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Seat Belt Pretensioner and

Load Limiting Systems

For optimum protection, the driver and

passenger seat belts are equipped with

pretensioner and load limiting systems.

For both these systems to work properly

you must wear the seat belt properly.

Pretensioners:

In moderate or severe frontal or near-

frontal accidents, the air bag and

pretensioner systems deploy

simultaneously when the seat belt is worn.

If the seat occupant is not wearing a seat

belt, that person's pretensioner will not

fire even if the air bag does. The seat belt

retractors remove slack quickl y as the air

bags are expanding.

In addition, the pretensioner system for

the passenger, like the passenger air bag,

is designed to only deploy in accordance

with the total seated weight on the

passenger seat (page 2-37) or when the

passenger air bag deactivation switch

turned off (page 2-30). Any time the air

bags and seat belt pretensioners have fired

they must be replaced.

Load limiter:

The load limiting system releases belt

webbing in a controlled manner to reduce

belt force on the occupant's chest. While

the most severe load on a seat belt occurs

in frontal collisions, the load limiter has

an automatic mechanical function and can

activate in any accident mode with

sufficient occupant movement.

Even if the pretensioners have not fired,

the load limiting function must be

checked by an Authorized Mazda Dealer.

WARNING

Wear seat belts only as recom mended

in this owner's manual:

Incorrect positioning of the driver and

passenger seat belts is dangerous.

Without proper positioning, the

pretensioner and load limiting systems

cannot provide adequate protection in

an accident and this could result in

serious injury. For more details about

wearing seat belts, refer to “Fastening

the seat belts” (page 2-8).

Have your seat belts changed

immediately if the pretensioner or load

limiter has been expended:

If the air bags deploy the

corresponding pretensioner(s) may

also deploy at the same time. While it

is safer to use a crash-used seat belt

that was used in an accident than no

seat belt at all, using a seat belt with

an expended pretensioner or load

limiter loaded reduces the safety

available to you. Like the air bags, the

seat belt pretensioners will only

function once. After they are

expended, they will not function again

and must be replaced immediately. If

the seat belt pretensioners are not

replaced, the risk of injury in a

collision will increa se. Always have an

Authorized Mazda Dealer inspect the

seat belt pretensioners and air bags

after an y collision. Expended seat belt

pretensioners and air bags must be

replaced after any collision which

caused them to deploy. Additionally,

the load limiter will only limit loads on

the chest once in a collision and this is

another reason to have the seat belts

inspected.

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Essential Safety Equipment

Seat Belt Systems

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