLING SYSTEM Cooing system I FL22 type *1 Repace at first 190,000 km or 10 years; after that, every Engine cooant 60,000 km or 3 years Others Repace every 40,000 km or 2 years Engine cooant eve I I I I I I I I I I I I FUEL SYSTEM Air fiter C R C R C R Fue ines and hoses I *2 Hoses and tubes for emission I *2 Fue fiter R IGNITION SYSTEM Spark pugs Repace every 60,000 km ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Function of a ights I I I I I I I I I I I I CHASSIS and BODY Brake ines, hoses and connections I I I Brake and cutch fuid eve I I I I I Brake fuid R Disc brakes I I I I I I Tire (Rotation) Rotate every 10,000 km Tire infation pressure and tire wear I I I I I I Steering operation and inkages I I I I I I Power steering fuid eve I I I I I I Front and rear suspension, ba joints and whee bearing axia pay I I I Driveshaft dust boots I I I Exhaust system and heat shieds I I I A ocks and hinges L L L L L L Washer fuid eve I I I I I I Bots and nuts on chassis and body T T T 8-11

286 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance Number of months or kiometers, whichever comes first Maintenance Interva Months km AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM (if instaed) Cabin air fiter R R R Chart symbos: I: Inspect and repair, cean, adjust, or repace if necessary. R: Repace L: Lubricate C: Cean T: Tighten Remarks: *1 Use FL22 type cooant in vehices with the inscription FL22 on the radiator cap itsef or the surrounding area. Use FL22 when repacing the cooant. *2 According to state/provincia and federa reguations, faiure to perform maintenance on these items wi not void your emissions warranties. However, Mazda recommends that a maintenance services be performed at the recommended time or kiometer period to ensure ong-term reiabiity. 8-12

287 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance (Cont.) Number of months or kiometers, whichever comes first Maintenance Interva Months km ENGINE Engine vave cearance Audibe inspect every 120,000 km, if noisy, adjust Drive bets (tension) I I Engine oi R R R R R R R R R R R R Engine oi fiter R R R R R R R R R R R R COOLING SYSTEM Cooing system I I FL22 type *1 Repace at first 190,000 km or 10 years; after that, every Engine cooant 60,000 km or 3 years Others Repace every 40,000 km or 2 years Engine cooant eve I I I I I I I I I I I I FUEL SYSTEM Air fiter C R C R C R Fue ines and hoses I *2 I Hoses and tubes for emission I *2 I Fue fiter R R IGNITION SYSTEM Spark pugs Repace every 60,000 km ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Function of a ights I I I I I I I I I I I I CHASSIS and BODY Brake ines, hoses and connections I I I Brake and cutch fuid eve I I I I Brake fuid R R Disc brakes I I I I I I Tire (Rotation) Rotate every 10,000 km Tire infation pressure and tire wear I I I I I I Steering operation and inkages I I I I I I Power steering fuid eve I I I I I I Front and rear suspension, ba joints and whee bearing axia pay I I I Driveshaft dust boots I I I Exhaust system and heat shieds I I I A ocks and hinges L L L L L L Washer fuid eve I I I I I I Bots and nuts on chassis and body T T T 8-13

288 Maintenance and Care Schedued Maintenance Number of months or kiometers, whichever comes first Maintenance Interva Months km AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM (if instaed) Cabin air fiter R R R Chart symbos: I: Inspect and repair, cean, adjust, or repace if necessary. R: Repace L: Lubricate C: Cean T: Tighten Remarks: *1 Use FL22 type cooant in vehices with the inscription FL22 on the radiator cap itsef or the surrounding area. Use FL22 when repacing the cooant. *2 According to state/provincia and federa reguations, faiure to perform maintenance on these items wi not void your emissions warranties. However, Mazda recommends that a maintenance services be performed at the recommended time or kiometer period to ensure ong-term reiabiity. 8-14

289 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Owner Maintenance Schedue The owner or a quaified service technician shoud make these vehice inspections at the indicated intervas to ensure safe and dependabe operation. Bring any probem to the attention of an Authorized Mazda Deaer or quaified service technician as soon as possibe. qwhen Refueing Brake and cutch fuid eve (page 8-23) Engine cooant eve (page 8-21) Engine oi eve (page 8-20) Washer fuid eve (page 8-28) qat Least Monthy Tire infation pressures (page 8-36) qat Least Twice a Year (For Exampe, Every Spring and Fa) Automatic transaxe fuid eve (page 8-25) Power steering fuid eve (page 8-24) You can do the foowing schedued maintenance items if you have some mechanica abiity and a few basic toos and if you cosey foow the directions in this manua. Engine cooant (page 8-21) Engine oi (page 8-18) 8-15

290 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Owner Maintenance Precautions Improper or incompete service may resut in probems. This section gives instructions ony for items that are easy to perform. As expained in the Introduction (page 8-2), severa procedures can be done ony by a quaified service technician with specia toos. Improper owner maintenance during the warranty period may affect warranty coverage. For detais, read the separate Mazda Warranty statement provided with the vehice. If you're unsure about any servicing or maintenance procedure, have it done by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. There are strict environmenta aws regarding the disposa of waste oi and fuids. Pease dispose of your waste propery and with due regard to the environment. We recommend that you entrust the oi and fuid changes of your vehice to an Authorized Mazda Deaer. WARNING Do not perform maintenance work if you ack sufficient knowedge and experience or the proper toos and equipment to do the work. Have maintenance work done by a quaified technician: Performing maintenance work on a vehice is dangerous if not done propery. You can be seriousy injured whie performing some maintenance procedures. If you must run the engine whie working under the hood, make certain that you remove a jewery (especiay rings, braceets, watches, and neckaces) and a neckties, scarves, and simiar oose cothing before getting near the engine or cooing fan which may turn on unexpectedy: Working under the hood with the engine running is dangerous. It becomes even more dangerous when you wear jewery or oose cothing. Either can become entanged in moving parts and resut in injury. Turn off the ignition switch and make sure the fan is not running before attempting to work near the cooing fan: Working near the cooing fan when it is running is dangerous. The fan coud continue running indefinitey even if the engine has stopped and the engine compartment temperature is high. You coud be hit by the fan and seriousy injured. 8-16

291 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Without turbocharger Engine cooant reservoir Engine Compartment Overview Main fuse Engine oi-fier cap Brake/Cutch fuid Battery Fuse bock reservoir Power steering fuid reservoir Windshied washer fuid reservoir Engine oi dipstick Automatic transaxe fuid-eve dipstick (Ony for automatic transaxe) With turbocharger Power steering fuid reservoir Engine cooant reservoir Engine oi-fier cap Brake/Cutch fuid reservoir Main fuse Battery Fuse bock Windshied washer fuid reservoir Engine oi dipstick 8-17

292 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Engine Oi Changing the engine oi shoud be done by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. qrecommended Oi Use SAE 5W-20 engine oi (Without turbocharger). Oi container abes provide important information. A chief contribution this type of oi makes to fue economy is reducing the amount of fue necessary to overcome engine friction. U.S.A. and CANADA Ony use ois Certified For Gasoine Engines by the American Petroeum Institute (API). An oi with this trademark symbo conforms to the current engine and emission system protection standards and fue economy requirements of the Internationa Lubricant Standardization and Approva Committee (ILSAC), comprised of U.S. and Japanese automobie manufacturers W Except U.S.A. and CANADA (ILSAC) Mexico (ILSAC) Use SAE 5W-20 engine oi. If SAE 5W-20 engine oi is not avaiabe in your market. Use SAE 5W-30 engine oi. 8-18

293 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance The quaity designation SM, or ILSAC must be on the abe Ony use ois Certified For Gasoine Engines by the American Petroeum Institute (API). An oi with this trademark symbo conforms to the current engine and emission system protection standards and fue economy requirements of the Internationa Lubricant Standardization and Approva Committee (ILSAC), comprised of U.S. and Japanese automobie manufacturers. 5W-20 Use SAE 5W-30 engine oi (With turbocharger). Oi container abes provide important information. A chief contribution this type of oi makes to fue economy is reducing the amount of fue necessary to overcome engine friction. U.S.A. and CANADA W-30 Except U.S.A. and CANADA (ILSAC) (ILSAC) 8-19

294 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance The quaity designation SM, or ILSAC must be on the abe. With turbocharger W-30 Max OK Min qinspecting Engine Oi Leve 1. Be sure the vehice is on a eve surface. 2. Warm up the engine to norma operating temperature. 3. Turn it off and wait at east 5 minutes for the oi to return to the oi pan. 4. Pu out the dipstick, wipe it cean, and reinsert it fuy. Without turbocharger Fu OK Low 5. Pu it out again and examine the eve. It's OK between Low or MIN and Fu or MAX. But if it's near or beow Low or MIN, add enough oi to bring the eve to Fu or MAX. CAUTION Don't add engine oi over Fu or MAX. This may cause engine damage. 6. Make sure the O-ring on the dipstick is positioned propery before reinserting the dipstick. The distance between Low or MIN and Fu or MAX on the dipstick represents the foowing: Oi capacity L (US qt, Imp qt) 0.75 (0.79, 0.66) 8-20

