2008 Mazda MX 5 Miata Owners Manual

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EssentialSafetyEquipment
SeatBeltSystems
SeatBeltPretensionerand
LoadLimitingSystems
WARNING
Wearseatbeltsonlyasrecommended
inthisowner'smanual:
Foroptimumprotection,thedriverand
passengerseatbeltsareequippedwith
pretensionerandloadlimitingsystems.
Forboththesesystemstoworkproperly
youmustweartheseatbeltproperly.
Incorrectpositioningofthedriverand
passengerseatbeltsisdangerous.
Withoutproperpositioning,the
pretensionerandloadlimiting
systemscannotprovideadequate
protectioninanaccidentandthis
couldresultinseriousinjury.For
moredetailsaboutwearingseat
belts,refertoFasteningtheseat
belts(page2-9).
Pretensioners:
Inmoderateorseverefrontalornear-
frontalaccidents,theairbagand
pretensionersystemsdeploy
simultaneously.Theseatbeltretractors
removeslackquicklyastheairbagsare
expanding.
Inaddition,thepretensionersystemfor
thepassenger,likethepassengerairbag,
isdesignedtoonlydeployinaccordance
withthetotalseatedweightonthe
passengerseat(page2-38)orwhenthe
passengerairbagdeactivationswitch
turnedtotheONposition(page2-32).
Anytimetheairbagsandseatbelt
pretensionershavefiredtheymustbe
replaced.
Loadlimiter:
Theloadlimitingsystemreleasesbelt
webbinginacontrolledmannertoreduce
beltforceontheoccupant'schest.While
themostsevereloadonaseatbeltoccurs
infrontalcollisions,theloadlimiterhas
anautomaticmechanicalfunctionandcan
activateinanyaccidentmodewith
sufficientoccupantmovement.
Evenifthepretensionershavenotfired,
theloadlimitingfunctionmustbe
checkedbyanAuthorizedMazdaDealer.
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FormNo.8X49-EA-07F
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CategoriesMazda Manuals, Mazda MX-5 Miata Manuals
Model Year2008
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Anthony Cappucci on Jun 19, 2014. 2008 MX-5 Owner's Manual

Great to have a copy of this electronically for my 2008 PRHT MX-5.