Mazda 2 (2017 year). Manual — part 4

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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Using ISOFIX Anchor

WARNING

Follow the manufacturer's instructions
for the use of the child-restraint
system:
An unsecured child-restraint system
is dangerous. In a sudden stop or a
collision it could move causing serious
injury or death to the child or other
occupants. Make sure any child-
restraint system is properly secured in
place according to the manufacturer's
instructions.

Make sure the child-restraint system is
properly secured:
A child-restraint system that is not
secured is dangerous. In a sudden stop
or collision, it can become a projectile
and hit someone, causing serious
injury. When not in use, remove it
from the vehicle, put it in the luggage
compartment or at least make sure
it is securely fastened to the ISOFIX
anchors.

WARNING

Make sure there are no seat belts or
foreign objects near or around the
ISOFIX anchor-secured child-restraint
system:
Not following the child-restraint system
manufacturer's instructions when
installing the child-restraint system is
dangerous. If seat belts or a foreign
object prevent the child-restraint
system from being securely attached
to the ISOFIX anchors and the child-
restraint system is installed improperly,
the child-restraint system could move
in a sudden stop or collision causing
serious injury or death to the child or
other occupants. When installing the
child-restraint system, make sure there
are no seat belts or foreign objects
near or around the ISOFIX anchors.
Always follow the child-restraint system
manufacturer's instructions.

1. First, adjust the front seat to allow

clearance between the child-restraint
system and the front seat (page
2-5 ).

2. Make sure the seatback is securely

latched by pushing it back until it is
fully locked.

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Child Restraint

3. Expand the seams on the rear of the

seat bottom slightly to verify the
locations of the ISOFIX anchor.

Type A

Type B

NOTE

The markings above the ISOFIX
anchors indicate the locations of the
ISOFIX anchors for the attachment of a
child-restraint system.

4. Remove the head restraint.

Refer to Head Restraints on page
2-11 .

5. Secure the child-restraint system using

the ISOFIX anchor, following the
child-restraint system manufacturer's
instruction.

6. If your child-restraint system came

equipped with a tether, that probably
means it is very important to properly
secure the tether for child safety. Please
carefully follow the child-restraint
system manufacturer's instructions
when installing tethers (page 2-36 ).

WARNING

Always attach the tether strap to the
correct tether anchor position:
Attaching the tether strap to the
incorrect tether anchor position is
dangerous. In a collision, the tether
strap could come off and loosen the
child-restraint system. If the child-
restraint system moves it could result in
death or injury to the child.

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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

WARNING

Always remove the head restraint and
install child-restraint system:
Installing a child-restraint system
without removing the head restraint is
dangerous. The child-restraint system
cannot be installed correctly which may
result in death or injury to the child in
a collision.

Anchor bracket

Tether strap

(Saloon)

Tether strap

Forward

(Hatchback)

WARNING

Always install the head restraint and
adjust it to the appropriate position
after removing the child-restraint
system:
Driving with the head restraint
removed is dangerous as impact to the
occupant's head cannot be prevented
during emergency braking or in a
collision, which could result in a
serious accident, injury or death.
Refer to Head Restraints on page
2-11 .

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

*Some models.

Supplementary Restraint System (SRS) Precautions

The front and side supplementary restraint systems (SRS) include different types of air bags.
Please verify the different types of air bags which are equipped on your vehicle by
locating the “SRS AIRBAG” location indicators. These indicators are visible in the area
where the air bags are installed.
The air bags are installed in the following locations:

The steering wheel hub (driver air bag)

The front passenger instrument panel (front passenger air bag)

The outboard sides of the front seatbacks (side air bags)

*

The front and rear window pillars, and the roof edge along both sides (curtain air bags)

*

The air bag supplementary restraint systems are designed to provide supplementary
protection in certain situations so seat belts are always important in the following ways:

Without seat belt usage, the air bags cannot provide adequate protection during an accident.
Seat belt usage is necessary to:

Keep the occupant from being thrown into an in

À ating air bag.

Reduce the possibility of injuries during an accident that is not designed for air bag

in

À ation, such as roll-over or rear impact.

Reduce the possibility of injuries in frontal, near frontal or side collisions that are not

severe enough to activate the air bags.

Reduce the possibility of being thrown from your vehicle.

Reduce the possibility of injuries to lower body and legs during an accident because the

air bags provide no protection to these parts of the body.

Hold the driver in a position which allows better control of the vehicle.

A child who is too small to use a seat belt must be properly secured using a child-restraint
system (page 2-21 ).

Carefully consider which child-restraint system is necessary for your child and follow
the installation directions in this Owner's Manual as well as the child-restraint system
manufacturer's instructions.