295 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Engine Cooant qinspecting Cooant Leve WARNING Do not use a match or ive fame in the engine compartment. DO NOT ADD COOLANT WHEN THE ENGINE IS HOT: A hot engine is dangerous. If the engine has been running, parts of the engine compartment can become very hot. You coud be burned. Carefuy inspect the engine cooant in the cooant reservoir, but do not open it. Turn off the ignition switch and make sure the fan is not running before attempting to work near the cooing fan: Working near the cooing fan when it is running is dangerous. The fan coud continue running indefinitey even if the engine has stopped and the engine compartment temperature is high. You coud be hit by the fan and seriousy injured. Changing the cooant shoud be done by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Inspect the antifreeze protection and cooant eve in the cooant reservoir at east once a year at the beginning of the winter season and before traveing where temperatures may drop beow freezing. Inspect the condition and connections of a cooing system and heater hoses. Repace any that are swoen or deteriorated. The cooant shoud be at fu in the radiator and between the MAX or F and MIN or L marks on the cooant reservoir when the engine is coo. Without turbocharger Do not remove the cooing system cap when the engine and radiator are hot: When the engine and radiator are hot, scading cooant and steam may shoot out under pressure and cause serious injury. 8-21

296 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance With turbocharger If it's at or near MIN or L, add enough cooant to the cooant reservoir to provide freezing and corrosion protection and to bring the eve to MAX or F. CAUTION Radiator cooant wi damage paint. Rinse it off quicky if spied. Use ony soft (demineraized) water in the cooant mixture. Water that contains mineras wi cut down on the cooant's effectiveness. Don't add ony water. Aways add a proper cooant mixture. The engine has auminum parts and must be protected by an ethyenegyco-based cooant to prevent corrosion and freezing. DO NOT USE cooants Containing Acoho, methano, Borate or Siicate. These cooants coud damage the cooing system. DO NOT MIX acoho or methano with the cooant. This coud damage the cooing system. Don't use a soution that contains more than 60% antifreeze. This woud reduce effectiveness. 8-22

297 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance If the FL22 mark is shown on or near the cooing system cap, use FL22 type engine cooant. If engine cooant other than FL22 type is used, the engine cooant must be repaced earier than the specified repacement interva indicated in the schedued maintenance (page 8-3). Brake/Cutch Fuid qinspecting Brake/Cutch Fuid Leve The brakes and cutch draw fuid from the same reservoir. Inspect the fuid eve in the reservoir reguary. It shoud be kept at MAX. The eve normay drops with accumuated distance, a condition associated with wear of brake and cutch inings. If it is excessivey ow, have the brake/cutch system inspected by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Without turbocharger If the cooant reservoir is empty or new cooant is required frequenty, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. With turbocharger 8-23

298 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance qadding Brake/Cutch Fuid WARNING Spied Brake Fuid: Spied brake fuid is dangerous. If it gets in your eyes, they coud be seriousy injured. If this happens, immediatey fush your eyes with water and get medica attention. Brake fuid spied on a hot engine coud cause a fire. Be carefu not to spi brake fuid on yoursef or on the engine. Low Brake/Cutch Fuid Leves: Low brake/cutch fuid eves are dangerous. Low eves coud signa brake ining wear or a brake system eak. Your brakes coud fai and cause an accident. If you find a ow fuid eve, have the brakes and cutch inspected. If the fuid eve is ow, add fuid unti it reaches MAX. Before adding fuid, thoroughy cean the area around the cap. Power Steering Fuid qinspecting Power Steering Fuid Leve CAUTION To avoid damage to the power steering pump, don't operate the vehice for ong periods when the power steering fuid eve is ow. Use specified power steering fuid (page 10-5). Inspect the fuid eve in the reservoir at each engine oi change with the engine off and cod. Add fuid if necessary; it does not require periodic changing. Without turbocharger CAUTION Brake and cutch fuid wi damage painted surfaces. If brake or cutch fuid does get on a painted surface, wash it off with water immediatey. Using nonspecified brake and cutch fuids (page 10-5) wi damage the systems. Mixing different fuids wi aso damage them. If the brake/cutch system frequenty requires new fuid, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 8-24

299 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance With turbocharger Automatic Transaxe Fuid (ATF) í qinspecting Automatic Transaxe Fuid Leve The automatic transaxe fuid eve shoud be inspected reguary. Measure it as described beow. 5AT The eve must be kept between MIN and MAX. Visuay examine the ines and hoses for eaks and damage. If new fuid is required frequenty, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. CAUTION Aways check the automatic transaxe fuid eve according to the foowing procedure. If the procedure is not done correcty, the automatic transaxe fuid eve cannot be measured accuratey which coud ead to automatic transaxe damage. A ow fuid eve can cause transaxe sippage. Overfiing can cause foaming, oss of fuid, and transaxe mafunction. Use ony the specified fuid. A nonspecified fuid coud resut in transaxe mafunction and faiure. 1. Park on a eve surface and set the parking brake firmy. 2. Make sure there is no ATF eakage from the ATF hose or the housing. 3. Shift the shift ever to the park position (P), start the engine and warm it up. í Some modes. 8-25

300 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance CAUTION Do not shift the shift ever whie the engine is warming up. If the ATF eve is extremey ow, the automatic transaxe coud be damaged. 4. Whie the engine is sti iding, pu out the dipstick and wipe it cean, and then put it back. 5. Check the ATF eve. If there is no ATF adhering 5 mm from the end of the dipstick, add ATF. 9. Shift the shift ever to the park position (P), check the ATF eve whie the engine is iding, and make sure that the ATF eve is within the proper eve. If the ATF eve is not within the proper eve, add ATF. The proper fuid eve is marked on the dipstick as foows. Fu OK Low CAUTION If there is no ATF adhering to the dipstick even after the engine has been warmed up, do not drive the vehice. Otherwise, the automatic transaxe coud be damaged. 6. Shift the shift ever to each range and position, and make sure there is no abnormaity. 7. Drive the vehice on city roads for 5 km (3.1 mie) or more. 8. Park on a eve surface and set the parking brake firmy. 4AT The voume of fuid changes with the temperature. Fuid must be checked at ide without driving at norma operating temperature. CAUTION Low fuid eve causes transaxe sippage. Overfiing can cause foaming, oss of fuid, and transaxe mafunction. Use specified fuid (page 10-5). A nonspecified fuid coud resut in transaxe mafunction and faiure. 1. Park on a eve surface and set the parking brake firmy. 2. Start the engine and depress the brake peda. 8-26

301 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance 3. Move the shift ever through a ranges, then set it at P. WARNING Sudden Vehice Movement: Shifting the shift ever without first depressing the brake peda is dangerous. The vehice coud move suddeny and cause an accident. Make sure the brake peda is appied before shifting the shift ever. 4. With the engine sti iding, pu out the dipstick, wipe it cean, and put it back. 5. Pu it out again. The proper fuid eve is marked on the dipstick as foows. Fu A Low Fu B Fuid cod scae B When the engine has not been running and the outside temperature is about 20 C (70 F), the fuid eve shoud be cose to, but not above, the bottom notch on the dipstick. CAUTION Use the cod scae ony as a reference. If outside temperature is ower than about 20 C (70 F), start the engine and inspect the fuid eve after the engine reaches operating temperature. If the vehice has been driven for an extended period at high speeds or in city traffic in hot weather, inspect the eve ony after stopping the engine and aowing the fuid to coo for 30 minutes. Fuy insert the dipstick. When adding fuid, inspect with the dipstick to make sure it doesn't pass fu. Fuid hot scae A When the vehice has been driven and the fuid is at norma operating temperature, about 65 C (150 F), the eve must be between Fu and Low. Inspect the fuid on both sides of the dipstick in a we it area for an accurate reading. 8-27

302 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Washer Fuid qinspecting Washer Fuid Leve Inspect fuid eve in the washer fuid reservoir; add fuid if necessary. WARNING Use ony windshied washer fuid or pain water in the reservoir: Using radiator antifreeze as washer fuid is dangerous. If sprayed on the windshied, it wi dirty the windshied, affect your visibiity, and coud resut in an accident. Using Washer Fuid Without Antifreeze Protection in Cod Weather: Operating your vehice in temperatures beow 4 degrees C (40 degrees F) using washer fuid without anti-freeze protection is dangerous as it coud cause impaired windshied vision and resut in an accident. In cod weather, aways use washer fuid with anti-freeze protection. State or oca reguations may restrict the use of voatie organic compounds (VOCs), which are commony used as anti-freeze agents in washer fuid. A washer fuid with imited VOC content shoud be used ony if it provides adequate freeze resistance for a regions and cimates in which the vehice wi be operated. To inspect the washer fuid eve in the front reservoir, pu off the cap. Then, hoding your thumb over the hoe in the center of the cap, ift it straight up. The fuid eve can be seen from the fuid coumn in the pipe. Add fuid if necessary. Use pain water if washer fuid is unavaiabe. But use ony washer fuid in cod weather to prevent it from freezing. Front and rear washer fuid is suppied from the same reservoir. 8-28

