2009 Mazda RX 8 Owners Manual

EssentialSafetyEquipment
SRSAirBags
NOTE
Thesystemrequiresabout10secondstoalternatebetweenturningthefrontpassengerfrontand
sideairbagsandseatbeltpretensionersystemonoroff.
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Thefrontpassengerairbagdeactivationindicatorlightmayilluminaterepeatedlyifluggageor
otheritemsareputonthefrontpassengerseat,orifthetemperatureofthevehicle'sinterior
changessuddenly.
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Thefrontpassengerairbagdeactivationindicatorlightmayilluminatefor10secondsifthetotal
seatedweightonthefrontpassengerseatchanges.
Ifthefrontpassengerairbagdeactivationindicatorlightdoesnotilluminateafterinstallinga
child-restraintsystemonthefrontpassengerseat,installthechild-restraintsystemontherear
seatandconsultanAuthorizedMazdaDealerassoonaspossible.
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Driverandfrontpassengerbuckleswitches
Thebuckleswitchesonthefrontseatbeltsdetectwhetherornotthefrontseatbeltsare
securelyfastenedandfurthercontrolthedeploymentoftheairbags.
qHowtheSideandCurtainAirBagsWork
Whenairbagcrashsensorsdetectasideimpactofgreaterthanmoderateforce,an
electricalcurrentissenttotheinflators.
Gasesareproducedtoinflatethesideandcurtainairbagsandaftertheinflation,theside
andcurtainairbagsquicklydeflate.However,thesideairbagsystemforthefront
passengerisdesignedtoonlydeployinaccordancewiththetotalseatedweightonthefront
passengerseat.
Thesideandcurtainairbagswillfunctiononlyonce.Afterthat,thesideandcurtainair
bagswillnotworkagainandmustbereplaced.OnlyanAuthorizedMazdaDealercan
replacethesystems.
The side and curtain air bags will deploy only on the side the
vehicle receives the force of the impact.
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Product Specification
CategoriesMazda Manuals, Mazda RX-8 Manuals
Model Year2009
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