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

WARNING

Seat belts must be worn in air bag equipped vehicles:
Depending only on the air bags for protection during an accident is dangerous. Alone,
air bags may not prevent serious injuries. The appropriate air bags can be expected to
in

À ate only in the ¿ rst accident, such as frontal, near frontal or side collisions that are

at least moderate. Vehicle occupants should always wear seat belts.

Children should not ride in the front passenger seat:
Placing a child, 12 years or under, in the front seat is dangerous. The child could be hit
by a deploying air bag and be seriously injured or even killed. A sleeping child is more
likely to lean against the door and be hit by the side air bag in moderate collision to the
front-passenger side of the vehicle. Whenever possible, always secure a child 12 years
and under on the rear seats with an appropriate child-restraint system for the child's
age and size.

Extreme Hazard! Never use a rear-facing child-restraint system on the front passenger
seat with an air bag that could deploy:
NEVER use a rearward facing child restraint on a seat protected by an ACTIVE
AIRBAG in front of it, DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY to the CHILD can occur.
Even in a moderate collision, the child-restraint system can be hit by a deploying air
bag and moved violently backward resulting in serious injury or death to the child. If
your vehicle is equipped with a front passenger air bag deactivation switch, always set
the switch to the OFF position when installing a rear-facing child-restraint system on
the front passenger seat.

Do not sit too close to the driver and front passenger air bags:
Sitting too close to the driver and front passenger air bag modules or placing hands or
feet on them is extremely dangerous. The driver and front passenger air bags in

À ate

with great force and speed. Serious injuries could occur if someone is too close. The
driver should always hold onto only the rim of the steering wheel. The front seat
passenger should keep both feet on the

À oor. Front seat occupants should adjust their

seats as far back as possible and always sit upright against the seatbacks with seat belts
worn properly.

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

WARNING

Sit in the centre of the seat and wear seat belts properly:
Sitting too close to the side air bag modules or placing hands on them, or sleeping up
against the door or hanging out the windows is extremely dangerous. The side and
curtain air bags in

À ate with great force and speed directly expanding along the door on

the side the car is hit. Serious injury could occur if someone is sitting too close to the
door or leaning against a window, or if rear seat occupants grab the sides of the front
seatbacks. Give the side and curtain air bags room to work by sitting in the centre of the
seat while the vehicle is moving with seat belts worn properly.

Do not attach objects on or around the area where driver and front passenger air bags
deploy:
Attaching an object to the driver and front passenger air bag modules or placing
something in front of them is dangerous. In an accident, an object could interfere with
air bag in

À ation and injure the occupants.

Do not attach objects on or around the area where a side air bag deploys:
Attaching objects to the front seat in such a way as to cover the outboard side of the seat
in any way is dangerous. In an accident the object could interfere with the side air bag,
which in

À ates from the outboard side of the front seats, impeding the added protection

of the side air bag system or redirecting the air bag in a way that is dangerous.
Furthermore, the bag could be cut open releasing the gas.
Do not hang net bags, map pouches or backpacks with side straps on the front seats.
Never use seat covers on the front seats. Always keep the side air bag modules in your
front seats free to deploy in the event of a side collision.

Do not attach objects on or around the area where a curtain air bag deploys:
Attaching objects to the areas where the curtain air bag activates such as on the
windscreen glass, side door glass, front and rear window pillars and along the roof edge
and assist grips is dangerous. In an accident the object could interfere with the curtain
air bag, which in

À ates from the front and rear window pillars and along the roof edge,

impeding the added protection of the curtain air bag system or redirecting the air bag in
a way that is dangerous. Furthermore, the bag could be cut open releasing the gas.
Do not place hangers or any other objects on the assist grips. When hanging clothes,
hang them on the coat hook directly. Always keep the curtain air bag modules free to
deploy in the event of a side collision.

Do not touch the components of the supplementary restraint system after the air bags
have in

À ated:

Touching the components of the supplementary restraint system after the air bags have
in

À ated is dangerous. Immediately after inÀ ation, they are very hot. You could get

burned.

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

WARNING

Never install any front-end equipment to your vehicle:
Installation of front-end equipment, such as frontal protection bar (kangaroo bar,
bull bar, push bar, or other similar devices), snowplow, or winches, is dangerous. The
air bag crash sensor system could be affected. This could cause air bags to in

À ate

unexpectedly, or it could prevent the air bags from in

À ating during an accident. Front

occupants could be seriously injured.

Do not modify the suspension:
Modifying the vehicle suspension is dangerous. If the vehicle's height or the suspension
is modi

¿ ed, the vehicle will be unable to accurately detect a collision resulting in

incorrect or unexpected air bag deployment and the possibility of serious injuries.