303 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Body Lubrication A moving points of the body, such as door and hood hinges and ocks, shoud be ubricated each time the engine oi is changed. Use a nonfreezing ubricant on ocks during cod weather. Make sure the hood's secondary atch keeps the hood from opening when the primary atch is reeased. Wiper Bades CAUTION Hot waxes appied by automatic car washers have been known to affect the wiper's abiity to cean windows. To prevent damage to the wiper bades, don't use gasoine, kerosene, paint thinner, or other sovents on or near them. When the wiper ever is in the AUTO position and the ignition switch is in the ON position, the wipers may move automaticay in the foowing cases: If the windshied above the rain sensor is touched. If the windshied above the rain sensor is wiped with a coth. If the windshied is struck with a hand or other object. If the rain sensor is struck with a hand or other object from inside the vehice. Be carefu not to pinch hands or fingers as it may cause injury, or damage the wipers. When washing or servicing your Mazda, make sure the wiper ever is in the OFF position. Contamination of either the windshied or the bades with foreign matter can reduce wiper effectiveness. Common sources are insects, tree sap, and hot wax treatments used by some commercia car washes. 8-29

304 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance If the bades are not wiping propery, cean the window and bades with a good ceaner or mid detergent; then rinse thoroughy with cean water. Repeat if necessary. 2. Pu down the bade rubber and side it out of bade hoder. qrepacing Windshied Wiper Bades When the wipers no onger cean we, the bades are probaby worn or cracked. Repace them. CAUTION To prevent damage to the wiper arms and other components, don't try to sweep the wiper arm by hand. 3. Remove the meta stiffener from each bade rubber and insta them in the new bade. 1. Raise the wiper arm and turn the bade assemby to expose the pastic ocking cip. Side the assemby downward; then ift it off the arm. Pastic ocking cip CAUTION To prevent damage to the windshied et the wiper arm down easiy, don't et it sap down on the windshied. 8-30

305 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance CAUTION Don't bend or discard the stiffener. You need to use them again. If the meta stiffeners are switched, the bade's wiping efficiency coud be reduced. So don't use the driver's side meta stiffener on the passenger's side, or vice versa. Be sure to reinsta the meta stiffener in the new bade rubber so that the curve is the same as it was in the od bade rubber. CAUTION To prevent damage to the wiper arm and other components, don't try to sweep the wiper arm by hand. 1. Raise the wiper arm and rotate the wiper bade to the right unti it unocks, then remove the bade. 4. Carefuy insert the new bade rubber. Then insta the bade assemby in the reverse order of remova. CAUTION To prevent damage to the rear window et the wiper arm down easiy, don't et it sap down on the rear window. 2. Pu down the bade rubber and side it out of the bade hoder. qrepacing Rear Wiper Bade (5 Door) When the wiper no onger ceans we, the bade is probaby worn or cracked. Repace it. 8-31

306 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance 3. Remove the meta stiffener from each bade rubber and insta them in the new bade. CAUTION Don't bend or discard the stiffener. You need to use them again. 4. Carefuy insert the new bade rubber. Then insta the bade assemby in the reverse order of remova. 8-32

307 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Battery WARNING Battery-Reated Lead Materias: Battery posts, terminas and reated accessories contain ead and ead compounds, chemicas known to the State of Caifornia to cause cancer and reproductive harm. Wash hands after handing. Foow These Precautions Carefuy: To ensure safe and correct handing of the battery, read the foowing precautions carefuy before using the battery or inspecting it. Eye Protection: Working without eye protection is dangerous. Battery fuid contains SULFURIC ACID which coud cause bindness if spashed into your eyes. Aso, hydrogen gas produced during norma battery operation, coud ignite and cause the battery to expode. Aways wear eye protection when working near the battery. Spied Battery Fuid: Spied battery fuid is dangerous. Battery fuid contains SULFURIC ACID which coud cause serious injuries if it gets in eyes, skin or cothing. If this happens, immediatey fush your eyes with water for 15 minutes or wash your skin thoroughy and get medica attention. Wear eye protection and protective goves to prevent contact with battery fuid. Chidren and Batteries: Aowing chidren to pay near batteries is dangerous. Battery fuid coud cause serious injuries if it gets in the eyes or on the skin. Aways keep batteries out of the reach of chidren. 8-33

308 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance WARNING Keep Fames Away: Fames and sparks near open battery ces are dangerous. Hydrogen gas, produced during norma battery operation, coud ignite and cause the battery to expode. An expoding battery can cause serious burns and injuries. Keep a fames incuding cigarettes and sparks away from open battery ces. When working near a battery, do not aow meta toos to contact the positive ( ) or negative ( ) termina of the battery. Do not aow the positive ( ) termina to contact the vehice body. Battery-Reated Exposion: Fames and sparks near open battery ces are dangerous. Hydrogen gas, produced during norma battery operation, coud ignite and cause the battery to expode. An expoding battery can cause serious burns and injuries. Keep a fames, incuding cigarettes, and sparks away from open battery ces. 8-34

309 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Remove the battery cover before performing battery maintenance. If the vehice wi not be used for an extended time, disconnect the battery cabes. qinspecting Eectroyte Leve A ow eve of eectroyte fuid wi cause the battery to discharge quicky. Battery cover Upper eve qbattery Maintenance Lower eve Inspect the eectroyte eve at east once a week. If it's ow, remove the caps and add enough distied water to bring the eve between the upper and ower eve (iustration). To get the best service from a battery: Keep it securey mounted. Keep the top cean and dry. Keep terminas and connections cean, tight, and coated with petroeum jey or termina grease. Rinse off spied eectroyte immediatey with a soution of water and baking soda. Don't overfi. Examine the specific gravity of the eectroyte with a hydrometer, especiay during cod weather. If it's ow, recharge the battery. 8-35

310 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Tires For reasons of proper performance, safety, and better fue economy, aways maintain recommended tire infation pressures and stay within the recommended oad imits and weight distribution. WARNING Using Different Tire Types: Driving your vehice with different types of tires is dangerous. It coud cause poor handing and poor braking; eading to oss of contro. Except for the imited use of the temporary spare tire, use ony the same type tires (radia, bias-beted, bias-type) on a four whees. Using Wrong-Sized Tires: Using any other tire size than what is specified for your Mazda (page 10-8) is dangerous. It coud seriousy affect ride, handing, ground cearance, tire cearance, and speedometer caibration. This coud cause you to have an accident. Use ony tires that are the correct size specified for your Mazda. qtire Infation Pressure WARNING Incorrect Tire Infation: Overinfation or underinfation of tires is dangerous. Adverse handing or unexpected tire faiure coud resut in a serious accident. Aways infate the tires to the correct pressure (page 10-8). The Tire Pressure Monitoring System í does not aeviate the need to check the tire condition every day, incuding whether the tires a ook infated propery. Inspect a tire pressure monthy (incuding the spare) when the tires are cod. Maintain recommended pressures for the best ride, handing, and minimum tire wear. When checking the tire pressures, use of a digita tire pressure gauge is recommended. Refer to the specification charts (page 10-8) í Some modes.

311 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Aways check tire pressure when tires are cod. Warm tires normay exceed recommended pressures. Don't reease air from warm tires to adjust the pressure. Underinfation can cause reduced fue economy, uneven and acceerated tire wear, and poor seaing of the tire bead, which wi deform the whee and cause separation of tire from rim. Overinfation can produce a harsh ride, uneven and acceerated tire wear, and a greater possibiity of damage from road hazards. Keep your tire pressure at the correct eves. If one frequenty needs infating, have it inspected. qtire Rotation To equaize tread wear, rotate the tires if irreguar wear deveops. According to the schedued maintenance charts.refer to Schedued Maintenance on page 8-3. During rotation, inspect them for correct baance. Aso, inspect them for uneven wear and damage. Abnorma wear is usuay caused by one or a combination of the foowing: Incorrect tire pressure Improper whee aignment Out-of-baance whee Severe braking After rotation, infate a tire pressures to specification (page 10-8) and inspect the ug nuts for tightness. CAUTION Rotate unidirectiona tires and radia tires that have an asymmetrica tread pattern or studs ony from front to rear, not from side to side. Tire performance wi be weakened if rotated from side to side. qrepacing a Tire WARNING Worn Tires: Driving with worn tires is dangerous. Reduced braking, steering, and traction coud resut in an accident. Aways use tires that are in good condition. Forward Do not incude (TEMPORARY USE ONLY) spare tire in rotation. 8-37

