2010 Mazda 5 Owners Manual

EssentialSafetyEquipment
SeatBeltSystems
FrontSeatBeltPretensioner
andLoadLimitingSystems
WARNING
Wearseatbeltsonlyasrecommended
inthisowner'smanual:
Foroptimumprotection,thedriverand
frontpassengerseatbeltsareequipped
withpretensionerandloadlimiting
systems.Forboththesesystemstowork
properlyyoumustweartheseatbelt
properly.
Incorrectpositioningofthedriverand
frontpassengerseatbeltsis
dangerous.Withoutproper
positioning,thepretensionerand
loadlimitingsystemscannotprovide
adequateprotectioninanaccident
andthiscouldresultinseriousinjury.
Formoredetailsaboutwearingseat
belts,refertoFasteningtheseat
belts(page2-18).
Pretensioners:
Inmoderateorseverefrontalornear-
frontalaccidents,thefrontairbagand
pretensionersystemsdeploy
simultaneously.Thefrontseatbelt
retractorsremoveslackquicklyastheair
bagsareexpanding.Anytimetheairbags
andfrontseatbeltpretensionershavefired
theymustbereplaced.
Inaddition,thepretensionersystemfor
thefrontpassenger,likethefront
passengerairbag,isdesignedtoonly
deployinaccordancewiththetotalseated
weightonthefrontpassengerseat.
Fordetails,refertothefrontpassenger
seatweightsensors(page2-44).
Haveyourseatbeltschanged
immediatelyifthepretensionerorload
limiterhasbeenexpended:
Oneorbothfrontairbagsmay
deploy,andthecorresponding
pretensioner(s)mayalsodeployat
thesametime.Liketheairbags,the
frontseatbeltpretensionerswillonly
functiononce.Whileitissafertouse
apost-crash(aseatbeltthatwas
usedinanaccident)thannofront
seatbeltatall,usingafrontseatbelt
withanexpendedpretensioneror
loadlimiterloadedreducesthesafety
availabletoyou.Ifthefrontseatbelt
pretensionersarenotreplaced,the
riskofinjuryinacollisionwill
increase.Expendedfrontseatbelt
pretensionersandairbagsmustbe
replacedafteranycollisionwhich
causedthemtodeploy.Additionally,
theloadlimiterwillonlylimitloads
onthechestonceinacollisionand
thisisanotherreasontohavethe
frontseatbeltsinspected.Always
haveanAuthorizedMazdaDealer
inspectthefrontseatbelt
Loadlimiter:
Theloadlimitingsystemreleasesbelt
webbinginacontrolledmannertoreduce
beltforceontheoccupant'schest.While
themostsevereloadonaseatbeltoccurs
infrontalcollisions,theloadlimiterhas
anautomaticmechanicalfunctionandcan
activateinanyaccidentmodewith
sufficientoccupantmovement.
Evenifthepretensionershavenotfired,
theloadlimitingfunctionmustbe
checkedbyanAuthorizedMazdaDealer
afteranycollision.
pretensionersandairbagsafterany
collision.
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CategoriesMazda 5 Manuals
Model Year2010
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