2008 Mazda 5 Owners Manual

EssentialSafetyEquipment
SeatBeltSystems
WARNING
Alwayswearyourseatbeltandmakesurealloccupantsareproperlyrestrained:
Notwearingaseatbeltisextremelydangerous.Duringacollision,occupantsnot
wearingseatbeltscouldhitsomeoneorthingsinsidethevehicleorevenbethrown
outofthevehicle.Theycouldbeseriouslyinjuredorevenkilled.Inthesame
collision,occupantswearingseatbeltswouldbemuchsafer.
Donotweartwistedseatbelts:
Twistedseatbeltsaredangerous.Inacollision,thefullwidthofthebeltisnot
availabletoabsorbtheimpact.Thisputsmoreforceonthebonesbeneaththebelt,
whichcouldcauseseriousinjuryordeath.
Neveruseoneseatbeltonmorethanonepersonatatime:
Usingoneseatbeltformorethanonepersonatatimeisdangerous.Aseatbelt
usedinthiswaycannotspreadtheimpactforcesproperlyandthetwopassengers
couldbecrushedtogetherandseriouslyinjuredorevenkilled.Neveruseonebeltfor
morethanonepersonatatimeandalwaysoperatethevehiclewitheachoccupant
properlyrestrained.
Donotoperateavehiclewithadamagedseatbelt:
Usingadamagedseatbeltisdangerous.Anaccidentcoulddamagethebelt
webbingoftheseatbeltinuse.Adamagedseatbeltcannotprovideadequate
protectioninacollision.HaveanAuthorizedMazdaDealerinspectallseatbelt
systemsinuseduringanaccidentbeforetheyareusedagain.
Haveyourseatbeltschangedimmediatelyifthepretensionerorloadlimiterhas
beenexpended:
Oneorbothfrontairbagsmaydeploy,andthecorrespondingpretensioner(s)may
alsodeployatthesametime.Whileitissafertouseacrash-usedseatbeltthatwas
usedinanaccidentthannoseatbeltatall,usingaseatbeltwithanexpended
pretensionerorloadlimiterloadedreducesthesafetyavailabletoyou.Liketheair
bags,theseatbeltpretensionerswillonlyfunctiononce.Aftertheyareexpended,
theywillnotfunctionagainandmustbereplacedimmediately.Iftheseatbelt
pretensionersarenotreplaced,theriskofinjuryinacollisionwillincrease.Always
haveanAuthorizedMazdaDealerinspecttheseatbeltpretensionersandairbags
afteranycollision.Expendedseatbeltpretensionersandairbagsmustbereplaced
afteranycollisionwhichcausedthemtodeploy.Additionally,theloadlimiterwill
onlylimitloadsonthechestonceinacollisionandthisisanotherreasontohavethe
frontseatbeltsinspected.
2-15
Product Specification
CategoriesMazda 5 Manuals
Model Year2008
Download File
Please Enter the Security Characters Shown Below. Letters are Case Sensitive. Your download link will appear upon completing this step.
- 376 pages
Document File TypePDF
CopyrightAttribution Non-commercial
(0 votes, average: 0 out of 5)

Submit your review (optional)
(will not be displayed)
* Required Field