2008 Mazda MX 5 Miata Owners Manual

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EssentialSafetyEquipment
SRSAirBags
HowtheAirBagsWork
qHowtheFrontAirBagsWork
Whenairbagcrashsensorsdetectafrontalimpactofgreaterthanmoderateforce,an
electricalcurrentissenttotheinflators.
Gasesareproducedtoinflatethefrontairbagsandaftertheinflation,thefrontairbags
quicklydeflate.
Thefrontairbagswillfunctiononlyonce.Afterthat,thefrontairbagswillnotwork
againandmustbereplaced.
OnlyanAuthorizedMazdaDealercanreplacethesystemcomponents.
Thefront,dualstageairbagscontrolairbaginflationintwoenergystages.Duringan
impactofmoderateseveritythefrontairbagsdeploywithlesserenergy,whereasduring
moresevereimpacts,theydeploywithmoreenergy.Deploymentofthefrontairbagsmay
differbetweenthedriverandthefrontpassengerdependingonthedriverseatposition,
frontpassengerweightandfrontseatbeltusage,allofwhichprovidedatafromeachsensor
totheairbagsystem.
The front air bags will deploy only
in a frontal or frontal offset impact.
Driverseatslidepositionsensor
Yourvehicleisequippedwithadriverseatslidepositionsensorasapartofthe
supplementalrestraintsystem.Thesensorislocatedunderthedriverseat.Thesensor
determineswhetherthedriverseatisforeoraftofareferencepositionandsendstheseat
positiontothediagnosticmodule(SASunit).Thesensorisalsodesignedtocontrolthe
deploymentofthedriverairbagdependingonhowclosethedriverseatistothesteering
wheel.
Theairbag/seatbeltpretensionersystemwarninglightflashesifthesensorhasapossible
malfunction(page2-45).
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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.