Essential Safety Equipment
I Rear S€atback Inck
To lock orunlock a seatback, move ihe
NOTE
The seatback locks are
part
of the
lrunk security systen
(page
3-
I
,1).
Seat
Belt
System
Sealbelts help to decrease the
possibility
of severe
injury
during
accidents and
sLrdden stops.
Mazda recommends ihat
lhe driver and all
passengers
always
wear
All of the seat belt retractors are designed
to keep
rhe
lap/shoulder
belts
out oi the
way when
not n use.
The driver's seatbelthas no
provisions
fo! child-restraint syslems and has only
an
emergency
locking mode. The driler
nay wear ir comfortably, and iiwill lock
during a collision.
However, the front
passenger\
seat and
rear lap/shoulder belt retractors oper4te in
two modes, energency locking mode and
for child'resrainr systens, automatic
Emergency
locking mode
lf the belt has fully
rerracled, il will
always be
in ihe emergency locking
mode until
you
move it into automatic
locking node by
pulling
the belt all the
way oul io its full leng$.In the
emergency locking
mode, the bell
remains comfortable on the occupant and
the retractorwill
lock in
position
during a
If the belt feels tight
and hinders
comforoble
movement while rhe vehicle
is slopped or in motion.
you
may be in
the aubmatic locking mode because
you
have
pulled
the belt too far out. To reiurn
to the
more comfonable emergency
locking mode, wait until
you
can stop the
vehicle in a safe area, retract the belt
fully to convert
it
back
to emergency
locking
mode and then again extend it
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