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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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| Categories | Mazda Manuals, Mazda MX-5 Miata Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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