2008 Mazda 5 Owners Manual

EssentialSafetyEquipment
SeatBeltSystems
FrontSeatBeltPretensioner
andLoadLimitingSystems
WARNING
Wearseatbeltsonlyasrecommended
inthisowner'smanual:
Foroptimumprotection,thedriverand
frontpassengerseatbeltsareequipped
withpretensionerandloadlimiting
systems.Forboththesesystemstowork
properlyyoumustweartheseatbelt
properly.
Incorrectpositioningofthedriverand
frontpassengerseatbeltsis
dangerous.Withoutproper
positioning,thepretensionerand
loadlimitingsystemscannotprovide
adequateprotectioninanaccident
andthiscouldresultinseriousinjury.
Formoredetailsaboutwearingseat
belts,refertoFasteningtheseat
belts(page2-18).
Pretensioners:
Inmoderateorseverefrontalornear-
frontalaccidents,thefrontairbagand
pretensionersystemsdeploy
simultaneously.Thefrontseatbelt
retractorsremoveslackquicklyastheair
bagsareexpanding.
Inaddition,thepretensionersystemfor
thefrontpassenger,likethefront
passengerairbag,isdesignedtoonly
deployinaccordancewiththetotalseated
weightonthefrontpassengerseat.Any
timetheairbagsandseatbelt
pretensionershavefiredtheymustbe
replaced.Fordetails,refertothefront
passengerseatweightsensors(page2-46).
Loadlimiter:
Theloadlimitingsystemreleasesbelt
webbinginacontrolledmannertoreduce
beltforceontheoccupant'schest.While
themostsevereloadonaseatbeltoccurs
infrontalcollisions,theloadlimiterhas
anautomaticmechanicalfunctionandcan
activateinanyaccidentmodewith
sufficientoccupantmovement.
Evenifthepretensionershavenotfired,
theloadlimitingfunctionmustbe
checkedbyanAuthorizedMazdaDealer.
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Product Specification
CategoriesMazda 5 Manuals
Model Year2008
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