312 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance CAUTION (With Tire Pressure Monitoring System) When repacing/repairing the tires or whees or both, have the work done by an Authorized Mazda Deaer, or the tire pressure sensors may be damaged. (With Tire Pressure Monitoring System) When tires with stee wire reinforcement in the sidewas are used, the system may not function correcty even with a genuine whee. Refer to System Error Activation on page Be sure to insta the tire pressure sensors whenever tires or whees are repaced. Refer to Tires and Whees on page If a tire wears eveny, a wear indicator wi appear as a soid band across the tread. Repace the tire when this happens. Tread wear indicator You shoud repace it before the band is across the entire tread. Tires degrade over time, even when they are not being used on the road. It is recommended that tires generay be repaced when they are 6 years or oder. Heat caused by hot cimates or frequent high oading conditions can acceerate the aging process. You shoud repace the spare tire when you repace the other road tires due to the aging of the spare tire. Regarding the manufacturing week and year is indicated with 4 digit. Refer to The tire abeing on page qtemporary Spare Tire Inspect the temporary spare tire at east monthy to make sure it's propery infated and stored. The temporary spare tire condition graduay deteriorates even if it has not been used. The temporary spare tire is easier to hande because of its construction. It is ighter and smaer than a conventiona tire and shoud be used ony for an emergency and ony for a short distance. New tread Worn tread Use the temporary ony unti the conventiona tire is repaired, which shoud be as soon as possibe. Maintain its pressure at 420 kpa (4.2 kgf/cm 2 or bar, 60 psi). 8-38

313 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance CAUTION Don't use your temporary spare tire rim with a snow tire or a conventiona tire. Neither wi propery fit and coud damage both tire and rim. The temporary spare tire has a tread ife of ess than 5,000 km (3,000 mies). The tread ife may be shorter depending on driving conditions. The temporary spare tire is for imited use, however, if the tread wear soid-band indicator appears, repace the tire with the same type of temporary spare (page 8-37). Tires degrade over time, even when they are not being used on the road. It is recommended that tires generay be repaced when they are 6 years or oder. Heat caused by hot cimates or frequent high oading conditions can acceerate the aging process. You shoud repace the spare tire when you repace the other road tires due to the aging of the spare tire. Regarding the manufacturing week and year is indicated with 4 digit. Refer to The tire abeing on page qrepacing a Whee WARNING Using a Wrong-Sized Whee: Using a wrong-sized whee is dangerous. Braking and handing coud be affected, eading to oss of contro and an accident. Aways use whees of the correct size on your vehice. CAUTION A wrong-sized whee may adversey affect: Tire fit Whee and bearing ife Ground cearance Snow-chain cearance Speedometer caibration Headight aim Bumper height Tire Pressure Monitoring System Limited-Sip Differentia System (With Tire Pressure Monitoring System) When repacing/repairing the tires or whees or both, have the work done by an Authorized Mazda Deaer, or the tire pressure sensors may be damaged. The whees equipped on your Mazda are speciay designed for instaation of the tire pressure sensors. Do not use non-genuine whees, otherwise it may not be possibe to insta the tire pressure sensors. 8-39

314 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Be sure to insta the tire pressure sensors whenever tires or whees are repaced. Refer to Tires and Whees on page When repacing a whee, make sure the new one is the same as the origina factory whee in diameter, rim width, and offset. Proper tire baancing provides the best riding comfort and heps reduce tread wear. Out-of-baance tires can cause vibration and uneven wear, such as cupping and fat spots. 8-40

315 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Light Bubs 4 Door Overhead ight/map ights (Front) Headights (Low beam) Headights (High beam) License pate ight High-mount brake ight Trunk ight Overhead ight (Rear) Fog ights Front turn signa ights/side-marker ights Side turn signa ights Brake ights/taiights Rear turn signa ights Reverse ights 5 Door Overhead ight/map ights (Front) Headights (Low beam) Headights (High beam) License pate ight High-mount brake ight Overhead ight (Rear) Luggage compartment ight Fog ights Front turn signa ights/sidemarker ights Side turn signa ights Brake ights/taiights Rear turn signa ights Reverse ights Some modes. 8-41

316 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance WARNING Do not repace the xenon fusion bubs yoursef: Repacing the xenon fusion bubs yoursef is dangerous. Because the xenon fusion bubs require high votage, you coud receive an eectric shock if the bubs are handed incorrecty. Consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer when the repacement is necessary. Handing Haogen Bubs: When a haogen bub breaks, it is dangerous. These bubs contain pressurized gas. If one is broken, it wi expode and serious injuries coud be caused by the fying gass. If the gass portion is touched with bare hands, body oi coud cause the bub to overheat and expode when it. Never touch the gass portion of the bub with your bare hands and aways wear eye protection when handing or working around haogen bubs. Chidren and Haogen Bubs: Paying with a haogen bub is dangerous. Serious injuries coud be caused by dropping a haogen bub or breaking it some other way. Aways keep haogen bubs out of the reach of chidren. qrepacing Exterior Light Bubs Repacing a headight bub (Without turbocharger) 1. Make sure the ignition switch is turned off and the headight switch is off. 2. Lift the hood. 3. Turn the screws countercockwise and remove them and the cover when repacing the eft headight bub. Cover 4. Find the high and ow beam bubs in the rear of the headight unit. The outboard bub is the LOW beam, and the inboard one is the HIGH beam. Refer to Light Bubs on page (With turbocharger) 1. Make sure the ignition switch is turned off and the headight switch is off. 2. Lift the hood. 8-42

317 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance 3. Do the foowing procedure when repacing the eft headight bub. Remove the cip, grasp the attached area of the side mount and ift it upward, and then side the side mount to a position where it does not interfere with the frame. 4. Remove the strap and raise the air fiter. Strap Frame Side mount Cip Attached area 5. Find the high and ow beam bubs in the rear of the headight unit. The outboard bub is the LOW beam, and the inboard one is the HIGH beam. Refer to Light Bubs on page High-beam bub 1. Turn the socket and bub assemby countercockwise and remove it. Carefuy remove the headight bub from its socket in the refector by genty puing it straight backward out of the socket. 2. Disconnect the bub from the eectrica connector by pressing the tab on the connector with your finger and puing the bub upward. 8-43

318 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance 3. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. 3. Unhook the bub retaining spring. To repace the bub, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. If the haogen bub is accidentay touched, it shoud be ceaned with rubbing acoho before being used. Use the protective cover and carton for the repacement bub to dispose of the od bub prompty and out of the reach of chidren. Low-beam bub (Xenon fusion bub) You cannot repace the ow beam bubs by yoursef. The bubs must be repaced at an Authorized Mazda Deaer. (Haogen bubs) 1. Detach the eectrica connector from the bub by puing it to the rear. 4. Swing the retaining spring out and away to free the headight bub. 5. Carefuy remove the headight bub from the socket by puing it straight back. 6. Repace the bub. 7. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. To repace the bub, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. If the haogen bub is accidentay touched, it shoud be ceaned with rubbing acoho before being used. Use the protective cover and carton for the repacement bub to dispose of the od bub prompty and out of the reach of chidren. When reinstaing the seaing cover, make sure faces up. 2. Pu off the seaing cover. 8-44

319 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Repacing a fog ight bub í 1. Turn the screw countercockwise and remove it and partiay pee back the mudguard. 2. Disconnect the eectrica connector from the bub by pressing the tab on the connector with your finger and puing the connector downward. 3. Turn the socket and bub assemby to remove it. Carefuy remove the bub from its socket in the refector by genty puing it straight backward out of the socket. To repace the bub, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. If the haogen bub is accidentay touched, it shoud be ceaned with rubbing acoho before being used. Use the protective cover and carton for the repacement bub to dispose of the od bub prompty and out of the reach of chidren. Front turn signa ights/side-marker ights Due to the compexity and difficuty of the procedure, the bubs shoud be repaced by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Side turn signa ights 1. Side the unit as shown in the figure to remove it. 2. Detach the eectrica connector from the unit by puing it to the rear. 4. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. 3. Insta the new side turn signa unit in the reverse order of remova. í Some modes. 8-45

320 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Bub repacement is not possibe because it is buit into the unit. Repace the unit. Brake ights/taiights (4 Door) With LED bub Due to the compexity and difficuty of the procedure, the LED bubs shoud be repaced by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 2. Pu the center of each pastic retainer and remove the retainers and partiay open the trunk side trim. Remova Instaation LED bub repacement is not possibe. The rear combination component must be repaced. 3. Turn the socket and bub assemby countercockwise and remove it. 4. Disconnect the bub from the socket. With Non-LED bub 1. Pu the center of each pastic retainer and remove the retainers and the trunk end trim. Remova Instaation 5. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. To repace the bub, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 8-46

321 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Brake ights/taiights (5 Door) With LED bub Due to the compexity and difficuty of the procedure, the LED bubs shoud be repaced by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 3. Disconnect the bub from the socket. LED bub repacement is not possibe. The rear combination component must be repaced. With Non-LED bub 1. Remove the cover. Left side 4. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. To repace the bub, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Rear turn signa ights (4 Door) 1. Pu the center of each pastic retainer and remove the retainers and the trunk end trim. Right side Remova Instaation 2. Turn the socket and bub assemby countercockwise and remove it. 8-47

322 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance 2. Pu the center of each pastic retainer and remove the retainers and partiay open the trunk side trim. Rear turn signa ights (5 Door) 1. Remove the cover. Left side Remova Instaation 3. Turn the socket and bub assemby countercockwise and remove it. 4. Disconnect the bub from the socket. Right side 2. Turn the socket and bub assemby countercockwise and remove it. 3. Disconnect the bub from the socket. 5. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. To repace the bub, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 8-48