Do not modify a front door or leave any damage unrepaired. Always have an expert
repairer, we recommend an Authorised Mazda Repairer inspect a damaged front door:
Modifying a front door or leaving any damage unrepaired is dangerous. Each front
door has a side crash sensor as a component of the supplementary restraint system.
If holes are drilled in a front door, a door speaker is left removed, or a damaged door
is left unrepaired, the sensor could be adversely affected causing it to not detect the
pressure of an impact correctly during a side collision. If a sensor does not detect a side
impact correctly, the side and curtain air bags and the front seat belt pretensioner may
not operate normally which could result in serious injury to occupants.

Do not modify the supplementary restraint system:
Modifying the components or wiring of the supplementary restraint system is
dangerous. You could accidentally activate it or make it inoperable. Do not make any
modi

¿ cations to the supplementary restraint system. This includes installing trim,

badges, or anything else over the air bag modules. It also includes installing extra
electrical equipment on or near system components or wiring. An expert repairer, we
recommend an Authorised Mazda Repairer can provide the special care needed in the
removal and installation of front seats. It is important to protect the air bag wiring
and connections to assure that the bags do not accidentally deploy, and that the driver
seat slide position sensor is not damaged and the seats retain an undamaged air bag
connection.

Do not place luggage or other objects under the front seats:
Placing luggage or other objects under the front seats is dangerous. The components
essential to the supplementary restraint system could be damaged, and in the event of
a side collision, the appropriate air bags may not deploy, which could result in death
or serious injury. To prevent damage to the components essential to the supplementary
restraint system, do not place luggage or other objects under the front seats.

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

WARNING

Do not operate a vehicle with damaged air bag/seat belt pretensioner system
components:
Expended or damaged air bag/seat belt pretensioner system components must be
replaced after any collision which caused them to deploy or damage them. Only a
trained expert repairer, we recommend an Authorised Mazda Repairer can fully
evaluate these systems to see that they will work in any subsequent accident. Driving
with an expended or damaged air bag or pretensioner unit will not afford you the
necessary protection in the event of any subsequent accident which could result in
serious injury or death.

Do not remove interior air bag parts:
Removing any components such as the front seats, front instrument panel, the steering
wheel or parts on the front and rear window pillars and along the roof edge, containing
air bag parts or sensors is dangerous. These parts contain essential air bag components.
The air bag could accidentally activate and cause serious injuries. Always have an
Authorised Mazda Repairer remove these parts.

Properly dispose of the air bag system:
Improper disposal of an air bag or a vehicle with live air bags in it can be extremely
dangerous. Unless all safety procedures are followed, injury could result. Have an
expert repairer, we recommend an Authorised Mazda Repairer safely dispose of the air
bag system or scrap an air bag equipped vehicle.

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

NOTE

When an air bag deploys, a loud in

À ation noise can be heard and some smoke will

be released. Neither is likely to cause injury, however, the texture of the air bags may
cause light skin injuries on body parts not covered with clothing through friction.

Should you sell your Mazda, we urge you to tell the new owner of its air bag systems

and that familiarization with all instructions about them, from the Owner's Manual, is
important.

This highly-visible label warns against the use of a rear-facing child-restraint system

on the front passenger seat.

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

*Some models.

Front Passenger Air Bag Deactivation Switch

*

WARNING

Do not deactivate the front passenger air bag unnecessarily:
Unnecessary deactivation of the front passenger air bag is dangerous. If turned off
unnecessarily, the front passenger will not receive the added protection of the air bag.
Serious injuries or even death could occur. With the exception of installing a child-
restraint system on the front passenger seat, do not turn the air bag deactivation switch
to the OFF position.

The front passenger air bag deactivation switch should be used to deactivate the front
passenger front and side air bags and also the front passenger seat belt pretensioner system
if installing a child-restraint system on the front passenger seat.

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

When the ignition is switched ON, both front passenger air bag deactivation indicator
lights illuminate regardless of the front passenger air bag deactivation switch position. The
indicator light turns off after a speci

¿ ed period of time, then turns on/off depending on the

conditions as indicated in the following table.

Front Passenger Air Bag

Deactivation Switch

Front Passenger Seat/Side Air

Bag, Front Passenger Seat Belt

Pretensioner Operation Condition

Front Passenger Air Bag

Deactivation Indicator Light

OFF position

Deactivate

ON position

Ready

Turns off after a short period of

time.

