Mazda MX-5 Quiz
Essential Safety Equipment

Limitations to SRS Air Bag

In this manual: Essential Safety Equipment
A Word to Mazda Owners — 1How to Use This Manual — 1Your Vehicle at a Glance — 6Essential Safety Equipment — 19Knowing Your Mazda — 23Before Driving Your Mazda — 16Driving Your Mazda — 23Interior Comfort — 26In Case of an Emergency — 13Maintenance and Care — 21Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects — 23Specifications — 3
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In severe collisions such as those described previously in “SRS Air Bag Deployment
Criteria”, the applicable SRS air bag equipment will deploy. However, in some accidents,
the equipment may not deploy depending on the type of collision and its severity.

Limitations to front/near front collision detection:
The following illustrations are examples of front/near front collisions that

The following illustrations are examples of front/near front collisions that may not be
detected as severe enough to deploy the SRS air bag equipment.

Limitations to side collision detection:


The following illustrations are examples of side collisions that may not be

The following illustrations are examples of side collisions that may not be detected as
severe enough to deploy the SRS air bag equipment.

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