323 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance 4. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. To repace the bub, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Reverse ights 4 Door 1. Pu the center section of the pastic retainer and remove the retainers, then remove the trunk rear trim. Remova 4. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. To repace the bub, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 5 Door 1. Remove the cover. 2. Turn the socket and bub assemby countercockwise and remove it. 3. Disconnect the bub from the socket. Instaation 2. Turn the socket and bub assemby countercockwise and remove it. 3. Disconnect the bub from the socket. 4. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. To repace the bub, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 8-49

324 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance High-mount brake ight 4 Door 1. Pu the center of each pastic retainer and remove the retainers and the trunk rear trim. Remova 5 Door With LED bub Due to the compexity and difficuty of the procedure, the LED bubs shoud be repaced by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. With Non-LED bub 1. Remove the iftgate upper trim. Instaation 2. Disconnect the eectrica connector from the socket. 3. Turn the socket and bub assemby countercockwise and remove it. 4. Disconnect the bub from the socket. 2. Disconnect the eectrica connector from the socket. 3. Turn the socket and bub assemby countercockwise and remove it. 4. Disconnect the bub from the socket. 5. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. To repace the bub, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. 5. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. 8-50

325 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance 2. Disconnect the bub by puing it out. To repace the bub, contact an Authorized Mazda Deaer. License pate ights 1. Wrap a fathead screwdriver with a soft coth to prevent damage to the ens and remove the ens by carefuy prying on the edge of the ens with a fathead screwdriver. 2. Disconnect the bub by puing it out. Edge Edge 3. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. Trunk ight (4 Door) 1. Press both sides of the ens cap to remove it. 2. Disconnect the bub by puing it out. 3. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. qrepacing Interior Light Bubs Overhead ight/map ights (Front) í Due to the compexity and difficuty of the procedure, the bubs shoud be repaced by an Authorized Mazda Deaer. Overhead ight (Rear) 1. Wrap a sma fathead screwdriver with a soft coth to prevent damage to the ens and remove the ens by carefuy prying on the edge of the ens with the fathead screwdriver. 3. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. í Some modes. 8-51

326 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Luggage compartment ight (5 Door) 1. Insert your finger as shown in the figure and remove the unit. Fuses Your vehice's eectrica system is protected by fuses. If any ights, accessories, or contros don't work, inspect the appropriate circuit protector. If a fuse has bown, the inside eement wi be meted. If the same fuse bows again, avoid using that system and consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer as soon as possibe. 2. Wrap a sma fathead screwdriver with a soft coth to prevent damage to the ens and remove the ens by carefuy prying on the edge of the ens with the fathead screwdriver. 3. Disconnect the bub by puing it out. qfuse Repacement Repacing the fuses on the front passenger's side beow the gove box If the eectrica system doesn't work, first inspect fuses on the front passenger's side beow the gove box. 1. Turn off the ignition switch and other switches. 2. Remove the cover. 4. Insta the new bub in the reverse order of remova. 8-52

327 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance 3. Turn the knobs countercockwise and ower the fuse bock. 6. Inspect the fuse and repace it if it's bown. Norma Bown 4. Locate the position of the suspected fuse by using the chart inside the fuse bock cover. 5. Pu the fuse straight out with the fuse puer provided on the inside of the engine compartment fuse bock cover. 7. Push in a new fuse of the same amperage rating, and make sure it fits tighty. If it doesn't, have an expert repairer insta it. We recommend an Authorized Mazda Deaer. If you have no spare fuses, borrow one of the same rating from a circuit not essentia to vehice operation, such as the MIRROR or CIGAR circuit. CAUTION Aways repace a fuse with one of the same rating. Otherwise you may damage the eectric system. Repacing the fuses under the hood If the headights or other eectrica components do not work and the fuses in the cabin are norma, inspect the fuse bock under the hood. If a fuse is bown, it must be repaced. Foow these steps: 1. Turn off the ignition switch and a other switches. 8-53

328 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance 2. Remove the fuse bock cover. WARNING Do not repace the main fuse by yoursef. Have an Authorized Mazda Deaer perform the repacement: Repacing the fuse by yoursef is dangerous because the MAIN fuse is a high current fuse. Incorrect repacement coud cause an eectrica shock or a short circuit resuting in a fire. 3. If any fuse but the MAIN fuse is bown, repace it with a new one of the same amperage rating. Main fuse Norma Bown 8-54

329 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance qfuse Pane Description Fuse bock (Engine compartment) Without turbocharger DESCRIPTION FUSE RATING PROTECTED COMPONENT 1 FAN 40A Cooing fan 2 P/ST 80A Power steering 3 BTN 40A For protection of various circuits 4 HEAD 40A Headights 5 PTC 6 GLOW 7 ABS 1 30A ABS í, DSC í 8 ABS 2 20A ABS í, DSC í 9 ENGINE 30A For protection of various circuits IG KEY 1 30A Ignition switch 12 STARTER 20A Starter cutch 13 IG KEY 2 30A Ignition switch 14 GLOW 1 15 HEATER 40A Bower motor 16 GLOW 2 17 DEFOG 40A Rear window defroster í Some modes. 8-55

330 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance DESCRIPTION FUSE RATING PROTECTED COMPONENT 18 AUDIO 30A Audio system (BOSE Sound System-equipped mode) 19 ABS IG 10A ABS í, DSC í 20 FOG 15A Front fog ights í 21 HORN 15A Horn 22 DRL 10A DRL í 23 H/CLEAN 24 F/PUMP 15A Fue pump 25 P/ST IG 10A Power steering 26 A/C MAG 10A Air conditioner í 27 ALT/TCM 10A/15A TCM í 28 GLOW SIG 29 P.OUTLET Power outet 30 ENG +B 10A PCM 31 ROOM 15A Interior ights 32 ENG BAR 4 10A O 2 sensors í 33 ENG BAR 3 10A O 2 sensors 34 EGI INJ 10A Injector 35 ENG BAR 1 10A For protection of various circuits 36 ENG BAR 2 10A PCM, Fue pump 8-56 í Some modes.

331 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance With turbocharger DESCRIPTION FUSE RATING PROTECTED COMPONENT 1 FAN 70A Cooing fan 2 3 BTN 40A For protection of various circuits 4 HEAD 40A Headights 5 F/PUMP 30A Fue pump 6 7 ABS 1 30A ABS, DSC 8 ABS 2 20A ABS, DSC 9 ENGINE 30A For protection of various circuits 10 INJECTOR 30A Fue injector 11 IG KEY1 30A Ignition switch 12 STATER 20A Starter cutch 13 IG KEY2 30A Ignition switch HEATER 40A Bower motor DEFOG 40A Rear window deforester 18 AUDIO 30A Audio system (BOSE Sound System-equipped mode) 19 ABS IG 10A ABS 20 FOG 15A Front fog ights 21 HORN 15A Horn 22 DRL 10A DRL í 23 H/CLEAN 24 ETC 10A Eec. throtte vave A/C MAG 10A Air conditioner P.OUTLET 15A Power outet 30 ENG +B 10A PCM 31 ROOM 15A Interior ights ENG BAR 3 10A O 2 sensors ENG BAR 1 15A For protection of various circuits 36 ENG BAR 2 10A PCM, Fue pump í Some modes. 8-57

332 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance Fuse bock (Passenger's side) DESCRIPTION FUSE RATING PROTECTED COMPONENT 37 D/LOCK 2 15A Doube ocking system í 38 STOP LAMP/HORN 10A Stop Lamp, Horn 39 HEAD HIGH L 10A Headight high beam (LH) 40 HEAD HIGH R 10A Headight high beam (RH) CIGAR 15A Lighter 44 RADIO 7.5A Audio system 45 MIRROR 10A Power contro mirror í 46 TAIL R 7.5A Taiight (RH), Parking ight (RH), License pate ights 47 OBD 10A For protection of various circuits TR/LOCK SUN ROOF 20A Moonroof í 53 WASHER 20A Windshied wiper and washer P/WIND R 8-58 í Some modes.

