2008 Mazda RX 8 Owners Manual

EssentialSafetyEquipment
SRSAirBags
Donotincreasethetotalseatedweightonthefrontpassengerseat:
Whenaninfantorsmallchildsitsonthefrontpassengerseat,increasingthetotal
seatedweightonthefrontpassengerseatfromthetotalseatedweightof
approximately30kg(66lb)isdangerous.Thefrontpassengerseatweightsensors
willdetecttheincreasedtotalseatedweight,whichcouldresultintheunexpected
deploymentofthefrontpassengerfrontandsideairbagsandseatbeltpretensioner
systeminanaccidentandmaycauseseriousinjury.Increasingthetotalseated
weightonthefrontpassengerseatbeyondthetotalseatedweightofapproximately
30
pretensionersystemdeploymentinanaccidentunderthefollowingconditions,for
example:
kg(66lb)couldresultinthefrontpassengerfrontandsideairbagsandseatbelt
ØLuggageorotheritemsareplacedontheseatwiththechildinthechild-restraint
system.
ØArearpassengerorluggagepushorpulldownonthefrontpassengerseatback.
ØArearpassengerstepsonthefrontpassengerseatrailswiththefeet.
ØLuggageorotheritemsareplacedontheseatbackorhungontheheadrestraint.
ØTheseatiswashed.
ØLiquidsarespilledontheseat.
ØThefrontpassengerseatismovedbackward,pushingintoluggageorotheritems
placedbehindit.
ØThefrontpassengerseatbackcontactstherearseat.
ØLuggageorotheritemsareplacedbetweenthefrontpassengerseatanddriver
seat.
ØAnyaccessorieswhichmightincreasethetotalseatedweightonthefront
passengerseatareattachedtothefrontpassengerseat.
ØFeetorotheritemsareplacedontheseatbeltslidebar.
Thefrontpassengerfrontandsideairbagsandseatbeltpretensionersystemswill
deactivateifthetotalseatedweightonthefrontpassengerseatislessthan
approximately30kg(66lb)andtheywillreactivatewhentheweightexceeds
approximately42kg(93lb).
CAUTION
ØToassureproperdeploymentofthefrontairbagandtopreventdamagetothe
sensorsinthefrontseatbottoms:
Ø Donotplacesharpobjectsonthefrontseatbottomsorleaveheavyluggageon
them.
Ø Donotspillanyliquidsonthefrontseatsorunderthefrontseats.
ØToallowthesensorstofunctionproperly,alwaysperformthefollowing:
Ø Adjustthefrontseatsasfarbackaspossibleandalwayssituprightagainstthe
seatbackswithseatbeltswornproperly.
Ø Ifyouplaceyourchildonthefrontpassengerseat,securethechild-restraint
systemproperlyandslidethefrontpassengerseatasfarbackaspossible(page
2-27).
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CategoriesMazda Manuals, Mazda RX-8 Manuals
Model Year2008
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