Mazda mx-5 2016 - 2 Essential Safety Equipment

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Essential Safety Equipment
Important information about safety equipment, including seats, seat belt
system, child-restraint systems and SRS air bags.
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Seats ..................................................................................................... 2-2
Seat Precautions ............................................................................ 2-2
Seat ................................................................................................ 2-4
Head Restraints ............................................................................. 2-6
Seat Belt Systems ................................................................................ 2-7
Seat Belt Precautions .................................................................... 2-7
Seat Belt ...................................................................................... 2-10
Seat Belt Warning Systems ......................................................... 2-11
Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems .................... 2-12
Seat Belt Extender ....................................................................... 2-13
Child Restraint ................................................................................. 2-15
Child-Restraint Precautions ........................................................ 2-15
Child-Restraint System Installation ............................................ 2-20
Installing Child-Restraint Systems ............................................. 2-21
SRS Air Bags .................................................................................... 2-24
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions .................... 2-24
Supplemental Restraint System Components ............................. 2-29
How the SRS Air Bags Work ...................................................... 2-31
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .............................................. 2-34
Limitations to SRS Air Bag ........................................................ 2-35
Passenger Occupant Classi¿ cation System
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................................ 2-37
Constant Monitoring ................................................................... 2-42
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