333 Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance DESCRIPTION FUSE RATING PROTECTED COMPONENT 56 P/WIND L 57 ALARM 58 M/DEF 7.5A Mirror Defroster í HEAD LOW R 15A Headight ow beam (RH), Headight eveing 61 HEAD LOW L 15A Headight ow beam (LH) SAS 10A Suppementa restraint system 66 METER 10A Instrument custer, Immobiizer system 67 IGNITION 20A ABS í, DSC í, Power steering 68 WIPER 20A Windshied wiper and washer 69 ENGINE 20A For protection of various circuits 70 IG SIG 10A Auto wiper í, Power window switch í 71 SAS 2 7.5A Seat weight sensor SEAT WARM 20A Seat warmer í 75 D/LOCK 1 25A Power door ock í 76 A/C 10A Air conditioner í, Heater contro unit 77 P/WIND L 30A Power window (LH) í 78 P/WIND R 30A Power window (RH) í 79 BACK 10A Reverse ights 80 SUN ROOF 7.5A Moonroof í 81 TAIL L 7.5A Taiight (LH), Parking ight (LH) 82 ILLUMI 7.5A Iumination í Some modes. 8-59

334 Maintenance and Care Appearance Care How to Minimize Environmenta Paint Damage The paintwork on your Mazda represents the atest technica deveopments in composition and methods of appication. Environmenta hazards, however, can harm the paint's protective properties, if proper care is not taken. Here are some exampes of possibe damage, with tips on how to prevent them. qetching Caused by Acid Rain or Industria Faout Occurrence Industria poutants and vehice emissions drift into the air and mix with rain or dew to form acids. These acids can sette on a vehice's finish. As the water evaporates, the acid becomes concentrated and can damage the finish. And the onger the acid remains on the surface, the greater the chance is for damage. Prevention It is necessary to wash and wax your vehice to preserve its finish according to the instructions in this section. These steps shoud be taken immediatey after you suspect that acid rain has setted on your vehice's finish. qdamage Caused by Bird Dropping, Insects, or Tree Sap Occurrence Bird droppings contain acids. If these aren't removed they can eat away the cear and coor base coat of the vehice's paintwork. When insects stick to the paint surface and decompose, corrosive compounds form. These can erode the cear and coor base coat of the vehice's paintwork if they are not removed. Tree sap wi harden and adhere permanenty to the paint finish. If you scratch the sap off whie it is hard, some vehice paint coud come off with it. Prevention It is necessary to have your Mazda washed and waxed to preserve its finish according to the instructions in this section. This shoud be done as soon as possibe. Bird droppings can be removed with a soft sponge and water. If you are traveing and these are not avaiabe, a moistened tissue may aso take care of the probem. The ceaned area shoud be waxed according to the instructions in this section. Insects and tree sap are best removed with a soft sponge and water or a commerciay avaiabe chemica ceaner. Another method is to cover the affected area with dampened newspaper for one to two hours. After removing the newspaper, rinse off the oosened debris with water. 8-60

335 Maintenance and Care Appearance Care qwater Marks Occurrence Rain, fog, dew, and even tap water can contain harmfu mineras such as sat and ime. If moisture containing these mineras settes on the vehice and evaporates, the mineras wi concentrate and harden to form white rings. The rings can damage your vehice's finish. Prevention It is necessary to wash and wax your vehice to preserve its finish according to the instructions in this section. These steps shoud be taken immediatey after you find water marks on your vehice's finish. qpaint Chipping Occurrence Paint chipping occurs when grave thrown in the air by another vehice's tires hits your vehice. How to avoid paint chipping Keeping a safe distance between you and the vehice ahead reduces the chances of having your paint chipped by fying grave. The paint chipping zone varies with the speed of the vehice. For exampe, when traveing at 90 km/h (56 mph), the paint chipping zone is 50 m (164 ft). In ow temperatures a vehice's finish hardens. This increases the chance of paint chipping. Chipped paint can ead to rust forming on your Mazda. Before this happens, repair the damage by using Mazda touch-up paint according to the instructions in this section. Faiure to repair the affected area coud ead to serious rusting and expensive repairs. 8-61

336 Maintenance and Care Appearance Care Exterior Care Foow a abe and container directions when using a chemica ceaner or poish. Read a warnings and cautions. qmaintaining the Finish Washing CAUTION When the wiper ever is in the AUTO position and the ignition switch is in the ON position, the wipers may move automaticay in the foowing cases: If the windshied above the rain sensor is touched. If the windshied above the rain sensor is wiped with a coth. If the windshied is struck with a hand or other object. If the rain sensor is struck with a hand or other object from inside the vehice. Be carefu not to pinch hands or fingers as it may cause injury, or damage the wipers. When washing or servicing your Mazda, make sure the wiper ever is in the OFF position. To hep protect the finish from rust and deterioration, wash your Mazda thoroughy and frequenty, at east once a month, with ukewarm or cod water. If the vehice is washed impropery, the paint surface coud be scratched. Here are some exampes of how scratching coud occur. Scratches occur on the paint surface when: The vehice is washed without first rinsing off dirt and other foreign matter. The vehice is washed with a rough, dry, or dirty coth. The vehice is washed at a car wash that uses brushes that are dirty or too stiff. Ceansers or wax containing abrasives are used. Mazda is not responsibe for scratches caused by automatic car washes or improper washing. Scratches are more noticeabe on vehices with darker paint finishes. To minimize scratches on the vehice's paint finish: Rinse off any dirt or other foreign matter using ukewarm or cod water before washing. Use penty of ukewarm or cod water and a soft coth when washing the vehice. Do not use a nyon coth. Rub genty when washing or drying the vehice. Take your vehice ony to a car wash that keeps its brushes we maintained. Don't use abrasive ceansers or wax that contain abrasives. 8-62

337 Maintenance and Care Appearance Care CAUTION Don't use stee woo, abrasive ceaners, or strong detergents containing highy akaine or caustic agents on chrome-pated or anodized auminum parts. This may damage the protective coating; aso, ceaners and detergents may discoor or deteriorate the paint. To prevent damaging the antenna, remove it before entering a car wash faciity or passing beneath a ow overhead cearance. Pay specia attention to removing sat, dirt, mud, and other foreign materia from the underside of the fenders, and make sure the drain hoes in the ower edges of the doors and rocker panes are cean. Insects, tar, tree sap, bird droppings, industria faout, and simiar deposits can damage the finish if not removed immediatey. When prompt washing with pain water is ineffective, use a mid soap made for use on vehices. Thoroughy rinse off a soap with ukewarm or cod water. Don't aow soap to dry on the finish. After washing the vehice, dry it with a cean chamois to prevent water spots from forming. 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. Waxing Your vehice needs to be waxed when water no onger beads on the finish. Aways wash and dry the vehice before waxing it. In addition to the vehice body, wax the meta trim to maintain its uster. 1. Use wax which contains no abrasives. Waxes containing abrasive wi remove paint and coud damage bright meta parts. 2. Use a good grade of natura wax for metaic, mica, and soid coors. 3. When waxing, coat eveny with the sponge suppied or a soft coth. 4. Wipe off the wax with a soft coth. A spot remover to remove oi, tar, and simiar materias wi usuay aso take off the wax. Rewax these areas even if the rest of the vehice doesn't need it. 8-63

338 Maintenance and Care Appearance Care qrepairing Damage to the Finish Deep scratches or chips on the finish shoud be repaired prompty. Exposed meta quicky rusts and can ead to major repairs. CAUTION If your Mazda is damaged and needs meta parts repaired or repaced, make sure the body shop appies anticorrosion materias to a parts, both repaired and new. This wi prevent them from rusting. qbright-meta Maintenance Use tar remover to remove road tar and insects. Never do this with a knife or simiar too. To prevent corrosion on bright-meta surfaces, appy wax or chrome preservative and rub it to a high uster. During cod weather or in coasta areas, cover bright-meta parts with a coating of wax or preservative heavier than usua. It woud aso hep to coat them with noncorrosive petroeum jey or some other protective compound. CAUTION Don't use stee woo, abrasive ceaners, or strong detergents containing highy akaine or caustic agents on chromepated or anodized auminum parts. This may resut in damage to the protective coating and cause discooration or paint deterioration. qunderbody Maintenance Road chemicas and sat used for ice and snow remova and sovents used for dust contro may coect on the underbody. If not removed, they wi speed up rusting and deterioration of such underbody parts as fue ines, frame, foor pan, and exhaust system, even though these parts may be coated with anti-corrosive materia. Thoroughy fush the underbody and whee housings with ukewarm or cod water at the end of each winter. Try aso to do this every month. Pay specia attention to these areas because they easiy hide mud and dirt. It wi do more harm than good to wet down the road grime without removing it. The ower edges of doors, rocker panes, and frame members have drain hoes that shoud not be cogged. Water trapped there wi cause rusting. 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. 8-64

339 Maintenance and Care Appearance Care qauminum Whee Maintenance A protective coating is provided over the auminum whees. Specia care is needed to protect this coating. Don't use a wire brush or any abrasive ceaner, poishing compound, or sovent on auminum whees. They may damage the coating. Ony use a mid soap or neutra detergent and aways use a sponge or soft coth to cean the whees. Rinse thoroughy with ukewarm or cod water. Aso, be sure to cean the whees after driving on dusty or sated roads. This heps prevent corrosion. Avoid washing your vehice in an automatic car wash that uses highspeed or hard brushes. If your auminum whees ose uster, wax the whees. Interior Care qdashboard Precautions Prevent caustic soutions such as perfume and cosmetic ois from contacting the dashboard. They' damage and discoor it. If these soutions get on the dashboard, wipe them off immediatey. CAUTION Do not use gazing agents. Gazing agents contain ingredients which may cause discooration, wrinking, cracks and peeing. qceaning the Uphostery and Interior Trim Viny Remove dust and oose dirt from viny with a whisk broom or vacuum ceaner. Cean viny with a eather-and-viny ceaner. Leather í Rea eather isn't uniform and may have scars, scratches, and wrinkes. Cean it with a eather ceaner or mid soap. Wipe it with a damp soft coth; then dry and buff it with a dry soft coth. Fabric Remove dust and oose dirt from fabric with a whisk broom or vacuum ceaner. Cean it with a mid soap soution good for uphostery and carpets. Remove fresh spots immediatey with a fabric spot ceaner. í Some modes. 8-65

