EssentialSafetyEquipment
SeatBeltSystems
qUnfasteningtheSeatBelt
FrontSeatBeltPretensioner
andLoadLimitingSystems
Depressthebuttononthebuckle.Ifthe
beltdoesnotfullyretract,pullitoutand
checkforkinksortwists.Thenmakesure
itremainsuntwistedasitretracts.
Foroptimumprotection,thedriverand
frontpassengerseatbeltsareequipped
withpretensionerandloadlimiting
systems.Forboththesesystemstowork
properlyyoumustweartheseatbelt
properly.
Pretensioners:
Inmoderateorseverefrontalornear-
frontalaccidents,thefrontairbagand
pretensionersystemsdeploy
simultaneously.Thefrontseatbelt
retractorsremoveslackquicklyastheair
bagsareexpanding.
Button
Inaddition,thepretensionersystemfor
thefrontpassenger,likethefront
passengerairbag,isdesignedtoonly
deployinaccordancewiththetotalseated
weightonthefrontpassengerseat.Any
timetheairbagsandseatbelt
NOTE
Ifabeltdoesnotfullyretract,inspectitfor
kinksandtwists.Ifitisstillnotretracting
properly,haveitinspectedatanAuthorized
MazdaDealer.
pretensionershavefiredtheymustbe
replaced.Fordetails,refertothefront
passengerseatweightsensors(page2-44).
Loadlimiter:
Theloadlimitingsystemreleasesbelt
webbinginacontrolledmannertoreduce
beltforceontheoccupant'schest.While
themostsevereloadonaseatbeltoccurs
infrontalcollisions,theloadlimiterhas
anautomaticmechanicalfunctionandcan
activateinanyaccidentmodewith
sufficientoccupantmovement.
Evenifthepretensionershavenotfired,
theloadlimitingfunctionmustbe
checkedbyanAuthorizedMazdaDealer.
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| Categories | Mazda Manuals, Mazda RX-8 Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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