NOTE

Have the front passenger air bag deactivation switch inspected by an expert repairer, we
recommend an Authorised Mazda Repairer if any of these conditions occur:

The front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light does not illuminate for a

speci

¿ ed period of time when the ignition is switched ON.

The front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light does not turn off after a short

period of time when the ignition is switched ON (front passenger air bag deactivation
switch is in ON position).

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

Switch Positions

Before driving, always con

¿ rm that the front passenger air bag deactivation switch is in the

appropriate position using the auxiliary key according to your requirements.

WARNING

Do not leave the key in the front passenger air bag deactivation switch:
Unintentional deactivation of the front passenger air bag is dangerous. In an accident,
the front passenger will not be properly protected. Serious injuries or even death
could occur. To avoid unintentional deactivation, always use the auxiliary key stored
in the transmitter body currently being used to operate the front passenger air bag
deactivation switch. After deactivating the air bag, put the auxiliary key back into the
transmitter body. That way you will not leave the key in the front passenger air bag
deactivation switch.

NOTE

After operating the front passenger air bag deactivation switch, put the auxiliary key back
into the transmitter body.

OFF

Front passenger front air bag, side air bag, and front passenger seat belt pretensioner do not
operate.

Switching to OFF position

1. Insert the key into the front passenger air bag deactivation switch and turn the key

clockwise until the key points to OFF.

2. Remove the key.
3. Make sure the air bag deactivation indicator light remains illuminated when the ignition

is switched ON.

The front passenger front and side air bags and also the seat belt pretensioner system will
remain deactivated until the front passenger air bag deactivation switch is turned to the ON
position.

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SRS Air Bags

ON

Front passenger front air bag, side air bag, and front passenger seat belt pretensioner
operate. Activate the system only when a child-restraint system is not installed on the front
passenger seat.

Switching to ON position

1. Insert the key into the front passenger air bag deactivation switch and turn the key

anticlockwise until the key points to ON.

2. Remove the key.
3. Make sure the air bag deactivation indicator light remains illuminated when the ignition

is switched ON. The air bag deactivation indicator light turns off after a short period of
time.

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

*Some models.

Supplementary Restraint System Components

*

* Some models

Driver/Front passenger in

À ators and air bags

Crash sensors, and diagnostic module (SAS unit)
Seat belt pretensioners (page 2-18 )
Front air bag sensor
Side crash sensors

*

Air bag/seat belt pretensioner system warning light (page 4-38 )
Side and curtain in

À ators and air bags

*

Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light

*

(page 2-47 )

Front passenger air bag deactivation switch

*

(page 2-47 )

Driver seat slide position sensor

*

(page 2-52 )

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

*Some models.

How the SRS Air Bags Work

Your Mazda is equipped with the following types of SRS air bags. SRS air bags are
designed to work together with the seat belts to help to reduce injuries during an accident.
The SRS air bags are designed to provide further protection for passengers in addition to the
seat belt functions. Be sure to wear seat belts properly.

Seat Belt Pretensioners

The pretensioners operate differently depending on what types of air bags are equipped. For
more details about seat belt pretensioner operation, refer to the SRS Air Bag Deployment
Criteria (page 2-56 ).

Front

The front seat belt pretensioners are designed to deploy in moderate or severe frontal, near
frontal collisions. In addition, during a side collision, the pretensioner operates on the side in
which the collision occurs.

Rear Outboard

*

The rear outboard seat belt pretensioners are designed to deploy in moderate or severe
frontal, near frontal collisions.

Driver Air Bag

The driver's air bag is mounted in the steering wheel.
When air bag crash sensors detect a frontal impact of greater than moderate force, the
driver's air bag in

À ates quickly helping to reduce injury mainly to the driver's head or chest

caused by directly hitting the steering wheel.
For more details about air bag deployment, refer to "SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria"
(page 2-56 ).

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

(With Front Passenger Air Bag Deactivation Switch)
The in

À ation of the driver's dual-stage air bag is controlled in two energy stages depending

on the driver's seat position. The driver's seat slide position sensor is located under the
driver's seat. The sensor determines whether the driver's seat is forward of or behind a
reference position and sends the seat position to the diagnostic module (SAS unit). The SAS
unit is designed to control the deployment of the driver's air bag depending on how close the
driver's seat is to the steering wheel.
During an impact of moderate severity, the driver's air bag deploys with lesser energy,
whereas during more severe impacts and when the driver's seat is behind the reference
position, it deploys with more energy.

Front Passenger Air Bag

The front passenger air bag is mounted in the front passenger instrument panel.
The in

À ation mechanism for the front passenger air bag is the same as the driver's air bag.

For more details about air bag deployment, refer to "SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria"
(page 2-56 ).