340 Maintenance and Care Appearance Care To keep the fabric ooking cean and fresh, take care of it. Otherwise its coor wi be affected, it can be stained easiy, and its fire-resistance may be reduced. CAUTION Use ony recommended ceaners and procedures. Others may affect appearance and fire-resistance. Piano back pane í The foowing parts are fitted with panes that have been treated with a specia coating that resists scratching. Instrument pane side garnish Steering whee (partia) When the pane needs to be ceaned, use a soft coth to wipe off dirt from the surface. Scratches or nicks on the panes resuting from the use of a hard brush or coth may not be repairabe. WARNING Damaged Seat Bet: Using damaged seat bets is dangerous. In a coision, damaged bets cannot provide adequate protection. Have an Authorized Mazda Deaer repace damaged bets immediatey. qceaning the Window Interiors If the windows become covered with an oiy, greasy, or waxy fim, cean them with gass ceaner. Foow the directions on the container. CAUTION Don't scrape or scratch the inside of the rear window. You may damage the rear window defroster grid. qceaning the Lap/Shouder Bet Webbing Cean the webbing with a mid soap soution recommended for uphostery or carpets. Foow instructions. Don't beach or dye the webbing; this may weaken it. After ceaning the bets, thoroughy dry the bet webbing and make sure there is no remaining moisture before retracting them í Some modes.

341 9 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Important consumer information incuding warranties and add-on equipment. Customer Assistance Customer Assistance (U.S.A.) Customer Assistance (Canada) Customer Assistance (Puerto Rico) Customer Assistance (Mexico) Mazda Importer/Distributors Importer/Distributor Distributor in Each Area Warranty Warranties for Your Mazda Outside the United States Outside Canada Registering Your Vehice in A Foreign Country (Except United States and Canada) Add-On Non-Genuine Parts and Accessories Tire Information (U.S.A.) Tire Labeing Location of the Tire Labe (Pacard) Tire Maintenance Vehice Loading Steps for Determining the Correct Load Limit: Reporting Safety Defects Reporting Safety Defects (U.S.A.) Reporting Safety Defects (Canada) Service Pubications Service Pubications Ce Phones Ce Phones Warning Type Approva of Equipment Type Approva of Equipment Uniform Tire Quaity Grading System (UTQGS) Uniform Tire Quaity Grading System (UTQGS)

342 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Customer Assistance Customer Assistance (U.S.A.) Your compete and permanent satisfaction is our business. We are here to serve you. A Authorized Mazda Deaers have the knowedge and the toos to keep your Mazda vehice in top condition. If you have any questions or recommendations for improvement regarding the service of your Mazda vehice or servicing by Mazda Deaer personne, we recommend that you take the foowing steps: 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. qstep 1: Contact Your Mazda Deaer Discuss the matter with an Authorized Mazda Deaer. This is the quickest and best way to address the issue. If your concern has not been resoved by the CUSTOMER RELATIONS, SALES, SERVICE, or PARTS MANAGER, then pease contact the GENERAL MANAGER of the deaership or the OWNER. 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, go to STEP2. qstep 2: Contact Mazda North American Operations If for any reason you fee the need for further assistance after contacting your deaership management and 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, you can reach Mazda North American Operations by one of the foowing ways. Log on: at Answers to many questions, incuding how to ocate or contact a oca Mazda deaership in the U.S., can be found here. E-mai: cick on Contact Us at the bottom of the page at By phone at: 1 (800)

343 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Customer Assistance By etter at: Attn: Customer Assistance Mazda North American Operations 7755 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA P.O. Box Irvine, CA In order to serve you efficienty and effectivey, pease hep us by providing the foowing information: 1. Your name, address, and teephone number 2. Year and mode of vehice 3. Vehice Identification Number (17 digits, noted on your registration or tite or ocated on the upper driver's side corner of the dash) 4. Purchase date and current mieage 5. Your deaer's name and ocation 6. Your question(s) If you ive outside the U.S.A., pease contact your nearest Mazda Distributor. 9-3

344 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Customer Assistance qsatisfaction Review Process Customer Assistance (Canada) Your compete and permanent satisfaction is of primary concern to Mazda. A Authorized Mazda Deaers have both the knowedge and toos to keep your Mazda in top condition. In our experience, any questions, probems, or compaints regarding the operation of your Mazda or any other genera service transactions are most effectivey resoved by your deaer. If the cause of your dissatisfaction cannot adequatey be addressed by norma deaership procedures, we recommend that you take the foowing steps: qstep 1: Contact the Mazda Deaer Discuss the matter with a member of deaership management. If the Service Manager has aready reviewed your concerns, contact the owner of the deaership or its Genera Manager. qstep 2: Contact the Mazda Regiona Office If you fee that you sti require assistance, ask the deaer Service Manager to arrange for you to meet the oca Mazda Service Representative. If more expedient, contact Mazda Canada Inc.Regiona Office nearest you for such arrangements. Regiona Office address and phone numbers are shown (page 9-6). qstep 3: Contact the Mazda Customer Reations Department If sti not substantiay satisfied, contact the Customer Reations Department, Mazda Canada Inc., 55 Voge Road, Richmond Hi, Ontario, L4B 3K5 Canada TEL: 1 (800) Provide the Department with the foowing information: 1. Your name, address and teephone number 2. Year and mode of vehice 3. Vehice Identification Number (VIN). Refer to the Vehice Identification Labes page of section 10 of this manua for the ocation of the VIN. 4. Purchase date 5. Present odometer reading 6. Your deaer's name and ocation 7. The nature of your probem and/or cause of dissatisfaction The Department, in cooperation with the oca Mazda Service Representative, wi review the case to determine if everything possibe has been done to ensure your satisfaction. 9-4

345 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Customer Assistance Pease recognize that the resoution of service probems in most cases requires the use of your Mazda deaer's service faciities, personne and equipment. We urge you to foow the above three steps in sequence for most effective resuts. qmediation/arbitration Program Occasionay a customer concern cannot be resoved through Mazda's Customer Satisfaction Program. If after exhausting the procedures in this manua your concern is sti not resoved, you have another option. Mazda Canada Inc. participates in an arbitration program administered by the Canadian Motor Vehice Arbitration Pan (CAMVAP). CAMVAP wi advise you about how your concern may be reviewed and resoved by an independent third party through binding arbitration. Your compete satisfaction is the goa of Mazda Canada Inc. and our deaers. Mazda's participation in CAMVAP makes a vauabe contribution to our achieving that goa. There is no charge for using CAMVAP. CAMVAP resuts are fast, fair and fina as the award is binding on both you and Mazda Canada Inc. qcanadian Motor Vehice Arbitration Pan (CAMVAP) If a specific item of concern arises, where a soution cannot be reached between an owner, Mazda, and/or one of it's deaers (that a parties cannot agree upon), the owner may wish to use the services offered by the Canadian Motor Vehice Arbitration Pan (CAMVAP). CAMVAP uses the services of Provincia Administrators to assist consumers in scheduing and preparing for their arbitration hearings. However, before you can proceed with CAMVAP you must foow your Mazda dispute resoution process as outined previousy. 9-5

346 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Customer Assistance CAMVAP is fuy impemented in a provinces and territories. Consumers wishing to obtain further information about the Program shoud contact the Provincia Administrator at 1 (800) , or by contacting the Canadian Motor Vehice Arbitration Pan Office at: Canadian Motor Vehice Arbitration Pan 235 Yorkand Bouevard, suite 300 North York, Ontario M2J 4Y8 Provincia Administrators may be reached ocay as isted beow: Province/Territory CAMVAP Number British Coumbia & Yukon Territories 1 (800) Aberta & Northwest Territories 1 (800) Saskatchewan 1 (800) Manitoba 1 (800) Ontario 1 (800) Atantic Canada 1 (800) Quebec 1 (800) qregiona Offices REGIONAL OFFICES MAZDA CANADA INC. WESTERN REGION 8171 ACKROYD ROAD SUITE 2000 RICHMOND B.C. V6X 3K1 (604) MAZDA CANADA INC. CENTRAL/ATLANTIC REGION 55 VOGELL ROAD, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, L4B 3K5 (905) MAZDA CANADA INC. QUEBEC REGION 6111 ROUTE TRANS CANADIENNE POINTE CLAIRE, QUEBEC H9R 5A5 (514) AREAS COVERED ALBERTA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN, YUKON ONTARIO QUEBEC, NEW BRUNSWICK, NOVA SCOTIA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND 9-6

