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WARNING
ManualTransaxleOperation
DonotdrivewithboththeABSwarning
lightandbrakewarninglight
illuminated.Havethevehicletowedto
anAuthorizedMazdaDealertohave
thebrakesinspectedassoonas
possible:
qManualTransaxleShiftPattern
5-speed
transaxle
Drivingwhenthebrakesystem
warninglightandABSwarninglight
areilluminatedsimultaneouslyis
dangerous.
Neutral position
6-speed transaxle
Whenbothlightsareilluminated,the
rearwheelscouldlockmorequickly
inanemergencystopthanunder
normalcircumstances.
Neutral position
Thevehicleisequippedwitheithera5-
speedor6-speedmanualtransaxle.The
shiftpatternforeachisshownabove.
qBrakeAssistí
Duringemergencybrakingsituations
whenitisnecessarytodepressthebrake
pedalwithgreaterforce,thebrakeassist
systemprovidesbrakingassistance,thus
enhancingbrakingperformance.
Depresstheclutchpedalallthewaydown
whileshifting;thenreleaseitslowly.
(5-speed
transaxle)
Asafetyfeaturepreventsaccidental
shiftingfrom5toR(reverse).Theshift
levermustbeputinneutralbeforebeing
shiftedtoR.
Whenthebrakepedalisdepressedhardor
depressedmorequickly,thebrakesapply
morefirmly.
NOTE
Whenthebrakepedalisdepressedhardor
l
depressedmorequickly,thepedalwillfeel
softerbutthebrakeswillapplymorefirmly.
Thisisanormaleffectofthebrakeassist
operationanddoesnotindicatean
abnormality.
Whenthebrakepedalisdepressedhardor
l
depressedmorequickly,aclickingnoise
fromthebrakeboostermaybeheard.This
isanormaleffectofthebrakeassistand
doesnotindicateanabnormality.
Thebrakeassistequipmentdoesnot
l
supersedethefunctionalityofthevehicle's
mainbrakingsystem.
íSomemodels.
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| Categories | Mazda 3 Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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