Mazda MX-5 RF (2017 year). Instruction — part 1

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Pictorial Index

Interior Overview (Left-Hand Drive Model)

Interior Equipment (View A)

Door-lock knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-20
Turn and lane-change signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-71
Lighting control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-63
Wiper and washer lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-72
DSC OFF switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 4-89
Tyre pressure monitoring system set switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 4-143
Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-117
LDWS switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-109
i-stop OFF switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-21
Outside mirror switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-30
Door-lock switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 3-17
Power window lock switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 3-36
Power window switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-34

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Pictorial Index

Interior Overview (Left-Hand Drive Model)

Audio control switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-69
Instrument panel illumination knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-28
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-24
Cruise control switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 4-134
Push button start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-4
Retractable fastback switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 3-51
Hazard warning À asher switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-79
Seat warmer switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 2-6
Steering shift switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-55
Lock release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-29
Bonnet release handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 6-14

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Pictorial Index

Interior Overview (Left-Hand Drive Model)

Interior Equipment (View B)

SRS air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 2-33
Air-conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-2
Rear window defogger switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 4-77
Audio system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-14
Accessory socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-125
External input terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-71
Drive selection switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 4-98
Commander switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 5-44
Shift lever/Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..page 4-48 , 4-51
Fuse block (Left side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 6-47

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Pictorial Index

Interior Overview (Left-Hand Drive Model)

Interior Equipment (View C)

Convertible Top (Soft Top)

Windblocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-133
Seat side box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 5-131
Console box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-131
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-123
Rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-32
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-123
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 5-123
Removable ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-133
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-82
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2-5
DVD/CD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-14
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-126
SRS air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2-33
Back trim storage boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-132
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 2-9

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Pictorial Index

Interior Overview (Left-Hand Drive Model)

Convertible Top (Retractable Fastback)

Windblocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-133
Seat side box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 5-131
Console box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-131
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-123
Rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-32
Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-123
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 5-123
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-82
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2-5
DVD/CD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-14
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-126
SRS air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2-33
Back trim storage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-132
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 2-9

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Pictorial Index

Interior Overview (Right-Hand Drive Model)

Interior Equipment (View A)

Wiper and washer lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-72
Turn and lane-change signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-71
Lighting control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-63
Door-lock knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-20
Power window switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-34
Power window lock switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 3-36
Outside mirror switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-30
DSC OFF switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 4-89
Tyre pressure monitoring system set switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 4-143
Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-117
LDWS switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-109
i-stop OFF switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-21

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Pictorial Index

Interior Overview (Right-Hand Drive Model)

Hazard warning À asher switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-79
Push button start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-4
Instrument panel illumination knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-28
Audio control switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-69
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-24
Cruise control switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 4-134
Bonnet release handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 6-14
Boot release button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-22
Lock release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-29
Steering shift switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 4-55
Seat warmer switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 2-6
Retractable fastback switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 3-51

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Pictorial Index

Interior Overview (Right-Hand Drive Model)

Interior Equipment (View B)

SRS air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 2-33
Audio system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-14
Air-conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-2
Rear window defogger switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 4-77
External input terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-71
Drive selection switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 4-98
Commander switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 5-44
Shift lever/Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..page 4-48 , 4-51
Accessory socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-125
Fuse block (Left side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 6-47

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Pictorial Index

Interior Overview (Right-Hand Drive Model)

Interior Equipment (View C)

Convertible Top (Soft Top)

Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-123
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 5-123
Rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-32
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-123
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-82
Console box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-131
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 2-9
Seat side box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 5-131
Windblocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-133
Back trim storage boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-132
SRS air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2-33
DVD/CD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-14
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2-5
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-126

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Pictorial Index

Interior Overview (Right-Hand Drive Model)

Convertible Top (Retractable Fastback)

Sunvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 5-123
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 5-123
Rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-32
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-123
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4-82
Console box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-131
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 2-9
Back trim storage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-132
Windblocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-133
Seat side box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 5-131
SRS air bag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2-33
DVD/CD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-14
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2-5
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-126

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Pictorial Index

Exterior Overview

Convertible Top (Soft Top)

Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 6-14
Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 6-24
Convertible Top (Soft Top) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 3-37
Doors and keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 3-13
Fuel-¿ ller À ap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-27
Wheels and Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 6-33
Exterior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6-38
Boot Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-22
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-14
Outside mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 3-30

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Pictorial Index

Exterior Overview

Convertible Top (Retractable Fastback)

Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 6-14
Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 6-24
Convertible Top (Retractable Fastback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-44
Doors and keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 3-13
Fuel-¿ ller À ap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-27
Wheels and Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 6-33
Exterior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6-38
Boot Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3-22
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5-14
Outside mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... page 3-30

The equipment and installation position varies by vehicle

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Essential Safety Equipment

Important information about safety equipment, including seats, seat belt
system, child-restraint systems and SRS air bags.

Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Seat Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Seat Belt Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Seat Belt Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2-12
Seat Belt Warning Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems . . . . . 2-14

Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Child-Restraint Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Child-Restraint System Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Child-Restraint System Suitability for Various Seat Positions
Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Installing Child-Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

SRS Air Bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33

Supplementary Restraint System (SRS) Precautions . . . . .. 2-33
Supplementary Restraint System Components . . . . . . ... 2-39
How the SRS Air Bags Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2-41
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2-44
Limitations to SRS Air Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Passenger Occupant Classi

¿ cation System

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. . . . . . . . 2-47

Constant Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 2-52

Active Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 2-53

Active Bonnet precautions

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53

How the Active Bonnet Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55

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Essential Safety Equipment

Seats

Seat Precautions

WARNING

Make sure the adjustable components of a seat are locked in place:
Adjustable seats and seatbacks that are not securely locked are dangerous. In a sudden
stop or collision, the seat or seatback could move, causing injury. Make sure the
adjustable components of the seat are locked in place by attempting to slide the seat
forward and backward and rocking the seatback.

Never allow children to adjust a seat:
Allowing children to adjust a seat is dangerous as it could result in serious injury if a
child's hands or feet become caught in the seat.

Do not drive with the seatback unlocked:
All of the seatbacks play an important role in your protection in a vehicle. Leaving
the seatback unlocked is dangerous as it can allow passengers to be ejected or thrown
around and baggage to strike occupants in a sudden stop or collision, resulting in
severe injury. After adjusting the seatback at any time, even when there are no other
passengers, rock the seatback to make sure it is locked in place.

Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is stopped:
Adjusting the driver's seat while the vehicle is moving is dangerous. The driver could
lose control of the vehicle and have an accident.

Do not modify or replace the seats:
Modifying or replacing the seats such as replacing the upholstery or loosening any
bolts is dangerous. The seats contain air bag components essential to the supplementary
restraint system. Such modi

¿ cations could damage the supplementary restraint system

and result in serious injury. Consult an Authorised Mazda Repairer if there is any need
to remove or reinstall the seats.

Do not drive with damaged seats:
Driving with damaged seats, such as seat cushions torn or damaged down to the
urethane, is dangerous. A collision, even one not strong enough to in

À ate the air bags,

could damage the seats which contain essential air bag components. If there was a
subsequent collision, an air bag may not deploy which could lead to injuries. Always
have an Authorised Mazda Repairer inspect the seats, seat belt pretensioners and air
bags after a collision.

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Essential Safety Equipment

Seats

WARNING

Do not drive with either seats reclined:
Sitting in a reclined position while the vehicle is moving is dangerous because you do
not get the full protection from seat belts. During sudden braking or a collision, you can
slide under the lap belt and suffer serious internal injuries. For maximum protection,
sit well back and upright.

Do not place an object such as a cushion between the seatback and your back:
Putting an object such as a cushion between the seatback and your back is dangerous
because you will be unable to maintain a safe driving posture and the seat belt cannot
function at its full capacity in a collision, which could result in a serious accident,
injury or death.

Do not place objects under the seat:
The object could get stuck and cause the seat to not be

¿ xed securely, and result in an

accident.

Do not stack cargo higher than the seatbacks:
Stacking luggage or other cargo higher than the seatbacks is dangerous. During
sudden braking or a collision, objects can

À y around and become projectiles that may

hit and injure passengers.

Make sure luggage and cargo is secured before driving:
Not securing cargo while driving is dangerous as it could move or be crushed during
sudden braking or a collision and cause injury.

Always leave your car locked and keep the car keys safely away from children:
Leaving your car unlocked or the keys in reach of children is dangerous. Children who
¿ nd their way into the boot through an open boot can become accidentally locked in the
boot. This could result in death or brain damage from heat prostration, particularly in
the summer. Always lock the doors and the boot.

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