347 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Customer Assistance Customer Assistance (Puerto Rico) Your compete and permanent satisfaction is our business. That is why a Authorized Mazda Deaers have the knowedge and the toos to keep your Mazda vehice in top condition. If you have any questions or recommendations for improvement regarding the service of your Mazda vehice or servicing by Mazda Deaer personne, we recommend that you take the foowing steps: qstep 1 Discuss the matter with an Authorized Mazda Deaer. This is the quickest and best way to address the issue. If your concern has not been resoved by the CUSTOMER RELATIONS, SALES, SERVICE, or PARTS MANAGER, then pease contact the GENERAL MANAGER of the deaership or the OWNER. qstep 2 If, after foowing STEP 1, you fee the need for further assistance, pease contact your area's Mazda representative (Indicated on the next page). Pease hep us by providing the foowing information: 1. Your name, address, and teephone number 2. Year and mode of vehice 3. Vehice Identification Number (17 digits, noted on your registration or tite or ocated on the upper driver's side corner of the dash) 4. Purchase date and current mieage 5. Your deaer's name and ocation 6. Your question(s) 9-7

348 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Customer Assistance Customer Assistance (Mexico) Your compete and permanent satisfaction is our business. We are here to serve you. A Authorized Mazda Deaers have the knowedge and the toos to keep your Mazda vehice in top condition. If you have any questions or recommendations for improvement regarding the service of your Mazda vehice or servicing by Mazda Deaer personne, we recommend that you take the foowing steps: qstep 1: Contact Your Mazda Deaer Discuss the matter with an Authorized Mazda Deaer. This is the quickest and best way to address the issue. If your concern has not been resoved by the CUSTOMER RELATIONS, SALES, SERVICE, or PARTS MANAGER, then pease contact the GENERAL MANAGER of the deaership or the OWNER. 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, go to STEP2. qstep 2: Contact Mazda Motor de Mexico If for any reason you fee the need for further assistance after contacting your deaership management and 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, you can reach Mazda Motor de Mexico by one of the foowing ways. Log on: at Answers to many questions, incuding how to ocate or contact a oca Mazda deaership in Mexico, can be found here. E-mai: cick on Contactanos at the top of the page at By phone at: 1 (866)

349 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Customer Assistance By etter at: Attn: Customer Assistance Mazda North American Operations 7755 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA P.O. Box Irvine, CA In order to serve you efficienty and effectivey, pease hep us by providing the foowing information: 1. Your name, address, and teephone number 2. Year and mode of vehice 3. Vehice Identification Number (17 digits, noted on your registration or tite or ocated on the upper driver's side corner of the dash) 4. Purchase date and current mieage 5. Your deaer's name and ocation 6. Your question(s) 9-9

350 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Mazda Importer/Distributors Importer/Distributor qu.s.a. Mazda North American Operations 7755 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA U.S.A. P.O. Box Irvine, CA U.S.A. TEL: 1 (800) (in U.S.A.) (949) (outside U.S.A.) Distributor in Each Area qcanada Mazda Canada Inc. 55 Voge Road, Richmond Hi, Ontario, L4B 3K5 Canada TEL: 1 (800) (in Canada) (905) (outside Canada) qpuerto RICO/U.S. Virgin Isand Paza Motors Corp. (Mazda de Puerto Rico) P.O. Box , San Juan, Puerto Rico TEL: (787) qmexico Mazda Motor de Mexico Circuito Guiermo Gonzaez Camarena N 1500 Co. Centro de Ciudad Santa Fe , Mexico, D.F. TEL: Center of Attention to Cients: 01 (800) in Mexico qguam Tripe J Motors 157 South Marine Drive, Tamuning, GUAM USA P.O. Box 6066 Tamuning, Guam TEL: (671) qsaipan Pacific Internationa Marianas, Inc. (d.b.a. Midway Motors) P.O. Box 887 Saipan, MP TEL: (670)

351 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Mazda Importer/Distributors Tripe J Saipan, Inc. (d.b.a. Tripe J Motors) P.O. Box Saipan, MP TEL: (670) /3051 qamerican SAMOA Poynesia Motors, Inc. P.O. Box 1120, Pago Pago, American Samoa TEL: (684)

352 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Warranty Warranties for Your Mazda New Vehice Limited Warranty Distributor Major Component Limited Warranty (Canada ony) Safety Restraint System Limited Warranty Anti-perforation Limited Warranty Federa Emission Contro Warranty (U.S.A. ony) Emission Defect Warranty Emission Performance Warranty Caifornia Emission Contro Warranty (U.S.A. ony) Emission Contro Warranty (Canada ony) Repacement Parts and Accessories Limited Warranty Tire Warranty Detaied warranty information is provided with your Mazda. 9-12

353 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Warranty Outside the United States Government reguations in the United States require that automobies meet specific emission reguations and safety standards. Therefore, vehices buit for use in the United States may differ from those sod in other countries. The differences may make it difficut or even impossibe for your vehice to receive satisfactory servicing in other countries. We strongy recommend that you NOT take your Mazda outside the United States. However, in the event that you are moving to Canada permanenty, Mazda vehices buit for use in the United States coud be eigibe for exportation to Canada with specific vehice modifications to compy with the Canadian Motor Vehice Safety requirements (CMVSS). The above is appicabe for a permanent import/export situation and not reated to traveers on vacation. You may have the foowing probems if you do take your vehice outside of the United States: Recommended fue may be unavaiabe. Any kind of eaded fue or ow-octane fue wi affect vehice performance and damage the emission contros and engine. Proper repair faciities, toos, testing equipment, and repacement parts may not be avaiabe. Pease refer to your Manufacturer's Warranty Booket for more information. 9-13

354 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Warranty Outside Canada Government reguations in Canada require that automobies meet specific emission reguations and safety reguations. Therefore, vehices buit for use in Canada may differ from those sod in other countries. The differences may make it difficut or even impossibe for your vehice to receive satisfactory servicing in other countries. We strongy recommend that you NOT take your Mazda outside Canada. However, in the event that you are moving to the United States permanenty, Mazda vehices buit for use in Canada coud be eigibe for exportation to the United States with specific vehice modifications to compy with the United States Federa Motor Vehice Safety Standards (FMVSS). The above is appicabe for a permanent import/export situation and not reated to traveers on vacation. You may have the foowing probems if you do take your vehice outside of Canada: Recommended fue may be unavaiabe. Any kind of eaded fue or ow-octane fue wi affect vehice performance and damage the emission contros and engine. Proper repair faciities, toos, testing equipment, and repacement parts may not be avaiabe. Pease refer to your Manufacturer's Warranty Booket for more information. 9-14

355 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Warranty Registering Your Vehice in A Foreign Country (Except United States and Canada) Government reguations in your country coud require that automobies meet specific emission and safety standards. Vehices buit for your country may differ from those buit for other countries. In addition to registration probems, satisfactory service may be difficut or even impossibe in another country. The fue specified for your vehice may be unavaiabe. Parts, servicing techniques, and toos necessary to maintain and repair your vehice may be unavaiabe. There might not be an Authorized Mazda Deaer in the country you pan to take your vehice. The Mazda warranty is vaid ony in certain countries. 9-15

356 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Warranty Add-On Non-Genuine Parts and Accessories Non-genuine parts and accessories for Mazda vehices can be found in stores. These may fit your vehice, but they are not approved by Mazda for use with Mazda vehices. When you insta non-genuine parts or accessories, they coud affect your vehice's performance or safety systems; the Mazda warranty doesn't cover this. Before you insta any non-genuine parts or accessories, consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer. WARNING Instaation of Non-Genuine Parts or Accessories: Instaation of non-genuine parts or accessories is dangerous. Impropery designed parts or accessories coud seriousy affect your vehice's performance or safety systems. This coud cause you to have an accident or increase your chances of injuries in an accident. Aways consut an Authorized Mazda Deaer before you insta nongenuine parts or accessories. Add-On Eectrica and Eectronic Equipment: Incorrecty choosing or instaing improper add-on equipment or choosing an improper instaer is dangerous. Essentia systems coud be damaged, causing engine staing, air-bag (SRS) activation, ABS inactivation, or a fire in the vehice. Be very carefu in choosing and instaing add-on eectrica equipment, such as mobie teephones, two-way radios, stereo systems, and car aarm systems. Mazda assumes no responsibiity for death, injury, or expenses that may resut from the instaation of add-on non-genuine parts or accessories. 9-16

357 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Ce Phones Ce Phones Warning WARNING Use of Ce Phones and Other Devices by Driver: Use of any eectrica devices such as ce phones, computers, portabe radios, vehice navigation or other devices by the driver whie the vehice is moving is dangerous. Diaing a number on a ce phone whie driving aso ties-up the driver's hands. Use of these devices wi cause the driver to be distracted and coud ead to a serious accident. If a passenger is unabe to use the device, pu off the right-of-way to a safe area before use. If use of a ce phone is necessary despite this warning, use a hands-free system to at east eave the hands free to drive the vehice. Never use a ce phone or other eectrica devices whie the vehice is moving and, instead, concentrate on the fu-time job of driving. Pease compy with the ega reguations concerning the use of communication equipment in vehices in your country. 9-17

358 Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects Type Approva of Equipment Type Approva of Equipment Immobiizer system 9-18